Offroad-Express

Got the POS running again, no fuel leakage now.

Picked up surf front doors for the double cab last night (so I'll have front electric windows and mirrors), a pair of rear doors (mine are farked) some tail lights for my wellside and picked the wellside up from a mates place. Today I bought a tough deck from firestonecruiser and have also bought a chrome hilux rollbar.

Hoping to get the tough deck mounted into the wellside and the bottom of it painted so I can install the deck this Friday night. Just need to get my hands on some roughly 3 inch exhaust tubing so I can build my snorkel, anyone know of anywhere in Ashburton or chch area that would have some offcuts?

Cheers

So after something like a year got around to putting replacement motor in seeing as i have a barn to work in now,took a couple of days, had to do everything on me own, even tow it into the barn and then nudge it from the back because nissains are that heavy! got it started but dont think the fuel is going through lines to the carb so guess gota suck it through, isnt as tidy as when i got it but hoping to sell it after i get it all going etc if anyone is wanting something like this

Spent the day pulling gearbox to fix an oil leak that I've had for a while.

uptomynutsinruts wrote:anyone know of anywhere in Ashburton or chch area that would have some offcuts?

Cheers

I got 3" stainless from my local scrap man for $15 a 90 corner and $9 a kilo for straight bits. they had heaps from diary cocky's winter maintainance
$37 for enough to make this.

Drilled a hole, taped a thread in the hole, fitted an EGT probe...

chopdpatrol wrote:So after something like a year got around to putting replacement motor in seeing as i have a barn to work in now,took a couple of days, had to do everything on me own, even tow it into the barn and then nudge it from the back because nissains are that heavy! got it started but dont think the fuel is going through lines to the carb so guess gota suck it through, isnt as tidy as when i got it but hoping to sell it after i get it all going etc if anyone is wanting something like this

Keep us posted on how you get on I may be interested in buying it

truck passed cert on friday, just waiting for plate to turn up then its back in for warrant

have to get myself a drill so i can mount my recovery hooks, then i will almost be sorted for 4x4ing.

better yet, a guy from work goes hunting/4x4ing/fishing/diving and has invited me to tag along so ill even get to use the terrano properly and get out and enjoy what i love doing

uptomynutsinruts wrote:Picked up surf front doors for the double cab last night (so I'll have front electric windows and mirrors), a pair of rear doors (mine are farked) some tail lights for my wellside and picked the wellside up from a mates place. Today I bought a tough deck from firestonecruiser and have also bought a chrome hilux rollbar.

Hoping to get the tough deck mounted into the wellside and the bottom of it painted so I can install the deck this Friday night. Just need to get my hands on some roughly 3 inch exhaust tubing so I can build my snorkel, anyone know of anywhere in Ashburton or chch area that would have some offcuts?

Cheers

go in and see the boys at dart engineering in the industrial area. they can bend up 3 inch exhaust but it has to be 2mm wall thickness. there prices are pretty cheap.

cheers jono. hope u enjoy the tuff deck

Finally got back diff back into the Lada, been along time waiting!
Hopefully sort shims for front diff and get that into truck in a few weeks.

Washed and polished the 40. Fixed the broken flair, flushed the coolant system and washed the safari.

Burst a new ORA hub, luckily had a spare hub in the parts box

Then had to dig myself out of the washout that I was in when it broke

Cleaned some cars that have been lurking in my driveway, found some bars to cut up weld back together, fixed my aeriel's and made a bit of a track at my old mans place. Not a bad weekend really

mounted up my fuel pump and surge tank in the lada,

so finally got something done on it.

Made a skid plate to protect the sump - originally had a crappy plastic style cover.

Got a 1/4 sheet of 3mm and made a template and cut it all out. Got the local engineering place to put a couple of folds in it for me.

Also had a few liquors and watched the Warriors and the Chiefs. Go Hamilton!

diogenese wrote:

uptomynutsinruts wrote:anyone know of anywhere in Ashburton or chch area that would have some offcuts?

Cheers

I got 3" stainless from my local scrap man for $15 a 90 corner and $9 a kilo for straight bits. they had heaps from diary cocky's winter maintainance
$37 for enough to make this.

To high for our bush tracks been there done that cut it down

high for our bush tracks been there done that cut it down

Too high for here too! It got cut down before it left the workshop

spent 2 and a half hours helping a mate replace the back diff out of his datsun after he blew it up. was a good effort considering neither of us had done anything like this before.

Fitted Subaru gravel express seats into the safari. Much more comfortable lol.

Nice one. LOL

I removed a mates cracked 1kz head, only to be replacing it will a cheap arse Chinese pos head. Bloody cheap bugger he is! Iv warned him.

Installed a spartan locker in my open diff, and made a holder to make it working on them so much easier.

Now to find the time to install it.