Project Pajero

Joined: 18 Nov 2004 Location: New Zealand

I have done the ball joint flip as well.... so I guess your fronts wouldn't fit.

Joined: 28 Oct 2005 Location: 44 Million Sheep

NJV6 wrote:

I have done the ball joint flip as well.... so I guess your fronts wouldn't fit.

Have you also cut your bumstops? I did the flip AND cut the stops, the shocks work well if the stops aren't removed.

Joined: 18 Nov 2004 Location: New Zealand

Ya, about half way down the previous page. Very Happy

Joined: 28 Oct 2005 Location: 44 Million Sheep

No worries, look out for them on Trademe Very Happy

Joined: 11 May 2007 Location: Vancouver, BC

I'm considering doing the ball joint flip.

Reading both good/bad things about it.

How hard/often do you guys take it offroad and would you recommend doing it ?

How much lift do you get approx ?

Joined: 18 Nov 2004 Location: New Zealand

Voltmeter

I put it where the roll meter went in the centre instruments to keep an idea of when I can turn the vehicle off after winching. I felt I know when I'm on a hell of an angle and the tilt meter is the last thing i'd be admiring about then.

Heavy winching voltage drops to about 10 volts and operating is about 14.

Fits well, even the back light goes Very Happy

Joined: 18 Nov 2004 Location: New Zealand

Winch control

The other switch for controlling the inch inside the vehicle - one of the most useful mods done.

It is the switch in the middle of the photo, the top one is the electric ariel which I like but after breaking one I put a manual control so listening to CD's whilst wheelin doesn't snap it off Cool

Joined: 18 Nov 2004 Location: New Zealand

Joined: 28 Oct 2005 Location: 44 Million Sheep

NJV6 wrote:

Steering Damper

Seems to feel nice through the wheel on my test try but yet to test it properly.

Have you given it its proper test yet? Apart from it looking nice does it do the trick Very Happy

Its something I might look into if its worth it.

Joined: 18 Nov 2004 Location: New Zealand

Sorry dude, havn't been anywhere yet Embarassed

! Um all that tells me is I gotta get out more! Cool

actually I tell a lie, I did but then discovered I hadn't done the bolt up tight enough on the steering arm and it moved... Sorted now

Joined: 18 Nov 2004 Location: New Zealand

Finally another update.

Got my rear 'Picnic table' Very Happy

finished, working and kindof looking good.

It is a right pain in the rear trying to get a flat table to mount to a curved rear door, luckily under the plastic panelling it is basically flat where I mounted a piece of steel from one end to the other and bolted it to the door.

Next mission was getting it to stay 'up' while still looking tidy - I have suceeded with the 'up' part and I guess it is tidy enough.

Joined: 28 Oct 2005 Location: 44 Million Sheep

NJV6 wrote:

Next mission was getting it to stay 'up' while still looking tidy - I have suceeded with the 'up' part and I guess it is tidy enough.

Does look tidy and good idea to boot. All I can say is MAGNETS!!! Will hold that puppy up no worries and if you recess them, well that will almost look "posh" Very Happy

Joined: 18 Nov 2004 Location: New Zealand

Tried magnets, tried cupboard door clips, all sorts but the jolt of the door shutting pop's any of them open.

I guess it'd be good if every time you opened the door was for smoko Very Happy

Open the door and the table drops down automatically!

Joined: 06 Jul 2005 Location: Perth, Western Australia

NJV6 wrote:

Finally another update.

Got my rear 'Picnic table' Very Happy

finished, working and kindof looking good.

It is a right pain in the rear trying to get a flat table to mount to a curved rear door, luckily under the plastic panelling it is basically flat where I mounted a piece of steel from one end to the other and bolted it to the door.

Next mission was getting it to stay 'up' while still looking tidy - I have suceeded with the 'up' part and I guess it is tidy enough.

Very nice, I have been planning to do the same thing with mine - except i didn't know how to go about it with the curved door. So you mounted a plate of steel which you bolted to the door, then bolted the hinges to the steel.

Trying to see what you used to hold the table in a horizontal position - is it just nylon cord or braided steel wire.

