Saturday Arvo
With the assistance of the good rawang doctor fixed the leaking flange seal on the diff and looks like a rebuild coming a piece of metal came out oops.
Fixed the oil leak in the engine
Fixed the broken BOOST gauge the little air filter had split
Replaced the window washer...
No not out of context. I have seen it done several times including pulling the hook through the fairlead all the way back destroying a bit of stuff with rear mounted ptos and front mounted.
Hand should never leave pro lever unless changing gears and then back to pto lever until winching...
For those who think RFC was DRY this is a small sample and yes the
roads were equally bad.
This is the story of one of our forum guys KGB and his ZOOK supported by the other Volvo from our forum Princess Annuar.
Part 2
Part 3 the water driving
The ZOOK finished 4th overall.
Well its lasted 10 years.
And I had been looking for alternatives as the bumper ones are useless and all bent up already. YEs and why they did not use the bumper recovery point I will never know.
Yes we are incorpating into the bumper however it's THIN material i am trying to find some lift...
My total last week was one LARGE orange cone dragged through the toll gates and got rid of by driving over the kerb and back onto the road in the pursuit of a MERC which cut me off at the toll gate LOL and 3 tall skinny orange highway markers which all got in my way this morning.
So RED was returned to me from the 2013 in a sorry state.
Alternator replaced as filled with MUDDY water, would not turn off unless in reverse was replaced a few weeks ago with a brand new toyota one to fix the issue.
Ripped out recovery point in chassis
Wipers broken
and a whole list of...
YUp im with these guys.
You gotta be joking I have had wind up several times with workshops leaving 4x4's in 4wd and leaving lockers on accidentally and yes you can feel it within 30 meters of driving out the workshop door. Even in the junngle on hard surface you can feel the wheels binding...
Well after the 2013 Rainforest Challenge (RFC) the truck was returned to me in a bit of a mess.
So it went to the kind doctor at Rawang 4x4 hospital
with the unbelieveable issue yes it will will not shut down the engine unless you turn the key off and then put the gear lever towards reverse...
Ok the good doctor at rawang 4x4 hospial confirmed yesterday visibly cracked head in several places.
The spare brand new head from the other spare 1KZ engine is being pressure tested and fitted and an intercooler to be added before it is released from hospital.
In this case it was sloppy mud full of silt and busted up leaves the back side is just full of mud and crap. THis mmudhole also cost me my central locking all the actuators melted when the muddy water filled the drivers side footwell.
and I was in there a while since I had run over the winch...
A stock bushing here lucky to last 6 to months in the climate and jungle mud they tear spart thats why i asked.
The handling is very different with raised with and with no castor correction.