WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

To day i fitted my new steal belly plates/bash plats, and they went on like a dream with no problems :dance:

And then i swore at front fog lamps again as they have packed up for the 8Th time this year :evil:

And the gave her a good wash and dried her of

Now time for a :drink:

Got a HID light kit for christmas. Thought about fitting it today and got as far as opening the box.

Nice, gonna get me one of those soon....

£80 delivered. Lights may need to be re-aligned after installation.

Started up the 2.5tds...it finally started under protest...will be ordering new glowplugs 2moz!!

Changed fuel filter on the chevybravafing...tried to pump the fuel up, but its not playing...sucked the diesel up to the pump a couple of times, and got a couple of mouthfuls of diesel...then got the hump as it was cold and the battery was flat anyway and I felt like Poo cos I have manflu...so I went indoors and watched cr4p on the Tv instead...

Shoved a 2.2 San Diego up the jacksey with it!

The 2.2 had been suffering from a locked starter motor since Tuesday and it's my brothers (Basstech) so, I couldn't leave him stuck out in the sticks with no motor now, could I ?

The good news is, we got it started again with a good shove down the road.

If it fires up in the morning, he will be well happy

Well done Phil you got a set, you won't regret it i promise.

I've never had to use main beam with these yet as dipped beam is well bright enough.

Enjoy.

Looking good mate, are yours the dual type (main and dipped beam)

Nice install

I could never fit them behind my powerstation battery

Yer I had to bend all kinds, twas a tight squeeze and still isnt sitting flat :oops:

Sunday: Made a another rear bumper with some recovery points, only a quick job to get some protection for the rear and pull points for stuck peeps before going out on Monday

Monday: Spent the day at Sennybridge MOD site playing with a few other peeps, bits of it were open to Joe public for the day, was breaking ice 3" thick on the water runs :dance:

Tuesday: Replaced rear ARB link that I broke having fun on Monday :wink:

Finally got around to fitting my new springs and spacers :dance:

I think this one has done a bad thing ....

The springs I got from Tom (many thanks again mate) were from a LWB and a bit longer than mine on the SWB ....

Now looking like this ....

Think the torsion bars need wound up a little more to level things out but I'll wait a day or two and see if the back end settles any.
Not sure how much it's lifted (forgot to measure before i started :roll:

) but it looks like more than the just the 2" from the spacers.
While I was under there I saw the brake load valve thingy piston is stuck so that's the next job.

Looking good mate.

Tidied up the rest of the wiring for the new lights.

Cleaned up the stub axle and hub in preperation for the wheel bearing. Tested the compression on all 4 cylinders out of curiosity and they all averaged a shade over 200psi although I cant confirm the accuracy of the compression tester. Important thing is that they were all consistently high.

Cant find exact compression figures for the x22xe anywhere so Im going to assume they are good.

Taken of starter motor not easy :evil:

could not get to it but after about an hour it came out and it is totally shot
I don't think it can be recon'd.