WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Did this to a Musso :shock:

Someone had been there before :evil:

Put the new battery in, epoxied the stoopid indicator cover back on (hopefully it'll hold this time) and got one of my recovery points fitted to the back. Drilling the holes took so damn long I had lost the will to live by the time I'd done one (sat there with the drill for the best part of an hour) so I'll do the other one next week...

lol at you chris,

sorted my rumbling in the front wheel, bearing was a tad lose,

cleaned it again, and found some tins of larger, so i drank a few,

then i came in and just finishing them of

Made a Landrover 90 roof rack fit a fronty....and welded a load of accessory brackets to it :lol:

actually does anyone know the recommended weight limit for lwb roof bars????

Will save loads of time if it attaches to the existing bars sooner than directly to the roof... :wink:

I was thinkin remove the fuel pumo an try see if i can push it out

Stu, what about using a pulling plunger - could save disturbing the pump?

Washed ,polished,hoovered,glass polished inside and out, new seat covers fitted, wheels blacked and now its going to rain

Spent £115.00 :shock:

on parts ready for the spanner meet on saturday new cam belt kit complete with brand new idlers and tensioner, water pump and a new front crankshaft oil seal cam belt kit comes with a 12 month warranty :dance:

if the any of the kit fails they willl either pay for the repair of the engine or the supply of a new/recon engine :dance:

So total spent so far including purchase of the truck

£875.00 :shock:

and no mods yet

Just pulled the back seat out.

Emptied a tin of wd-40 on the sidestep bolts and that stupid nut and screw that tightens the steering up.

Now I just have to sit and wait..........*yawns*

Just been on a womble to Machine Mart, and an exploratory underneath the Bus...

Machine Mart bit was easy, £12 for a grease gun, and £7 for an oil suction pump doobrie (for use on the gearbox & diffs). Even filled the grease gun in 5 minutes with just the use of one rag

Underneath the Bus though, not so good. It has been mentioned that my funny noise from the rear was a UJ in need of grease (and now there's no sound insulation in the back, that is indeed where the noise is coming from) hence the grease gun. Managed to find and fill the 3 on the front prop, and the 1 at the gearbox end of the rear. However, there is no grease nipple on the diff end UJ. New UJ is in order then :twisted:

Also it's definite that the gearbox rear prop seal leaks (but that's only a tenner from Vx) as does the rear diff pinion seal (Hound Dog found this for me at about £20) but neither of these are show-stoppers. UJ's a little more tricksy, as Milner it seems are out, and I am not paying Vx prices. Time to try the local factors then.

Oh, and the reason for no sound insulation in the back is that it's all down the tip. There was an incident with a large container of waste oil in the back (with the lid not properly on it turned out :oops:

) and some muffin on a pushbike who came round a bend with parked cars on, the wrong side of the road, no lights, and the wrong way up a 1-way bit. Needless to say, I braked, and things, uhh, moved in the back. And said muffin had the cheek to flick *me* the finger before carrying on. :axe:

I picked up a prop uj from my local motor factors, cost £20 ish and only took 30 mins to fit.
Checked all the fluids ready for the annual meet :dance:

I wouldnt have....... Braked that is. B***dy things are like an infestation round here, bit like horse's with their 'attitude equipped' riders. Proper pain and IMHO shouldnt be on the road (until they get sufficient training, learn manners and cough up for the road tax, insurance etc).

At least you can stick a nag on the BBQ so they do have some use, but bikes? don't cook very well and can scratch the old paintwork when you go over them, although I do find they do more damage to the underneath when you reverse back over them for a second attempt.

I live near enough in the middle of a smallish Oxfordshire town, there is a horsey type that lives round the corner from us who seems to insist on riding said nag down what is a pretty busy residential street, with kids in it, said horse is well skitty with cars and often does the large ones all the way down the road, does she come and pick it up? does she hell... OF course if it was a dog owner allowing their animal to foul the street then she would be one of the first on the phone to the 'grass yer neighbours' up phone line run by the local council. Horses/bikes? on the road? hate em. Their the reason god invented bull bars :twisted:

I fitted new fog lights to my truck today, it never had any, so had to wire in a loom and relay and switch too.
I bought the Ring fitting kit which made things sooo easy, Looks the dogs danglies now too.

Rich; All the factors round here were either out of stock, or didn't do it and referred me to Vx. Milner's are out of stock too, as are Vx Green Parts, and while Hound Dog managed to locate one at a good price, I'd already spoken to South Wales Props (ta Dwifty

) Who said I could have one posted that afternoon for a gnats under £30 all in. Paid up there and then, so that'll be sorted at the weekend no doubt.

Snapper; Sadly no matter what had actually happened, if I'd hit the bike, guess who'd have got the blame, and as a full time driver, I cannae take stupid risks. Cyclists are a pet hate of mine, given their general attitude, and suicidal nature (penchant for having headphone on whilst riding, and no lights, etc, at night) but nothing seems to get done, and as above should anything happen, it's us nasty polluting car drivers who get the blame.

the same as yesterday..looked at it, patted it's bonnet and told it that it will run again..and it will go to the ball (annual)

2 inch suspension lift finally done :party:

Washed and polished her today for the first time :shock:

,i normally leave it for the rain and over grown lanes to clean her :rotfl:

It will rain tomorrow knowing my luck :lol:

played with the lights