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well i worked satday and still managed to make time to replace the crank angle sensor on my family wagon commodore (prick of a Job) and pulled the 2f engine out of the missile. tomorrow if i dont get called into work im going to start repairs/mods

worked today....going to the ORE trials tomorow at Aotea

I worked today....going to the ORE trials tomorow at Aotea

at last i finaly got the intercooler fitted into my Mistral only thing to do now is fit a small fan to it to help with the cooling and apart from fitting that mowed lawns mucked out dog runs n drank more rum n coke

Dropped my front spring hangers down today, just gotta mount the ifs powed steer box and im all crossovered,

Will post pics tomoro

Got everything unbolted and removed, ready to put the new clutch in.

Got $28 for 2 chassis's at the scrap metal (first time I have sat on the weigh bridge, usually Im so happy to get rid of crap from my yard I havent asked for money)
Daughters 1st bday tomorrow, and the brewski fridge seems awefully full for a 1 yr olds bday party

got a bit more grinding on the truck done ready for the new inner guards to go in, my new transfer case mounted e-brake arrived from the states so will be putting that soon too

pulled both rear disc calipers, dropped them off to be rebuilt, still have to find a taillight,

Got keys to new house friday, so started ripping up carpets and prepping the floor boards for sanding... and started cleaning out the gutters....

On friday night, got the oil pressure gauge working... (die grinders are wonderful), Rancho's finally came back correct (third time lucky I suppose) so fitted those... forgot to get new plugs so will be in the workshop monday doing plugs/leads/dizzy cap... then ready for the coast ....woohooo....

worked friday night...

worked sat night, dayshift didnt come in, rang in sick, so ended up doin an 18 hour shift..

whats planned for tomorrow you ask?

work.

put my skyline back together fitted 5 point harnesses,front kit,repaired side skirt and read caps from burn out damage fitted oil cooler for my powersteering as i burnt out the last pump from being at full lock for to long

hired out my car trailer to a mate for his vr4 4g63 powered ute
gf had a week end off i was hoping to take her out but she had training


truck got broken into in my driveway on friday night at 4am my dad heard them and they got scared off
dunno what they were after there isnt anything in it worth taking

farkers trying to steal sh1t.

it wasn´t quite this weekend on wednesday after work i removed my rear wheel cylinders and master cylinder to get them all rebuilt. i can´t see the point of doing them one at a time.But i think one of the previous owners wasn´t worried about it because it looks as if one of the wheel cylinders has been rebuilt before.I would rather get them both done and then i know they are both good and since i had both the wheel cylinders out i thought may as well do the master cylinder as well just to be sure.So on thursday after i got sent home from work too wet i dropped them all off at apec brake and clutch in Hamilton.A workmate of mine put me on to them i went to them incase the cylinders needed to be resleeved.
also on thursday got the rear muffler replaced on my car and took that in to get a warrant.

long wrote:at last i finaly got the intercooler fitted into my Mistral only thing to do now is fit a small fan to it to help with the cooling and apart from fitting that mowed lawns mucked out dog runs n drank more rum n coke

Tidy job, buddy.
Suggest ducting the air to fan for the I/C to exclude engine bay air.

Ok, this will raise a small storm in the forum, cos it will have no effect unless you are travelling SLOW!! At road speed, enuff air is passing thru the I/C and over it to keep all sweet.

NIbik mate 16 hrs max then them to stuff it thats al you should do then 12 hours off

my gfs mum does 24 hour shifts sometimes.... fark that

Had a lazy day today, but did take off my rear bumper and mounted the tow bar higher for better exit. Looking to make the tow bar removable and making some side bars to replace the bumper ends and protect the tail end of the body work.

Did a lot of hard thinking today and after thinking about how offroadexpress will be 5 years old on december the 6th this year and how 5 years is a long time for a website, I've finally decided to call it quits with this site. (no this is not an april fools joke, its bad luck to do that after midday anyway)

Mike

mike wrote:Did a lot of hard thinking today and after thinking about how offroadexpress will be 5 years old on december the 6th this year and how 5 years is a long time for a website, I've finally decided to call it quits with this site. (no this is not an april fools joke, its bad luck to do that after midday anyway)

Mike

WHAT!!!!!

oops forgot to mention that I'll be replacing it with a new modern version so the rest of the day was spent designing the new site. Decided to release it gradually till december with the main launch on the 6th of december. Its going to bigger than ever and even encompass youtube style videos in posts if you want. I decided rather than impliment new things on the old technology I would rebuild from scratch giving offroadexpress at least another 5 years.

