WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

I'm ready

Just don't have time to go :evil:

(dam wedding :shock:

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Broke down on the way home, which is not like me or the truck at all.

A wire had broken away from the sensor in the thermostat housing and took out a 15A fuse in the dash fuse box. This promptly dropped all power to the immobiliser and then in turn to the relay on the injection pump and it all went quiet, very very quiet....

The fun bit was it all happening as I was turning a corner, one that tries to put you into the front room of an adjacent cottage at the best of times. Pretty neat and defiantly very focusing to lose the power bit of the steering along with the vac assist to the brakes all at the same time :lol:

Managed to miss the cottage (just) but did end up with the truck across the road right on a blind bend and it was Yellow watering down too. Managed to get it off the road using the emergency engine (starter motor) and parked up on the grass bank (got a new battery in there :thumbup:

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Fearing the worst (cam belt) did a quick once over while waiting for RAC man to tow the truck home. Tracked the fault down to the pump by the time he got there and then with the two of us we got it sorted in about ten mins.

Points to RAC for getting there in about 15 mins from initial call (to be fair, RAC bod was on his way home and only lives in the next village over from me) and triple points for the guy in the house who made me a brew while I was waiting for the RAC bod.

Points to note:
1. Fix the b****y loose wires as soon as they come loose!
2. Carry spare truck fuses and not a set of spare 11kv Fuses cos they don’t fit…
3. Don’t break down while turning a corner.
4. Don’t attack corners with enthusiasm (and then have the engine stop while doing it).
5. Don’t break down when it’s p*****g down with rain.

Think my Range Rover has finally driven me insane, I can't ever remember giving up on a project motor but this one has more than tried my patience :evil:

Fitted the new oil cooler and pipes, topped up oil and it started up, oil pressure was good, left it at a fast idle for best part of an hour and hey presto no more oil leaks

Still well down on power so stripped off inlet manifold, viscous fan and dug out my DTI and flywheel tool, checked timing and the lift was a tad outside of tolerance (0.02mm) so corrected it. Refitted all the engine bits and took it for a test drive and it had made no difference.

Replaced the electronic injector (same design as the 2.5 Frontera) and still no power BUT... I now have a knock from the crank, looks like at least 1 of the big end bearings has gone :evil:

I have now had the car for 7 months and it has consumed a huge amount of time and a fair few quid, think its time to chop it up and flog the bits on fleabay, defo won't get my money back if I sell it as it is, might stand a chance as a breaker tho

bummer mate.

Oh yes, whats making it worse is SWMBO rubbing my nose in it, don't really need reminding :roll:

today i have just cleaned mine after the night out with dan :roll:

and took about 5kg of finest cambridgeshire mud out from the front sys :shock:

now hopefully it should drive better :lolno:

and just cleaned the rec equipment we used to get out (me and dan)
and have found that one of the 7ton strops i have is no longer safe to use. :shock:

it has split down the middle and the stiching has came apart. will get pics later for you all to look at

How the hell did we manage to bugger a 7ton strop!? I know we shredded that 2 ton rope but a 7 ton strop? Must of been wile winching because I don't believe even snatching at no more than 10mph can quadruple the weight of our trucks (assuming they weight about 1.7 ton)

Had stone hit the screen, now need a new screen, cheapest is £209 :roll:

Get one out of a scrapper n just have it fitted mate, i had one fitted down at the auto windscreens place n paid £40 to have it put in and £50 for the screen =£90... BARGAIN! :wink:

Today I have learnt that I need to learn how to clear the crap out of my fuel tank - there's approx £10 of fuel in, but it decided to splutter to nowt this afternoon whilst attempting to tow my trailer from one building to another with equipment in for PAT testing. Annoyed? Very :evil:

Added to that, I impatiently slammed the driver's door shut which very helpfully disloged the glass! Ended up pulling the whole thing (very carefully!) out. After an hour of calming down, and thanks to an old 2009 post on these very forums, I was able to remove the door card and replace the glass without any screws breaking or the glass smashing and now I have a working window again!

Time for a cup of tea methinks...

You could try taking it out laning and giving it some stick and making it bounce about abit, then when you get home change the fuel filter :wink:

, worked on my last one, the bouncing loosens everything in the tank and the pump sucks it to the filter, replace filter, job done.......... :thumbup:

Replaced the complete clutch. Gearbox back in , everything re connected , just need to put the gearsticks in and console. Cracking result, and big thanks to Dave for the added muscle :thumbup:

Just gotta go and get a complete axle for it tomorrow then it's somewhere near roadworthy

Oh , hows this for a fubarred release bearing :lol: