Offroad-Express

Today is the first day of my weekend, so..

Fitted up snorkel
Bought new air filter and got a big discount on it.
Stopped exhaust leaks.
Seemed to have stopped coolant leaks
Washed Suzuki
Put tools in it.

Start moving tomorrow.... Poor old lux dont like the horse float

getting the pajero out of the shed for the first time in like 2 months tomorrow.
reason: scratched off what i thought was some surface rust on the a pillar which turned into a hole. I cbf fixing it so hopefully getting a good price on it tomorrow, then removing screen and dropping it back off on monday. fingers crossed.
should get it sorted by mid week and wofd up. time flies.

work was a bit boring so today made a removable tow bar for the hilux, and striped my winch down for a check, getting ready for pureora next weekend. of all the places the gf could go for her bday she picked pureora. ha ha

drivers seat broke on the way home from work, pulled it out and did a temporary repair on it, will look at a better solution later

Jerry wrote:drivers seat broke on the way home from work, pulled it out and did a temporary repair on it, will look at a better solution later

Might be time to lay off the candy dude

Fixed shit, broke other shit, supposed to be driving to Chch tomorrow, looks like I might be busing. Shit!

Jerry wrote:drivers seat broke on the way home from work, pulled it out and did a temporary repair on it, will look at a better solution later

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And yet ANOTHER weekend in the workshop getting th ebuggy ready for round 1

Stripped Tyres of rims, got all the mud out .
Tyres should hold the air in better now, until next outting .
Took all the sand and dirt out of the air box - the ol TB42 revs alot better now .

Replaced Right hand engine mount, I replaced the left hand side one about 4 months ago, Both came out in 2 pieces.
Plan on changing Gear box mounts, and the cross member bolts during the week - Bolts a bit rusty as I found out last time I removed them to do clutch .. So now a few box's ticked off the list, plenty more to do

thought i fixed my 60s surf turns out i blew it up.... so... new motor? haha

Been cutting rust and getting ready to weld new pieces in

Finshed my roof basket today andf mounted it up, it covers the whole roof of my Safari and is mounted on 4 roof rack bars. Also picked up the swivel hub kit today so I can fix the passangers side swilvel hub, the diff oil seems to be departing vai a not so good meathod

had a bit of a look at the start of the Bogin track at Pureroa but decided I need a few critical items before I went in further, I wanted to test the rock sliders. oh well I will leave it for next time.

Well I waxed the Suzuki on Saturday and fitted the muds for next weekend today. Big achievements up in here

cut up a ali nasty set of side steps for the ali flat plate

fitted a snorkel to the landy...turned into a bugger of a job, template was slightly out, not a lot of room inside to get to bolts etc...but nothing a bit of work, and a heap of silicone couldn't sort out

Arrived back in NZ this morning...

Had an awesome trip was a real eye opener...

Need to get out of BKK next time.

Saw some cool 4wd stuff and some cool shops/markets

(Its not liking me adding pics, will see how I get on)

Apparently my pics are all too wide

I give up after 6 attempts at adding them...

I did find these over there, 33s or 36s but only in a 16"

Would anyone wear them here?

uwshho wrote:...I did find these over there, 33s or 36s but only in a 16"

Would anyone wear them here?

Was a guy selling these on Trademe a while back.

MNC wrote:

uwshho wrote:...I did find these over there, 33s or 36s but only in a 16"

Would anyone wear them here?

Was a guy selling these on Trademe a while back.

Yea there was, The 36s he was selling only measured up as a 34

You couldn't ask for a closer size

Serviced my daily (well oil change), Sparkplugs on the RX7, runs so much better now, and fitted a intercooler to a mates chaser !

And made a Ostrich, Kangaroo and Pork belly stew, was so good !

fitted diesel lift pump to the surf.
wired up to run the relay off via the oil pressure switch and the oil pressure switch died. Murphy strikes again.

Drurban wrote:had a bit of a look at the start of the Bogin track at Pureroa but decided I need a few critical items before I went in further, I wanted to test the rock sliders. oh well I will leave it for next time.

May i suggest you take lots of equipment in with you, We just spent 13 hours doing one track off bogg inn road.
We started with 9 trucks all on 35,s or bigger most had twin lockers and we had 13 winches between us, by the time we got out (10pm) we were down to 6 winches and had broken several winch ropes and extensions.

Our guide, a very knowledgeable guys who's been in there lots said its the toughest he's ever seen it.

I wish i'd had time to take pics but was a bit busy!

If you do go further in have fun...It's freakin awsome in there

LOLYF wrote:

Drurban wrote:had a bit of a look at the start of the Bogin track at Pureroa but decided I need a few critical items before I went in further, I wanted to test the rock sliders. oh well I will leave it for next time.

