WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Yep same as mate...I like his spare lack of wheel! :lol:

I know he's got beadlocks but they are a pain in the but to undo, and refit with the new tyre...My Landcrusier ones took a couple of goes at least to get em to seal :twisted:

He built that from scratch but it needed trailering everywhere as it was to slow and expensive to drive on the road even though it was legal, he sold it soon after for top dollar

He used gas for the tyres :shock:

Yes jas ill get you one too :drink:

Nipped up the wheel bearings that I replaced last week and moved the stone guard from rubbing on the disc, and cleaned the boot contents up a bit :lol:

Another boring Saturday so decided to go through the forest. Forestry wagons had been up there and carved two very deep ruts which was nice, with some nice sideways moments in 2WD. Enough to scare the kids anyway :lol:

Fixed a pain in the ass coolant leak from a pipe behind the engine above the gearbox. Took ages to find, access, remove, fix, and refit. All because some idiot forgot to replace the hose clip that should of been there. 8 hours of my life effectivly wasted.

Today I put new relays in for my air horns and roof bar lights - as they were water damaged. I also changed a couple of connectors.
I pressed the horn......nothing happened. :?:

Well, except one side of the roof bar lights came on, it was faint and flickering. So... I put the roof lights on, and... the horn came on and so did the other side of the roof lights. I realised I must have mixed the relays up. Doh!!!!! :roll:

All sorted now though!!

I also painted my shackles red! :dance:

Finally managed to get the transfer gears out and the new ones in

What a PITA job if you've never done them before :lol:

Someone somewhere mentioned doing the output flange seal on the 2.8 transfer box, its a 36mm nut, good luck with getting it off though, I broke my Snapon breaker bar trying to get the nut off :shock:

Ended up drilling through the nut on opposite sides and splitting it with a cold chisel :roll:

Fixed the li'll white locked up leafer today...
Had replace a powersteering hose and belt...but the adjust had seized so off it came and with a dose of oxy-propane it freed up nicely...
Refitted with new belt and replaced the burst hose with the one liberated from the yella fronterror...
Refilled the system and started her up and we now have powersteering again :dance:

No more aching arms!
I rerouted the hose differently to keep it away from the exhaust manifold this time...the burst hose failed on the bit closest to the manifold so I am wondering if heat had been a factor...this car has had an unusual life in the last 14months, such that it has done next to no road miles and hundreds at 5mph with some immense under bonnet temperatures at times...and at 5mphish everywhere there is little air flow to cool the manifold...
We will see if this one lasts longer!
Drained down the cooling system and treated it to some antifreeze...it had been full of water since it blew its rad at the beginning of the summer...
Checked the oil, fixed the drivers door lock and removed the driving lamps to give more airflow and so I dont bust em!...
Ran it up to temp and noticed a pool underneath...though balls I have a leak somewhere..then realised it was petrol...the return hose from the engine to the hard piping had split and I had done a couple of gallons into the engine bay and floor...We noticed a petrol smell from it at the weekender, but thought it was the breathers where the car had been almost on its side...no wonder it used so much fuel last time out!
Finished off with a bit of reshaping with the sledgey...tyre to arch clearances are somewhere near where the should be again now! :lol:

Then started on the 2.8lwb...changed the glowplugs (must take Sally to the workshop next time I do this, my hands are too damn big to get in to em easily!), tightened alternator belt..still too loose really, but end the end of the adjuster...might get a bit shorter belt for it...
Added some more antifreeze, topped up the screen wash, checked levels and topped up where needed, and sorted the headlight out that wasnt working (broken wire at connector where it pushes onto bulb)...

And that was it really...so came home...

removed all smc badges stickers

Scottish mud club

Fitted my new alternator, the old one wouldn't charge the battery when i was using power [lights ect] and i work nights :lol:

, Haven't got to put the battery on charge every day now :dance:

Bought a new anttena for my cb out of maplins pre tuned with mag mount £17.99, Now if i get stuck when im out on the smc weekend coming up i can least talk to some one or even call for help .

also yesterday i bought a bike rack of a guy on another forum for £20 quid he used it on his fronty apprently can hold four bikes if you squeeze them on i only want it for two bike but extra options are always an added bonus.

Think im all set for a weekend away trailer tent, bike rack and cb roll on the summer