Recent content by clivehorridge

This is sad, and 80s without fully floating rear axles, must be as rare as hen’s teeth. The paperwork and registration documents of my 1995 HZJ 80 refer to it as European Specification as it was (is) registered in Romania, but it had drum brakes on the rear, (since converted to disc by...

Nice pics Nick, good to see you’ve got shot of those ‘skinny arsed tyres’ as Rosy so elegantly called them:lol:

It‘s with great sadness for me to announce the passing of our long-term member Chas, who died peacefully last evening (14th March) aged 81. I’m sure many will share in my condolences to his wife Nicki. RIP Chas

After all the usual checks, wheel bearings and anything with play in between the steering box and the hubs - steering ball joints etc., check for chassis cracks in the vicinity of the steering box mount. if you see nothing it’s worth unbolting it and cleaning the chassis, sometimes they’re...

You know you’re always welcome here (again) Brendan, even though we look a bit too far to the East of your route, as marked on your map… It was a pleasure meeting you in 2017[was it??] Anyway, drop me a ‘conversation’ if you plan to come close by, we’ll try to meet up.

Hi Ram, on my HZJ 80, the fog lights are only energized when the dipped headlights are on, so when checking for fog lights on the driveway make sure the headlamps are switched on…

A brave outing Raj, well done. It‘s a bit of a coincidence, but last month we went to Solden (not far from Innsbrook) for a ski holiday - by road (our friend drove us because muggins here got his license suspended 10 days before departure for speeding). Anyhoo, instead of sharing the driving...

This is epic Sarah, what a blank canvas to start afresh with, she’s a beauty. watching this with interest.

Our thoughts are with you Claire and family, and the host of forum attendees. We’ll be raising a glass for Chris here in Romania.

Jut to expand on the Matt’s offroad recovery channel, there’s “FabRats”, “Trail Mater” and “Merlin’s Old School Garage…” you’ve got enough to find them on utoob search…

This one may sound stupid and you haven’t mentioned handbrake, but… have you adjusted up the handbrake either at the shoes or the cable recently? I ask, because every-time mine is adjusted (or maybe over adjusted on the tight side), the first 80 km gives my truck the shakes until the shoes have...

Hi Lucian, I am interested, but it all depends on when you plan to be here. We already have holidays booked, one week later this month and one week in July, but if you can share some details here or in a personal message, please do. You can email me clive.horridge @ technoeng dot com if that’s...

Like Richard, what more can be said hearing this dreadful news. I only met Chris once, and he was everything my mind had conjured up from reading his posts and the many PMs we exchanged. A mountain of a man, in thought and deed, always there to advise and to do. Deeply saddened by this news...

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