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mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 4:30 pm

didnÂ´t do anything practical

but did some more research on my auto transmission found out they are relatively easy to adjust but you require a vacum gauge a vacum pump a pressure guage and banjo fittings to attach to the test point on the transmission

so i figure it will cost me just as much if not more to buy all the neccessary bits and pieces as it will to just take it to a mercedes specialist and get them to do it

so now i have to save my pennies got to find me a flatmate to make that a little easier

wjw · Post by **wjw** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 6:29 pm

Lets see, Friday night, helped split trans from my 1KZ. Saturday took A340 & A343F trans' to be serviced and have bits swapped... then tried to get the 1KZ into my garage by hand... no chance... one hoist later all done. Nothing much else... mowed lawn, washed windows, went to Willowbank, all the normal keep the mrs & landlord happy type things...

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 6:44 pm

nothing done on my truck.......
but checked out a few rentals and
might have sorted a place!!(always good
to have a place to live)haha
Yahoo.........

lilpigzuk · Post by **lilpigzuk** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 7:03 pm

Took Lil Pig and a few other zuks out to a local farm today, dragged Callum out with me as well, assumed he enjoyed it :wink:

Couldnt let him go home without getting the cruiser muddy though. Promised him I wouldnt tell anyone that he got towed out by a tractor about 100m from where we started :oops:

Short day as pretty much all vehicles had one issue or another, but got muddy and had fun

turoa · Post by **turoa** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 7:20 pm

lilpigzuk wrote:Took Lil Pig and a few other zuks out to a local farm today, dragged Callum out with me as well, assumed he enjoyed it Couldnt let him go home without getting the cruiser muddy though. Promised him I wouldnt tell anyone that he got towed out by a tractor about 100m from where we started
Short day as pretty much all vehicles had one issue or another, but got muddy and had fun

Get any pics?

Not much done today. Finished front supension yesterday, started on the rear as well, but decided id better finish cleaning the patrols interior (cant wait till the rovers going. I can just hose it :twisted:

). That mud was from the trials last week.

callum007 · Post by **callum007** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 7:20 pm

all good.. cheers rex.. good day. reconfirmed the cruiser should stay in the garage.. maxxis creepies are for sale cos i think they are shit..
i looking for a zuzi to buy..

lilpigzuk · Post by **lilpigzuk** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 7:42 pm

turoa wrote:
lilpigzuk wrote:Took Lil Pig and a few other zuks out to a local farm today, dragged Callum out with me as well, assumed he enjoyed it Couldnt let him go home without getting the cruiser muddy though. Promised him I wouldnt tell anyone that he got towed out by a tractor about 100m from where we started
Short day as pretty much all vehicles had one issue or another, but got muddy and had fun

Get any pics?

dont think so, but may be a little bit of video footage floating round soon hopefully

turoa · Post by **turoa** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 8:08 pm

callum007 wrote:all good.. cheers rex.. good day. reconfirmed the cruiser should stay in the garage.. maxxis creepies are for sale cos i think they are shit..
i looking for a zuzi to buy..

A) how much
B) You need beadlocks to get the best out of creepys. At 5psi they are farken awesome :twisted:

C) what type of suzuki?
D) will the suzuki have a rover v8
E) what kind of drugs has rex given you? Just so I know to keep away from them :wink:

billyvanboheman · Post by **billyvanboheman** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 8:27 pm

As per my topic in the Mod's section I cut some holes in the Isuzu guard on Friday night for the snorkel.

SNORKEL PROJET LINK

Also was lucky enough to be lent a set of 33x12.5x15 tyres on cruiser rims to test on the Isuzu, looks real mean with them bolted on, now just a few rear spring changes to make and I will be able to fit a set of my own for weekend trips :lol:

DieselBoy · Post by **DieselBoy** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 8:27 pm

Installed a new cylinder head on Dwaynes 1KZ in his surf. Took untill 2am Sunday morning untill we could start it up(with a break to milk the 270 cows). Today checked over what we had done the night before (beer goggles :lol:

) plumbed in a few rogue vacum hoses and filled up the cooling system and ran it up to temp in the shed.

Half an hour later off for a strop down the road and a play in the wet paddocks :twisted:

Seems to be ok, nothing other than a couple of leaking fittings ontop of No. 3 and 4 injectors, so once those are sorted should do another 200,000+ k's

I don't ever want to do that job again

Post by **mike** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 8:36 pm

Worked on the LR again this weekend. Wont bore you with the details except for today I planned to go into the garage about 9am and not come out till 5pm and get shit loads done, instead took old crusty out and went wakeboarding and got into the garage about 3pm and luckily enough the drive shaft off the 73 series 3 landy bolted straight up in the rear so I dont have to fabricate one up :lol:

Mike

callum007 · Post by **callum007** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 8:43 pm

tu's if you know of a zuk with an 8 for sale let me know.. they still not good at 5.. i tried...
I working on getting some vid footage up.. anyone got good program to compress AVI files?? or convert to mpeg and compress

Rotazuk · Post by **Rotazuk** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:39 am

I have a bunch of programs here is use , but when quality is not an issue the easiest program I have found to use is windows movie maker . Not too bad and its free . I only use it for video to put on net etc .

