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Joe

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Joined: Sat Jul 04, 2009 11:30 pm
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Location: Rockingham W.A
Vehicle: JB74

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 5:39 pm

A few weeks ago my boy (15 in Dec) said he wanted to be a spray painter i didn't think much of it cause the week before he wanted to be a mechanic and the week before that was a video game designer :roll:

any ways two weeks later he says "dad i've been looking on youtube how to spray paint can i paint your old trailer

" he had a fucking huge grin on his face so i thought why not :lol:

Very little prep work was done he jacked it up took the wheels off undone the tail lights and taped them up spent two mins with a wire brush and went to town with three cans of killrust black

Before

After

He done a pretty good job with bugger all runs not bad for his first real go

I'm gunna get hold of an old car door or boot lid or something for him to practice prep work on

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Mike57

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Joined: Fri Jul 22, 2011 11:09 am
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Location: Melbourne
Vehicle: Suzuki Jimny 2009

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 8:32 pm

Definitely worth encouraging him to get into a trade. I spent 5 years at Uni and I reckon I would have been better off as an electrician. Might have enjoyed it more as well compared to sitting at a desk in front of a computer all day.

sideways

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Joined: Fri Oct 29, 2010 1:53 pm
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Location: Northcliffe, W.A.
Vehicle: LJs, Sierra, Jimny, Swift.

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 10:04 pm

Did you buy monleys wheels?

Joe

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Location: Rockingham W.A
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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 10:25 pm

Haha i scored 3 rims and near new tyres from work after some dopey bugger curbed his VZ and smashed a 20"

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sideways

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Location: Northcliffe, W.A.
Vehicle: LJs, Sierra, Jimny, Swift.

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 10:29 pm

Nah I mean the spare on the GV. :lol:

atari4x4

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Location: East Radelayed
Vehicle: SV420+SV620 Vitara's

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 10:35 pm

hahaha

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Joe

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Location: Rockingham W.A
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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 11:19 pm

nah I bought 5 from the states

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zukenutter

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Joined: Sun Feb 08, 2009 10:30 pm
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Location: Brisneyland
Vehicle: 2006 Jimny JLX

Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2014 7:56 am

trailer facelift is cool

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Polar_Bear

Joined: Sat Aug 12, 2006 11:30 pm
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Location: Adelaide SA

Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2014 9:13 pm

Joe wrote:

A few weeks ago my boy (15 in Dec) said he wanted to be a spray painter...

He done a pretty good job with bugger all runs not bad for his first real go

I'm gunna get hold of an old car door or boot lid or something for him to practice prep work on

Ha... what did you expect. .. hes probably been tagging shit for years... :wink:

Joe

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Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2014 11:16 pm

Haha probably :lol:

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pete_79

Joined: Wed Feb 06, 2013 8:24 pm
Posts: 1571
Vehicle: 91 Tin Top

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 9:44 pm

I spotted this little camper on the way back from the Snowies last weekend.

Looks ridiculous behind a landcruiser, but I recon it would be right at home behind a zook.

Perram

Joined: Fri Feb 24, 2012 6:55 pm
Posts: 502
Location: sydney
Vehicle: 96 tin top sierra 31's omes

Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2015 11:27 am

Went out to a wedding and camped
Finally got a better shake down. 500k round trip so all looks great for fraser.

Really want to put the 31s on but dont want to spoa the trailer. As my draw bar angle willgo to shit.

I have a set of lite 31 all terrains.
But want to extend the sides up to fit them rather than lift the springs.

Reverse parked next to some tourers.
Just longer than them.
Also shows how low roof height of the zook still is

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Perram

Joined: Fri Feb 24, 2012 6:55 pm
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Location: sydney
Vehicle: 96 tin top sierra 31's omes

Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 8:18 pm

Hey guys.

A friend just allerted me that i shouldnt be towing in 5th gear?

Is this true?
In my sierra that is.

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Zook_Fan

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Location: Toowoomba
Vehicle: Maruti and LJ80's

Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2015 6:56 am

Normally yes, you don't want to load over drive gears excessively. However given your trailer is light and the nature of the sierra gearbox I wouldn't hesitate to drop it into 5th on flat ground and drop it back to 4th when you're going up hills.

zukenutter

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Location: Brisneyland
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Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2015 6:58 am

Did the friend give you a reason?
If your car is happy towing in fifth I can't see a problem

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pete_79

Joined: Wed Feb 06, 2013 8:24 pm
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Vehicle: 91 Tin Top

Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2015 1:25 pm

The problem is towing heavy loads with gear boxes that have a high overdrive ratio.

I can tell you from first hand experience that you can fry the overdrive if you tow a 30 foot boat for 1,800km and use 5th a lot.

(obviously not in a Zook).

Having said, that your awesome little trailer wouldn't cause too many issues for your Sierra.

And for those with VVT Jimnys 5th is not overdrive and it is save to use when towing. But again based on experience, you'll only have enough power to use 5th going down hill anyway.

zukenutter

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Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2015 1:35 pm

so is this more of an auto issue?

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Zook_Fan

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Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2015 1:39 pm

No. Overdriven gears are simply any gears that have a higher output speed than input. So with a gear ratio numerically less than 1.

Perram

Joined: Fri Feb 24, 2012 6:55 pm
Posts: 502
Location: sydney
Vehicle: 96 tin top sierra 31's omes

Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2015 5:44 pm

Awesome info guys.
Here is what i have.

Manual Transmission:
Type Five-speed, all synchromesh
Clutch Dry, single disc, diaphragm spring
Gear ratios
1st 3.652
2nd 1.947
3rd 1.423
4th 1.000
5th 0.795
Reverse 3.466

Im assuming that because 5th is less than 1:1 means it has to be on a different shaft?

Im not to worried about it but just good to know.

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pete_79

Joined: Wed Feb 06, 2013 8:24 pm
Posts: 1571
Vehicle: 91 Tin Top

Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2015 9:36 pm

zukenutter

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Vehicle: 2006 Jimny JLX

Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 6:22 am

Brings its own garage

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pete_79

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Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2015 6:43 pm

zukenutter

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Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 12:17 pm

That's cool

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Perram

Joined: Fri Feb 24, 2012 6:55 pm
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Location: sydney
Vehicle: 96 tin top sierra 31's omes

Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 12:26 pm

Inspiration.

zukenutter

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Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2016 11:14 pm

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31zook

Joined: Tue Mar 24, 2009 10:30 pm
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Location: maito
Vehicle: <3 Edna <3

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 8:47 am

thats cool paul

henno

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Joined: Tue Jul 23, 2013 5:56 pm
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Location: Brisbane
Vehicle: Which one?

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 9:26 am

I like that a lot.

zukenutter

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Vehicle: 2006 Jimny JLX

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 9:51 am

it ticks all the 'cool' boxes

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Red89

Joined: Tue Jan 12, 2010 10:30 pm
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Location: Perth

Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 6:49 pm

More inspiration http://www.tnttt.com/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=42096

pete_79

Joined: Wed Feb 06, 2013 8:24 pm
Posts: 1571
Vehicle: 91 Tin Top

Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 7:00 pm

Red89 wrote:

More inspiration http://www.tnttt.com/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=42096

Damn you for showing me that site, I can see I'm going to lose so many more hours from my life now....

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