Offroad-Express

Well its the weekend again... oh its been a looong one since last year
About to set off for Woodhill and our turn at rescue patrol...Playdoh hasn't seen dirt for 7 weeks......
So anyone going today... be good.... Nah... do what ever so we can laugh...

SP450andLE wrote:

Both bonnets up already, I hope that was the end of the day, not the beginning.. LOL

set truck up to take airbed for those over night trip

also got awning from 4x4 essentials. great company to deal with

It was the beginning...

Only one of the trucks was broken, and even then it wasn't terminal, just a broken mount or two...

oljamesyboy wrote:

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set truck up to take airbed for those over night trip

also got awning from 4x4 essentials. great company to deal with

That's very kool!!!!

Tried replacing lower ball joint got nowhere, anyone in the west coast wanna help me? I also didnt seem to have the right tools, there is mead n woodys!!

Peace

Arvin the west coast noob

I cleaned out airfilter can and tapped an blew dust out of air filter, fitted new snorkel ram scoop $40 off transpecs wiri
going up thompsons track tomoorow for some cooler air

Smurf wrote:

SP450andLE wrote:

Both bonnets up already, I hope that was the end of the day, not the beginning.. LOL

Ahhh the white one was attached to me for a few hundred meters as I dragged it up a hill..... But I will let the owner explain why....

kbushnz wrote:

Smurf wrote:

SP450andLE wrote:

Both bonnets up already, I hope that was the end of the day, not the beginning.. LOL

Ahhh the white one was attached to me for a few hundred meters as I dragged it up a hill..... But I will let the owner explain why....

I can only comment on the red one... because after months of faffing about I finally got her done... and took her on her maiden voyage. All was going swimmingly, well... moderately swimmingly anyhow... I choose to ignore horrendously rich tune (2smoke anyone?) and the fact that she wouldn't run sans choke... but all in all progress was dandy, up hills, down dales, through holes, over stumps... stupendous, look at that, TWO ladas functional on ONE day!!!















For approximately 23 minutes... after that a horrendous knocking noise surfaced... well, a knocking, grinding, shuddering "I'm not really happy about movement anymore" noise :/

Turns out quite a few bits of the driveline decided to stop being pals... this lead to some "unpleasantness" such as:











Which lead to this:





and then this:



And finally thanks to all you good bastards who towed/gave rides/parts/opened gates/leant trailers and generally saved my bacon I managed to get her home safe and sound on a trailer then deal with grindingclunkingbangingdoonkdoonkscreeeetch type noises till I managed to manhandle the b*tch into the driveway at home...


... where I will attempt repairs faster than the previous lot... aka less than a year or so

But honestly thanks all, you know who you are and you are fracking amazing!!

Hah, those lil lada's get pretty good flex for a small low truck!
Well after last weekends marathon effort removing carby parts, fitting up efi parts, and wiring, and getting stuck when the fuel pump wouldnt fit in the tank, I think it might be a quiet one this weekend as I am still in search of a pump that fits, and waiting on a little water outlet gasket that toyota charged me $19 for because noone else stocked one or the correct thickness gasket paper. Maybe tidy up the last of the wiring up and at least power the system up n see if she turns over.

put some new boots on the safari.
Measured the old and new for comparison and the saveros are 20mm bigger in diamiter than the buckshots thats after the treads depth has been taken off.

Went up to woodhill today, was a bloody good day. Safari didnt miss a beat, and my new springs are magic highly recommend Dobi 2" lifted springs. Very nice on the road and soft enough to flex up real nice offroad.

Was good to see the ladas out, shame about the diff situations

I Got james to go through here
and he got wet lol..

The WEHI wrote:I Got james to go through here
and he got wet lol..

haha was waiting for this to pop up

nothing quite like seeing things floating around in your car

parked at countdown on way home and still had water leaking out

called into mates today and did another tweak to the diesel lift pump setup. ran another return line from fuel reg to lift pump inlet. just to reduce the flow going through the pre filter and to reduce the risk of pressuring the IP via the IP return line. the stock 1/4" return line is a bit small for a 72gph pump.

helped mate get his radio going in the RR.
then pulled the gearbox/diff out of his ride on lawn mower! bloody thing had broken the chassis at the diff mounting points, which cause it to shear the gearbox bolt, which caused the "uni" to jam stopping it from going anywhere.
drilled out the broken bolt, made a couple of sandwich plates to strengthen the broken chassis and replace diff mounting points. reassemble and test run.

so 1 hour work on 4x4, 6 hours work on the darn 2wd lawnmower !
at least he shouted food and beer.

crazyclark31 wrote:put some new boots on the safari.
Measured the old and new for comparison and the saveros are 20mm bigger in diamiter than the buckshots thats after the treads depth has been taken off.

