WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

At last changed the heater matrix after suffering frost bite for 4 years, also flushed the cooling system, nice and warm now.

Today i fitted the new thermostat housing that i ordered yesterday from e-bay it took less than 20 hours to arrive by UPS.

Now i need to know how the hell to get at the rear hose that runs from the back of the block to the oil cooler???? I'm bloody stumped as to how to release the clip holding it on, anyone changed this pipe??????? Its the one under the 2 heater pipe's. It looks like the engine has got to be tilted forward a bit so if i undo the gearbox mounting and jack up the gearbox would this give me enough clearence????? HELP!!!!!!

Its what I would do Bobby. Undo the two nuts that attach the gearbox mount to the gearbox crossmember. Then get a jack under the tail of the transfer box and lift it up. Just get a spotter to keep an eye out in the engine bay for radiator hoses stretching/crushing. That and pitching the engine into the radiator. Not so bad with electric fans but trucks with viscous fans run the risk of the fan making a mess of the rad.

While your there might pay you to replace the vacuum hose that runs behind the back of the head as you will be able to get to that as well.

I believe there are photo's to prove it.

Thanks lads now to locate a pipe!!!!

Got given a set off 31's to try and see how it will al work, took the rear wheels off for the new ones to go on and realised the Bloody wheel nuts are different, wasted half my morning. Trying to source some toyota wheel nuts now. They cos an arm and a leg new. Off to halfrouds to see if they got some.

ive put the rear winch in, and it fits like a dream

Stripped front brakes on Trooper to check sliders are al free, they are.

But truck still pulls to the right under heavy braking...

Pete

Handed the keys over to the new owner

bye Hulk...

Got new oil cooler hose from VX and it was only £11.70. Thought it would be a hell of a lot more!!!!

Dug an old Diff Cover out the shed, cleaned it up and started to weld a patch on it .... then ran out of welding wire :evil:

Good deal there Bobby

Your more than likely right Si. :thumbup:

Removed the 2 inch suspension lift & side steps from the 2.8 then washed the 2.8 and washed all the Wales & Kent mud off the shorty :lol:

Fitted the new cooling hose and while i had the gearbox jacked up i changed the vacuam pipe that goes to the rear of the block aswel. I also managed to flush the heater matrix and the block while i had the pipe's off. HAPPY DAYS!!!!!!!!!! :dance:

I finally finished the body lift on the truck. Not as easy as it sounds doing it by touch light on your own with 2 rusted out sills. Next up is to sort the rear brakes/give it some rear brakes lol then weld up the sills.

Threatened it with a trip to the scrap yard, flaming truck .....

Somehow I have a small hole on bottom edge of fuel filter, not sure if it got knocked when removing EGR valves the other day.

Previous owner didn't believe in maintenance and I am paying the price for it.

Forth time I have had to let the customer (I was on the way to) down.

:twisted:

Fitted new filter and spent what felt like hours priming only to find with the help of Stuart (fatbaz), that the primer isn't priming.

So he towed me round my estate till fuel got forced through and truck fired up to live another day.

:party: