WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

received my new hi glow blue vac pipe today but i doubt ill live long enough to fit due to being infected by the worst case ever known in medical history of man flu :sick:

Drover her to the posty to get my bits from Milner :dance:

I did know the front transfer box prop seal was the same as a toyota :shock:

Front transfer box leak, needs a new seal :wink:

Well yesterday to be honest...

had an investigation as to where all the power has gone, and why I've got a slight mis-fire..result..looks like it's the HG...plug 3 (from front to back) was covered in what would be best described as a calcium build up, so it's not a suprise that it had a weak spark..all others fine. would also explain the waterfall from the exhaust pipe and why the coolant and oil has slowly been disapearing. thankfully I don't think the damage will be too bad as it didn't overheat.

Been given a price of £50 for a full head set inc bolts..or HG £15 + £24 for the bolts, think I'll go for the full set and do all the other gaskets while I'm at it..seems to make more sense

Didnt do anything but order my Rough Country shocks from Dave at Llama4x4.

Let's see... Past couple of days we have:

Changed oil in both front & rear diffs, and added Molyslip,
Removed & cleaned the K&N panel air filter (make sure to use the proper kit, else you'll knacker the thing and need a new one anyway),
Rotated the tyres front to back,
Changed oil in engine and replaced filter,

That's about it so far... Have got the oil and a little pump for the gearbox & transfer case oilchange, but will wait until I have the right kind of Molyslip first. Need to do the other front bearing at Dad's this Saturday prior to the SE picnic, plus the fuel filter at some point.

I just bought a C.B. kit for my truck (link shown below).
Means that when I get stuck in the mud, I no longer have to phone for help.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 1937wt_905

started to replace my vac pipes at last

i managed to do 3 [2 of which i hadnt noticed before untill i got underneath ] then i got rained off

so back indoors & another cup of lemsip :sick:

Replaced the silly gear cables on a Musso :roll:

raised the front by 6 turns of the torsion bar ( as advised by Drifty ) removed the mudflaps and trimmed away some excess wheel arch liner .....

then fitted a set of 15's with 10.5 x 31's ..... well impressed with the results :mrgreen:

Nice one Glynn

Wound the front torsion bars up by 3 full turns (about a 20mm lift) to stop catching flaps.. Did another temp repair on the OSR caliper. Checked oil and water as both were disappearing. This seems to have stopped, both oil and water are spot on

No idea what was going on there .

Drove all over Wales looking for a hose for my air box mod and couldn't find one, which is probably OK as the scarlet pimpernel has done a disappearing act again , so I guess I ain't going laning 2moz :wink:

Fitted the 6mm S/S spacers on top of upper ball joints (BJ already flipped), wound the front down a full turn on the T Bars, didnt seem too much lower but front deffo more soft which is what i wanted - wow there is some \ - / positive camber! Still now sorted with some shims and aligned using Drifty's patented spirit level, cable ties and bolts method - top job and took less than an hour

broke it

I change the drives side wheel bearings,as it was making a bit of noise,and when i started to take it a part,well the swear jar started to fill up :evil:

,every bolt was stuck :twisted:

but i got there, and the bearing just fell out in bits :lol:

All done,but i can not get the brake pads back in, as the bolts on the caliper just keeps going round,but its nearly out :cry:

So i will have a go tomorrow :roll:

Broke the power steering pump .... well it has been dying for a while and finally gave up its long 20 year old life by shredding the bearings all over the engine bay and into the fluid. What was a cleanish bay and clear red fluid now has a metallic sheen and the fluid is black ... joy of joys. Tell you one thing I am feeling buff now after having to limp her home 42 miles through the countryside with no power steering.

re-set the front arb after the lowering yesterday, removed bull bar and fitted new number plate on the front - truck looks naked!!

Done an oil and filter change, changed the grade from 5w40 to 10w40 and added some Wynns hydraulic lifter treatment to help reduce the tappetiness first thing in the morning.