Meet my 90, and share the adventure.

[Disco-tastic]

Oooh looking forward to those

Cheers

Dan

[cuppabillytea]

Ditto.

[Toxic_Avenger]

Another teaser. Still uploading images, and doing some ghetto youtube clips.





More to come, stay tuned

[Toxic_Avenger]

On Sunday, I attended a gathering which was organised by southcoast syndicate and Belmont Recovery Service via Instagram. So shout out to those guys I guess. On face value, it was of about 7 cars, and 11 bodacious dudes and dudettes pitting diesel, steel and rubber against some challenging terrain in the forest.

The plan was to go wheeling at the watagan forest around the Prickly Ridge Rd area. We met at the muster point ready for a 0930 kick off, and started off along the graded track.

The first track we did (I think?!) was CPT 80 Rd, which is on google maps.
From there (I think?) we did Sauls Gully Rd, which turned out to be a dead end, and almost overgrown with Lantana.

The second track was dense brush, with plenty of bush pinstriping had by all. The lower sections were sloppy mud, and deep mud holes. A number of the guys there were running 35"s lift and all the other usual mods, and it was tough. The winch earned its keep and assisted with a few self recoveries, and a few recoveries of other vehicles.

I'll let the pics do the talking, and then get to the nitty gritty where I can after that.

Imgur album:
A day 4-wheeling at the Watagans - Album on Imgur

Selected pics for you lazy folks who won't visit the link


Awww yeahhhh!



Uh Oh...


Whoops.



Melting mudflap problem solved!


Should have bought a Jeep


Out of the frying pan...


Into the fire...


Just waiting for a mate


New exhaust mod.

The good parts:
1) The soft shackles I made work well. I will likely make some more, or offer this as a service to others if they are interested.
2) The winch performed well. More than enough grunt to get the job done. The remote unit is a great option, if anyone is unsure about whether to get one with a wireless remote or not, go the wireless. Messing around with cables on the dontrol box while in meter-deep water or mud is no fun at all.
3) The little landy held its own against some very big trucks. Other players were 2x 80 series cruisers on 35"s, 2 big lifted BT-50 and Ranger, my mates 60 series cruiser on 33"s, and a older hilux on some big wheels. While I was not the most competent driver or vehicle there, it was a great day out.
4) I think I found the solution to the D90's melting mudflap...


Now, the bad part.
While messing about, I managed to snag the exhaust pipe of the 90 on an obstacle, causing it to bend down and restrict the exhaust flow. Engine was running, but probably 50% restriction to the pipe. Managed to effect a track-side repair and unbolt it at the flange just after the main muffler, and remove the offending section after removing the passenger rear wheel.

To get me back home (300km trip) the offending section was given a bit of grinder surgery, and el burro now has a donkey schlong. The exhaust is temporarily now exiting near the rear diff. I had to cut the exhaust pipe and turn it on the flange to get the exhaust semi-operational again.

[D90 orkney]

Looks like an awesome day out. Great stuff TA!

[Tombie]

Excellent. Just goes to show you should always wear protection around the Prickly Rim!!

[Toxic_Avenger]

Some videos from the day


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[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WEExjuigbk[/ame]

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-59gtdt8LI[/ame]

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo6aYJZxg-Q[/ame]

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNKRotRmWJs[/ame]

[Toxic_Avenger]

Following on from the shennanigans above, the exhaust was in need of repair.

This job was done today at the local muffler shop:



The new section is stainless mandrel tube, and goes over the diff, and has a deleted rear muffler. After the diff, there is a flange, and the rear section exits on the LHS in front of the mud flap.




They apparently 'only had' the shiny pipe... but I don't mind the bling bling.

The good news is that the flange I had installed will allow for easy replacement of the rear pipe if ever damaged, crushed or defected (although I'm told a LHS exiting exhaust is not a porblem from the exhaust shop).

Next step is to see how it goes offroad.

[cuppabillytea]

I had SS pipes on my Moto Guzzi. I painted them black and it worked well.
Nice Mod by the way. No more melted Mud Flaps.

[carlschmid2002]

You could possibly order UK version mudflaps without the hole now.