Offroad-Express

6 hours work, engine back in the safari, water, oil, power lines to sort
turbo & exhaust as well,
but on the winning end of the long dragged out saga

finally

made alloy roof racks for the mistral. now i can cart my bog mats around.

coxsy wrote:6 hours work, engine back in the safari, water, oil, power lines to sort
turbo & exhaust as well,
but on the winning end of the long dragged out saga

you're on the home straight now coxsy

rearranged my shed
has been raining all day, and roadworker jokers poured a new driveway entrance at our place yesterday. shit's still soft as fook so can't drive over it (plus they said not to 'til monday lol)
thought I'd be busy with other shit but rain has cancelled that and I could've spent the whole weekend hacking around in the mud. damn.

can't even take my freshly fixed tractor for a hoon

Quiet day at home, played with a Swann Sports Cam on the playdoh... Not too bad pic for a $30 camera... Will give it the ultimate test next weekend.
Checked my brake booster rod to master cylinder, all in spec..
Checked the one way valve.. all good. Adjusted pedal height and checked nothing binding... Oh well not much one can do might need a new brake booster, could have an internal leak...
Monstr dropped by for a coffee and a natter...
Off to work Sunday....unless I win Lotto tonight...

been up uwshho's place most of the day working on my old/his new truck,might even be able to fire it up tomorow also dragged my replacement front diff housing up there to clean up and give a coat of por15 as its been raining most of the day and i have no shed and he has a barn replacement front diff housing??yep seems i bent it same time i destroyed my steering box up woodhill a while back looks like i'll be having a busy week swapping every thing over,oh well you get that good luck with your mission too coxsy hope it all goes well.

Cheers for the help the battles almost over, then I can start a thread and let the cat out the bag officially

uwshho wrote:Cheers for the help the battles almost over, then I can start a thread and let the cat out the bag officially

might have to ring the spca if you leave the cat in the bag too much longer see you tomorow

took the truck through Lees valley and out the Okuku pass today went really well, couple small things but bloody happy

datsunsafari wrote:

uwshho wrote:Cheers for the help the battles almost over, then I can start a thread and let the cat out the bag officially

might have to ring the spca if you leave the cat in the bag too much longer see you tomorow

Ooo im intrigued! still got come check out that barn of yours there fulla.

my saturday was so exciting siting in parental class all day so much fun

looked at the shita and thought about drilling the jets in the carb. as it feels a bit flat on secondries since I got the cam tickled up, I think its running a bit lean when it opens up.

DOEAS ANY ONE HAVE OR KNOW SOME ONE THAT HAS A JET DRILL SET I CAN BORROW?

my wagon had a birthday today.
I changed both my diffs oil, flushed my trans and changed filter, transfer case oil, and engine oil and filter,

was refitting radiator fan the drive pulley inside groves full of dried mud till it was smooth inside,
this adds to the rotating mass and could help water pump bearing to fail

been dragging pine trees for a mate. figured i'd see what's gonna break on the surf before i take it bush. turns out, front diff, towbar welds and steering box still good fun. had a bit of help from weemsy this morning - much appreciated -, test driving his new toy. did bloody well, surprised me.

moved about 60 odd trees by the time i broke my ute tonight, some would be easy 3 tonnes. using a 25 tonne snatch strap and very big chain.


time to sas it i guess. steering's bent into the sump too.

you should show that post to the guy wanting to winch trees in the other thread... gets expensive aye.

Spent some time cutting 6mm alloy tread plate with a skill saw on Saturday.
Swapped out some broken bits

Gave uwshho and datsunsafari a hand with some electrical issues on a small project. That barn is huge mate
Before you know it, people will want to put stuff in it

Cheers,

Got a positive response from the wife about buying 5 x Silverstones.
But she was like... you haven't even finished your lift yet...

So, i quickly acquainted myself with an angle grinder, cut out my old trackbar bolt, and fitted my new rear trackbar relocation bracket...

Just need the front one from ozzy now...



So, should have muds before Christmas...

Not quite the weekend, picking up a spare chassis for the playdoh...
Mine had been in an accident before I bought it over 10 years ago... And looks like it was bent then straightened... Some bits don't align like they should but I have put up with it....Also where it was bent are showing signs of rust...So while I have the funds and one has come up at a price I am happy to pay....
Gunna get it... Plan is to swap it out next year sometime.... and might do the rear chop at the same time.... will see.....

sibainmud wrote:Gave uwshho and datsunsafari a hand with some electrical issues on a small project. That barn is huge mate
Before you know it, people will want to put stuff in it

Cheers,

ha ha yeah just the mention of the barn seems to have attracted atention from far and wide also when i got home i had a look at the spare trans and whataya know the missing part of the loom is hanging off it

Nice weekend away, went up to the HB trial, spent a bit of saturday with the inlaws, and shot over to napier to meet DeRanged and check out his lada. Nice to meet you Reece, keep up the good work!!

rolled once during the trial and messed up the bonnet and side panels (and knocked a few things off the engine), then rolled it on the monday playing on another farm (stayed with Girlfriends Uncle on his farm) and messed up the bonnet even more...

Trial was great, I enjoyed the hazards, thanks to all who helped setup and run the event.

rotordogg wrote:and shot over to napier to meet DeRanged and check out his lada. Nice to meet you Reece, keep up the good work!!
Trial was great, I enjoyed the hazards, thanks to all who helped setup and run the event.

Was waiting to see THE LADA at the trials, what happened to it?
Yep good hazards didn't roll had a ball and came home via Lake Waikaremoana as my wife and coeie have never been there before. Wife would do it again BUT NOT IN THE TRUCK