wow man came up great. time to update my thread i think haha
Hj Ute Resto
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, Oct 09 2012 06:45 PM
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Posted 11 March 2014 - 10:50 AM
I hate laminated screens! Having worked with glass for nearly 30 years I prefer toughened screens. Still have one i my HJ. I had a short piece of 4x2 bounce off mine some years ago, watched it hit the middle and fly over the roof! A laminted one would have had sharp glass all through the car (it's no different to house windows) and some building supplies on the passengers seat. Yeh I know toughened shatters too, but you can pick up the remains quite easily.
And yeh, electric seal is better.
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Posted 03 April 2014 - 02:53 PM
well i havent touched the ute, hope it still starts ahaha, got yr12 halfyearly exams on, helping dad with the business so i can get some money to get a few things for the ute.
the seat is in getting redone,
21 days and its gota be finished for when i go for my p's test, dont think ill make it.
bought a new toy to use around the place since we wanna extend the shed out another 6x18 will need alot of dirt moved so heres a few pics
oh and its 202 powered 
cut the doors off and what was rest of the roof
fuel down the guts and away she went didnt sound to good but after a good run in the shed it came good
put my own tank on it so its easy to see how much it left
the tipper part works great, shes an old 4 speed on the column, gets sideways in 3rd on the wet grass. sounds good after cutting most of the exhaust off
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Posted 03 April 2014 - 10:17 PM
You can wear a helmet for protection Danny,
The 202 Motor, single barrel still sounds OK doing 3rd in the grass.
Good luck with the Tipper. Dave I
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Posted 07 April 2014 - 03:55 PM
Cheers Dave, its really lowed geared so might only do 30ks in 3rd but loads of fun. can dump the clutch in second and get it spinning 
Had the Tipper hard at work moving big round silage bails, load of scrap steel and tried to tow my spare parts ute up the back but tyres dont have enough grip :(
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Posted 07 April 2014 - 04:17 PM
Is that an old merc truck
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Posted 07 April 2014 - 05:06 PM
na its a little Daihatsu thing, we thought it was a merc when we saw the badge but someones put it on there as a joke
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Posted 08 April 2014 - 10:21 AM
Old mate of dads made a truck out of two different trucks, Mitsi Canter and Nissan Caball(?)
Called it a Nissanbitchycanterbull.
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Posted 18 April 2014 - 11:19 AM
windscreen guys came out home and put a new screen in for me, love getting trade price for everything, wont need it for my p's test which is good aha
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Posted 18 April 2014 - 11:22 AM
Excellent Danny,
At least the Windscreen won't get any chips for a while, must feel good with a fresh start. Dave I
Edited by TORYPOWER, 18 April 2014 - 11:23 AM.
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Posted 18 April 2014 - 11:37 AM
cheers dave,
forgot to mention that the tipper is hard at work wood carting,
I pulled the blue motor out from the corner and put it on a stand with wheels as my plans for building a hot efi motor are starting to come together with the purchase of a vk efi rail, and with our home made injector tester ill be able to clean them up which is even better
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Posted 26 April 2014 - 01:38 PM
Not alot has been happening, had my birthday 2 days ago so i got my p's, been working here and there to gather some coin up.. Got the seat back and it looks a million bucks, he took abit of foam out of the back rest so i sit back abit further and a mixed and matched 2 sets of springs so it isnt sagged, At 6ft 1in the old hj is abit to short for me so with the few little mods to the seat should make it alot better , ordered the carpet, kickpanels and rear wall carpet from truefit carpets so they should be here next week or the week after, than ill take it into the exhaust place and get a 2 1/4 system made up with a flex joint, all at trade price thanks to dad . than its blue slip and rego hopefully
will get some pics soon been abit slack with the camera
Danny,
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Posted 26 April 2014 - 03:04 PM
Flex joint? Why? Overpriced as far as I know, and not required.
New rubber hangers are perfectly fine.
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Posted 26 April 2014 - 03:06 PM
Oh, happy brithday dude! I still have my HJ I bought at 18... in '85! 
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Posted 26 April 2014 - 04:30 PM
cheers dave, i dont plan on selling this thing anytime soon either.... dad just said he'll get him to put a flex joint in, i couldnt be bother arguing with him but at about $330 for everything after the extractors id say thats a fair price, not sure what the currency different is atm between us and nz though
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Posted 26 April 2014 - 07:02 PM
and Happy Birthday from here to Danny,
Dave said it first. Dave I
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Posted 27 April 2014 - 02:29 PM
Cheers Dave I
Well i thought i should take a few pics nothing special
I is abit dusty, couldnt be bothered washing it ahahah
^^^^^ My 175psi (about 11:1) monster 
The seat looks and feels great will have to get the oxy and bend the gear stick up abit as it pushes on the seat fairly hard in 2nd and 4th
Danny
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Posted 05 May 2014 - 02:21 PM
well ive been doing abit more to it, made up some door trims out of the same stuff as the seat. i used 12mm foam, which is abit on the thick side but the wiper arms dont rub and the arm rest pushes the foam away from the handle so it doesnt touch either, i might get some chrome buttons and put on them one day give a pillow/kenworth cab kinda look
The arm rests are old rough ones that came with the other ute, just cleaned them and got some black vinal paint and gave them a coat
got every colour the ute is in this pic ^^
gave the mirrors a polish, made a little plate up to go on the inside of the door with some speed cilps on them and some double sided tap so the mirrors arnt screwing into the door and when you need to take them off the plate doesnt fall down to the bottom of the door.
Just waiting on the carpet and might take it to town one day this week or next week to get an exhaust made up
Danny
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Posted 19 May 2014 - 11:53 AM
underlay and carpets in, seatbelts and seat is bolted in, got 2 1/4 exhaust aswell, is really quiet at idle, actually cant really hear it, but the more you feed it the loud it gets with the added belt squeal, still a few more things to do, hopefully go for a blueslip on wednesday
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Posted 22 May 2014 - 09:13 AM
I had all the dash out on tuesday, stupid washer switch didnt work, set the timing at about 10deg, runs alot better now... something funny keeps happening though so i might make a thread in the engine section,
was working till 11pm last night to get ready for blueslip today, hopefully will pass, still a few things need to be done but not major
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Posted 22 May 2014 - 05:14 PM
Cheers Jase,
Well she passed with flying colours, even the brake test is worth bragging about aahah, only thing he said to do was swap the rear springs from left to right to try and help level it out
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Posted 22 May 2014 - 06:12 PM
That's awesome news! Gotta be nice when you come across helpful people like that
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