WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Droppin the sport of for mot

Cheers Foggy ... seems its that time of year for a lot of us. Good luck with yours as well. Expecting to fail and handbrake efficiency ... Mk.I's always do

Spongy brakes will be one of mine didnt have a second man to work the pedal

Mk.I Trooper handbrakes are made up of 5 lengths of cable running from the dash mounted handbrake. They stretch after a while. Also the adjusters on the rear calipers are pants and have to be continuously tweaked as the pads wear. Pain in the proverbial. Will nip them up for the test to hopefully get a pass, then slacken them slightly to prevent bind.

This afternoon power was lost in some parts of Argyll, including where I am - consequently the Fronty is now being used as a generator via a power converter to allow the family to maintain a bit of "normality". At least I know the cooling fan is working OK - hopefully no damage being done.

Well i picked it an hour ago then went shopping why the delay.

Failed but a good fail

Offside windscreen wiper not clearing screen
Nearside headlamp aim to low
Nearside position lamp excessive deteriorated so that light is not visible from a reasonible distance
offside frontwheel bearing rough when rotated
Not a bad fail the wheel bearing cost me £45 quid for the N/S last year an i had to order it. i suspected the wheel bearing may flag up
i think the rear side light is the bulb

Advisories
offside and nearside anti roll bar linkage has slight play
and slight free play in steering.

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bad news dav

Power was off for about 3 hours during which time the Fronty was used as a generator - enough to power the TV, Decocoder, lighting and a charger.
Cooling fan cut in and out as necessary, engine never boiled, oil pressure stayed about a quarter/half despite being well warm. No steam so very impressed.
An unusual use admittedly.

you will have the greenies round checking yer carbon foot print they can check it up thier :butt:

Self preservation Stu. I am not quite as dismissive of green matters as JC of Top Gear

Will maybe have a go at washing the sea salt spray off the car

Well today I condemned the Elephant to the carpark in the sky .

gearbox input shaft bearing buggered
So I decided to investigate further as to what caused it and my lack of drive ,the box turns by hand so not seized ,so I put a bolt in the bell housing and used a screwdriver to turn the engine via the suprisingly intact flywheel and had to dive out of the way as it jumped off the engine and tried to wreak it`s horrible vengence on my nut . All six of the bolts holding it on had sheared.
The money pit is being broken for bits pm me if you wants any.

turned right at the lights and died and now refuses to start kin pile of junk

put link here to video of engine trying to fire as advice needed

http://www.fronteraowners.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=43565

sorted the rear light turned out the morrision emergency kit i had lying around is not worth a duck so bought a new bulb lovely bright now.
Didthe bearings on the front wheel im still getting up and down movment im thinking ball joint as balljoint was anadvisory in the mot i have the retest the morra dunno should strip it an try tighten it more i tightend it right up until wheel stopped moving freely then loosend a bit so im confused

I put Chugga up for sale. See the link in my signature. :cry:

PASSED
Mot`d just need to sort insurance. dig out sleeping bag and gear hitch trailer tent . Then get ready for off roading at the

SCOTTISH MUD CLUB MAY MAYHEM

Ofroading , camping , barbcue ing, bantering , drinking, stucking , laughing , photo ing and bonfire oh yeah im so looking forward to this . Its gonna be really wet n muddy and the river is gonna be deep and i may have 4wd this time

took my drivers side head off and through it in the back of a van to see if it can be refurbished as the exhaust cam journals are shafted if not then have to buy a new head and not ammused at the 160 to 228 prices for the only two i can find :butt:

using it to go down to santa pod

jammi git