Offroad-Express

What are peoples plans / acheivements this weekend?

sorted some small things out on the terrano today, started painting the chassis black.

have to put all the interior back together after i had to pull it apart to get to spotlight wiring to find out why it wasnt working.

also pulled off back wheels and rotors to unveil why my handbrake stopped working yet again, lots of mud in there, and bugger all brake pad left, time to replace.... so far i have found $240 to be the cheapest, or 100 bucks from ozzy, go figures.

Going up to Woodhill on Sunday to give the new winch a try out prior to the teams event in Welly wood ,will be going down with a 3/4 finished truck but Hey it starts and most things work

Starting work on my rock sliders and getting ready to go and do a recovery as part of our fire training on Monday

Got my bits for a new snorkel just need to get all the angles correct.

Taking the playdoh into Woodhill just incase the missing 1/4 of monstr's
unfinished truck is required and he needs towing out

putting new fanbelt on the Jeep this weekend if i find a break in the weather!

Planning to win Super Modified class at Waitati rally tomorrow.
Or at least show up

fitting new proracks to the smurf and then figure out how to mount the spotties on top

Got side racked from making my sliders and made a cargo barrier instead this morning, will start on the sliders after lunch in between referring the children

Oil catch can for the bighorn should be turning up today, ready to go in all i have to do is tap a small outlet to the bottom, and plumb up a hose to go straight to dipstick.

callum007 wrote: Waitati rally tomorrow.

Tell me more, what time etc.

nivaman wrote:

callum007 wrote: Waitati rally tomorrow.

Tell me more, what time etc.

Kick off is 10am sign posted from the northern motorway, at the Otago Land Rover Owners Club Land. Entry $10 an adult or $25 a family.

Picked this up

said goodbye to my truck , off to it's new home in Rotorua.

now time to get the bush basher up and running

Al

Been under the truck today... Rear diff seal replaced....Started leaking after Thompsons... Changed the diff oil while I was at it... No big bits in the oil..Phew... Nice new oil now... Greased all the UJ's and sliding joints...
Should be as smooth as silk. !!

Greased all my nipples
Checked my Motor mount lift bolts
Mounted my spade
Remade the lid on my storage box

Ready for woodhill tomorrow

Working but got tomorrow off to help marshall for the clubs rally. Starts 9am Sunday at the club grounds 5min north of Dunedin, just before Waitati if anybody wants to come watch. Should be nice and muddy after todays rain!

Yesterday me and a friend took to my 1997 bighorn with the plasma cutter, sliced the back off just behind the front seats. went and bought sum 16x10 rims and fitted my 35x13.5 mudzillas (only for intrest sake as they are bald).

PLAYUP wrote:Yesterday me and a friend took to my 1997 bighorn with the plasma cutter, sliced the back off just behind the front seats. went and bought sum 16x10 rims and fitted my 35x13.5 mudzillas (only for intrest sake as they are bald).

Photo's or it didn't happen !

Sposed to be working on my Prado...
I have sourced some non worn spindles, knuckles etc. Thanks to a top bloke on this site. You know who you are! Spindle alignment jig to be machined up later today.

Trying to get into the guts of a Hydraulic snap connector that has jammed off a Mustang bobcat. A little spherical circlip thingee dropped out when I removed the connector from the hose... I may have to make up a C - spanner.

Been side-tracked onto my wee 1927 Austin 7 Ulster (sports model). We changed springs last night, steering to sort, fuel tank to put back up front and new close ratio gears in another box, before an off-road / back country track style 3 day rally at Q Bd WE. Changing back to road from being a trials car. The handling was way to dangerous on the open road at speed! Will all get changed back again before the next trials event.

Irishmans creek icedjohnno??
My mother in law and her partner go on that every year..they've got a very tidy model A.

Made up some blanking plates for the egr and have an intercooler ready to modify. Weather is too inconsistent to get in there and actually do the work without a garage. Last weekend I fixed the aircon (had no belt, was a gamble whether it'd fix it or not) and installed a sub.

Put last two rivets in to cert plate as Clint didn't have 90 degree drill to miss the wiring mess on drivers side.

Cut a hole in my rad support panel to see where my intercooler might sit, so I can see where my shock mounts/brace might sit. A lot of theory so far.

Back from a short stint in Woodhill, Monstr's truck given a work out.. Few wee things to fix / mod and I got to play rescue truck....
Nice and wet in there, some of the easy tracks have been badly washed out... making them slightly harder tracks now
Plenty of big puddles for those to splash about in....

What Calvin is not telling you is he had to drag my sorry ass out of the crap after the pump tore the side out of the transfer case ,on the plus side most things worked and the rear mounted radiator worked mint ,a few late night coming but we will be up and running for the teams challenge in wellywood .

00falcon wrote:Greased all my nipples

yep thats the jeep thing ...........how many ya got.....

callum007 wrote:Planning to win Super Modified class at Waitati rally tomorrow.
Or at least show up

How did u go 1nutt?

Edit above: Tried to win today. Had carby issues, Overfuelling - fuel coming out of venturi tube, used 30 litres of 98 and av gas mix today! and lunched the alternator bearing which then chewed up 2 belts within 1.5 mud drag runs. hydro steering is very heavy with no pump running, made loading on the trailer awkward. Hang over and cramp made concentration difficult. Hope there are photos from today somewhere.

Swapped the auto locker from one safari to another took all day as I had to change the springs haha only to find 1 spring missing so had to leave one worn one in there. In typical safari fashion got it all back together and back on the ground and went to fill the front diff and the filler bung is fully stripped 30min later and it was out...finally but now its dark and the wife isn't happy with the time it took so will do that tomorrow.