WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Reassembled the front axle after fitting new thrust washers for the locker

compleated the 2'' Yaki made body lift

I haven't lifted the bumper yet, as I'm thinking of something a bit different. Lifting the bumper will involve either losing the bars or making a bracket of somekind.

kind of thinking along the lines of bigger end caps on the bumper and somekind of larger front grill.

(had to put steps back on, as the Mrs is a short ass and had enough trouble getting into it as it was...wait till the next mod....sussy raise..)

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took it into the garage for the new water pump and cambelt

and then picked up my new car..........anyone want to buy a cherokee?

Took it for the dreaded MOT...and it passed first time :dance:

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taxed big betsy on-line was very easy says be here in 5 days has anyone else used this service ?

Thank you for using DVLA Vehicle Licensing Online (www.taxdisc.direct.gov.uk).
Your application for a new Tax Disc has been successful.

Reference Number:
Application made on: 24/05/2010 20:11:37
Tax Disc Period: 6 months
Tax Disc Duty: £112.75

The Tax Disc and receipt should arrive in the post within 5 working days.

Always tax ours online

I left my petrol cap in the petrol station other day, sent the missus to get it today

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cheers lads feel better about it now, better than going to the post office

im just happy driving my fronty again after eventually getting her back on the road :wink:

dont half notice the cost of fuel now though :shock:

so

its trade in time i can smell a diesel fronty coming my way

Going to put the road wheels back on save my MUDS for another day, Offroading is addictive gimmie more more more

Put her in for an MOT ... awaiting results

OOH TOUGH DAY for you when do you find out

About an hour or so to go. Apparently they are still "working" on it. Sounds as if it fell apart as it drove on ... or they keep finding stuff thats wrong!!

hopefully be a simple fix

Well it was a fail

001 Rear (both) Mechanical brake component has restricted free movement
002 Rear (both) Brake disk(s) excessively pitted
003 Parking brake lever has no reserve travel

Advisories:

001 Steering system has a slight free play detected at steering wheel

Funnily enough the brake efficiency of the handbrake was very good apparently. He wasn't too bothered about item 3 but put it on there as there were other problems that could be related. I took it on the chin as the disks need changing due to the pitting and no way would I let it pass with everything else (thought it was borderline anyway) but I did ask about the free movement bit. He basically said that the wheels were binding, which they could be, but it was difficult to tell as she does have an LSD which of course will mean that when you manually turn the wheel it will spin everything up to the gearbox. Anyways new disks ordered ( £32.99 inclusive from http://www.buypartsby.co.uk/ ) and an afternoon will be spent pulling everything apart and cleaning. He was quite impressed with her overall and flew through the emissions test (screw you EGR valves and your un-necessary installation. You can sit there in the garage and stay redundant)

As for the coolant leak it could be anything, but he didn't find it, and the advisory of the slight rear body corrosion on the last MOT seems to have disappeared as well. I couldn't find it either.

Could of been better ... could of been a lot worse.

Fitted the my bullbar and lights after a careful rust treatment and a fresh spray of paint :-D

Then drove happily off to catch some cool pics -- and got stuck, grounded heavily in the mud. I was very lucky that an old merc with some drunk kids came by the quarry to have a smoke. They were happy to help me out with a long length of rope. A pity they came by immediately after I got stuck actually, I didn't get time to take pictures until I was out :lol:

So much for the photo shoot :roll:

Here's the hill with the truck safely back on horizontal ground. You can clearly see how three of the wheels have been slipping, puddles marked with red. The fronty drivetrain wouldn't give up until I was safely grounded :lol:

I have learnt a few things today:
A - never go photo shooting on you own.
B - need better tyres and more ground clearance.