Mike

mike wrote:oops forgot to mention that I'll be replacing it with a new modern version so the rest of the day was spent designing the new site. Decided to release it gradually till december with the main launch on the 6th of december. Its going to bigger than ever and even encompass youtube style videos in posts if you want. I decided rather than impliment new things on the old technology I would rebuild from scratch giving offroadexpress at least another 5 years.

Mike

That was NOT funny Michael

mike wrote:oops forgot to mention that I'll be replacing it with a new modern version so the rest of the day was spent designing the new site. Decided to release it gradually till december with the main launch on the 6th of december. Its going to bigger than ever and even encompass youtube style videos in posts if you want. I decided rather than impliment new things on the old technology I would rebuild from scratch giving offroadexpress at least another 5 years.

Mike

OH THANK CHRIST!!!!!!!!! I thought u wanted to shut the site down!!!!! could we have a faster chat room to please???

mike wrote:oops forgot to mention that I'll be replacing it with a new modern version so the rest of the day was spent designing the new site. Decided to release it gradually till december with the main launch on the 6th of december. Its going to bigger than ever and even encompass youtube style videos in posts if you want. I decided rather than impliment new things on the old technology I would rebuild from scratch giving offroadexpress at least another 5 years.

Mike

Should make it the 7th December, thats when the Japs changed things for the Yanks!!

John

mike wrote:oops forgot to mention that I'll be replacing it with a new modern version so the rest of the day was spent designing the new site. Decided to release it gradually till december with the main launch on the 6th of december. Its going to bigger than ever and even encompass youtube style videos in posts if you want. I decided rather than impliment new things on the old technology I would rebuild from scratch giving offroadexpress at least another 5 years.

Mike

Cool..nothing like a real winter challenge

jdeburgh wrote:Should make it the 7th December, thats when the Japs changed things for the Yanks!!

John

Yeah.....but who REALLY won in the end

lilpigzuk wrote:Got $28 for 2 chassis's at the scrap metal (first time I have sat on the weigh bridge, usually Im so happy to get rid of crap from my yard I havent asked for money)
Daughters 1st bday tomorrow, and the brewski fridge seems awefully full for a 1 yr olds bday party

Hey..congrats

Enjoy a couplla quiet ones

Had a crap weekend trying to recover from the shock of stuffed bushes on the Cruiser.

Wondered why it wallowed all over the road - and NO - it's not 'cos its a Toyota

Put it up on the hoist and poked and prodded/pushed and pulled with the pry bar and found all but 2 sets of bushes underneath the old whale are stuffed - or close enough to falling apart.

That was shock #1

Shock #2 was finding only 2-3mm left on a set of brake pads. Only changed them 16k ago

Shock#3 and the worse one - finding out the price of OEM bushes from Toyota - most aren't in stock but are ex-Japan. $1600 couldn't believe it :puker:

I just about fell off the desk I was perched on.

Anyway....a very handy chap in Ch-Ch by the name of Rick (4WD Accessories) has given a FAR FAR better price.

So just trying to figure which bank to rob, before supporting those that support the ORE Group.

What a boring weekend.

Looking forward to next weekend. At least stuffed bushes let the artic move about a bit easier

Just becomes a bucket of crap while driving/wallowing on the open road.

Pulled my sump and oil pump off to fit up my new mid bowl sump and oil pump only to discover the 7M oil pump is very different.

Damn,

Worked all Saturday. Went out Sat night.

Did some work on the zuk today and bought a 2nd 4k engine for $70 for it for when i break the first one

And bought this:


AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS........ OWWW YEAH!!!

safari_mulisha wrote: hired out my car trailer to a mate for his vr4 4g63 powered ute

Yeah that white L200? It does kickarse doughys saw it at thos skids out near morrinsville a month or so ago those guys got it roadworthy yet?

safari_mulisha wrote: put my skyline back together fitted 5 point harnesses,front kit,repaired side skirt and read caps from burn out damage fitted oil cooler for my powersteering as i burnt out the last pump from being at full lock for to long

Far out only just relised whu you are. Your skyline is farkin cool bro 4th gear burnouts aye??!!