WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

I went for a drive in my birthday present

today i was back at work....

welded sill
wirebrushed more of the underside and under coated it.
sorted out the idle problem
fitted new dissy cap
fitted new ht leads
took it out for a quick drive
changed one of the head light bulbs

now at home and wanting :drink:

Yesterday my little Bro (Horses45)

came over to give me a hand changing Chrissy's clutch slave cylinder over for a new sealed one, we put my one back on that she had borrowed. :lol:

Then we did Chrissy's exhaust manifold gasket as that had gone aswell. Aint she a darlin, can break anything!!!!!! :mrgreen:

Gearbox ..... back on. Just need to bolt all the other bits back on now.

All new wipers yesterday evening! I CAN SEEE!!!

taken off cold start valve - sounds :shock:

haha.

This is preparation for the 3" straight through pipe that i will be trying to craft over the next 2 months

Well I found one of these in my tyre....

So I used this...

To do this... Time will tell if its done the trick or not

today i got the last (hopefully) of my parts i need for my frontys mot

and i didnt want to start on the ball joints today so i did this insted

wrapped the exhaust :dance:

You have been busy Fudge....

Finally got the gearbox fully bolted up. The crossmember back in, tightend up and the gearbox mount bolted back too. Front exhaust section back in, sealent squirted and all done up.

Ratchet winch and frame removed, it worked a treat, the job would have been a right mare doing it on my own and using a trolley jack to support the gearbox. As it is it's taken far too long to do but I'm blaming the weather, work, shopping trips, teenage taxi trips etc etc....

Jobs left to do... Both propshafts, fill gearbox & transfer box with oil, leccy connections to gearbox, gearstick boot thing, connect battery, start it and go break it again... :lol:

Had to weld up the drivers door check strap as the dreaded parting had occured!!! Oh and went to a local scrappy and purchased a brand new battery that came from a recently dead motor for the princly sum of 30 notes!

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and i spoke too soon.... more parts needed
today i changed the passenger ball joints and cv boots
wired in some side repeaters.
tested it out and all seamed ok
did a pre mot check. one bulb blown not too bad

then found that one of thw wheel cyclenders is f****d... so will be hopefull getting one tomorrow and fitting it tomorrow
then i feel it will be mot time :axe:

Hooverd mine out and put me new seat covers on!!!!!!

Took mine to work, then came home and picked up the Megane and took it for MOT and while i was there i noticed a nice BMW 330D Msport on my mates front row so ive borrowed it to test drive over the weekend :wink:

with a view to it living on my drive

New EGR valve fitted. After reading a thread on here, I removed mine, and noticed that if you pushed in the piston, stuck finger over vac tube, the piston just shot back!, obviously a split diaphragm.

Removed sticking rear calliper, cleaned, re-greased sliders, now no more smells or hot wheel!!. Pads were like new, so just de-glazed them.

After these two little jobs, it is literally a completely different vehicle

New water pump fitted thanks to old one leaking. Lucky thing though as I found that the timing belt tensioner had a piece broken off that was loose inside the cover, so tensioner replaced as well.

As the door mirror switch is the favoured cause
of the mirror heaters not working, despite a
functioning tell-tale lamp, I removed the
switch. After separating the gubbins from
the casing I found the contacts inside
heavily oxidised. An hour later had the
pieces shining and the switch put back
together. I will refit the switch later and
see what happens. The wiring diagram
suggests there will be no difference but I
will see.

Changed the sparky plugs today and was pleased to see all the gaps were burnt evenly albeit they were at 40 thou. Just about down to the porcelain.

today i fitted a new wheel cyclender and brake like(since it didnt undo from the wheel cyclender)
screwed on my front number plate
and then tried to get it in for mot tomorrow... and no where had a slot :evil:

Removed my power steering pump and stripped it down. Just need to replace the front seal, if i can find one.