List of thing to do to my hunting wagon...

Picked up the cruiser tonight. An old one but hopefully a goodie.

http://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.n...dcrusier-2.jpg
http://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.n...andcrusier.jpg

Am looking for advice and a list of shit to do to it to make it competent at river crossings, reliable, and generally a mean hunting wagon.
I am talking maintenance, minor mods etc... It has had nothing done to it, as far as I can tell it's stock. Names of suppliers, websites, mechanics would also be a great help...

I will take what I can from my other thread so no need to double post, and thanks to those who already suggested stuff to do:)

Am thinking I will get a full service, change all the fluids, and install a snorkel. That's about where I'm at.

Old thread:http://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.n...any-good-7524/

Fridge, oven, kitchen sink. For christ sake don't listen to me Wildman I know nothin about the subject

Do we get pics?? One at the start and one at the finish?? Maybe a few as you go???


And can i suggest a turbo gets slapped on the 3b

Buy a farking boat in the same colour

Hi-lift jack points, winch, spots, big thumping stereo :ORLY:
Cable pulleys on bull bar and roll bar for winching large game onto the back! :thumbsup:

Extended diff and gear box breathers !

Up behind dash is fine if its that deep inside the wagon you will have water in past seals anyway.

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Re set or better yet get some old man emu springs and shocks.
It will be a different truck seriously!

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Woah, leave you guys alone for 5 mins and look what happens... Thanks heaps, I will make changes and keep this thread updated as I can.

Good LED spot light bar awesome

Yes... We like spending someone else's money!

Don't be slow ask for donations or start a raffle, that'll tone em down

Breathers should cost you less than 20 bucks or free if you know someone and save you thousands if your going to do water.

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Well that should take you some places Wildman :)

Modifying a 4wd can get rather costly. :ORLY:

You start off with a completely stock standard vehicle ......
http://i964.photobucket.com/albums/a...13AsIgotit.jpg

and before you know it it looks like this......
http://i964.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps97745df2.jpg

And I still haven't worked out completely what it cost me to build - too scared to. :huh:

But i bet it was worth every cent!!!

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That is exactly what I am trying to avoid Cambo!

Anyone got tips on a decent front bull bar? The current one is a platform for standing on by the looks.

Feed wirehunt his beverage of choice while you help him build it.:D

Start with snorkel, hi-lift jack and spade permanently mounted on it, nothing worse than getting stuck and your spade is back digging up the garden!

I reckon get a roof rack and a tray up top so can fit animals and gear up there. A false floor and some built in storage in the back can be useful as not a lot of room once you put couple packs, weeks food and Horse in there

I'm sure I can think of more!

Big rubber mat from supercheap in back and a tarp, much easyer to get 100+ big floppy kilos up 1 meter than over your head ;)

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That is exactly what I am trying to avoid Cambo!

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That's what I said as well at the start.


There's a really awesome engineer here in CHCH that does work that is more like artwork.
Tom's Offroad and Custom
To contact him - tomsoffroad@yahoo.com or 027 407 2452
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This may be of some help

http://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.n...sorising-1616/

Get a taxidermist to permanently mount a boar on the front fender! :thumbsup:

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Feed wirehunt his beverage of choice while you help him build it.:D

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Golden idea! That wont be hard, anything that starts with "R" and ends in "um"

Add a decent compressor and recovery gear to the list of must have's.
Learn to drive the truck and have fun before doing any major mods.
If any mods were to be done straight away, I'd go first with barwork and bash plates, snorkel and tyres.
Join a local 4wd club and go on as many runs as you can. You will learn heaps, and will always have plenty of help if you get in the poo.

Sill bars mounted solidly to the chassis out of shed 40 give heaps of options for high lift jacking and body protection.
And if you stick em out to the line of the tires like this you can just turn into the bank on a tight turn on a track and just push the arse around as it slides the bank instead of a 600 point turn.

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And if you stick em out to the line of the tires like this you can just turn into the bank on a tight turn on a track and just push the arse around as it slides the bank instead of a 600 point turn.

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That is bloody genius. Patent the idea and become a guzillionaire

Nz winch .co.nz for Mcc winch bar Had one on my hi lux about to fit one to FJ. Good value winch bars

I can't see the pics :oh noes:

Chains, snorkel, bars with hi lift jack points, hi lift jack, tyres, lift, full service, fluffy dice, nylon winch cable.

Or sell me your front axle.

With good tyres and suspension even in standard trim it will do and go 99% of the places most sane people need to get to, but a snorkle is good insurance.Recovery gear you will collect overtime secondhand shops sometimes have a gem hidden out back I picked up a set of HD chains for the Safari for $5.00

As above,I found a "Turfor" for $24

Getting the blood darined and replaced tomorrow. Could be up to 15ltrs the guy reckons for everything! Will look into new shocks as they sounds like a good idea. Also will gather recovery gear as I go...

Tyres are okay for now...

I have done quite a bit of 4WDing and I dont intend to get into club stuff so I should be okay.

Might just get a hi-lift jack which kit. Slow but will get me backwards if I cant go forward. I have access to a Turfa if need be...

Oh I think it has extended breathers too, might extend them more though...

a tyre pressure guage - amazing what you can get through with dropped tyre pressures.

drive slowly back to the nearerest garage and save up for a decent compressor - forget the cheap jobs - adding 20psi to 4 tyres can take for ever.

A short wire strop to run across your hitch points - shares the load across 2 points, not just one - I have some wire here (Invercargill) - Bridon's will sort for you for minimal cost.

Ground anchor for said winch; I'll build one for you like mine - ball park $200 but they're solid. Alternative is buy some warratahs, cut them in half, drill a hole big enough near top for your shackles - a least 3 spikes required for a decent hold remember so a length of chain to link the 3 also required.

Use only rated shackles and strops.

Some of those heavy duty cable-ties. Ideal for tying back lose links on your chains, holding the end of your rope on a hitch point whilst driving etc.

Cheap tarpaulin to lay on whilst you're attaching chains and looking for that rattle underneath the truck

If you're ever down this way I'd be happy to talk about going out for a drive/hunt
Si

Oh? and what is that?

Lots of good advice I see. Just the usual. Upgrade the suspension, strengthen the chassis, gruntier running gear, .....


In no time it will look like this.

Oops, forgot the picture.

http://www.rhinobuggies.com.au/image...n%20Patrol.jpg

I agree though, for what you are after you shouldn't need to do much. First thing I normally add is bog roll and jumper leads, then do the oils and filters, chains, shovel and a snorkel.

Yuck gold is gross:)

You could just go for one of these???
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Yuck gold is gross:)

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No,thats Champain(sic)