As for fastening in an upright position, a friend of mine used those elastic clips found one those ice chests and so forth, seems to work well.

Thanks for the much needed inspiration.

Cheers,
Jayden

Joined: 18 Nov 2004 Location: New Zealand

Yep

Take the trim off, then run a bit of 2 or 3mm x 25mm flat steel the width apart of the hinges. Bolted it to the door in three places. Make sure you drill the holes where you can get you hand in behind to put the nuts on.....

Then cut the hole for the hinge in plastic and bend the hinge to suit as it still sits back about 10mm from the plastic. If I was doing it again I'd mount the hinges on the steel before I put the steel on as it can then be bolted, I don't like using self tappers.

The cord is Nylon and probably not very strong but it's ok & is mounted to the frame in behind.

Elastic things - good idea.

Joined: 03 Apr 2007 Location: Melburn!

With the arial button, how did you get the sucker to stay down? I have a stock switch in my NL that toggles between Hi and Low, but I cant get it to stay down unless I turn the CD player off, I assume you just cut the power to one of the lines to the arial but is it that easy?

Joined: 18 Nov 2004 Location: New Zealand

Yes, it is real easy. Just put the switch (on/off toggle) on the power out of the head unit (usually a blue wire on an aftermarket head unit).

Switch the switch off and the aeriel computer thinks the radio is turned off and lowers the aeriel!

Joined: 18 Nov 2004 Location: New Zealand

Spent a bit of time remodelling my front bar.

I felt the winch stuck out further than it should and simply by loosening the two bolts holding the two horns on and moving them sideways there was alot of unsed space.

So I moved the winch back the width of it and used the old rear holes as the fronts and added a plate to the back to fit the winch.

Added some bracing to stop the twist with some super long bolts right down through the chassis and had to remount the lights. I wanted to be able to use the horns on the bull bar to wrap the rope around without it hitting the lights.

This also enabled me to fit a second front recovery hook.

All in all pretty happy but I would like to beef up the chassis mount at some stage if I was going to be doing hard snatchs. The factory welds on the uprights look pretty marginal.

The winch can be taken off without taking the bar off which was a must and the winch motor can be taken off without removing the winch to dry it out etc which is also a bonus.

And one of me and vehicle at 7000 feet or 2098m to be exact Wink

Joined: 03 Apr 2007 Location: Melburn!

Mate, do you remember what length bolts you used for the ball joint flip?

Joined: 18 Nov 2004 Location: New Zealand

HI Dexter, Something tells me 20mm in the back of my mind. I got 25mm but they were too long. If you used 25mm then you could get 2 nuts on but with decent 8.8 bots I don't believe 2 nuts are necessary.

Joined: 25 Jun 2007 Location: newcastle upon tyne UK

how do you wire up the voltage clock? cheers

Joined: 18 Nov 2004 Location: New Zealand

Red power, Black earth. Yip, very very easy. Well within my capabilities.

Any power will do, mine is from the power for the outside/inside temp gauge right beside it I think.

Joined: 03 Apr 2007 Location: Melburn!

Doh I got some 40mm's here. But couldn't separate the damn ball joint from the upper arm, any suggestions?

Joined: 18 Nov 2004 Location: New Zealand

They are only sitting there! Undo the top ball joint from the hub assembly then undo the 3 x 8 mm bolts and it'll just lift out.......

If not, hammer, bigger hammer, gas.

Joined: 03 Apr 2007 Location: Melburn!

NJV6 wrote:

They are only sitting there! Undo the top ball joint from the hub assembly then undo the 3 x 8 mm bolts and it'll just lift out.......

If not, hammer, bigger hammer, gas.

Yeah that's the bit that is getting me I undid the top ball joint but cant get that damn bolt to slide off the hub assembly. Took the split pin and nut off but couldn't get her to budge so took the 8mm bolts/nuts off and still couldn't get enough leverage to get the sucker off.

Joined: 18 Nov 2004 Location: New Zealand

Do the 8mm bolts back up. Smack the side of the ball joint on the hub assemble side. Leave the big nut on a few turns so when it lets go it doens't fall off. A few really good blows and it should drop off the tapered joint..