Thonger's Rangie. Now with pics, cough up NAM

Post by **Thonger** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 6:33 pm

Finally got my hands on one.

Pickk it up saturday and bring it home to begin working for RWC
Anyway the details. 78 2 door, lt95, duel bty set up, winch bar and rear step (don't much like the bars looks but it'll be a start :twisted:

), long range tanks? and koni shocks all round. Tidy enough inside and out for a car as old as me :lol:

Anyway big thanks and thumbs up to 80diesel4play, gave me a run down on the ones he had checked out and even had a look at this one for me before I drove down to Melb my self, Cheers mate

Will post picks when I get them taken and scanned.

Post by **GRIMACE** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 6:35 pm

Welcome abord............. GOOD FARKEN LUCK

Post by **Thonger** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 6:42 pm

Thanks Anthony,
Have seen your probs, one of the reasons I wanted the 4 speed is I've been smashing them in work cars (Army 110's) for 8 years and I ain't broke shit yet. It is true we treat them like rental cars.

Post by **N*A*M** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 6:42 pm

nice work

hope its better than anthony's and mine :lol:

Post by **GRIMACE** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 7:59 pm

I think we all hope there better than our POS

Post by **Bodge** » Tue Feb 03, 2004 7:16 am

PICS

its all just chit chat without PICS!! :finger:

Post by **80diesel4play** » Wed Feb 04, 2004 1:52 pm

Ahh so you did get that one too eh...

Not a bad unit - I didn't like the kill switch... at least the diffs are tight!! It is tidy but they could have washed the mud from underneath - nice console though!

Mine just passed its RWC last night - woo hoo!!! Thank gawd for that!!

No probs Thonger - hope it works out for you - pics would be good!

Post by **RANUKI** » Wed Feb 04, 2004 3:30 pm

Welcome aboard the cruncher cruise..

Well the fun has just begun, to say the least..

bEN

P.s. Like we did to Paulo's, fix the oil leaks first as oil farks everything when it's on the outside.

Post by **80diesel4play** » Wed Feb 04, 2004 4:48 pm

RANUKI wrote:P.s. Like we did to Paulo's, fix the oil leaks first as oil farks everything when it's on the outside.

Unless u run it oil less - always noisy but clean...

Post by **Thonger** » Wed Feb 04, 2004 6:44 pm

80diesel4play wrote:Unless u run it oil less - always noisy but clean...

Will get picks on sat when I pick it up. Plan to go over it fairly thouroughly myself. Any tips on where I can get some bits. First up is a windscreen washer bottle, as it currently has a coke bottle there :shock:

and bonnet catch. Also brake pads, pick them up from repco?

Oh and paul it still hasn't been washed, but I got it for 1500,

Post by **RANUKI** » Wed Feb 04, 2004 7:34 pm

Have got catch, washer and windscreen if you want second hand.

bEN

Post by **Thonger** » Wed Feb 04, 2004 8:45 pm

Meant windscreen-washer bottle, but yeah I'm keen.
Where abouts are you, I'll be down sat

Post by **Bodge** » Thu Feb 05, 2004 7:20 am

If the coke bottle is working why change it?

Sounds classy to me :cool:

Post by **80diesel4play** » Thu Feb 05, 2004 7:50 am

Coke bottle may confound RWC dudes - Thonger - Ranuki lives about 10 mins from where your picking your beast up from - and my car will be UTE styley by then....

Post by **RANUKI** » Thu Feb 05, 2004 10:52 am

So your shout for the Jimmy this weekend paulo. Woohoo...

bEN

Post by **RANUKI** » Thu Feb 05, 2004 10:53 am

So your shout for the Jimmy this weekend paulo. Woohoo...

bEN

Post by **80diesel4play** » Thu Feb 05, 2004 3:11 pm

Teeing up a keg.....

Gotta lend a hand and keep the camera handy - thats what the batteries were for....not that either!

Post by **Thonger** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 9:50 am

Need advice on oil for engine g/box and diffs, and what type of oil filter to get, ie ryco No Any personel preferences.

Post by **80diesel4play** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 11:00 pm

Thonger - catch u when you pop by bloke - We got side tracked 2 nite as the overall plans for the Ute project have altered a little.

Diffs wil run standard 80W/90 oil - don't go fancy just change it often. I thin kyour 4 spd either runs Auto fuid or engine oil - either way its damn light gear oil and don't be shy of running some Moreys through it...

The car looks like its seen work - so give it a good 2 oil changes in the engine within 2000kms to be sure...

Otherwise - chat away tomorrow and catch you then....

Post by **Thonger** » Sat Feb 07, 2004 9:34 pm

Got home and washed it with the garden hose, think I now have an extra 2 inches of top soil were it was parked on the grass.

Leaks, what makes a rover a rover, frount diff input seal and transfercase rear output.

Lovely. Somewhere on the block as well, but need to clean with some degreaser first to id the spot..
Where to get seals? Prefer some place that might send them to me to save the drive south again.

But ran sweet all the way back to pucka. Speedo out by a fair bit though. ANy ideas it has 31 inch tyres? is this the culprit

Post by **Bush65** » Sun Feb 08, 2004 8:13 pm

With 31" tyres speedo will be out about 10%

Post by **Thonger** » Tue Feb 17, 2004 6:54 pm

Some pics, finally got camera from work.

Post by **Thonger** » Tue Feb 17, 2004 6:59 pm

The rear step is beefy, minimum 5mm ally.

Post by **Thonger** » Tue Feb 17, 2004 7:02 pm

My main worry is this tyre, don't know if it'll pass rwc like this, otherwise I would have been happy to destroy these tyres in the next few months.

Post by **N*A*M** » Tue Feb 17, 2004 8:57 pm

nice dude

you'll be sweet

Post by **Thonger** » Tue Feb 17, 2004 9:00 pm

N*A*M wrote:nice dude

you'll be sweet

With the tyres?
Or just in general

Still waiting for catalouge so I know I'm ordering the right seals.

Post by **Thonger** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 7:10 pm

Have been odering parts from four wheel drives in melb, and they're damm quick at getting them out to me, placed one wendsday night, they answered at 7 the next morning and bits were here today.

So I am pretty happy with their service and the catalouge is tops.
That's my free plug, been under it for the last 2 arvo's replacing seals and oil, I hate getting gaskets off, and I now use degreaser to wash my hair.
Hopefully will be rego and rolling soon.

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