Offroad-Express

Well not completed yet but and update on the supercharger install on a vitara 8v motor .





Got it all plumbed up today and new belt on etc , in a bit of a rush ( due to the lad at ripco that was well short of a six pax ) so jumped in to fire it up . Well false start one , top intake pipe not done up , off it pops . Start two , better but in my haste forgot to disconect the breather tube and brake booster hose .
After about a minute of running large quantities of oil oosed out of the rocker cover all over the engine , oops .
Apart from that it still ran , idling a bit high but choke would have been on . The most concerning part was the front pulley of the s/c was too hot to touch after the minute of running and the howl it made I am inclinded to think a bearing is shot . That would be a bugger .

See what tomorrow brings .

Chris

after the other days outing and the brakes on ole rusty finally giving up, i decided a little maintenance might be a wise idea..

took off the rear hub to find the cylinder had a spasm and exploded, well, over extended anyway..

the guilty party.. (pushed back in to remove pads etc..)


then after replacing hubs etc on the rear, quickly inspected the fronts and then tried to bleed em.. problem... brake fluid wasnt being drawn from the reservoir.. h20 deducted the master cylinder must be naffed so out the old unit came and in went the unit i had saved from the parts 60.. that'll be the only clean part in the engine bay..


went to bleed and it worked.. just need more fluid to give all four corners a decent flush.. that'll be tuesday nights jobby, amongst a few other bits.....

worked.......

Lost a member of the family








But hell did she leave behind some good memories

R.I.P Pip

Sorry to hear it diesel.

I dread the day when one of our two dogs goes....never thought i would say it before we got them but they are now part of the family.

Looks like it was a great life )

Man's best friend

Believe I've met pip a couple of times, hell of a nice dog. Really sorry to hear pip is gone and for your loss DB.

Mike

was a sad end for a great character and sweet little dog, Judge will miss teh little tramp

Sorry to hear it Pete she was such an awesome dog with so much personality, will be missed.


Umm yesterday i put my 4.8 diffs in it makes a massive difference to power and I can actually do hillstarts without stalling now! I also managed to blow a hub seal last night doin donuts that'll teach me...

well i got my finger out of my ass and over he week i got the old truck sort of going.

just got back from a nice quit trip up the waiparia river

"Leithfield" why were you up there on your own.
yes i know your more then able to cruse up there.

still have a small problem with truck, fuel pump not working to well, truck stall a few times

will try and fix this week

jono

Sorry to hear about Pip DB....

I managed to do stage one of the waterproofing on the 2JZ....

http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/modules ... 0688#50688

Found a new use for the Hi-Lift jack. Had problems ripping out an old rhododhenron from the front yard. Chainsaw & Hi-lift worked a treat, until galvanised chain broke!

( Note to self - use a rated chain in future. )

Gave up and went to work instead for the rest of the weekend

TIP: If you want to cut down a rhododenron - kill the bloody stump afterwards. Unlike the plonker that cut this one down - Now the roots have gone for miles & sprouted little trees everywhere AND they are bloody hard to pull out

Baldrick wrote:Found a new use for the Hi-Lift jack. Had problems ripping out an old rhododhenron from the front yard. Chainsaw & Hi-lift worked a treat, until galvanised chain broke!

( Note to self - use a rated chain in future. )

Gave up and went to work instead for the rest of the weekend

TIP: If you want to cut down a rhododenron - kill the bloody stump afterwards. Unlike the plonker that cut this one down - Now the roots have gone for miles & sprouted little trees everywhere AND they are bloody hard to pull out

had a friend who tied a rope round the base of the bush and onto the back of his rover and drove off. Quite an impressive plant removal! virtually exploded out of the ground!

and worked sunday as well...then after that...

Me,D.B,Dixie went for a play down by the river and theres this big ass shingle bed in the river with it being so low and all thats between us and it was a couple of logs and a bit of mush about 10ft accross so hit the logs with missile and tune them up enough so as to get over them, then hit the GAS ! !..... slush is a bit deeper than anticipated so theres the missile with the front end buried in the goo and all of us laughing our tits off !. bit of winching from D.B with Dixie as anchor and out the missile pops

had to be done....

waiting for them to post the pics (only cell phones were there, no real cameras unfortunatly)

Comin.......................

It was just one of those "it would be rude not to" situations

DieselBoy wrote:It was just one of those "it would be rude not to" situations

better

the missile, or the dozer?

niblik wrote:the missile, or the dozer?

hahha

you shoulda been there dude, was soooo fkn funny. like...Hmmmm ...thats a bit deeper than it looks....BWAhahahahahahahaha..

then pete says "quick get a winch on before it sinks !"

priceless !

No 4WDn for me over the weekend, Doesn’t help that I still haven’t put the starter motor back together again, still got to press off the old brgs and fit the new ones

I did have a busy weekend though, drove to Blenheim Fri night, helped rebuild a D series Ford truck gearbox, then drove the owners Mu and tandem trailer with the parts gearbox and some truck wheels on it back to CHCH last night.

billyvanboheman wrote:No 4WDn for me over the weekend, Doesn’t help that I still haven’t put the starter motor back together again, still got to press off the old brgs and fit the new ones

I did have a busy weekend though, drove to Blenheim Fri night, helped rebuild a D series Ford truck gearbox, then drove the owners Mu and tandem trailer with the parts gearbox and some truck wheels on it back to CHCH last night.

What a guy. Nice to know there's still real blokes about (no - I'm not being sarcastic!)

I guess part of that is the FORD bit :cyclops: (oops...there goes the sarcasim)

Baldrick wrote:I guess part of that is the FORD bit :cyclops: (oops...there goes the sarcasim)

Sorry dude but I'm actually a bow tie man

Always happy to get my hands dirty for a mate though