Offroad-Express

Went to the Waimak North Bank, to test out my new suspension and tyres. Rick from 4wd Accessories has done an amazing job. Lots more flex, and a superb ride. The Maxxis Buckshots I fitted performed really good also. Had a lot of fun.

not alot went to work they sent us home because the site was to wet

then went to pukekohe got a new key cut for my little suzuki got a surprise as the guy got the pattern off a database (bloody amazing thing the interweb) took less than 5 mins and he had a working key woohoo i was a happy chappy so got him to make a couple more

then got home took out the motor and gearbox from little suzuki swapped gearbox with one from the collection of stuff i bought just over a week ago and put engine and gearbox back in car didn´t quite get it finished but another half an hour tomorrow and it should be all good

Spend the day cutting firewood in Akatarawa Forest.
For any of you Wellington folk on here who need cheap and plentiful firewood, this is the place to go. Contact the Regional Council to get a key ($100 bond) and for $20.00 you can cut as much firewood as you can over a two day period. Enter from Totara Park in Upper Hutt, then it is a 5 km ride along forestry roads to the current logging site.
Going back in tomorrow, hopefully it will be a bit drier.

Today mro, redzuki and I worked on the nisco, and project F%ckin Daewoo

I guess the Daewoo got a hard time today?

Cloggy_NZ wrote:I guess the Daewoo got a hard time today?

must of got a flatty coz they've put the space saver on the back

Sadam_Husain wrote:

Cloggy_NZ wrote:I guess the Daewoo got a hard time today?

must of got a flatty coz they've put the space saver on the back

No, the tyres on the back are the standard size

How to disrupt anyone studying in the house or enjoying a quiet Saturday and generally annoy flatmates:



Oh well, the result was good.



People now look upon the Surf with greater expectations than what a 2L-TE can fulfill.. lol.

got a few things done on the truck, cut tow bar mounts of and bent some new ones which have lifted it about two inchs so it shouldn't snag on the ground, also put seats back in ready to go to rotovegas next week as long as every thing else gets done.

OMG I finally put the head back on the surf Progress has been made

Smurf that hole looks good. I have to do that to mine, Any tips to avoid me botching it up

Mike

okay i finished putting my motor in my little car and had it running

while i was browsing on trademe i discovered this
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=97734202
which will bolt directly up to my gearbox in the little car so as a result i am now selling this
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=98005611
which was what i was hoping to put in it but with the adapter plate and other stuff i would need to do i think the other engine is a better option besides it has lots more power

mike wrote:OMG I finally put the head back on the surf Progress has been made

Smurf that hole looks good. I have to do that to mine, Any tips to avoid me botching it up

Mike

Cut well inside your desired line and file it back, more effort but much better than buying a new bonnet if you screw up.
Cut the braces out before you cut the sheet metal.
Use a quality jigsaw blade (Bosch etc).
Get an extra pair of hands to help stop it vibrating so much.

worked on the missile........

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went for a jaunt with goose and nick up the north side of the mak..

goosey's puddle....


the pair of lux's at the playground....


ran into insky out there too...

rad day for it...

Yeah, good fun

Had my 11 yr old daughter driving, she's getting scarily good at it....

That play ground was quite good, lots of different stuff to try. Wish I had a locker.....

oh yeah, that puddle didn't look that deep!! And I had the drivers window open.... (kid in passenger seat not that silly....)

got new truck saturday(sj413).......spent haft of sunday rippin out carpets and cleanin underneath

Ryan,

rip out the carpets and get some of that waterproofing stuff (hippo liner I think) a bit noisier but easy to clean.

Heath

went to pureora had a play around in some rivers
filled the safari with water and recoverd nzhunters hilux from down a bank
didnt break anything all week end so im happy

Went to Pureora had a play got some dents abliterated a front CV and a wheel fell off on the way home found the wheel but never found the drum so had no brakes so needa go fetch the truck from south of Te Kuiti at some stage

Worked Saturday
Worked Sunday

nzhunter wrote: a wheel fell off on the way home found the wheel but never found the drum so had no brakes so needa go fetch the truck from south of Te Kuiti at some stage

lost 5 wheels on my old fj45, 2x loosened by sabotage, 1x loosened by the panelbeater that didn't tighten the nuts up after repaint, cant remember why the other 2 came off

used to have it down to a fine art picking up all the brake parts off the road, clamping a pair of vise grips onto the brake hose, (no-longer an accepted practise) , borrowing a few wheel nuts off the remaining wheels and scooting home

sabotage? elaborate

Spent since Anzac Day shifting into my new house. Tiring, but so glad to stop lining someone else's pockets!
Now to clear the garage!!

I did some work on the Suzuki TF185, it's actually now a TFS185

Here's a couple of pics of my new aprentice at work.





And now it lives again

safari_mulisha wrote:sabotage? elaborate

I left the truck parked in the bush (DoC land) for a couple of days, a couple of hundred metres from my bach, thats as close as I can get it to the bach without removeing a pile of 800 year old rimu's and rata's , I've never had any problems with anybody interfereing with any of my trucks but it seems somebody made use of the wheelbrace sitting on the passengerside floor as the 2 wheels on that side came off within about 15 mins of each other when I left.

The back wheel came off first and sheared and bent the studs in the semi-floating axle . Had to bludge a ride to me mates place and rob the axle out of an old truck rusting away in his padock, get a ride back to my truck, drain the oil, drop the spider gears out and swap the axles over, get the oil back in with a drink bottle, block the back brakes off, finely on my way again and the truck dropped the front wheel further down the road

1 wheel maybe, 2 wheels.... no way!

Smartarse's

man that sucks you could of been seriously hurt

my wheel fell off a few weeks back

might just check my wheel nuts tomorrow

is it after seeing that fire truck loose both its wheels in wellington? perhaps a copy cat

Mike

Didnt do much but found a new avitar and had to post it with Mikes