January 20th and 21st.

spankmeister · Post by **spankmeister** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 9:47 pm

Technically speaking Friday wasn't the weekend, but it was close enough. Went down the Waipara for a play at the horseshoe. Had heaps of fun, was great. Shot a couple of hares while there too.

Saw another member in a gold Terrano. Not sure who it was though.

Mike

lilpigzuk · Post by **lilpigzuk** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 9:58 pm

Saw Circ De Soleil Friday night, fawkin awesome - highly reccomend. Stripped Range Rover between hanging with the family, 3rd round of trial series tomoz, have too leave home at 7am... cant sleep (nothing too do with trial, just cant sleep

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lilpigzuk · Post by **lilpigzuk** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 10:19 pm

spankmeister wrote:Saw another member in a gold Terrano. Not sure who it was though.

Mike

wasnt your avatar from the movie "gold member"?? just had too ask....

spankmeister · Post by **spankmeister** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 11:32 pm

Yes it was. Mini-Me was awesome. He's good for a laugh.

Mike

muddy · Post by **muddy** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 7:33 am

Found a couple of hours to give the old girl a bit of a tune up. It's amazing how quiet the old 2F can be with properly adjusted valves! Now humming like a sewing machine. Cleaned out the carb too - so now I've removed the flat spot I had when hitting the throttle. Never worried too much cos I normally run on LPG. All ready now for the Reefton Challenge in April. Of course I'll break something before then....

DaveM · Post by **DaveM** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 10:09 am

Went up to Lake Sumner with 4wdnuts, Philux,Jeep4079, and Elmo. Good trip, and good to put more names to faces.

Passed someone in a red surf heading towards Blenheim on Friday in a Red Surf with a ORE sticker on the back window, who was it?
Also passed a few guys on my way intpo ChCh for tea on Sat arvo (Tim, etc) where did you guys end up going?

Oh, well, off to clean the crap out of the radiator :roll:

rokhound · Post by **rokhound** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 11:49 am

Turned the old 60 into a semi useful machine again. She has been sitting in the yard for about 4 yrs now and the body is rusty as hell, but everything else works fine.

So I thought I would turn her into a lightweight crane.

Have lifted up a couple of deisel engines and moved them around and the front of Rokmutts donor car (Toyota royal saloon), So I figure it can handle about 500 - 750 kgs.

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 11:59 am

i saw a landrover on a website somewhere that has a boom mounted on the front using a winch for lifting stuff

long · Post by **long** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 12:34 pm

All i did was mow frekin lawns moved the truck cleaned out the mistral cant wait to get the terrano home so i can work on the sucker :wink:

coxsy · Post by **coxsy** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 5:48 pm

took a trip up thompsons track , didn't make it to the top as a rock snapped my rear panhard rod, had to use a snik chain to limit the axles movement , still moved over a 100mm to the right In places that track is grade 4/5. My son ran down behind me to make sure ithe chain held, then drove home slowly at first till I got to good roads and managed a steady 80k home. May rebuild the rod bigger and better .

billyvanboheman · Post by **billyvanboheman** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 6:39 pm

Usual stuff for Sat, did a bit of that four letter word thing that you normally do during the week, I did manage to finish the WOF work on my brother in laws Isuzu Bighorn.
It was a good list which included front wheel bearings and a power steer pump top seal.

I now have two Isuzu Bighorns in the drive for the week!!

I wonder if he would notice if I gave him back my 1989 one in place of his 95 :?:

hosehustler · Post by **hosehustler** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 7:32 pm

DaveM wrote:Also passed a few guys on my way intpo ChCh for tea on Sat arvo (Tim, etc) where did you guys end up going?

