Winch Truck Build

got in and swapped out for the metal gearbox gears, loktited all bolts etc & gave it a general clean all round.

az put a couple extra hook hoops on the front bar, mounted up the rc4wd fairlead. i got stuck in and painted it all aswell as the beadlock rings.

heres some pics as, gonna let the paint go off a bit more before i try refitting it to the chassis.

i'm lovin that colour pity the comps on this weekend and its gonna get ruined

came up sweet mate make sure you put a whole can of clear on it mate to try & keep some of the paint on her by the end of the social

is that colour close to the one on the body ?

duplo ?

im lovin it

its real close, its not duplo though, cant think of the brand auto refinishing paint. i got 2 coats of primer, green and clear on at the moment.
gonna mount it up for the moment so i can dummy fit the body to sort out the electrics and get the magnet body mounts finished off. once thats all done, hopefully by tomoro, i will pull it off and smash it with the rest of the clear.

yea chuck stoked with the color and how my painting turned out on this one hopefully there wont be too much green on the rocks after sundy

hopefully the new tyre and rim package rock up so i can get the new rims painted up aswell.

that came up sweet ads... nice work Az..

Its gonna have a nice shade of steel coulor again after the weekend lol..

I like your work bench.. I mean floor..ads

see ya sunday
Adam

Looks awesome Ads the hoops up front finished it off well! Look forward to seeing it in all its glory

cheers adam, yea as az said she is gettin a good licking of clear coat haha takin the honcho back to its root, the floor was where it initially got built up haha.

cheers mick yea i agree with the hoops. yea i have a bad feeling all the bar work is only gonna make me even more trigger happy(thats what she said ) so she will be a blaze of glory

clear coated the sh!t outa the barwork probably used 90% of a big pressure pack can, that should go off and harden in the next couple of days so it should hopefully last the morning session on sundy
rebuilt the driveshafts, wired up the switch for the winchs(pics to follow) & mounted it on a custom ally plate i made up and painted to match. made up some custom green ruler plates for the battery mounts. fitted up the fairlead properly and made a rubber winch hook catcher like the 1:1s.
put the bar work & wheels back on & finished mounting the body just gotta wait for the glue to go off now. oh & put a few accesories on



my new accesories, should be a; shovel, pick, high lift, axe & fire extingusher.

the switch mount plate come up alright i thought.(cheers troy for sorting us out with the switch idea, managed to not think, so the switch pushed forward activates the rear winch and vice versa for the front )

the "rubber band" setup for the winch bar looks ok but it works a treat

farken sick bro , but enough of the nude pics lets see her with her top on
nice additions so far bud shes come together nicely

yeah i'll pop some pics up later in the week with the fresh lid on, its gained a few sponsors stickers aswell. littles been untouched since the weekend(thats what she said )

Looks wicked Ads, but need shots with the lid on.

Yeah thats normal for the dual winch switch up mate. The Mog is like that, just need to flip the switch 180.

the body is on and to say the least im over the moon with how it has all come together

pulled the shocks down(proline PowerStrokes) and changed (or filled filled up ) the shock fluid and changed the smaller of the 2 springs to the stiffer one that comes standard on the honcho shocks, to try cope with the extra wieght she's put on recently a bit better, may have to go to the stiffer bigger springs aswell, but i will run her sundy and go from there.

all finished

Looks #### hot ads.... Me likey...

cheers mate, just something trivial, but in race spec she tips in on the scales at 3.6kg but never fear apart from the bar work, the rest of the weight is pretty much from the sliders down, with battery mounts and wheels wieghts

Mate that looks the part, a grade effort there!. Love the rifle on the inner head board brings back memorys when i was a kid an the old boy had his rifles mounted there in the old F 250

the rifle was a bit of an after thought, i had a spare hi-lift and that left over from my accesories bits so i just stuck it to the back while i was waiting for the body mounts to dry.
i hope i do the thing justice after all thats gone into it recently.
I just need to remember a few sayins like;
its only the first scratch that hurts & scratches add character

she came up wicked bud , lovin it
but i just noticed its missing some bracing
just rub it back & drop it in mate
ill have her ready for sundy

azwa wrote:she came up wicked bud , lovin it
but i just noticed its missing some bracing
just rub it back & drop it in mate
ill have her ready for sundy

we will find out after sundy if its missing any bracing, but i and rubbing nothing back(thats what she said) before sundy & even then

you love it
ohh yeah
thats what she said

the Iroks and beadlock steelies showed up today just waitin for the clear coat to dry up and they'll be together. i'll bring them satdy for a trial run see how they go, only got 80g wheel wieghts but i will take some air out of them before sealing them up to help bag'em a bit more. these things dwarf the swampers and the micky T's are bigger than the Iroks again the swampers are killer bit of tread tho in my opinion very hard to go past

needs more stickers ads !!!

i have some tissues ready for you as well when you get your first scratch.

came up a treat mate. good work all round

yea i just put on the stickers of what im runnin on her, haha i might need a kleenex for that first scratch but it'll be on for young n old after that
yea its been along time comin but over the moon with the end result. apart from waterproofing and matinence she's all done, just need a trailer and a tow vehicle now

headed out for a scope of whites hill, has overgrown and changed quite a bit since the last time i was there. got through an hour no dramas and had some fun on a bank just driving up n down with some winching up the tougher bits. But the bad juju struck again. i noticed no drive from the rhf wheel, only had a quick check but the wheel seems tight and the cv is spinning with the wheel, so i am thinking something internal, diff lock?or inner part of the axle shaft. will get it all stripped down tonight and have better look. will be interesting to see which "heavy duty" part failed these are the axles
https://www.rpphobby.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=AX30464 & these diff locks
http://www.rpphobby.com/product_p/ax30500.htm
as well as heavy duty diff gears and upgraded hexes.

My money is on a busted CV pin, or hex drive pin ads...Both are fairly easy fixes. Get some piano wire the right diameter and cut to length, or if you're lazy Gunnar on RCC makes replacement pins for USD$1 a pair plus $1 post.

I doubt you've done a locker, usually if they go you'll lose front drive totally as they strip out the plastic locker housing.

you are the guru mate , busted the cv pin which im stoked about. gonna order a rebuild kit for the moment i just fashioned a pin from the thickest body pin i could find that was a snug fit.

Now worries Ads, was my first thought when you said that you had lost drive on one wheel only...

Dont bother going for stock replacements, Make your own from Piano wire or buy some one from gunnar on RCC. Both of those options will be a #### load stronger than stock pins.

ok no worries, will try get onto gunnar, cause i dont have a clue where to get piano wire meself will probably get a set of his axle tubes aswell. just gotta work out postage to oz

righto, ive ordered a set of axle tubes, set of cvd pins and hex pins from gunnar on RCC. also ordered some new axle casings and diff gears to underdrive the rear of the honcho there wont be much left that isnt "heavy duty", modified or upgraded on the old girl. once thats sorted, i might have a job and some $$$ to sort out a standard honcho tow truck and trailer set up

ads if you could wait a week or two i can supply tubes and pins or you can get piano wire from hobby one stores

sorry mate the order was already placed when i made the post. but will let you no about the pins next time i do a set.
cheers ads

hey nathan, only a pair of tubes come to do one axle set so if your still doing the axle tubes i will take a set to do one axle mate. will shoot you a pm with me number.

cheers ads

hey ads you still get ya beast ....

azwas barwork ....

Very nice work....truck looks great.....good job boys