Too much to be true

I'm pretty sure all of you sometimes think about what to do next to your ride.. Unless if you really don't mind the factory fresh look on yopur ride.



Well I thought first I want to swap the engine into some v8 or more precisely a stage one V8. Then I thought I also need a locker but then I thought if I installed the permanent one I might as well just weld it.. Then I thought I won't need it yet concerning the tight budget. When the V8 was in front of my nose, I suddenly changed my mind.. Oh I like my standard engine better.. Never gonna need the power of v8 anyway.. So I think I cancelled the v8 and start looking for a diesel engine.. 15BT should do it.. After that I start thinking of installing a roll cage and doing other nitty gritty stuff..



I really am confused.. I think I would just leave the engine just like that, an original series II.. Need some checking on the clutch plate though.. And that clicking sound from either the gearbox or transfercase..



What I need is a winch (just a cheap one, won't do any extreme offroading yet) and a roll cage for the sake of safety and a seatbelt maybe?.. Yes, definitely.. And ofcourse I need to change the body mounting and reinstalled all the loose bolts 'coz I can't stand the sound of aluminium mixed with steel clanking everywhere..



Oh and today I changed the rear shock absorber.. I really like driving my series II now.. As comfortable as riding on clouds (exaggeration)...

Liftjack to the rescue

The carpenter had difficulties lifting the broken roof.. Gladly we had a lift jack!..

One confusing night

Nothing to do... So I called my boys.. Irvan and kiki join me with uday.. Went out around sukabumi with no exact destination.. Ended up killing about 10 bottles of beer.. Now at home and hungry.. At this time in sukabumi you will never find anything to eat.. :(

Cireunghas

This pic was taken couple of months ago in Cireunghas.. Just before I painted "rescue me" into white..

Bumpy road test

Ok it's worth the time and energy replacing the shock absorber. I only changed the front pair, the rear will be done tomorrow.



I changed it into aftermarket kayaba brand which I haven't got any clue how long it will last the trips we will go to, but point is, it's working my series II is closer to my comfy series III. If it doesn't last long, I would have to buy pair of rancho....

Lunch at Amih's

Had oxtail soup for lunch.. Nice.. But not as nice as what we found parked next by... A series I..

Regards,





Tandon Padmodimuljo



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Shock absorber replaced

A lovely warm day in Sukabumi. My office hasn't decided for me whether I could go back or not. So instead of doing nothing I had my shock absorber replaced with Uday's help ofcourse.



It has been quite a bumpy ride (it was like on those wood wagon actually). I rolled and checked the leaf springs couple of days ago and turned out they were still okay. So it must be the shock absorber.



Now I'm going to test them.

Reverse Low

Just a tryout on low gear, reverse trying to get my series II 1961 up the slope. It didn't work though.. The ground was to slippery and I didn't had my simex ET on. The location was at a tea plantation in Salabintana. Foggy afternoon after a rainy day.

1105 m

Today we decided to check some new route from Cijangkar to Gegerbitung (Nyalindung, Sukabumi). It started off with about a kilometre of rocky road then mud. Some great ascending road to crawl on but it had been touched by the villagers (sigh.. Another bumpy rocky road).



The water lane was great though! Neither too deep or too much.. So we had our land rovers dancing their feet..

The view was breathtaking.. It was 1105m high.. We were as high as the clouds.. The landscape was like a massive green carpet, and the air was fresh too ofcourse.



We ate lunch in one of the villagers house. Today's menu was : nasi liwet + ikan asin + sambel ijo freshly cooked. Yummy..



Overall, this track is good for family adventure light offroad trips. No winch required, road is wide and wonderful view. Takes around 3 hours from start to finish.

My Precious

Ok.. I have travelled not so far and deep into the unexplored world compared to the great explorer.. But I travel a lot especially on my Land Rover and you can guess that most of my trip would be greenlaning or mud bathing.



I work in a mining consultant company, I guess that would be the reason that I've spent most of my time travelling from one area of survey to another, although not most of the trips I had done involving work. Sometimes I got a day break, that is the time to jalan-jalan (travel).

This is a pic taken at my daughter's 1st birthday party at kentucky kemang.. and my wife next to me.. Love 'em!

Bulkaken

Setelah 2 hari bekerja di Tegalbuleud kami (tim kantor TSS) menyempatkan diri untuk membuang penat dengan offroad ringan di pantai belakang kantor kecamatan atau yang biasa disebut pantai bulkaken.. dan benar saja, tidak lama bermain-main setelah itu kami disambut oleh sunset yang super indah dan keren.. majestic and breathtaking view...