A few of us got together on Satuday and headed up to the Waipara gorge for an overnighter with the kids

, had a ball and so did the kids, as for the wreck, I destroyed reverse gear towing a 70 series stuck in the river half way up the doors

,............ anyone know someone who has an LN61 gearbox for sale :lol:

MATT4U · Post by **MATT4U** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 8:50 pm

As tim said we were up the waipra, great nite, some people............... well made more of an effort than others that nite, Cough Al, Kev Cough.

albundy · Post by **albundy** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 5:38 am

gave myself a bloody good hangover saturday nite up the waipara gorge, so bad in fact I had to bail the days 4wdriving at Stringers briidge. Shit it was a long drive back to CHCH. Spent the rest of the day on the couch drinking coke :lol:

Al

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 7:06 am

i tinted my suzuki windows lol i got bored and had nothing to do :roll:

looks kinds cool tho haha :lol:

extended my diff breather cuz it comes off at full artic and going 4x4ing today in odlins road

lilpigzuk · Post by **lilpigzuk** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:04 am

Had the 3rd round of Laurie Sanson Fun Trial yesterday. Bloody good day, good hazards, Lil Pig had a wee lie down on one with bloody TV Camera right in front of me :oops:

Some nicely modded vitaras there too - 1 vitara body on a shortened rangie chassis (rover V8 etc), vitara chassis/body with Rangie running gear, SR20 engine, auto, and another running a Commy V6 and hilux running gear.... Fawkin camera went flat after 10 photos :evil:

couple of pics here, but nothing exciting....

http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/modules ... _album.php

niblik · Post by **niblik** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 7:54 pm

weekend up in hamner stayin at the mum-in-laws holiday home...

mint!!

plenty of sun and fun.. lovin that.. back to work tomorrow...

Moriarty · Post by **Moriarty** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:20 pm

HUH!!! you guys having all the fun!!

All I did was laze around in the sun, boring post holes, and filling them in again with 100 X 100 posts and concrete.!!

Ohhh and garden duties at the behest and direction of the Siwsan..........

gomulletgo · Post by **gomulletgo** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:43 pm

Nice work rok

That's all class :thumright:

MULLET

Shane · Post by **Shane** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 6:46 am

went to A1GP with my dad,was a great event.

http://offroadexpress.co.nz/modules.php ... _photo.php

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This was at the wharf in welly,good size crank with a v12 block

http://offroadexpress.co.nz/modules.php ... _photo.php

coxsy · Post by **coxsy** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 5:02 pm

looks like a locomotive engine

philux · Post by **philux** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 5:15 pm

looks like a locomotive engine

Showd the old man the pic too, hes a loco driver reckons looked pretty similar to the ones they got putting around nz. Wheres the massive turbo??

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 6:04 pm

shite!!!!!!!!!! thats massive!!!!!! my old man reckoned it may be a ship engine?

Dak · Post by **Dak** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 6:20 pm

Ship engine? Nah, THIS is a ship engine.

http://www.ultimatestupidity.com/pics/1/diesel/

Cheers, Jeff.

coxsy · Post by **coxsy** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 6:22 pm

way back in my appentice training days we visted the wellington railway work shops , you don't forget a engine that big when you first see one up close for the first time, [made me feel old now]

rokhound · Post by **rokhound** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 6:59 pm

Dak wrote:Ship engine? Nah, THIS is a ship engine.

http://www.ultimatestupidity.com/pics/1/diesel/

Cheers, Jeff.

Ya reckon I could shoe horn one of those engines into my truck? :twisted:

Post by **Mark** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:08 pm

That's out of the Monte Stello:

It's the new Strait Shipping passenger ferry, part of the Bluebridge fleet. It went through a massive overhaul at the end of 2006 when it arrived in the country and during a refurbishment they discovered some pretty big issues with it.

That block and crank has been sitting there since September (although it looks as though it's moved since I saw it). I can't remember how much that is worth as scrap, but it's in the thousands apparently.

Dak · Post by **Dak** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:50 pm

Ya reckon I could shoe horn one of those engines into my truck?

No worries, with a gas axe, a grinder and a welder we can fit aaannyything.

Cheers, Jeff.

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