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Hey 4WDers whens the next 4WD trek - local or away? Keen to get sum mud on me new Creepie Crawlers!!!

hi man,
Whats ya name, what ya drive, what mods e.t.c

welcome

Hey ya, vx 80 series brot standard - peice of shit had to rebuild every bloody bit of the engine over the last few years. Anybody else have massv probs?

As for mods - 90ml suspension lift kit, front and rear ARB lockers, 35" Creepies, Custom side rails and rear bar wit twin tow hooks, TJM front bar wit 2 tow hooks (had a winch but blew that up), black rims and bonnet, black tints. Inside - Sony explode soundz with twin 12" subs, Uniden GPS / CB.

Done most of the tracks down south and the coast, keen on sum hardcore shit.

Cheers Ricko

027 337 8309

WOW, still got sounds, I gave up after my 3rd cd player, lol

Hell yeah gotta hav soundz!!!!!! Esp to piss off me neighbours and the sheep outback.

WOW, still got sounds, I gave up after my 3rd cd player, lol

I have found cd players are sh!t offroad, every bump seems to scratch the disc.........and then try drowning your truck.......not fun.

I have found what I think is a good solution, the stock crummy as radio, a portable mp3 player, cigarette socket plugin FM modulator.

If you drown it, just pull out the FM modulator and make sure the mp3 player is up high...........and best of all it never skips, no matter how bad the bumps are

All that can go wrong is your stock crummy radio gets shagged when drowned.....boo hoo you were gunna replace it anyway

sorry for the thread jack.

Hey 4WDers whens the next 4WD trek - local or away? Keen to get sum mud on me new Creepie Crawlers!!!

Think I met you down at 4wd accessories. personally I won't be doing anything hardcore until my birthday trip on the Westcoast in mid July, about 5 weeks away. I have some work to get done to the truck before then. I would be interested in a short day trip up Worsleys or something like that.
Al

Hey Al,

Yep thatz me, keen as on anything that involves 4wdn, keep me posted re trips etc.

Cheers Rick

Fantastic idea re mp3 players, poss roof mount as havnt managed to drown the beast yet so obviously not goin hard enuff!!

mityvx wrote:Hey ya, vx 80 series brot standard - peice of shit had to rebuild every bloody bit of the engine over the last few years. Anybody else have massv probs?

What kinda problems have u had?

IM currently getting mine sorted after an incident which ended up in cracked head, cracked pistons. Hardest part at the moment is finding a head at a decent price.. Ive been lucky though the block is sweeeet.

Brot the vx with 86k on the clock from 4x4 car sales in Waltham, looked in good order, but didnt get a leak down etc, had a mech look at it thou. Did the usual look at a 100 and drove 10.

90k - blown smoke / burning oil took the head off - worn valves / valves guides so recon the head, injectors and turb.

94k - Just fin No Name Rd / cockeye creek cruisn back to Grey when BANG and loss of power - SNAPPED CRANKSHAFT!!!! Which had a pre-existing fracture in it. So got a new 96 short block thankfully at wholesale for 4g.

103k - Snapped / Flex plate!!! - not sure if its called that or a flitch plate - but it attaches to the AT / Short block. - also got the Torgue convertor reconed as well as what the fuk had done everything else.

109k - rear diff bearings fuked so replaced those.

all I can say is thank fuk for the Protectra insurance - those guys have been fantastic - anybody thinkn of gettn a 4x4 must have one.

Anywho me mates keep telln me to buy a nissan, not sure why thou???

Good luck with fixn ya rig - soundz bloody expensive!

dam, thats a lot of bad luck!

My trucks getting closer to going again, I've been quoted some scary prices for heads, ive $885+gst for a new bare head. New rings, pistons, bearings going in will get the injectors and shit done then hopefully it will go for a while trouble free!

mityvx wrote:
all I can say is thank fuk for the Protectra insurance -

who, where, how much?

Thatz wot the caryard threw in as part of the deal. They usually cost a grand for 3 years. HOWEVER as the truck was older than 12 years the max payout is only 1750 and u have to pay the first 250. I wasnt told that by the yard and woda brot a newer truck as I have the bux. Am yet to sue the arse off the yard.....

I try to get a warranty on my vehicles, and its saved me $$$ in the past.

Prelude: 2x gearboxes $3000
GTiR: Motor $6000 (in the days when there were about 10 in the country)
Surf: Cracked head, alternator, dual flywheel $3500
Bighorn: Cracked head $2750
Safari: Injector pump, starter motor $1450