WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

I was nearly in a smash at a roundabout and lost the rag called the guy Something that sounds like cant for basically not using indicators an been in wrong lane and i told him he cant drive shouldnt drive an he wont drive an threw his key in the snow got in my fronty an left got down the road was getting out an wind caught door again this time it has damaged my wing an moved door few mm forward bloody karma

Since sunday I have owned 2 frontera Bs 1 of them being my main black dti....and the other being Bobbins Angelina, almost dti lol. I think, just because its in such good condition physicly Im going to try and keep her....maybe put a 2.8 or 3.1 in her (hopfully with a tweeked fuel pump and a little more boost) :twisted:

....not sure if I'll be able to put her back on the road with that engine in...but at least she'll be bomb proof for hard offroading

I did think about putting the 1.7 TD out of my K reg chavalier in her as it runs ok....ish, and I already own it lol, but I dont think it'l have enough grunt to get 1.7 tons of truck up many hills, epesh as its done about 225k miles, most of them around town (it was a taxi for the 1st 7 years of its life), but it does have a mecanical fuel pump, isuzu block and f@k all electronics on it

, so would be perfect if only it had more power!!

Go 3.1 ... more than enough grunt and cheaper than trying to get hold of a 2.8. You can tweak them as well meaning more torque and power. Would be easy to set up the vacuum operated SOTF as well.

Ok then ratty....when do you wona pop by cambridge way to help out

lol - you think im joking?

hehe

If you want a hand then shout.

If you want to go the 3.1 4JG2 route then make sure you avoid Bighorn/import post 1995 automatic gearbox one. They have an electronic fuel pump. All the others have the mechanical pump found on the 2.8. Much much easier to work on. My favourite tactic would be a complete donor vehicle (read MOT failure) and you can sell the rest as spares. In fact a post 1995 manual gearbox version would have all the SOTF gubbins on the transfer case and you can do a engine+gearbox swap. Much easier than making a conversion plate betwen the DTi gearbox and Trooper engine.

Spent an hour lying in a 3inch deep pool of rusty oily water removing the rear sump pan off a Fronty at the scrappy. Started off not to bad, but the the heavens opened and rivers of water gushing around my dangly bits , but I carried on. Just got home, had to wring the water out of my boxers before I could put them in the wash basket

All that for £10 diff pan. On the plus side it's like brand new

Did some little tinkering jobs

Then gave it another big run and still no management light :v happy:

Tried to get my speedo working with no luck :?:

so went out and bought so wood to make a start on a storage area for the green laning bits and bobs i will need watch this space

Yesterday I went for a drive and came home with 3 Kumho kl71's in my boot

3? LOL.... one day you'll get a full matching set of something mate :wink:

You would think between tow fronteras i would have at least two decent spare tyres they all on the limit or past it so i didnt get tyres sorted
Cleared fault codes
Just to sort door
And found insperation in a matchbox pick up truck

Gave my Frontera a good wash on the outside then spend 2 and a half hours washing the whole of the engine bay,after this happened the other day:-

This is what is left of my battery.

The weather has been that bad Ive had to turn the snorkel top around...yer thats about it :lol:

The car is running like a dream and I think my 2stroke experiment is definitely paying off in smoothness of ride, I want to say it feels faster but that could be placebo effect but it is deffo smoother and fuel use has gone down on a rough score 5% but its the good of the pump that counts as the fuel cost is offset at 4 or £5 a litre of 2stroke.
Anyway, just got through the second tank and Ive bought another litre

and today i took the long way home from work and picked up another tyre
so i have a set of 235/85 r16 tyres now and they are on, and ballanced, pics to come tomorrow

2 sets of matching tyres matt :shock:

quick inform norris mcwhirter

How many tyres do you actually own now Fudge ... more precisely how many of each type/size?

im going round his in the morning ratty, ill give him a hand to stocktake them :wink:

errrm

one set (5) of 285's that are for sale
one set (4) of 7.5 x 16 (dumpers) for sale
one set (4) of 235/85 r16 muds
one set (4) of 31/10.5 r15 at/r's
one set (4) of 255/75 r15 at's nackered
and one 30/9.5 mud as my spare wheel

too late foggy

... and 3 Khumo KL71's?