Yep last year I put a set of Severos on at the same time as my mate was putting on a set of Bighorns and the bighorns where much small in height and width,
Both were meant to be 33x12.5r15

I hope you enjoy the Severo;s as much as I do onto my 3rd set and love them

The WEHI wrote:I Got james to go through here
and he got wet lol..

where is this? Looks to be near a river

yup went to woodys. wasent happy with the diff ratios so I took it out...the diff that is...........




right so thats what shock loading at full noise looks like! leason lernt!
Recon I've poped the spiders in the rear diff also. other than the rear diff clunking now and then, it actually drove better with 2wd

was a good day otherwise, good to see u out there delfuego. who's gona find the first diff.

Thanks for the tows and the escort to the gate to those that did.
Any know of a front lada diff going cheep, i wana go to murawai next weekend



still the shita holds its own of driving out of woody and home under its own steam evey time.


If your not breaking it your not driving it
finished the day at a mates with a mean bar b and cold ones by the pool.

Suza wrote:

crazyclark31 wrote:put some new boots on the safari.
Measured the old and new for comparison and the saveros are 20mm bigger in diamiter than the buckshots thats after the treads depth has been taken off.

Yep last year I put a set of Severos on at the same time as my mate was putting on a set of Bighorns and the bighorns where much small in height and width,
Both were meant to be 33x12.5r15

I hope you enjoy the Severo;s as much as I do onto my 3rd set and love them

have had them before and reckon gota be one of the best for the safari. They work REALLY well down here in our kinda ground.

Haha woodhill looked like fun! Dammit, next time i want to come out!

jonossiksilvia wrote:

The WEHI wrote:I Got james to go through here
and he got wet lol..

where is this? Looks to be near a river

Kowai River but its never got water in it and its really a quiet drive.

Edit - Can do majority of it in 2wd lol.

Going to try to do the ball joints again, wish me luck

Peace

Arvin

Well, so far I have finished assembling the hub/cv on the lada, and now started bleeding the brakes. Finally got them working after trying unsuccessfully on my own.

Also got the guard edges sorted and even a radio. All things are looking bright

failed, fckn ae, i seems i need a bigger hammer, not a mallet, and a 23mm spanner, of all things

Peace

Arvin

Pulled apart terrano again, need to get tie rod bar (joins hubs together for steering purposes on a safari axle) straightened up, handbrake shoes, starting to pull apart exhaust so i can make it 3 inch

and all those anoing parts for warrent...

ArvinSlayer wrote:failed, fckn ae, i seems i need a bigger hammer, not a mallet, and a 23mm spanner, of all things

Peace

Arvin

ball joints are a shit at the best of times mate. Ive found putting some good levarage on the joint while giving it a good solid hit in the right direction can help. otherwise get a ball goint seperator or fork. keep at it youll get em.

The WEHI wrote:

jonossiksilvia wrote:

The WEHI wrote:I Got james to go through here
and he got wet lol..

where is this? Looks to be near a river

Kowai River but its never got water in it and its really a quiet drive.

Edit - Can do majority of it in 2wd lol.

its as hard as you want to make it.

where the pic was taken just behind my Nissan it splits into two bits and joined back up around 20m up more,
one side was dry as and we decided to take the harder option.
Jordan took the easy way around to get in front to tow me out then to show off went through it all with no issues
might need to get me some bigger tires and do something about my open diffs although the clutch was the main issue

so went up thompsons track, two of us, saw no other trucks there only bikes and quads,
and at the top my mate found bottom bolt on the right hand front shock was missing. fitted a 3/8 ratchet handle in place a few cable ties drove it home

ladeda wrote:Any know of a front lada diff going cheep,

I do, how many do you want?.