Stage 1 V8

hey, another kiwi!! when i scored mine from Linton, i was lucky enough to get the full service history folder with it, mine is number 383, body has done about 150,000kms now and motor is 37,000kms from being swaped out by the army mechanics for a rebuilt one. Like you i have removed the restrictors,...

hi, hey have you considered rated recovery hooks?? some 4x4 clubs and trips/trip leaders etc... sometimes require you to have?? i guess how offten and how 'hard core' is the truck going to be used off the seal??

well thats how it is down under (NZ) most times, 8,000lb minimum.

gary

hehehe mucking around with the landy the other day removed the muffler/silencer, sounds so much better. Just welded in a straight pipe.
Mmmm Rover V8.

heres something i put on the "YouTube"
http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=mbYKKknmCOo

hang on hang on... whats the laws with having side exiting pipes on each side of your vehicle?? in nz if i'm thinking correct the exhausts can exit anywhere as long as they are behind the rear seat, so remove the rear seat!! don't put a 2.25 back in, you'll be kicking yourself for a long time, they ...

Larry wrote:I had a brake fluid leak that I couldn't locate, then noticed that the carpet was wet. Leak had come down the pedal into the cab and couldn't be seen from the engine bay.

awesome!! you have carpet??

no, i think a female name is correct, because anything with one will make you broke!!

hey hows things?? nice to see another exarmy truck hehe. Mine seems to handle water ok, i just use a rubber glove over the dizzy and lots of crc on the plugs before it takes a dip, i have never had any problems with the coil but one day will fit a water tight box. i also move the rubber end of the p...

no plans, will try find some better pics, but a engineering firm in NZ here did this to about 5 or so ex army stage 1's so they could haul heavy loads in the back. will try find some more out

you mean like these??

haha true that but it was a nice rubber hammer that got destroyed before it actally moved or damaged any thing. In the end i got some bearing pullers from work and sorted it out. And i haven't had my landy since end of july 07 any how so another month wont hurt :cry: :cry: . All I can say is that it...

over christmas i dropped the front end out and started a rebuild, heres what i found>>> http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q242/gary_in_nz/P1010049-1.jpg http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q242/gary_in_nz/P1010048-1.jpg http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q242/gary_in_nz/P1010047-2.jpg since the half...

hi, is there any special way to remove the swival mounting thingy in the picture below. the other one that connects to the steering off the truck came out no worries, but the bar that links the two wheel assemblys doesn't want to budge, even with some servere blows to the threaded end with a nice he...

hello everyone. For anyone whos interested in geography... just over a week ago my home town of Gisbonre NZ was rocked by an earthquake. It meassured 6.8 on the Rictor Scale, which is reasonably big, but it was centred only 50km south east, and only 40km deep. There was a fair bit of dammage around ...

my ex army one runs on the middle of the N or if im dealing to it or going up a long steep hill, which there are planty of on the east coast here, it moves up a little but never moves off the top of the N. I have found that these do cool pretty well, keep an eye on your radiator levels, and the wate...

hi, just been reading through this and i have a similar propblem on another truck i have (swb nissan safari/patrol) and what i have done to that is fit a 50mm suspension lift. are you running a lifted springs by any chance?? as stirlsilver said above it changes all the angles of the UJ's. as a gener...