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my new bus........
Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 5:00 pm
by bazooked
well guys im the the proud new owner of an 87 lwb sierra, its stock for the moment till i swap my gear over, body is in good nick no rust from what i can see, had a respray (dark blue) with a white fiberglass high top. i will pick it up next week!
Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 5:03 pm
by DeWsE
Well done buddy! Let me know if you want some spare hands to get it up to speed.
Was it the one out of the quokka?
Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 5:24 pm
by bazooked
yep sure is.. now i just gotta find the time to do it all..
Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 5:31 pm
by nicbeer
super news, look forward to seeing it work in the trail.
I want one myself.
You selling off any bits??
cheers
Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 6:07 pm
by DeWsE
bazooked wrote:yep sure is.. now i just gotta find the time to do it all..
Like I said give me a call when things happen. I reckon most of it can be done in a weekend.
Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 6:20 pm
by -Mick-
get some pics
Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 6:26 pm
by DeWsE
nicbeer wrote:You selling off any bits??
cheers
Like the body?
Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 6:34 pm
by nicbeer
or the sliders. as they won't fit the LWB.
cheers
Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 7:29 pm
by Badooky
good job mate
so are you swaping everything or are you building it differently this time
( coils ??)
cant wait to see it
brett
Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 8:30 pm
by bazooked
let me see there might be a complete zook for sale soon, gota work out a few details. i think i will stick with wat i got for now as dollars have all of a sudden become a bit tight
.1 thing i gotta check is if the chassis are the same width and if the diffs will swap over without fuss.
Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2004 12:31 am
by Drew
It won't be a bolt in swap because your new zuk is a NT & your old one is WT but i'm sure you'll be able to figure it out(the nt spring & shackle mounts are inline with the chassis the wt's are outboard) .The lwb doesn't pitch as much as the swb either.Good luck with the new zook.
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 9:13 am
by mud4b
good to hear....so whats the plan for it when you get some moola?
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 9:51 am
by Damo
Drew wrote:It won't be a bolt in swap because your new zuk is a NT & your old one is WT but i'm sure you'll be able to figure it out(the nt spring & shackle mounts are inline with the chassis the wt's are outboard) .The lwb doesn't pitch as much as the swb either.Good luck with the new zook.
Check MJ's/Mick's members thread, we are putting WT diffs under his NT LWB at the moment.
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 10:13 am
by bazooked
the problem i have at the moment is the wide track housings are reinforced and sprung over all teid in together, so i dont really wanna go chopping it all up again..
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 10:03 pm
by Drew
You'll have to move the spring mounts if you want to leave the diffs alone.
Havent you got the yj kit ?,try copying the mounts offsetting where the springs bolt to.
Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 4:30 pm
by bazooked
what i will end up doing is copying the sierra mounts or to that effect so it will take my yj brackets, and i will remove the old nt brackets, workin 2 jobs at the moment and got no time to play around with it..