Its been a while...

[Sir-Doris]

Hi all.
Its been a while since Ive posted anything. The truck has been off the road since 2012 (give or take a few months). Mainly due to lack of interest and a rather nasty motorcycle accident which left me unable to drive for a while.

Well finally got the impetus to fiddle about with it today and get Olga back on the road.

So gearbox off. New clutch installed and new cat and exhaust fitted.

Thats all for now but it does need a new wheel bearing and new CV boots along with ball joints and anti roll bar links on the rear and a host of electrical gremlins and seized door locks from lack of use.

At least its moving again.

Phil.

[4x4 bobby]

Bloody hell Phil i thought you had emigrated to the south pole!!!!!!!!! Glad your ok bud!!

[Retro Pedro]

Good to see you back on here Phil and up and fighting the Fronty again.
Meet your goodself up at Bala 2010 annual and remember all the good knowledgeable advice that you willingly gave when I first joined FOG

[stretch]

Welcome back Phil hope you get it back on the road soon.

[RatCav]

I was beginning to wonder if you had gone forever.

Great to see you are back and still have the old girl.

[Sir-Doris]

Thanks guys.

Well, had a couple of hours spare today so managed to get all the door locks working. Central locking only opens the doors when locked but wont lock them. Still at least they all open from inside and outside.
All indicators and hazards now working.

Timing belt kit and service items on the way along with a new auxilliary belt tensioner.

To do:
Power steering box is leaking.
Steering idler is shot.
Clutch master and slave cylinders to change. Clutch works but drawing in air somewhere, both 21 years old so worth changing.
Upper and lower ball joints both sides.
Rear anti roll bar links.
Rear shocks are pitted and leaking.
Wire brush and waxoil everything.
5 new tyres.
Rear brake lines.
Fuel pipes rotten.
2 CV boots.
Wheel bearing
Brake pads all round.
Small hole in rear sill needs cutting out and new metal letting in.
Handbrake shoes and cables.

Im sure the list will grow as i work my way through it. Got the bit between my teeth now though

Realised today that the last time I used it would have been sometime towards the end of 2011. The tax disc in the window expired on the 31/12/2011.
From memory most of the things that are wrong with it were in need of doing before I parked it up after my last outing when i got stuck in silty mud in the middle of a pond at an anual meet about 5 minutes after I arrived. Must have been the 2011 one methinks.

[Rifleman]

Hi Phil, good to hear from you again mate.
Hope you manage to get Olga back to life.

[furio]

Good to see you back on here Phil got some good memories of past laning trips in N Wales . Once you've got it sorted let me know if you fancy a trip out and take in a few of the old favourites. Did some belters near betws earlier in the year ATB mate.

[Sir-Doris]

Thanks Keith, Jim.

Certainly up for it. Will be a few weeks yet i guess.

I feel slightly saddened that Ive let the truck get into such a state over the last 5 years. While it wasnt exactly my pride and joy I tended to fix things as they went wrong so now I have to fix not only the things that went wrong after my last outing in 2011 but the things that have stopped working/broken due to sheer neglect.

[RatCav]

I know that one .. mind it gave me time to give everything a thorough going over to get it rolling again.

[furio]

[yaki]

Welcome back Phil, good to see you still have the old girl and are getting it sorted