Gallagags Trolley tug build
Posted: Mon 10 Sep, 2007 9:40 pm
Not sure if this should go in tech or "show us your ride" but as it's a build thread, (and will be a big one) I thought it should sit in here... feel free to move it or tell me off as you see fit.
Michael bought the tug in late 2004. It had lived its life as a trolly tug, and may never have been out of 2nd gear. It is a 1991 factory SWB ute back. when he bought it, it looked like this:
Anyway, It got a new gearbox, a tidy up, and after the first trials day, entered my shed for a buildup. - 2" BL, 2" OME springs, N76 shocks, custom shock mounts etc, a (broken) welded rear diff and a lockright front, ex Critta. With 31's still on it, it looked like this.
and with my flogged old 33 9.5 MT's, it did adventure tour '05.
anyway, Michael wanted to step up in tyre size, and picked Q78 as they tyre of choice.
with my old (Ex G wagen) Q78's, It came up like this, as guide to what had to be cut.
At this stage, the guard work was done, and it was set up with a S4 rockhopper, airlocker front, double tough CV's, Spool rear, and some natty grey paint.
so it looked like this:
Which is how it sits now.
Anyway, enough of the background. As some of you know, after some 170odd thousand kms in mostly second gear, the motor was getting pretty long in the tooth never ran that well offroad (carbies ) and was truggling in the highway even with pretty close to "correct" gearing, so after much bench racing, a Baleno front cut was sourced, along with a three speed vitara auto, X-90 EFI fuel tank, vitara power steering pump etc, so the next phase of giving it some power has begun....
Michael bought the tug in late 2004. It had lived its life as a trolly tug, and may never have been out of 2nd gear. It is a 1991 factory SWB ute back. when he bought it, it looked like this:
Anyway, It got a new gearbox, a tidy up, and after the first trials day, entered my shed for a buildup. - 2" BL, 2" OME springs, N76 shocks, custom shock mounts etc, a (broken) welded rear diff and a lockright front, ex Critta. With 31's still on it, it looked like this.
and with my flogged old 33 9.5 MT's, it did adventure tour '05.
anyway, Michael wanted to step up in tyre size, and picked Q78 as they tyre of choice.
with my old (Ex G wagen) Q78's, It came up like this, as guide to what had to be cut.
At this stage, the guard work was done, and it was set up with a S4 rockhopper, airlocker front, double tough CV's, Spool rear, and some natty grey paint.
so it looked like this:
Which is how it sits now.
Anyway, enough of the background. As some of you know, after some 170odd thousand kms in mostly second gear, the motor was getting pretty long in the tooth never ran that well offroad (carbies ) and was truggling in the highway even with pretty close to "correct" gearing, so after much bench racing, a Baleno front cut was sourced, along with a three speed vitara auto, X-90 EFI fuel tank, vitara power steering pump etc, so the next phase of giving it some power has begun....