May i suggest you take lots of equipment in with you, We just spent 13 hours doing one track off bogg inn road.
We started with 9 trucks all on 35,s or bigger most had twin lockers and we had 13 winches between us, by the time we got out (10pm) we were down to 6 winches and had broken several winch ropes and extensions.

Our guide, a very knowledgeable guys who's been in there lots said its the toughest he's ever seen it.

I wish i'd had time to take pics but was a bit busy!

If you do go further in have fun...It's freakin awsome in there

WOW!!! This I want to hear more about!

Did any of the crew get photo's or vid's???

Well my day got interesting quickly.

Got a SoS call from a mate that was stuck on muriwai just up from rimmers road. So I raced off down to his place to get the spare key for the Hilux as they had managed to lose it so finally got there as it was getting dark, Suzuki managed to pull it out, it was buried up to its axels and had two bikes on the back, with a few snatches all well and good. Had to do it in revers too as I only had a D hook on the front.

Then I was told that just south of rimmers were some others stuck who had been there all day. SO i raced off too them. Turned out it was koreans in a new triton ute bogged up to its sills in watery sand. A few snatches later I got it out. However I managed to shear all the drive shaft bolts off the front driveshaft to diff joint. So I lost 4wd. Managed to get to the base of the dunes and then got the triton guy to tow me back up the beach.

With all of this there was a couple of guys in a 70 series that had no gear so were useless, except the passenger drove the triton back as the asian was too scared too. Glad as well as going up the dunes to get out at rimmers we got stuck again. Had to put the tyres in the triton right down as they were still on road pressure. He ended up having to go next to me to get enough run up to get me out, and in one attempt put a nice gouge down the side of the ute thanks to my front bar.

Back in the carpark I looked at the damage and as I said earlier was just sheared bolts and to my happiness the driveshaft was still there and no gearbox oil loss. So cable tied it up out the way and drove home.

All of this with the tide about 3-5min from hitting the dunes. Got the heart rate up a bit indeed.

So I got the tritons number plate and the owners name and number too, so will be getting a couple of hundred out of the dude.

Sucks that I had my muds on instead of my road wheels, made it a bit harder. Also happy that the zuk pulled out two trucks twice it weight.

Now to finish packing for spending a week in wellington this week.

got my quarter panel chop done and rear bars done. nice and strong made outa 4mmsteam pipe

MNC wrote:Did any of the crew get photo's or vid's???

I think Jono got some video, so i will get that soon and see if theres an thing good.

I,m pretty sure he got some of Trevor's new buggy (the guy that built PeteFJ40's last one)
It's an insane beast, nissan running gear, LS1, 3.8 transfercase and 40" tyres he drove pretty much every where...doing no track damage I might add

LOLYF wrote:May i suggest you take lots of equipment in with you, We just spent 13 hours doing one track off bogg inn road.
We started with 9 trucks all on 35,s or bigger most had twin lockers and we had 13 winches between us, by the time we got out (10pm) we were down to 6 winches and had broken several winch ropes and extensions.

Our guide, a very knowledgeable guys who's been in there lots said its the toughest he's ever seen it.

And to think the guys were trying to get me to go on a trip in there I was pretty sure from what I'd heard that Pureora was a wee bit out of the league of my lil Hilux on 31"s lol. I dont mind a bit of a challenge but I do like to drive home in mostly 1 piece

3VILC wrote:

LOLYF wrote:May i suggest you take lots of equipment in with you, We just spent 13 hours doing one track off bogg inn road.
We started with 9 trucks all on 35,s or bigger most had twin lockers and we had 13 winches between us, by the time we got out (10pm) we were down to 6 winches and had broken several winch ropes and extensions.

Our guide, a very knowledgeable guys who's been in there lots said its the toughest he's ever seen it.

And to think the guys were trying to get me to go on a trip in there I was pretty sure from what I'd heard that Pureora was a wee bit out of the league of my lil Hilux on 31"s lol. I dont mind a bit of a challenge but I do like to drive home in mostly 1 piece

Just go into the Ngaroma block at Pureora, it's a MASSIVE play ground like Wood hill, except its free, good camping and with out all the JAFA's!!!!

DieselBoy wrote:Just go into the Ngaroma block at Pureora, it's a MASSIVE play ground like Wood hill, except its free, good camping and with out all the JAFA's!!!!

Thanks DB, sounds like a better plan will look into that. Its a bush bomb painted with chalkboard paint so its no stranger to gettin banged around, but dont want to kill it lol.
Although I really should get onto getting the EFI fitted..at the moment with the knackered carb I think it would be more economical to tow it with the Mrs' 1400cc Astra haha..even if the astra did blow up