WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Remember it in hull like this in 2007. It was awful !!

I have just seen the news and Sunderland and the east coast have been badly flooded too. A 62 year old man was also swept away in staffordshire and was killed.
Here is a link to my local paper.
http://www.bromsgrovestandard.co.uk/2012/06/28/news-Storms-cause-chaos-across-Bromsgrove-and-Rubery-43800.html

Why dont we get floods like that where i am, im in a 1st floor flat :lol:

Used mine as a sort of deck chair today....sat out on the roof in the sun (car rekonded it got upto 32C here :shock:

) smoking a nice sigarette

. Just wished I had the brain power to park up somewere better than outside my mates in an council estate lol, by the river would of been much better :problem:

- Note to self....black cars in the sun and shorts dont mix unless cair is taken lol.

All looks exciting!!, lets lane!!!! :lol:

Made a small (large :lol:

) boo boo today.

I finally got sick of looking at the muddy water sloshing around in my head lights and tail lights and front indicators.

Removed the headlights

After swilling some water around in them I noticed the silty brown water had stained the silver relective backing on the back of the headlight bowl. So I decided to whack a bit of bleach and water in there and leave it to soak for 30 mins.

Was a little shocked when I emptied the water/bleach out

As you should just about be able to see from the pics, the bleach disintergrated the silver at the bottom of the bowl :oops:

Thankfully I think I may be able to seperate the lens from the bowl and spray some wheel silver or something in there to cover up my balls up :roll:

Oh no!!

cant u get a new light Si??? :think:

When I filled mine with (muddy river) water I ended up having to suck it out with an old vacuum hose. Tasted foul. I tried to suck it out using a window washer but for some reason that didn't work. Not enough power for some reason.

I could do Danny , but a can of wheel silver is cheaper :lol:

RC - Removing the water wasnt an issue, I was trying to removing the silt stain the brown gungy water left behind

Oh it'll be bodged mate, I guarantee it :thumbup:

Cant wait to see it in wales next month(almost! :dance:

) pal

How to get the wheel off without a jack or axle stands.....

And all that just to get a stone out of the stone guard because it was driving me crazy

today errm i mean yesterday i
tightened my front wheel bearing as well as i drilled a little hole in the lights to drain the water out of them
and then did some work on my rear winch

Replaced all four track rod ends.Fitted side steps as the boss lady cant get in now its been lifted.Also put on my nice chrome bull bar and re wired the spot lamps. Checked all over and repaired broken number plate light so I think Im ready for the MOT on tuesday.

Failed my MOT today, I expected to fail on the handbrake shoes and I was going to do them on the garage car park as the new shoes are in the boot :lol:

but the surprise was the steering idler failing, I didnt see that coming.
I couldnt get hold of one today so ordered from Milners and will bang it on next week.
So off to fit some handbrake shoes now if that big black cloud buggers off, its been fantastic weather here today until I got my tools together :lol:

Bollex a monsoon just happened :shock:

Funny that Drifty. I went out this morning to Vauxhall (yes main dealer) to get the bits needed to get Mrs RatCav's Astra prepped for selling. Glorious sunshine right up until I got the tools out. Just got in very wet, though not that cold. All jobs done though (apart from the exhaust and wing mirror cover).

Time to have a cuppa and dry out.

PMSL

Oi ... at least the water was on the outside of both the Astra and the Trooper Boxy