cookiemonster-jr's Sierra Build Thread

Post by **get it up there** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:55 am

boner59 wrote:
GRPABT1 wrote:
Pyrotech wrote:
DavePatrol wrote:top work cookie monster , id be interested in a ZOOK one as well.

cheers Scott.
x2
X3 Or are we up to 5 now lol
x1
that makes 6

+1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =7!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Post by **oxident** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 12:49 pm

get it up there wrote:
boner59 wrote:
GRPABT1 wrote:
Pyrotech wrote:
DavePatrol wrote:top work cookie monster , id be interested in a ZOOK one as well.

cheers Scott.
x2
X3 Or are we up to 5 now lol
x1
that makes 6
+1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =7!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

X8

had to keep it goin

Post by **Spike_Sierra** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 1:16 pm

ok, enough cluttering. pm him.

let us know how you go with the assessments.

Post by **get it up there** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 12:52 pm

Any word back from your mate yet??

Post by **cookie monster** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 10:54 pm

No word as yet.
Ill chase him up this week.

cookie monster

Post by **PJ.zook** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 10:27 pm

Just read buildup through, its just fantastic that you can share this experience with you're daughter and have something in common!

Post by **lay80n** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:06 am

So, did we ever find out what marks the assignment got

Layto....

Post by **Brendan-s** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 9:15 pm

WTF. Seriously.

Post by **DavePatrol** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 10:05 pm

um she is 14 and it is her dad that made this thread and i don't think he would like some nob talking to his daughter like that.

Post by **flyinwall** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 12:22 pm

i have heard people from gympie have 2 heads and not a brain between the 2

Post by **cookie monster** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 12:28 pm

All,

Appologies for the delay in responding, but with holidays and painting............!

Anyway, the initial mark for the project was very good. 5/5 in one area and 6/7 in the second area. These were overall marks and we wont find out the detailed marks for another month or so

On the badge making front, my mate finally got back to me with a price of $25 per word. This includes material (10mm Ali) and machining.

Let me know by PM if you are interested in getting badges made up.

Again, thanks for all the positive comments (although you always get one DH !).

Over the comming months we will be pulling the leaf's out, cleaning and reseting them, to try give a bit more flex and comfort.
The sump gasket needs replacing and Hailey is pestering me for a drawer system !!!!!
By then Hailey should be just about ready to drive the thing !

cheers

cookie monster

Post by **smileysmoke** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 12:37 pm

good stuff.. glad it went well..
draws are a good option, think there were a few write ups a while back, using alloy angle etc. i made a set up that opened from the top. ill try grab some pics for you and your daughter mate.

Post by **BOGFROG** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 3:13 pm

cookie monster wrote:All,

Appologies for the delay in responding, but with holidays and painting............!

Anyway, the initial mark for the project was very good. 5/5 in one area and 6/7 in the second area. These were overall marks and we wont find out the detailed marks for another month or so

On the badge making front, my mate finally got back to me with a price of $25 per word. This includes material (10mm Ali) and machining.

Let me know by PM if you are interested in getting badges made up.

Again, thanks for all the positive comments (although you always get one DH !).

Over the comming months we will be pulling the leaf's out, cleaning and reseting them, to try give a bit more flex and comfort.
The sump gasket needs replacing and Hailey is pestering me for a drawer system !!!!!
By then Hailey should be just about ready to drive the thing !

cheers

cookie monster

Do you mean $25 per Letter or per Word? just to confirm thanks Mate. Robb.

Post by **brendan_h** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 4:17 pm

looking good.

just want to know what school subject lets you build up a zook?

Post by **DavePatrol** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 4:38 pm

sounds good BOGFROG i wish i could have done this as a school project, i
made a set of draws for the back of my sierra hers a pic might help with
idears, i still have to make a cargo barier, a fold down table for the back
door and a cover to go around the fridge.

cheers scott

Post by **GRPABT1** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 6:46 pm

$25 a word plus postage and you've got me sold. Make mine "SCRUB TICK"

Post by **BOGFROG** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 8:15 pm

GRPABT1 wrote:$25 a word plus postage and you've got me sold. Make mine "SCRUB TICK"

x2 But make mine BOG FROG all joined together as one piece. please PM me with payment details when you can thanks Robb.

Post by **GRPABT1** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 10:42 am

Keep mine one piece two if possible (but with a space of course) also PM me with payment details and I'll PM address details and work out postage.

Post by **cookie monster** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 11:47 am

BOGFROG wrote:
cookie monster wrote:All,

Appologies for the delay in responding, but with holidays and painting............!

Anyway, the initial mark for the project was very good. 5/5 in one area and 6/7 in the second area. These were overall marks and we wont find out the detailed marks for another month or so

On the badge making front, my mate finally got back to me with a price of $25 per word. This includes material (10mm Ali) and machining.

Let me know by PM if you are interested in getting badges made up.

Again, thanks for all the positive comments (although you always get one DH !).

