cletus

It's about 70c a litre so when you get a 10l tank of mower fuel,the govt gets $7 

It's interesting to see people getting in a flap over RUC but nobody grizzles about that,which does add up over time to quite a lot 

There is a scheme to claim back the excise fee for non road use for businesses

It's not very well promoted though, imagine my surprise 

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/toyota/land-cruiser/listing/4507554373

This ones not even finished and it's over 100k  lol  

whatever you do, make sure the bags can be inflated, with the wheels at full droop, without the sensor going to max travel

i think ive had 3 different cars break the arms off the first time they go on the hoist...

nice work on the truck!

If you're looking at that pic as a bit of a how-to, the shocks are too far inboard as well, and won't be doing much  

Something like this 

You need 2 spacers per side so that the bolts aren't getting bent 

You will need to limit travel in the up direction to stop the joint binding the other way, this will likely mean you won't have to cut of the top arm for bag clearance, as it probably won't go that far  

And on that age of truck, you can remove the front inner guards.

Been there done that though and it's a cunt of an idea, mud, water, dirt and rocks get everywhere 

Can do pie cut if it's tig welded, NDT, and has a fish plate over the cut 

Other options - find a ball joint that is flat/not angled the wrong way for your application 

Or a pair of tapered spacers to angle the balljoint. Have had a couple of people do this to correct balljoint angle 

Engine choice will have an influence on what diff you choose 

ie if you run a turbo barra or ls you probably won't want a 4.11 or 4.6 or anything like that,  which means a diff with ratios only available in that range would be a poor choice 

Also, lies and bullshit aside, mid 12s? while also towing a trailer with a car on it, is impressive

I dunno if an 8.8 would be a good choice for a datsun, the main advantage is they are the right width for a body mopars using 2 short axles

if you needed a narrower one you'd be better off with a 9" based thing IMO

That generation of explorer seems to be rapidly disappearing and the next shape was IRS 

The diff was the only good part

Is a complete new long block available from suzuki? 

You would think a small 3 cyl engine from a current? model would be cost effective to buy but probably not 

I had a escort with a modified 1600 a long time ago, that had a 2" pipe and a couple of resonator type mufflers, it was quite raspy 

I then put that motor in a mark 2 cortina and 2.5" exhaust with a single triple pass muffler before the diff, it was a deeper sound but from memory it sounded quite good 

Was thinking along similar lines the other day when I was following one of those nz post buggy things, would be ideal for the same sorts of trips you would use a moped for 

This one had a legit (from memory) label but the top loop was less than 3mm thick , so I'm picking in an accident it would probably cut the belt  

They could be acceptable if nzta recognizes CCC as an acceptable standard for seat belts 

There are many belts made in China which have standard markings on them which are acceptable 

HOWEVER

china is notorious for just putting a label with a safety standard on whatever the fuck they feel like. Sometimes the standard is not even relevant to the part, ie they will put an 'e' number relating to lights on a seat belt. 

There's a note in the virm about one particular brand which has the label but the top loop will fail in an accident , they are not allowed. But if its like anything else made in China, bur Chuang Zhang seat belt is no longer allowed so they just change the name to super lucky golden horse seat belt safety co and away they go again 

I wouldn't trust them 

Can you take a pic of the top loop? 

1 hour ago, MostlySuzukis said:

Good evening, new to the forum. Heres my bike. 
 

 

Welcome! That is a neat looking bike.  

2 hours ago, mjrstar said:

How do you think google maps gives you orange and red lines in real time for slow moving traffic/ traffic jams?

Phones. 

That's Google though.

Google doesn't send me tickets for doing 56k in a 50 area.

 The govt/nzta putting a device in your car, that shows them where you are and how fast you are going, gives them the info required to do a bunch of things they don't at the moment.

A phone is not a legal requirement, so you have the option of not having one to avoid this. If the government makes e roads compulsory, then you can't avoid it

4 minutes ago, tortron said:

China has cameras every 29m scanning your plates and face, they don't even need the card, box, odo 

thats the only other way they could track you

coincidentally, the next WOF virm update is to cover plates in wof inspections, to make sure they are readable etc....