WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

I levelled out the suspension, and fitted other wheels with M+S tyres....

2 pics attached, before and after... PS a bit of overspray on the tyres, but 1st run through the mud should clean that off lol...

Roof bar, with lights next.... :twisted:

I did a bit of tidying up in the truck, and remounted the radiator, I wasnt happy with it being so close to the fan so re-drilled the mounts and moved it further back

changed my gearbox and transmission oil, checked and topped diff oil, and greased all prop joints. And those have to be the messiest jobs after waxoyling the chassis :shock:

I did the good fatherly thing and used mine as a play pen for the little in while I was fixing a Corsa :oops:

Please no one tell the mrs :shh:

I set fire to mine.... Or something.
Got nearly home after doing a round trip to Kent before there was a nasty plume of smoke from the dash fuse panel, and assorted electrical systems died. There's this nagging self doubt cos I only rewired and fitted the stereo a couple of days ago, but I've done that plenty of times over the years without a hitch, and I'm fairly sure it wouldn't have taken the other bits down with it.

Time to take the dashboard out tomorrow and have a shufti. Grrr...

Drove it to the SE picnic and as normal with the 2.8 it was like and ice cube now and it's home it's parked up ready for the dash to come out for a new matrix to be fitted.

Well, been out to mine in daylight with a pair of needlenosed pliers and some fuses and we've an improvement in situation.
Replaced the fuses for the windows and the alarm so now the windows are at least up, and it's as secured as it can be. Unfortunately and somewhat bizarrely, it looks like the 10A fuse which deals with the interior lights and the door switch has melted for some reason and stuffed the fuse panel. No idea why as I was driving at the time and didn't have the doors open or the interior lights on.

This is a show-stopper as this also means the little doobrie on the steering column for the immobiliser fob isn't activating and hence I can't turn the bloody immobiliser off without some sort of bypass / bodge.

Jim...I think you will find that all the interior light circuit is live all the time, only the door switches make the circuit to ground to close the circuit and the lights come on...I think this is right, as IIRC there is only 1 wire that connects to the door switches.
This means that a short anywhere on the lighting circuit could cause the symptom you describe. If the circuit works as I described above then the interior lights must be in series with these switches. I would pull all the lights out and disconnect, and using a meter try and identify which wires run to the switch and which run to the supply...Then use you meter and measure between the chassis and the switch connections, if its short circuit with the doors closed then the wiring fault lies on the circuit between the lights and the switches...My guess is the fault lies at the lights or before, on the supply side of the circuit, as if after the lights the sympton you would see would be that the interior lights just wouldnt turn off.

Changed my heater matrix in the frosty 2.8 didn't get all done run out of light just need to connect up the hoses and run the engine.

Ran the car like the wind, it just gets better

It was yesterday but took mine on a 250 mile trip to pick up a set of 5 16" steelies and a 5th alloy as a spare

Just looked at mine today ... more importatntly the dents I earned at the woods :oops:

They ain't bad, and will be disappearing soon hopefully.

Character Neil, Character :thumbup:

Mrs RatCav though I would cry ... but looked confused when I laughed

Will post pics when I get round to finding my phone cable.

They werent dents,you just keyed it up ready for the repaint...

Filled the diesel tank up on Bob £98. :shock:

Got mine airborne in the forest.

Yeah yeah Drinks ... at least the side of mine doesn't look like the Titanic after a slight iceberg incedent

As said I ain't too concerned as I knew she was going for a make over later this year ... combined with another plan she will be used for daily drives and green lanes only, meaning she will be avoiding any character building modifications from now on.

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My NSF indicator stopped working. Thought (naturally) it was a blown bulb. It wasn't, so I don't know what is causing it to not work. AAARGH!

Also, I have noticed over the last few days that she is pulling to the left under breaking. Tyre pressures are OK, and the brakes are all fairly new. Think the NSF torsion bar needs tweaked as she it sagging a bit on that side. Hopefully that will fix it.

Am I right in thinking "clockwise" on the adjuster nut is to wind it up?