WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Fingers crossed Dan... :wink:

Well the battery seems fine again

Well it failed the mot...
He then fitted a new o/s front side light (f-ing thing worked yesterday) and asked me to remove my phone mount off the windscreen and then he passed it :-D

Got a load of advisorys tho...
Both front indicators slightly discoloured
N/s front anti roll bar rubber bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement - even tho they are the orange poli bushes...:/
O/s rear arb rubber bush...same as above :/
Both rear arb linkages have some play - well i knew that anyways
N/s front bearing has some play...not a problem

Oh and this 1 i wouldnt of said was a advisory...more of a reasurence lol
Under-trays fitted obscuring some underside components :roll:

All in all not bad for the millage and abuse she gets...currently showing 168k on the clock. Only had 132k when i got her lol

Oh on the smoke test, whats FPT? It got 1.49 and the max allowed is 1.5 so only just passed that :S

Well done Dan ... That old girl just keeps on giving. I am truely amazed how well she does.

Took delivery of my new clutch and heater matrix. Just gotta figure out how to get them fitted now :roll:

Spent allllllllllllllllll day in -2 degrees fitting a snorkel to Dave's 2.5.

Still bloody freezing even now! Snorkel looks good to be fair considering it still needs finishing off. Total cost I reckon is about 5 drill bits (Dave has a habit of breaking them) and some duck tape to protect the body :thumbup:

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ive never said it before

just had to say it
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learned that i dont have any reverse lights explains why they dont work and learned 2.8s have crap heaters

Eh ... you sure ... I have reverse lights and my 2.8 heater works fine ... especially after I relpaced the thermostat. Mind I have been changing the coolant and properly flushing the crud out of the system every 4 months or so.

Reverse Lights (same both sides):

Heater:

Someone dug something up ages ago about there being an upgraded heater matrix available for the 2.8, but VX would only fit it if the warranty holder made a complaint about the heater being rubbish. Some of them may well have been upgraded (mine defo wasn't though, until now)

i looked when it was dark maybe why i didnt see them have a look in day light i really havent had a wander round in the light yet.
The guage doesnt move much stays in cold drive up was decent but local its crap i will try flush system and new thermo might help when i do filter n oil

here you go drinks
viewtopic.php?f=21&t=48067

And the correct drain plug to remove:

viewtopic.php?f=21&t=48068

Give her a good old flush out. Don't forget you have 2 matrixes ... one under the passenger front seat as well. Though I ignore that one

glad you mentioned that one .thanks for the links guys.
I have one reverse light on the passenger side doesnt work but least i have one

Thats funny as I have 2 reverse lights ... both work. Curious as they are the same truck. All I can think is someone changed one lense for a non-bighorn cluster at some point which has the reverse lights in a cluster in the bumper. Bighorns (import) don't have bumper lights. Much like the situation you have with SWB and LWB Series A Fronteras.

That as high as my temp guage goes, Might be a possiblty about lens unless that been replaced with a fog light

That would figure. Good modification that. Replace one lens from a UK model and convert it to a rear fog light.

Monterey

Drained and refilled Gearbox oil - (I can only assume that the person who last changed the gearbox oil was a 25 stone Gorilla who used a 6ft breaker bar to tighten the plug. Bloody hell that was tight :evil:

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Drained and refilled Transfer box
Fitted 85c thermostat
Filled all grease nipples
Adjusted new alty belt

some page that troopers and monterys.

I went outside there an tried fog light once found switch, The light on dash which is look like a after thought orange light above dials it lights up but no fogs i will check in morning see if there is a bulb in there too effing cold out there