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Posted: **Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:27 pm**

I thought I'd bet the ball rolling early, coz I will be going away in the morning.

heading over to the Hawkes Bay with my daughter to dump her on the grandparents and go watch the South Africa versus New Zealand 4x4 Trial on Saturday.

should be good.

No doubt my inbox will be full of ORE topic notifications when I get home in time to watch the 4x4 Extreme on TV3.

Posted: **Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:33 pm**

South Africa versus New Zealand 4x4 Trial on Saturday.

Where is this happening ??

Posted: **Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:35 pm**

dazza85 wrote:
South Africa versus New Zealand 4x4 Trial on Saturday.

Where is this happening ??

Tangoio , I think :?:

Posted: **Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:40 pm**

Big weekend for me, am gettin my loom and ecu back ready to wire up the hilux, want to do by the end of weekend
mount ecu
wire loom
clean and reinstall petrol tank
mount and wire fuel pump
wire new electric fan
finish engine install
bugger gonna need more days this weekend :cry:

Posted: **Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:13 pm**

Removed the rear swaybar (front been gone for months now) in preperation for Sundays trip up the Poulter. :shock:

It feels like there is a big fat chick swingin off the back now :oops:

Will also be good to see what the difference is on Ricks ramp next time he does another ramp night. :wink:

Posted: **Fri Jul 27, 2007 6:32 am**

Will also be good to see what the difference is on Ricks ramp next time he does another ramp night

You still won't beat me cobber :wink:

Al

Posted: **Fri Jul 27, 2007 6:37 am**

albundy wrote:
Will also be good to see what the difference is on Ricks ramp next time he does another ramp night

You still won't beat me cobber
Al

Humph! :'-(

Posted: **Fri Jul 27, 2007 7:57 am**

skid wrote:I thought I'd bet the ball rolling early, coz I will be going away in the morning.

heading over to the Hawkes Bay with my daughter to dump her on the grandparents and go watch the South Africa versus New Zealand 4x4 Trial on Saturday.

should be good.

No doubt my inbox will be full of ORE topic notifications when I get home in time to watch the 4x4 Extreme on TV3.

Ill prob see you there skid, made a rush desision last night to head up and watch.

Posted: **Fri Jul 27, 2007 7:58 am**

albundy wrote:
Will also be good to see what the difference is on Ricks ramp next time he does another ramp night

You still won't beat me cobber
Al

like wise to you Al.

There ya go pete, stuck one in for ya

Posted: **Fri Jul 27, 2007 2:23 pm**

kiwipete wrote:Removed the rear swaybar (front been gone for months now) in preperation for Sundays trip up the Poulter.

It feels like there is a big fat chick swingin off the back now

Will also be good to see what the difference is on Ricks ramp next time he does another ramp night.

I took my rear sway bar off and didnt notice to much difference on road, but worked better off road . How much difference did taking the front bar off make off road. I was told the front wouldn't make much difference off road but would effect on road handling considerably. Just wondering :?:

Cheers
Mike

Posted: **Fri Jul 27, 2007 5:12 pm**

Cheers Matt. :wink:

Mikey, with the front one off it seemed a hell of a lot softer in the suspension, both on and off the road. Soft meaning it soaked up the bumps better, probably due to the better articulation, not that IFS is that good. There was a small added roll in corners on road, but seemed lighter on the steering.
Now that the rear is off too, there is a shitload of body roll, the missus aint gonna like ridin in it now.

Will let you know after Sunday what the ride is like off road.

Posted: **Fri Jul 27, 2007 8:24 pm**

Cheers Pete

Posted: **Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:49 pm**

bit of work in the garage in preperation for the weekend ahead

managed to get the 4mm checker plate cut to shape and passenger side fitted

makes it nice and strong :twisted:

will do drivers side tomorrow and poo all the edges to smooth it up.

Posted: **Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:53 pm**

wopass wrote:bit of work in the garage in preperation for the weekend ahead

you need some bling tomorrow night??

Posted: **Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:58 pm**

looks good ben. you going to stop it there or carry on up the front guard?

Posted: **Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:08 pm**

xj wrote:looks good ben. you going to stop it there or carry on up the front guard?

thats it, might do more later on but thats where it stops for now.

Posted: **Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:43 pm**

still in the driveway on stands.. some moron bought the wrong power steering box :oops:

seems all 130 hilux one's aren't the same. the new one is shorter and just won't reach. did consider swapping over the front parts (4 bolts where shaft comes out) but i get the feeling that its where the old one was leeking so probably would just be transfering the problem to the new one. bugger

Posted: **Sat Jul 28, 2007 6:05 am**

I finally stopped procrastinating this week. Signed up for ORE membership.