Have not downloaded mine off the camera yet but will get onto it , and post some up .

Cheers

Chris

wjw · Post by **wjw** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 9:28 am

DieselBoy wrote:Installed a new cylinder head on Dwaynes 1KZ

It would be worth getting the radiator flow tested, all the diesel places recommend that after a 1KZ head has gone...

DieselBoy · Post by **DieselBoy** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 12:32 pm

wjw wrote:
DieselBoy wrote:Installed a new cylinder head on Dwaynes 1KZ

It would be worth getting the radiator flow tested, all the diesel places recommend that after a 1KZ head has gone...

Yeah i told him that. He has had it re-cored recently, as he has had alot of drama with the radiator previously, causing it to overheat far to often and that repeated overheating will be what caused the head to go i expect.

I think the dent in his pocket will lead to a far more watchfull eye on temp gauge :lol:

wjw · Post by **wjw** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 12:49 pm

might be worth checking the turbo too, the overheat caused mine to blow prematurely...

Bubba · Post by **Bubba** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 1:26 pm

I attempted to frankinstein two roofracks into one so that I could attach rod holders, spot light holders and luggage rack, ended up looking like I had a TV aerial on the roof :oops:

I made me a internal snokel after I had it ok'ed by the compliance guy. Not as straight out as I first thought, but at least it works and sounds friggin cool when I floor it

I was going to have a cool looking pod filter coming out of the dash but found I didn't have the room behind the dash I first thought. As well I might need compliance as it would likely be in my crash impact zone.

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 2:18 pm

[quote="Bubba"]I made me a internal snokel[quote]

so you ended up doing it!? did youn do it my way or sum other way?

lilpigzuk · Post by **lilpigzuk** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 3:52 pm

turoa wrote:
lilpigzuk wrote:Took Lil Pig and a few other zuks out to a local farm today, dragged Callum out with me as well, assumed he enjoyed it Couldnt let him go home without getting the cruiser muddy though. Promised him I wouldnt tell anyone that he got towed out by a tractor about 100m from where we started
Short day as pretty much all vehicles had one issue or another, but got muddy and had fun

Get any pics?

Short vid here doing what LP does best...... Rev

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-dN1aK2ewg

thanks to rotazuk for the footage

wopass · Post by **wopass** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 4:50 pm

well i diddnt do a lot.... pulled the rear diff out of BOSSHOGG with the intention of popping a lock right in it :twisted:

.... exept it has an lsd in it !

... how am i sposed to fit a locker into an lsd carrier

so i pulled my front diff out of my 40 to put in the rear of the 80's, thout to myself "ill just check the state of the bearings etc before i put it in"...yea they are shagged

DAMMIT !.... so now i have to find a diff in good condition that i can install a locker in and fit to the 80's

and then i went for a quick ride on sunday,just enough to remind me that my bike really is mad fun :twisted:

so to sum up, 2 cruisers in pieces and a dirty bike

ohh and i got a bug,chest infection and sore throat,sneezes etc..... dumb bugs :evil:

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:31 pm

lilpigzuk wrote:
turoa wrote:
lilpigzuk wrote:Took Lil Pig and a few other zuks out to a local farm today, dragged Callum out with me as well, assumed he enjoyed it Couldnt let him go home without getting the cruiser muddy though. Promised him I wouldnt tell anyone that he got towed out by a tractor about 100m from where we started
Short day as pretty much all vehicles had one issue or another, but got muddy and had fun

Get any pics?

Short vid here doing what LP does best...... Rev

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-dN1aK2ewg

thanks to rotazuk for the footage

hahaha mint vid man

billyvanboheman · Post by **billyvanboheman** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 11:04 pm

Bubba wrote:I attempted to frankinstein two roofracks into one so that I could attach rod holders, spot light holders and luggage rack, ended up looking like I had a TV aerial on the roof

BWAHAHAHAHAHA, hope you got some photos of that, could become a very sought after accessory. :lol:

Bubba · Post by **Bubba** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:42 am

BWAHAHAHAHAHA, hope you got some photos of that, could become a very sought after accessory. :lol:

[/quote]

Made a Mark 2 version of it, looks much cooler now.

Many thanks to the Wellington Tow Bar Services for all their assistance :roll:

callum007 · Post by **callum007** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:09 pm

working on some more vids but this is a start
http://www.youtube.com/v/mPREG1FCaGE

lilpigzuk · Post by **lilpigzuk** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:17 pm

callum007 wrote:working on some more vids but this is a start
http://www.youtube.com/v/mPREG1FCaGE

bwahahaha, forgot about the gorse whips :lol:

. Must have some action ones?? :wink:

callum007 · Post by **callum007** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:35 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6my8mQs1qH8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvoWhWDGnOQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgfpRWkCedw

PuddleJumper · Post by **PuddleJumper** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:39 pm

Helped in finding some winch challange tracks for next years NorWest Winch Challange. They should be interesting..... :wink:

callum007 · Post by **callum007** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:42 pm

where abouts are the tracks... thereabouts....

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 9:04 pm

great vids

jumper · Post by **jumper** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 10:12 pm

Oct 28-29

Oct 28-29

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