Offroad-Express

well seeing as no one else has i will start thiss weekend, put a new plate on the cruiser

Met up with BADNUZ from Palmy, went for a tiki-tour round otaki and then up into some local forestry land

Damn I need new tyres!

met up with DBW from down his way and took to the tracks, got to complete my 1st " real " river crossing, so was a blast

did the pics come out ok DBW?

Fitted snork

friday: changed break pads and gave em a bleed

today (saturday): put some rated hooks on the surf and went round red rocks, water was too cold for me, but the old man got some paua, so thats tonights tea.

i made up a stainless snorkel today need to get tophat then done

wopass wrote:well seeing as no one else has i will start thiss weekend, put a new plate on the cruiser

Number plate? Sweet what does it say?


Just worked today worked on the zook a bit this arvo. Having a party tonight lol

nzhunter wrote:

wopass wrote:well seeing as no one else has i will start thiss weekend, put a new plate on the cruiser

Number plate? Sweet what does it say?


Just worked today worked on the zook a bit this arvo. Having a party tonight lol

its a plate i gave to a mate as a gift about 5 years ago,now hes off over seas to live so no use to him over there so im looking after it for him....on the cruiser

Replaced my broken CV. Spent about 3 hours pulling it all down getting covered in grease and stuff, cleaned out the swivel housing and re-packed all the bearings and stuff. Still got the other side to clean out and re-pack..... I hate working on my truck

badnuz wrote:met up with DBW from down his way and took to the tracks, got to complete my 1st " real " river crossing, so was a blast

did the pics come out ok DBW?

got some pics, nothing spectacular (except the one of you stuck)

will load em soon

Shit, i Took my sis for on the same drive we did and ya know the drain crossing that banged the rear of ya deck, well tried doin it a little slower to save the big bang .... and instead got hooked and hopelessly hung up

and worse, the wife had taken the spade outa the back to plant a f#*ken tree

took half an hour to dig it free using a screw driver and a piece of timber

mate thats gotta suck......

I built me a new exhaust system today, sounds heaps better now, got a bit of thorat to it LOL!

LOL Sadam, you might learn not to break it in the future..... yeah right.....

Sadam_Husain wrote:Replaced my broken CV. Spent about 3 hours pulling it all down getting covered in grease and stuff, cleaned out the swivel housing and re-packed all the bearings and stuff. Still got the other side to clean out and re-pack..... I hate working on my truck

maybe I've been hanging around Phil too long, but I use those fancy latex gloves when doing the greasy shit. So much easier to take off gloves instead of scrubbing greasy hands.


I spent yesterday morning at work, then got the cruiser ready for the speed day, and now we're about to head off in the rain. Oh joy.

wopass, thats an awsome plate for your truck

Took the cat convert off the 2dragons, perceptible increase in power, economy, slight increase in noise. Wonder how fast it is now?
Bloody yanks!!!!

Finished fitting my intercooler , it pulls along really well now, just have to get a fan and fit my water spray.

Spent most of my weekend trying to pull a motor out of a terrano.Fun and Games.

suzuki1k wrote:I built me a new exhaust system today, sounds heaps better now, got a bit of thorat to it LOL!

good job on the exhaust, sounds like a Saf now :thumright:

skid wrote:maybe I've been hanging around Phil too long, but I use those fancy latex gloves when doing the greasy shit. So much easier to take off gloves instead of scrubbing greasy hands.

do they come in a full body suit

now I've got about 50 tons of mud to waterblast off before I can do the other swivel housing/cv

stripped a few bits out of the interior of my wagen
to make it a bit easier for the panelbeater to do his job my theory is the less time he spends taking it apart the less he can charge me for labour
dropped that off there this afternoon should be ready for me to pick up on friday after work
then all i have to do is reassemble it and i should be ready for a warrant

Jezza wrote:Finished fitting my intercooler , it pulls along really well now, just have to get a fan and fit my water spray.

Is the idea of the water spray to cool the inter-cooler ???

How do you set it up ??

dazza85 wrote:Is the idea of the water spray to cool the inter-cooler ???

How do you set it up ??

Yeah its for the intercooler, i'm going wire it into the accelerator pedal so it will come on a full throttle.

went to the speed day today and had a awesome time. It pissed down before lunch but cleared up for the arvo. It was just as hard for us spectaters to stay on uor feet as it was for the trucks to stay in the hazards.

dvszuk wrote:went to the speed day today and had a awesome time. It pissed down before lunch but cleared up for the arvo. It was just as hard for us spectaters to stay on uor feet as it was for the trucks to stay in the hazards.

where were you hiding?

went to morinsville,met a few more of the ORE guys, good to mee you dudes

did some drifting

drove home

........ yea thats about it

wopass wrote:did some drifting

In the 40?? cool......

I picked up the 35's, played with goslings electrics... (no more clicking relays, but still no turn-over.... might change over starters tomorrow, I got a spare )
Put the 35 spare on the front, fits ok..... looks cool.......
Gotta get the 35's on rims, and have all 4 on, looks funny with 3 31's and a 35......

Goose wrote:

wopass wrote:did some drifting

In the 40?? cool......

yup big phaat V8 4x4 drifts...was sooo cool,cant turn sharp in my truck in that enviroment so just run with it and have fun....which = big phaat wide drifts

Sweet!!!! Next time, mount the cam right next to the exhaust and back wheel.... then post that!!!

Is there anything one could imagine that would be finer than a V8 40 going sideways at about 5000rpm......... oh baby.........

worked..

few jobs round the house..

hell borin..need to go wheeling.

Drunk on friday nite, Whisky and ginger wine is nasty but so good.
Bashed the tailgate and rear bar on the surf in.
Sunday, put a new tailgate on and straightned the rear bar, lol.

Terrano is all ready to go for the mudplug. Sitting pretty on a car trailier out at Tim's fire station ready for next sunday. We even managed to get a set of Simex's for the day, watch out boys Only downfall was I picked up a starter motor from the wreckers all packaged and sealed in plastic. Opened it up to find that the soleniod had melted and was missing a terminal. We spent the next three hours getting the old one going, and it goes. I will have to give my wrecker a call today and get my dollars back.
Al