Over the comming months we will be pulling the leaf's out, cleaning and reseting them, to try give a bit more flex and comfort.
The sump gasket needs replacing and Hailey is pestering me for a drawer system !!!!!
By then Hailey should be just about ready to drive the thing !

cheers

cookie monster
Do you mean $25 per Letter or per Word? just to confirm thanks Mate. Robb.

Appologies all. My mistake, the price was per letter NOT per word.
Let me know your thoughts on pricing.

cookie monster

Post by **BOGFROG** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 2:45 pm

cookie monster wrote:
BOGFROG wrote:
cookie monster wrote:All,

Appologies for the delay in responding, but with holidays and painting............!

Anyway, the initial mark for the project was very good. 5/5 in one area and 6/7 in the second area. These were overall marks and we wont find out the detailed marks for another month or so

On the badge making front, my mate finally got back to me with a price of $25 per word. This includes material (10mm Ali) and machining.

Let me know by PM if you are interested in getting badges made up.

Again, thanks for all the positive comments (although you always get one DH !).

Over the comming months we will be pulling the leaf's out, cleaning and reseting them, to try give a bit more flex and comfort.
The sump gasket needs replacing and Hailey is pestering me for a drawer system !!!!!
By then Hailey should be just about ready to drive the thing !

cheers

cookie monster
Do you mean $25 per Letter or per Word? just to confirm thanks Mate. Robb.
Appologies all. My mistake, the price was per letter NOT per word.
Let me know your thoughts on pricing.

cookie monster

Sorry Mate thats way to expensive for me at that price i'd be up for atleast $175 plus postage not worth it for me Sorry! Robb.

Post by **GRPABT1** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 7:20 am

Can't justify that kind of coin on a badge either sorry.

Post by **mrw82** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 8:46 am

this is the sort of build up that 4WD Action should be covering. but only if they go through the detail of it and not just a 2 page spread of the finished result.
You have done a brilliant job of the zook and of the write up. this sort of stuff in the mag might get me to renew my subscription.

Good work.

Post by **jonno_racing** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 10:35 am

they may do that the same day they pull there head out of there high and mighty asses...

this is a awsome build and a credit to both of u

Post by **cookie monster** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 11:49 am

If it went in a mag it would be Overlander. I used to do some writing for them about a year or so ago, so I would contact them again.

I have thought about it, but just at the minute, im flat out at work and home.

Ill keep you all posted though when I get around to it !

cookie monster

Post by **Squik** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 4:50 pm

jonno_racing wrote:they may do that the same day they pull there head out of there high and mighty asses...

this is a awsome build and a credit to both of u

*pop*

As per Cookie Monster's post, he used to write for them so it's logical that he would go with them... it would make an awesome article mate,
maybe get your daughter to write it from her point of view. It would be fantastic to get more articles in *any*
magazine about how women are getting stuck into their own buildups.

Post by **Soulsmith** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:10 am

Followed this thread eagerly when it was first started, but I've been away from the forums for a few months. Awesome to see how things progressed while i was away. Congrats to you both, absolutelly fantastic stuff, especially the way you've documented everything here, step by step!

Every time i re-read this thread I get some new ideas for my own zook. Now that it's getting into summer weather, I may even actually get off ma rear and go do some work on the truck

That badge idea for the front was especially cool btw. I see that a lot of guys in this thread were keen, but the price put them off a bit. If there were enough people on the forums interested in a single design, like 'ZOOK', and we put in a bulk order for, say, a dozen plates, do you think your mate could do a cheaper price? Might get some more interest then ^_^

Post by **WICKED** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 10:54 am

So cookie monster How's this thing going?

Post by **GRPABT1** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 12:01 pm

Yeah updates!!!!!!?????

Post by **atari4x4** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 5:14 pm

bump

any updates cookie monster senior & junior?

Post by **cookie monster** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 9:53 pm

All,

Thanks for the requests for an update, so hear it is :

Hailey is now learning to drive in the zook and doing very well. She has about 2 months to go until she can get her P's.

The zook has had a few further enhancements, so that Hailey could take it off road for the first time.

UHF & FM radio aerial's mounted onto window hinges.

UHF Radio

Hand Throttle from an old Pajero.

Got some rear seats from a forum member, had the seems restitched and Hailey gave them a good clean.

Got a new soft top for the winter.

This one day trip went very well and Hailey did an excelent job of driving on the day.
She drove every track and didnt let the 4" lifted, locked and 35" tyred Patrol(trip leaders car) out of her sights. I was very impressed with her driving and calmness

I only drove the zook on one track and ended up bending the drag link !

The only shot I got of Hailey !

We still have a few jobs to do on the zook, as Im sick of the oil leak it has had from being bought. Ive put a new sump gasket on it, but that didnt help. I think it may be the front crank oil seal, so I will be pulling the radiator out and having a look behind the front engine cover. If it is the crank seal, then ill replace the timing belt while im at it.

The other major problem though is that the little 1.3 seams down on power and high on fuel consumption.

I will start a new thread for that one though !

So all in all, everything is going well(apart from the engine

) and I was very impressed with the zook off road. I can see why people get hooked on them !

cheers

cookie monster

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