Offroad-Express

Well You have to love some people
I phoned a bloke called Gavin from Country automotive down Christchurch way about a steering box for my Isuzu.
Talk about a great guy !! He sent it Yesterday, I got it today. Thanks very much Gavin
Fitted it tonight refitted the radiator filled it all up and its all go again.
http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=9777
Ready for the next trip
Got to drive with a bit more care

Well, have just been out and picked up my new toy.
Has arb locker in rear, old man emu suspension(30mm lift) with anti-inversion shackles, pto winch, snorkel, certed rollcage, soft and hard top, bucket seats, on board air and decent tyres.
At the moment has no muffler so the 2f sounds like a bloody truck
Got a few interseting looks drive out from Wellington in her
Hopefully she will make a showing at the next working bee in rallywoods

curly12 wrote:Well, have just been out and picked up my new toy.
Has arb locker in rear, old man emu suspension(30mm lift) with anti-inversion shackles, pto winch, snorkel, certed rollcage, soft and hard top, bucket seats, on board air and decent tyres.
At the moment has no muffler so the 2f sounds like a bloody truck
Got a few interseting looks drive out from Wellington in her
Hopefully she will make a showing at the next working bee in rallywoods

pics man, pics, come on you know the rules round here, wheres the pics

well i liked driving around my 3door 16valve escudo so mutch off road but its not the best for a road car with my boy wife etc so sold my commodre the other week and brought a v6 5door 5 speed suzuki told the wife no it wont go off road as i have the 3 door one lol hope to have my spring spacers made this weekend and hub swap dpne next week so i can run 15inch rims then on with the 31s lol

curly12 wrote:Well, have just been out and picked up my new toy.
Has arb locker in rear, old man emu suspension(30mm lift) with anti-inversion shackles, pto winch, snorkel, certed rollcage, soft and hard top, bucket seats, on board air and decent tyres.
At the moment has no muffler so the 2f sounds like a bloody truck
Got a few interseting looks drive out from Wellington in her
Hopefully she will make a showing at the next working bee in rallywoods

well heres mine 3.4 turbo diesel sorta pieced together

taz01 wrote:

is that a new version of a high steer conversion

looks sharp

I got 4 litres of 'orange' paint if you wanna paint it a real colour

curly12 wrote:At the moment has no muffler so the 2f sounds like a bloody truck

Shit 2 more cruisers to add to the welly collection now

I've got a couple of old 2 1/4 and 2 1/2 inch mufflers sitting in the shed somewhere if you want one?

nah its not high steer it no steer perfect for rut driving ..........orange??? one is enough i think will more than likely paint her white with mud top coat

I gave the new anti wrap bar that sig welded up for me a real good test at red rocks, it seems to have got rid of a clunk type noise i used to hear when getting off the loud pedal

Put the new rear driveshaft on the TJ, now I am almost back to where I was before bending the output shaft on the transfer case.

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i wound the turbo up removed some rust and put the number plate back on.. now i just have to find a new rear right light housing thingy to get a wof..

jumper wrote:I gave the new anti wrap bar that sig welded up for me a real good test at red rocks, it seems to have got rid of a clunk type noise i used to hear when getting off the loud pedal

pics ! ?

Finally got off my a-se and pulled the diff out of the zuk to have the locker put in , so cleaned up all the rear brakes and painted the housing and drums etc....now its all nice and clean waiting for the locker!!!
then on sunday decided to make the nissan into a bit of a camper??
looks ok even has storage under the bed for jack,stands,airbottle and tools etc....


so now theres no excuses for not stayin at rallywoods......and dont have to put up with snoring in the hutt!!

finaly got round to mounting the electric fan, thanks by the way beer cruiser
works a treat!

basics wrote:finaly got round to mounting the electric fan, thanks by the way beer cruiser
works a treat!

What did you use ? do you have pic's ??

Sorted out an abortion of wiring that someone had done in the dash and engine bay of my mates 410.
Striped all the flooring out of my 413 and started wire brushing in preparation for priming and hippo liner. Was happy to discover far less rust than anticipated.

basics wrote:finaly got round to mounting the electric fan, thanks by the way beer cruiser
works a treat!

Sweet mate thanks for the beer
What did you go with the holden or twin set up?

Had to work Saturday, and intended to look at the clutch in the 'scud on Sunday, but Tim called and suggested a run up the Maungatapu. Obviously we went driving.

Clutch still making horrendous noises, but we got back without needing a tow so it must have been the right choice!

Tim got what I reckon is a really nice photo of the scud.

Beer_Cruiser wrote:

basics wrote:finaly got round to mounting the electric fan, thanks by the way beer cruiser
works a treat!

Sweet mate thanks for the beer
What did you go with the holden or twin set up?

both were going to be miles to big, so i only used one of the twins.
at the moment its just wired strait to the cab, but may at a later date put a thermostat (spelling) in

Did a bit of off road racing with Jono and team DSTRBD, It was shit loads of fun!
Broke a mount off the rear a arm in the first race which caused the diff to move and rub a tyre up against the hydraulic bump stop. This resulted in a shreded tyre and Jono finishing the race on three .






We had a bad start to the second race and got a windscreen covered in mud, after finally getting it clean we had alot of ground to make up! which we did !
We had cought up with the lead thunder truck and just about had him untill.......

LOLYF wrote:We had cought up with the lead thunder truck and just about had him untill.......

that looks like a bugger moment to me