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simonliew

simonliew

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Hi,
l am driving from Winnipeg to Whitehorse,Yukon area,and part of Alaska depend on how much time we have.anybody from the list live around the area l can visit?
we will be in a HZJ77 towing a M101 and a my friend in a HDJ81.leaving Winnipeg july 11th.
Simon
 
Simon, hope this is a great time for you. Doing the Dempster and Top of the World Highway?
 
You haven't replied to my pm's and email??
I'm off at home from July 18-26. If you guys need a place to rest/restock/fix you guys are welcome. I would love to see your 77 since I am in the process of making up something similar. Please pm me as I got a request. Also, another road trip to do would be Fairbanks to Deadhorse. Then you would have covered all the northern most roads, if you are also planning on the Dempster, the one that parallels the Alaska border north.
 
sorry coldtaco,l have been working day and nite on my truck and trailer,turbo and intercooler,3" exhaust bigger vegieoil tank,also put shutoff valves to shutoff coolant to tank heater and route diesel to return to aux tank for when l am using diesel in the vegie tank.trying to install the RTT on the trailer,still lots to do.
l didn't get any E-mail from you.
Hi Greg,l am going as far north to Dawson city,if time permits,l like to go,have you done the Dempster highway,oh,l am doing the top of the world highway.
Simon
 
Hi Coldtaco,
just checked and l didn't get any PM either,where are you located??
l have a friend in Whitehorse,he is a paramedic.

Simon
 
Hey, I'm located south of Whitehorse and we have plenty of land to camp on, canoe and some other toys to use, lots of lakes and incredible scenery. Send a message to gregkarais@gmail.com if you want to spend some time here.

cheers and have a great trip.

Greg
 
Hey Simon,

I'm in Fort St. John (mile 50 of Alaska Highway) you can stop by if you'd like, Home and shop (although shop is full at the moment but tools available) are always open to fellow Cruiser heads. I won't be around from the 11 to 14th of July though. Post up in the Swamp Donkey Forum when you are going to be heading through.
Cheers,
Deny
 
Hi Deny,
Do you have an address l can follow.please E-mail me at sliewt@shaw.ca
Thanks
Simon
 
Simon, if you need anything in Edmonton, let me know. Place to crash, place to wrench, ... just try to give a bit of a head's up.

PMing you contact info.

Curtis.
 
Hi,
just as l was about to leave Edmonton last nite,filling up at the gastation,tthe radiator on my HZJ77 develpoed a leak on the top seam,and the clutch pedal is engaging high,so l am going to see Dan at 4wheelauto again to get the rad fixed.Does anyone know if those radleakstop worksÉ
yesterday l was at Dan's shop,we put on 2 extry leaves per side on the rear spring because the suspension was bottoming out,3 kids,and wife and towing the trailer,loaded up really heavy.
simon.
 
simonliew said:
Hi,
just as l was about to leave Edmonton last nite,filling up at the gastation,tthe radiator on my HZJ77 develpoed a leak on the top seam,and the clutch pedal is engaging high,so l am going to see Dan at 4wheelauto again to get the rad fixed.Does anyone know if those radleakstop worksÉ
yesterday l was at Dan's shop,we put on 2 extry leaves per side on the rear spring because the suspension was bottoming out,3 kids,and wife and towing the trailer,loaded up really heavy.
simon.
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The radiator stop leaks works sometimes depending on how bad it is,but I wouldnt rely on it.
It tends to clog up the cores also
Better to stop and have it fixed at a radiator shop if possible.
Is that the 77 that was for sale on MUD about 1-2 years ago,charcoal I think?

You can change gears without a clutch if you get the revs right(in case it ceases to workc ompletely)

Sounds like a great trip
 
Stop leak does not work very well on a split. Get a new rad from ens - they will ship the same day. You want your cooling system working well for this trip especially with a big load and a turbo.
 
I got some pictures to upload to show you guys.
Got the top of the core redone, but the rad shop says it will only work as a temporary fix.
 
day1 of repairs

Here are some of the pics from the first day at 4 wheel.
Working on the rear springs, to accommodate the heavy loads that the truck has to carry.

We found some old CS006R OME, cut the ends off of the main leaf and second leaf, and them added them to the stack of Zeal springs on the truck.
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day 1 of repairs cont'd

Here is a shot of the before and after stance of the rig.
Wish we measured the gained height...
Turns out the rear is half an inch higher than the front now.

Here are pictures of the larger leaf stack after the addition of the OME.
11 leafs strong now! Looks pretty damm close to a HJ75 rear leaf.

A picture of the turbo as seen from underneath on the 1HZ.

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Here's a shot with myself, Simon, and Dan of 4 wheel.

Before:
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After:
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As far as I know, Simon should be back on his way out of town, heading towards or past Dawson Creek today.
I'll get pics of the rad job tomorrow...I left the camera at the shop :doh:.

Cheers.
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Hi All:

Yo Simon! Hope you & Clarissa & the kids are having a great time on this trip!

Alaska is a little bit cooler than S'pore, no? ;) :D

Regards,

Alan
 
Hey Simon!

Great road trip! Hopefully your mechanical problems are behind you and its clear sailing! I will be following your thread with great interest as that is a trip that I intend to do!!!

Gord
 
hi guys,
arrived in whitehorse at 12:30 am last night. camped at a friend's backyard and we're heading north to dawson city today. thanks to dan, karl and steven and the crews at four wheel auto in edmonton for their help.

greg, we will visit you on our way south in a few days. deny, we passed your place because we were in a hurry.
coldtaco, i lost your phone number; can you post your number or call me at 204-782-2050. We are heading north and we'll be camping somewhere tonight.
 
nice looking rig mate
your rear leafs now look like most of the 75 series work utes leaf packs going around aus
are you running a intercooler ay?
 
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