WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

What did you get Rob ,,,,Andy reckons you got a shogun

Are you going to get this one dirty though or is it to shiny

Broke it.
The fan belt idle pulley spat its bearings out

wheels off and grinding and sanding back any rust spots in the arches and chassis, treated rust and now waiting to prime, paint and waxoyl

Temp fix on my unlocking bonnet cable and waxoyl'd the new to be fitted fuel tank carrier and discovered waxoyl doesnt like to stick to primer :roll:

so another coat needed when first has dried :lol:

Broke it

Something it up with the engine it feels like its holding back at 2900rpm when it does that I get a lot of black smoke out of the exhaust. I'm not sure what is up yet as I haven't looked. Any help would be gratefully received

Andy post in the correct section and I am sure the guys will help :thumbup:

A solid primed and waxoyled fuel tank guard

Well today i started preparing for the lakes trip, so a service kicked things off, then i reaplaced the upper and lower ball joints both sides and flipped the top ones, nipped up the front bearings and stripped, cleaned and re-built the front brakes :thumbup:

now it drives 100% better

Also while i was doin this i swopped back to my 265s as i prefer them off road.
Washed it and had a nice tight drivehome :thumbup:

Pre MOT work almost done !!!! Brakes , bearings !

Hmm, I think I holed the exhaust somewhere

Lawrence

Over the last month, in between artic chills, shopping trips and (shhhh) work... I've ripped off both propshafts, front exhaust pipe, trim, gear levers and the gearbox bash plate. Today I've removed all(?) the bolts holding the gearbox bell housing to the engine, attached a rope to the end of the gearbox and pulled....

... It didnt move

Now, do I get under there and jemmy it out (assuming I have got all the bolts out, and yes I did get the single one, hidden right at the top of the bell housing on the 2.8!) Or do I just hook the rope onto O-no's towball, stick the truck into 4wd low and go for it.... :shock:

Been there mate...that bolt had me before too...

Tis a proper strong bugger...I had pretty much a whole fronty hanging by its 2.8 engine on the forklift as I tryed to shake it free...then found I had missed that one!

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It's off... The ratchet winch and frame idea worked a treat, gearbox came off and was perectly balanced

I will do a few posts on the idea once everything is back together.

The problem? Rather than being the DMF (although it has'nt been fully discounted yet) the splines on the fibre disk where the gearbox input shaft goes in have been completly stripped! I've seen the centre come away on a plate with the springs, but have never seen the spline strip before.

Now, why did it go? Is the DMF failing, if it is and the springs that take up the 'shock' are now weak could it have put additional forces on the spline? or could it have something to do with 210k miles on the clock and me dragging a fully loaded Scottish & Southern Electric Jointers lwb transit out that had dug it self in up to the axles at work the day before.

Would it be in order to put a trooper fibre plate in with the springs just in case the DMF is past it's sell by date? And no, I'm not in the mood for having the DMF out too. The crank seal is okay (no oil in the bell housing) so the flywheel stays.

Pics, proper thread etc later.

Frank mate, no techi info here, this section is just for an quick overview of what you have been up to with your truck and the like :wink:

Techi info leads to questions and this is then lost from the techi area search function.

Tightened up the steering wheel, as I had a screw loose

All sorted now with only one cut to the hand

Lawrence

Plastic is evil :twisted:

Washed it and looked at damage collected from driving Strata florida.........small dent to wing and a crease in passenger door

Good weekend but bloody cold..

Well today i played for the first time in 4 weeks. :dance:

Took the clutch slave cylinder of my beast and put it onto Chrissy's as she needs her's for work. :cry:

I stripped her cylinder down and Yep the bloody seal has given up. :evil:

All for the sake of a 50p rubber seal the truck was dead. :roll:

Now to get another seal (Ye Right!!!!!) :twisted:

Chrissy has got a second hand cylinder comming from a guy on e-bay for £20 but wont be here till saturday. Oh well at least i got to play in the cold icey wind!!! :lol: