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« Reply #25 on: July 23, 2013, 06:59:13 PM »
Gave another fJ owner my nudge bar, rep,aced by the current ARB bar
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« Reply #26 on: July 23, 2013, 07:54:07 PM »
Quote from: lino6 on July 23, 2013, 06:32:02 PM
Thanks for your payment, real tea is just better than the tea bag stuff!  :cheers:



I betta let your SWMBO know.
Hey woman! Fix the man up with some real tea!  ;D
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« Reply #27 on: July 23, 2013, 08:35:00 PM »
Quote from: fuji on July 23, 2013, 07:54:07 PM


I betta let your SWMBO know.
Hey woman! Fix the man up with some real tea!  ;D

He drinks coffee here you know from the pod machine we were chatting about haha.  If he wants real tea I can get some there is a tea pot in the cupboard I am sure.  Thanks for making him one today. :cheers:
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« Reply #28 on: July 23, 2013, 08:38:01 PM »
No probs, anytime. ;D
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« Reply #29 on: July 24, 2013, 12:18:47 AM »
Sharpened my mates chainsaw for him. Might not count, I sharpened it so I could use it. Now it needs sharpening again!
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« Reply #30 on: July 24, 2013, 08:14:09 AM »
I helped one of my neighbours last weekend by buying him a nice carton of beer. Okay to be honest the carton was as to thank him for spending 1 hour on his chainsaw cutting down one of my trees.
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« Reply #31 on: July 24, 2013, 09:08:14 AM »
Quote from: FNQBunyip on July 22, 2013, 01:14:37 PM
Got my neighbor's bullocks in on Saturday morning and drafted 6 out too put on the truck later that arvo , they are currently standing in the yards at the local show , before going to sale tomorrow ,lol

Hope he's happy with my selection.  He gets home this arvo ...

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He got 1 first @ the local show , so was happy with that , but the prices @ the sale yesterday were not to good at all .. 
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« Reply #32 on: July 24, 2013, 04:52:50 PM »
Detailed the inside only of my mates 80 thats here, bloody stank, dunno how he could stand driving it around, and his nurse wife also drive it to work too, dunno.. I hated driving it even with my dirtiest clothes on..

Well its all clean now, wonder how long it will stay that way when he gets it back.

Going to remove his winch tomorrow, dont have permission but why carry around a heavy winch that doesnt work.. Never has either since he has had the cruiser..


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« Reply #33 on: July 30, 2013, 11:12:57 PM »
You might wonder why, why spend weeks on someone elses rigs and trailers..

Well its keeping me working, motivated and its helped my self asteem.

Not to mention its made them happy every time they come here and see their things changed and looking great. Not to mention working easily and properly..

Not to mention that changing parts like brakes on my rig happens once every 5- 10 years. So if i can change brake shoes etc on other ppls rigs then i can keep remember ing how i do it, so when i do mine next i don't stuff it up.

Anyway thats tomorrows job, changing brake shoes and pads. And making sure his handbrake works properly.. His wife and family love how they other rig can now park on their hill at home safely.

Also have the sway arm bushes to replace, but thats easy as..


And to work out why the drivers side window regulator sounds like an army dragging Egypt's pyramids in the door when the window goes up and down..

Then i get the other rig back, redo the handbrake mod on the drivers side properly and what ever else they think i should do.. And rewire the trailer plug, to a round 7.

Then clean up and paint their 20ft box trailer..  Yes 20ft..

Should look like new when painted.




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« Reply #34 on: July 31, 2013, 06:59:31 AM »
Tracked down an electrical problem in my neighbours caravan.
All sorted now.
He is happy once again...
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« Reply #35 on: July 31, 2013, 05:34:02 PM »
Learning to be a cattle dog.

I had nothing to do so decide to take some tools out to a mate that needed to build a set of hurdles for his table top. When I arrived he had the gear loaded and was heading out to fix a fence on his boundary, so of course climb up and we'll go for a drive on the tractor with Biscuit the daschund for support.

We fixed the fence but needed to move the cattle (calves) to the next paddock to new feed.

Now to some that don't know, calves have the brains of flea's they don't know that you are taking them to more feed, it's their paddock so we are gunna stay. This is where the cattle dog (biscuit) is no help at all Soooo. New Dog Barnray

2 of the calves decide to try and run forward and around Me away from the gate they needed to go thru, Bugger (here you need to get in front and wave your arms and make yourself look big).

1 step to get in front at a run= 90mm tear in the Achilles Tendon  :'( :'( :'(
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« Reply #36 on: July 31, 2013, 07:01:01 PM »
Quote from: barnray on July 31, 2013, 05:34:02 PM

1 step to get in front at a run= 90mm tear in the Achilles Tendon  :'( :'( :'(

Ouch!!!!!
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« Reply #37 on: July 31, 2013, 08:25:06 PM »
Changed one side of the hand brake shoes, not an easy job any day.. Started adjusting them up ready to put the hub on, they wouldnt tighten up, i meani they wouldnt grip on the hub.. So got the shoes i took out and placed them against the shoes yet to go into the other side.. And the darn new ones are too small. He bought the wrong shoes, or was sold the wrong shoes.

Hours i spent just on one side, boy a hoist would be nice, be able to get the wheel up to an easy to see height..

So then i called him and pulled out the side i had done, fitted the caliper etc, left he old shoes out..

Then changed the sway bar front bushes..

But then discovered there was a bolt missing in the front control arm.. No wonder its a little loose on the road..




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« Reply #38 on: July 31, 2013, 09:09:59 PM »
I sent a friendly text message to a workmate of mine, didn't get the usual smart arse reply so I credited $10 to her phone (telstra creditMe2U thing). It was pay day so she would have been waiting for the pay to go in and she had to call centerlink the week before, so I imagine the waiting times would have gobbled all her credit up, and turns out I was right. Oh well at least she wasn't just ignoring me, ha ha.

Nice to be able to help someone out a bit without being asked.

I believe that sometimes the little things can count more than the big things too.
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« Reply #39 on: July 31, 2013, 09:57:48 PM »
Quote from: Pebble on July 31, 2013, 09:09:59 PM
I sent a friendly text message to a workmate of mine, didn't get the usual smart arse reply so I credited $10 to her phone (telstra creditMe2U thing). It was pay day so she would have been waiting for the pay to go in and she had to call centerlink the week before, so I imagine the waiting times would have gobbled all her credit up, and turns out I was right. Oh well at least she wasn't just ignoring me, ha ha.

Nice to be able to help someone out a bit without being asked.

I believe that sometimes the little things can count more than the big things too.

So true pay it forward now hopefully she will get the opportunity to help someone hers might not be a credit on a phone it might be helping someone to their car etc.
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« Reply #40 on: July 31, 2013, 10:25:25 PM »


Instead of eating lunch, I work "the block" which takes me about 25mins at a healthy gait (that gives me 5 mins to pee and make another coffee). 

As I was heading around corner # 3 I noticed a truckie with a tool box door down and dragging on the road.  Waved him down, pointed out the issue and assisted him up a gutter (around a car) and yelled out when it came free, and helped him get all the gravel out of the joint before shutting the latch on my side.

One happy truckie (I think).  Hope he didn't lose too many tie downs on his trip out of the Industrial Estate with the door down.

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« Reply #41 on: August 01, 2013, 06:30:16 AM »
It is not who I have helped.
A lot of members of the MySwag family have helped me to approach my Elders, and explain good reasons to stay on this wonderfukl site, and hopefully share a little of our culture and knowledge.
THANKYOU MYSWAG FAMILY FOR THE HELP
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« Reply #42 on: August 01, 2013, 07:57:57 AM »
We winched a fellow my swagger up the exit of Dulcie Creek on the OTT. Everyone helps everyone out here. Meet some awesome people on the road. We also told a guy his spare wheel was hanging from his 4wd which he had to then refit.
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« Reply #43 on: August 01, 2013, 11:28:06 AM »
140k service on the old mans troopy replace timing belt, fit new swivel hub kit
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« Reply #44 on: August 01, 2013, 01:56:14 PM »
helped my neighbour fix our boundary fence on the weekend - even drank his beer. If his wife had not have asked me if I could take down the tree in my back yard I would not have had to help him.  ;D
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« Reply #45 on: August 01, 2013, 08:00:08 PM »
Still working on me mates stuff..

Rewired the trailer and fitted new plug and tail lights.. Soldered all joins..

All worked first time..


Worked out what the nasty scraping noise is and lubricated it...

Actually didnt work it out, just put grease and 7 everywhere till the noise went away..

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« Reply #46 on: August 03, 2013, 01:02:00 PM »
Just drove my mates brand new BT50 home from Cairns for him , lol he's still catching up in his old hilux .. Nice drive but I don't like Autos ...

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« Reply #47 on: August 03, 2013, 01:32:53 PM »
Finished yay


Changed the handbrake shoes on his 80..

Looks like a prick of a job, but each spring has its place, but had lots and lots of trouble, anything i write here cant tell u how much trouble i had. It was one of those centre spring hold on plate things.
U have to hold the pin at the back hold the shoe, push the plate thing on against the strong little spring, its only a small hole and turn it, a quarter of a turn and it l ocks in there..
Tried for 2 hours last night, ended up swearing at it too much so shut up shop and walked away.


This morning tried again with saw fingers for about 15 mins, decided to check to see if the  pin actually goes in the hole and it didnt easily, so then i took off the other side, or front of that side, and eventually got that one in the back so then the difficult one went in too.

Then had trouble fitting the new pads..

Just got it done and the owner came along. So made him fit the wheel..

Finsihed off a few things and he drove away..

Now to catch up on my jobs and finish trailer No . 2

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« Reply #48 on: August 05, 2013, 05:34:48 PM »
Charged him 14 loads of fire wood.. Bit much ohh well



Naturally he complained and now looks like i did 3 weeks work for nothing.


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« Reply #49 on: August 05, 2013, 08:23:02 PM »
Young mum of 3 having a hard time at the moment.
So while my son took her to a concert in sydney over the weekend, I installed a stereo I had laying around, in her car, and replaced the rocker cover - sorry, cam cover - to stop a major oil leak she had.

Quote from: fishfinder on August 01, 2013, 01:56:14 PM
helped my neighbour fix our boundary fence on the weekend - even drank his beer. If his wife had not have asked me if I could take down the tree in my back yard I would not have had to help him.  ;D

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