WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Well it's been a while. Progress had stalled somewhat due to work and motivation.

So, new rear shocks fitted. Rough country N2.0.

All new fuel and brake lines on the rear, they had been an advisory for several years before being laid up so duly thought it was time to change them. Good job too, most of them cracked with slight wiggling.

Waxoiled everything.

New tires ordered. Insa turbo special track in my preferred size, 265/75/16

Rear fuel tank guard chopped and rewelded to sit higher up in the chassis to suit the body lift I did about 8 years ago.

So as far as I can tell I only have left:
Smallish hole in the nearside rear sill just before the wheel arch.
Sticking relays in the alarm/immobilizer unit. Indicators come on randomly if the battery is reconnected for 20 minutes or so.
Which leads me to... Does anyone know if there are batteries in the tectus alarm/immobilizer unit (under dash, behind glove boxheater control panel somewhere if memory serves) or if it just has relays that need changing?

Will post this in the relevant alarm section anyway.

Well - a few days ago I managed with a friend to sort out the exhaust of Grünstreifen (replaced by a new part) and to get some welding the rear part of the sides for passing it's MOT for the next two years.

This car works hard to get my personal award of the cheapest car ever competing with GodZilla. But to be honest it is difficult breaking something while standing around most of the time...

Fitted land-rover arch extensions ready for mot

Washed the fronty, seeing as it's not been washed since we got back from our holiday.

New front pads and discs, stripped and cleaned sliders. Blimey, working brakes :-)

Finally. Took the truck in for an mot on Friday.

Passed with one advisory. Passenger seat not fitted at time of test.

Only have one niggle (technically 2) left. Nearside electric windows aren't working. I changed the lift controller and the switch as I had spares. Nope, not that so it's either the leccy windows themselves or a wiring issue.

Also stuck on an old set of road tyres for the mot as the knobbly ones on it has perished (5 years of not moving will do that to a tyre).

I'll get a new set of muds when I've had the wheels powder coated and have some spare cash.

Just need to get the 2 2.5 props cut and welded to make a 1 piece prop, it seems none of the one piece props from other models are long enough to fit a 2.2i.

I may wash the 5 years of green off it later today.

Well done Sir-Doris

Fitted new handbrake cables and shoes.

Seeing as we picked up a new horsebox I figured Phi would like a handbrake lever which doesn't require having Lou Ferrigno in the passenger seat to release it.

Awesome

its been a long time since i logged in... i missed so much things...
any how just to let you guys know, iam still on love in my Frontera

many things has been done and modified. talk to you all soon

Welcome back

I finally got around to removing the ghastly spare wheel carrier on the A Series.
Started out with all good intentions of using sockets and spanners then after needing to take the bumper off but to do that I needed to take the whole tow bar off I went for a different approach and just got the angle grinder and cut the bottom plate off where the bearing sits then it just dropped on the floor.
I can not believe how much that thing weighs.
Should help the mpg.
Was going to put the spare on the roof but that then made the beast 2.15m talks and I won't fit in the car park.
So for now no spare for day to day as tyre weld will do the job but if I go off down Violets lane the spare will get chucked in the back just in case.

A little transplant of a broken wiper arm from Grünstreifen to Mrs' Godzilla. It broke yesterday while I did put some snow and ice from the windscreen with an ice scraper.
Spare (used) is ordered already.

I changed the front end of our fronty last weekend and I've just uploaded the photos.

Nice .. the facelift grill/lights do look snazzier.

Thankyou. The standard grille looks horrible compared to the newer grille and the headlights are better than the original headlights.

New exhaust fitted ready for mot she's booked in next Saturday see what she fails on

Break lines are quite crusty

Had the frontera in for mot today failed on a wheel bairing having play will tighten it up the mora the should be all good for fresh mot Monday happy days

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So mot day new garage I haven't used before guy picks up keys and says bloody hell ain't seen one of these in ages I used to make these back in the day.
:dance:

result im thinking
So I sit there like an expectant farther waiting for the news
After what felt like a week he came back in sacking his teeth and says sorry mate she's has failed, as the tears start rolling down my cheeks he says on a number plate bulb lads fitting a new one now I almost kissed him

Bring on the annual and the snow!!! Please snow

Awesome see you at the annual.