Mof

Seen other leaf springs do that with only 1 ton sitting on it?

Will be for sale early next year to be replaced by a 70 series type Prado.... as long as she stops spending all my money

I have a Samurai, use it in 4wd club, and daily it to work

Yes they are great offroad, but they have no interior space

low power

I do wheel bearings every 6 months

back brake shoes every 6 months

leaf springs every 2ish years

takes a few mods to fit 30" or bigger

from experience I would recommend a Pajero, Especially a softtop as they are already geared for big tyres, front cvs are virtually unbreakable, possible factory rear locker and pto winch (there is a model (2.8 diesel hardtop I think) that has weak rear axle housing)

Terranos are good, especially for starting out, FAAAAR better than a poxy surf

70 series are good, possible factory lockers and pto winch, but prone to rust

MU's have very short front axles and hopeless front travel, leaf sprung rear

Cherokee is monocoque so no body lift, hard to fit recovery hooks because of no chassis, and heavy on petrol

Surfs are like skylines, every A holes got one, so far too expensive for what it is, prone to rust, very low centre crossmember that hangs up on everything, weak front diff

Bighorns are ok, but wide and heavy

my 286 cents....

Front looks fuckin evil

I quite liked the old wheels

Page one

Check it lol

Heat gun works good for bringing the black back in to pp.

I can't remember if it works on pe

Did you remember to fit the release bearing?

Don't laugh it happens

Has anyone ever put stop leak through the engine? That shit is great for blocking up radiators. Might pay to get the radiator rodded

You're both bang on.

There's a bi metal that opens a valve when hot and lets the viscous fluid thru and almost locks it up yada yada

There's a guy in chch that reconditions them. He's very good

I'm sure there's others around the country

Or backyard repair. Open it up put in a piece of rag in and reassemble.

I did this once on the side of the road

Saw this today in the flesh, and it is super low!

What a monster! front end looks eeevil

Ok so the original jump start killed the alternator possibly?

"correct" jump start is positive lead to positive on battery,

negative lead to good earth point on engine (NOT neg on batt)

if not it can kill diodes and whatnot

Edit: good earth like engine lift hook

and on dead vehicle only

or the mansion

Take the Graveley

Tehehehehehehehe

Sorry man biggest we've got is 108mm

Try a truck body builders like Seaview or Hales

Possibly not...

Ill check at work tomorrow

+1

Edit: And answered lol

Flemings in sockburn do great work

Is the door fitter colour blind?

Nah not flywheels

Clutch rebuilds do flywheels and dished ones too

And I think Tony at clutch systems will do your flywheel (only flat ones) free if you get the clutch from them

My old man has a tin box on engine for exactly that

Na its been made to look like a RS2000, the 3 centre gauges have been retro fitted by cutting holes in the face. The Tacho gauge style doesn't match the speedo, you can see the centre needles are red not orange, and the centre gauge is vacuum (rs2000 is oil pressure)someones done a very tidy job though don't get me wrong

Oh and the carb is all cleaned, and reassembled. got the bimetal working perfect on the choke butterflies, tested it with a heat gun. and I picked up a new diaphragm off trademe.

Still not sure about the return fuel line though, I think im going to continue to run without.

And plans are to soda blast the carb and manifold before refitting

Something that isn't a mondeo

A harder brake lining on the shoes would lessen the braking

Lower the CoF

4mm centre

3mm sides

Over-eager pull on front hook bent the steel, so that's the main reason for the top bars (9mm exterior gusset)

Took measurements around winch (top photo) then drew up plans, the tricky part was drawing the side parts unfolded.

Got steel sheet from mate at Autobend, then got another mate at Hamilton jet to cut and bend, then I did the jigging and welding

it was in random fab thread I think

Edit: the gussets only go about 60mm up the risers, the rest is 3mm

Edit edit:bar weighs 35kg, winch 31kg.

mounted bottom to chassis rails, top mounted with 10mmx40mm bar to brackets sticking above rails half way up engine bay

Has anyone made their own winch bar? / Anyone got a old bull bar they.want to sell

Never had any trouble with Diggers, that's thru work tho

Lazyness in a bottle

Nothing beats a tear down and proper clean