WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Did You get my PM Fudster????????

Oh yes, bobster, me ol' southern softy !!!

Fitted my bargain reclining bucket seats :dance:

thanks to alfie for use of tools bring em back on the black country meet

and thanks to frontycustoms for pointers and pics on building the subframe

Then fixed doorseal back in place so hopefully i won't have sticklebacks in the footwell when i do a river crossing now :lol:

Well, yesterday morning I attempted to change my front brake flexi's, and bleed said brakes, but was it that simple?? No-oooo... :evil:

Managed to get both new hoses on yesterday, topped off the reservoir, checked for leaks, etc, but the bleed nuts defeated me. So I sprayed em all with WD40, and went to the football instead (happy days, my lot won 5-1 :dance:

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This morning then, roped in my lil' sis who'd popped round for a cuppa, and got the brakes bled off in jig time. Even jetwashed the old gal, seeing as I was dropping lumps of mud all over the close.

Result, nice sharp brakes again. And luvverly red hoses, too :roll:

fitted the head,exhaust/inlet manifold,turbo,power steering pump ,fuel filter and pipes, altinator, put battery on charge not bad for a days work :lol:

Fingers crossed she will start up tomorrow

Today was the Scottish Vauxhall owner meet, This was my first time going to a meet and the first time the fronty been for a run in 7 months. I met at 11 am at a macdonalds at the start of the m74 by a blue zafira and a mk 4 astra with the driver and passengers we took a small convoy to Largs on the west coast vai m74 then m8. Once on the largs road the scenery changed to snowy hills and frozen lochs bends and curves on a country road. The sport bounced happily long trying to keep up with the cars along the country road.
We reached Largs and were met by a man in a high viz vest charging £2 entry to the carpark for some reason the tickets he was given out were for a school canteen??.
I met the members and thier partners a nice bunch of folk with some nice cars. WE then went in a convoy of 8 ncarsdown the coast to Ayr where i saw a frontera like mine hopefully he saw the owners sticker on my front window, i didn`t have time to advertise to long as i was keeping up with the others 70mph wow.

Ayr was warmer than Largs and the chips were nice. I took some photo`s before we headed back to largs to say goodbye and head home was a good day and the frontera handled the varing roads type`s speed and conditions.

I had a great day and met some top people. Made all the hard work i done to get it on the road worth while

A good selection of cars

The road to Largs only opened up a couple of days ago just past Kilbirnie, you nearly had a change to use 4wd :lol:

Better than my day bud,I went ................ shopping

This was first day i did not have to go shopping first day away from wife and son in months I know i have earned it and was glad for it i was getting cabin fever.
The road was clear yet go to greenock few mile along the road and there was still snow present the roads were wet but snow was on the pavement. I would liked to of gone exploring some of the country lane`s i could see but if i got stuck i would be walking to the bus stop. There was a Vectra 3.2 V6 ecotech OOOh i want one .
Cannot complian about fuel economy considering it needs a full service and been idle it done well my bum got sore though by time i was home new seat a must. Not one issue mechanically. Maybe save up for a V6 sport

A seat cover and stick memory foam under it, cheap fix

I have a set of astra mk gte seats i was hoping would of fitted looked at those dodgy seat bolts and thought hmm i do not have sockets that shape. Pay pal account get`s sorted next week after my problems i had, sure ebay has some comfy heated massage ones it was 150 miles+ i think.
The left side of my rear end feels bruised maybe she was kicking me last night in my sleep :axe:

Lilly lost some unnecessary weight today. I removed the side steps as one collapsed over the weekend when i stood on it.

(jammywagonwheel got all 24 bolts out without one sheering off) :dance:

drained all fluid out of clutch system and replaced with new, bled the two bleed points (the one on the bulkhead and then the slave on gearbox) and all is well got a good clutch pedal back and the bite point has improved as well (not so close to floor now), the fluid i drained was black and thick so i'll be keeping an eye on that, :wink:

Washed off all mud from the laning trip from saturday to find that the whole truck is sctratched to XXXX. Wasnt expecting
to be as bad as that, NOT pleased..... :evil:

Wont be doing those lanes again.......

Its character building, just ask Sir Doris what I was like a few weeks ago ramming through the bush.....errmm trees :lol:

Refitted the turbo pipes, waterpump,water pipes and the electrics today, just the lower sump to clean and refit now(currently in the dishwasher on a hot cycle, :lol:

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Tomorrow it's fresh oil and filter time, then fingers crossed it start up time :dance:

Did a lower ball joint on the B today, BJ wasnt that bad, but getting the sodding thing out from that silly pocket they made in the lower control arm is a pig. Then put the front prop back on, so thats the hex on any more snow this year.

Took Freya down the very muddy back lanes with Trailer and chainsaw in tow after the big storm we had Sunday (145kph winds). Great fun on the lanes, bit more difficult getting back with trailer ladened with windfall wood. Almost got stuck a couple of times where tractors had been down and left the lanes as muddy bogs. Anyway had such a good time went back and got another trailer full.