Went to see Rick at 4WD acc and ordered my 3" Calmini suspension lift for the Escudo. While I was there I bought one of his snorkels and I fitted it the other night.

Big thanks to Rick. I have also jacked up a date next month to go see an engineering mate to make up some bars and recovery points for me.

Posted: **Sat Jul 28, 2007 1:38 pm**

finished my checker plate panels thismorning

now to get cleaned up and head to a 21st :shock:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY D.B'S MISSUZZZZZ

might get a wee bit entoxicated with rex tonight as hes comming too

Posted: **Sat Jul 28, 2007 4:10 pm**

Spent the larst hour geting a birds nest out of my winch cabel after pulling out a tree stump in the back yard, seemed like a good idear at the time! On the home brew now so all is good :drunken:
Cool looking 40 wopass!

Posted: **Sat Jul 28, 2007 4:13 pm**

just got home from work today, heading out for a stag night.

tomoro baby sitting
:lol:

Posted: **Sat Jul 28, 2007 4:27 pm**

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Mrs DIESELBOY

:drunken: :bounce: :geek: :king: :drunken: :wink:

Posted: **Sat Jul 28, 2007 4:49 pm**

was attempting to change my rocker cover gasket but when i was undoing the bolts one of them was that tight it snapped off. Now im stuck with a broken off bolt and can't do anything till i figure out a way to get it out.

Posted: **Sat Jul 28, 2007 4:52 pm**

Went up Odlins road, got to the hut, went a bit further then came back out

Damage, mates disco ripped a side wall out of his tyre

in invisible, low hanging branch left a spiders web on my windscreen(gotta luv full glass cover :lol:

)

all and all, great day out

Posted: **Sat Jul 28, 2007 4:55 pm**

Spent the morning fixing the old ladys computer. Then decided to go into town for a few things and just as I was about to turn onto motorway way noticed temp gauge was very high. Pulled over and poured some cold water over the radiator and limped home

I am just hoping I haven't cracked the head as the temp gauge was in the red. After getting home stuck the hose over the radiator to cool the truck down.

Guess I'll find out tomorrow what the damage is. Found the problem to be a hole in the radiator right at the top.

Posted: **Sat Jul 28, 2007 5:48 pm**

finally got all four guards chopped and garden edging flares fitted...
ready for primer and special paint next weekend all going to plan??

Posted: **Sat Jul 28, 2007 6:11 pm**

Spent the day at Aotea Block with the Cruiser Club :lol:

[sorry this was a cruisr club trip only, there will be other invite trips soon] had one on its side and another had a front wheel passing it going down a hill, got to the top of some of those climbs and stuff, dented the drivers door a bit more and a couple of others. came across some young newbie guys who didn't know a lot about offroading who were also in there in the afternoon no hooks or anything, we had to help them push a stuck surf where they had fallen into the ruts, the guy was worried that he would roll it. told them to sign up to ORE for the training session coming up soon (Mark :lol:

) and all the future trips coming up. loads of trail bikes in there down the bottom even though they know to stay up the top when 4wd's are in there.

Got a bit hot on the way home...got near the red mark at the top of the wainui hill stopped there for a bit not using water and its still green and the temp goes down to normal so assuming that the radiator is full of crud and stuff......its about due to come out for a soak in the bath and a flush. stopped of at Tu's on the way home and James an Jamie were there. Guess I'm taking the Zuk out to the block tomorrow.

Will post up some pics later when I get time

Posted: **Sat Jul 28, 2007 6:52 pm**

Ryan wrote:finally got all four guards chopped and garden edging flares fitted...
ready for primer and special paint next weekend all going to plan??

Pic's dude ... Where's the pic's

Posted: **Sat Jul 28, 2007 7:01 pm**

dazza85 wrote:
Ryan wrote:finally got all four guards chopped and garden edging flares fitted...
ready for primer and special paint next weekend all going to plan??

Pic's dude ... Where's the pic's

just for dazza85 :wink:

http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/modules ... 5127#75127

some pics here dude

Posted: **Sat Jul 28, 2007 7:15 pm**

Ryan wrote:
dazza85 wrote:
Ryan wrote:finally got all four guards chopped and garden edging flares fitted...
ready for primer and special paint next weekend all going to plan??

Pic's dude ... Where's the pic's

just for dazza85
http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/modules ... 5127#75127

some pics here dude

Thanks Ryan, How have you attached the edging to the guards,
I'm thinking of doing the same to my Bighorn

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