WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Watched the unknown wheel arch quick release feature work while travelling up the A14. Seems there is only two mounting holes left on the wing the others have disolved.

Gave both of them a hug after arriving home after the annual :party:

Next year I'll be in my truck!

Took the engine and gearbox out of my other dti ready for the 2.8 conversion to start.

Good man....2.8 B series is a long overdue conversion bud...

Already got one done but with a 2.5(isuzu) brava pickup engine

Took an huge amount of happiness showing a boy racer what 3.2 V6 really means!
:butt:

Glorious weather and a replacement part supplied by Greg :thumbup:

and an impending BBQ :drink:

....took a few mins to fit the replacement wiper mechanism to the truck!

Yay!
Don't to worry when it rains now!
:lol:

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I love the look on there little faces when they catch up with you at the next lights or roundabout ... all questions and 'does not compute' something that big moves that fast and sounded ... well...sounded like a real engine should!
:lol:

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That's all part of the BUZZ of owning one ( or two!)

Small loss of boost and power while going up Granham Hill just outside of Malborough yesterday in the pouring rain.

Twas going well, powering well all the way to the tight bend where I'm normally standing on the brakes to slow down when the boost went from .6 bar to -1 bar with the associated loss of power!

Limped the truck to the top of the hill and onto the next village and a good place to stop for a looksee, couldn't see much and the turbo still turned by hand, with all the fluids still in the truck I started it up and while not great there was some boost so carried on to make the meeting at Yeovilton.

Later on I got the chance for a better look and it seems to have fed part of the air-filter through the turbo which would go a long way to explaining the loss of boost and power.

Now... There was a reasonable amount of water in the filter box (about a cup full), the truck had been through some puddles while out laning on the Sat but nothing deep enough to get anywhere near the filter box or the top of the snorkel. With the amount of rain coming down at the time It's possible that it dragged some in but I've never known it do it before or one of the numpties operating a jetwash at the local polish run carwash got a bit carried away on Sunday when I took it in to get the best part of Oxfordshire removed from it and gave it more squirt than needed...

Removed the filter remains out of the airbox, dried it up and checked the induction side turbo fan and found some minor mullering on the blades so that's probably on the way out now due to inbalance. See how long it lasts!

Boost was back to normal on the way home and it pulled okay, and fitted a new filter as soon as I got home. The beast lives on!

Changed the exhaust on Truck, assisted by Tashie!

Done the deal on the basis for the next long overdue Redneck project.... :shock:

This is gonna be different, and coming to King-of-the-Ring in the future....

Think LWB, think modified steering, think weight saving, lowered suspension, think rear wheel drive with locked rear and hydro handbrake, think mad paint, and a V6 with not much silencing! :dance:

Yep you got it....Fronty4x4spares with a load of Gregster-styley Redneck engineering is going DRIFTING!!!! :drink:

(have probably 50 tyres to kill, and 10 rear bumpers!)
This should be different!

Gonna build me a Drift Car!!!!

Built in a new radio as the old one has refused to work step by step over the years...

It's a Sony.

AAArrgghhh!! :crazy:

Had to spend real honest to goodness money on anew Starter motor, and roll bar bushes and reversing light switch .... busy Saturday coming up me thinks! :lol: