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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Postby weave67 on Sat Jan 31, 2009 11:13 pm

well ime kind of glad i aint been messing with trusty rusty today ,its giving the cuts and grazes that i got last weekend time to heal up :roll:
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Postby MuddyFairy on Sun Feb 01, 2009 8:49 am

Changed Diff Oil, bought rear pinion seal, Towed another Fronty from Crewe home. It's looking like a car yard here now!
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Postby john boy on Sun Feb 01, 2009 11:29 am

MuddyFairy wrote:Changed Diff Oil, bought rear pinion seal, Towed another Fronty from Crewe home. It's looking like a car yard here now!


How many you going for :shock: :shock: :shock: going to finish me roof light bar today just hope i can get it fitted :!:
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Postby brachunky on Sun Feb 01, 2009 11:50 am

Need to brave the freezing cold to solder a bunch of wires I cut thru with the angle grinder :lol: :lol:
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Postby alex on Sun Feb 01, 2009 1:45 pm

:oh yer: Nice one Mart. bin there done that.
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Postby john boy on Sun Feb 01, 2009 3:09 pm

brachunky wrote:Need to brave the freezing cold to solder a bunch of wires I cut thru with the angle grinder :lol: :lol:



DOH!!!! been there done that :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Postby brachunky on Sun Feb 01, 2009 3:14 pm

Thanks chaps :lol: Glad im not alone in making daft mistakes :wink: Alls working good again!
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Postby dandan on Sun Feb 01, 2009 4:08 pm

The best one is when you forget to check when welding :wink:
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Postby Rich on Sun Feb 01, 2009 5:46 pm

i had got my frontera up an axle stands today with the front driver side wheel off i was checking the bolt around the gearbox after changing the clutch i thought why iam under the car i will check the bolts on the prop i put the spanners on the first bolt gave them a good hard pull and the car slipped forward about an inch on the axle stands ive never moved so fast to get from under the car
i thought fook that i put the wheel back in and came in had a stiff drink and then another
lesson to be learnt even on axle stands your car can still slip be careful
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Postby bobbinsjob on Sun Feb 01, 2009 7:02 pm

tried to fit my new A bar today but the bracket needs fettling because of the body lift :roll: :evil:
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Postby phil acko on Sun Feb 01, 2009 7:30 pm

i put some oil in her pumped the slowy up in her an changed the fuel filter i soaked with wd40 3 weeks ago
oh an took me rott 4 a walk :dance: :D :lol: :drink:
oh an we watched the match 2 gether lol
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Postby alex on Sun Feb 01, 2009 8:16 pm

When I put the new tyres on my SWB Dave was with me. It started to shift backwards with a wheel off :oops: Luckily one of us held it while the other slipped the wheel back on :roll:

Cant remember who did what, but we did it quick like :D
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Front diff lowered,
Dislocation cones,
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Buckets 4 point harness,
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Postby jellybaby on Sun Feb 01, 2009 8:22 pm

alex wrote:When I put the new tyres on my SWB Dave was with me. It started to shift backwards with a wheel off :oops: Luckily one of us held it while the other slipped the wheel back on :roll:

Cant remember who did what, but we did it quick like :D


as i recall i was putting the nuts on it slid off the jack and was ballancing just about with a couple of studs just in the holes bit of a bum clenching moment.

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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Postby dandan on Sun Feb 01, 2009 8:23 pm

Well I stared at "my" Frontera on ebay. Why can't it be the 24th already so I can get this medical out the way and know exactly where I stand
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Postby Retro Pedro on Sun Feb 01, 2009 8:35 pm

Frooze me gonads off trying to fix the bloody thing. Nearly got there before I gave in to the cold wind.
Whilst I had the rad and intercooler out, I decided to sort out the surfice rust on the chassis parts that I could reach.
Done that yesterday by scrapping and wire brushing, then repeated coats of gel before giving it a coat of Hammerite black paint which is also supposed to attack any rust.
Then today, finished off replacing power steering pipes and steering box, put new alternator and steering pump belts and reassembled the radiator fixings. Only the front and horn brackets to put back on. Put in the new transmission fluid for the power steering and anti-freeze mix coolant and hope it starts.
Bit of a shame really because we have got a covering of snow, apparently with more to follow overnight.
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Postby alex on Sun Feb 01, 2009 9:10 pm

Yep, thats the story, memory of a an OAP me :oops: Was fun. Got them tyres in the back of the shorty any time you want.
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Procomp steering shocker,
Modified front bump stops,
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Cat removed,
Front diff lowered,
Dislocation cones,
Spring retainers,
Buckets 4 point harness,
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Postby Drift on Sun Feb 01, 2009 9:40 pm

I lost a clear headlight cover at Bala off road ( so lashed the other :lol: ) and unfroze mine and Andysd1's manual hubs, they where stuck locked and in blocks of ice after descending the Wayfarer :shock:
Thought we might have to pee on them to warm them up but deicer and pliers sorted it :lol:
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Postby Frontycustoms on Sun Feb 01, 2009 11:54 pm

Well after i cleaned my van out i got onto sortin the snorkle out.............nearly there now :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Postby boybilbo81 on Mon Feb 02, 2009 12:06 am

I was outside in the snow wiring up my work lamp, and fabracating a switch plate for future Spots, Strobes and rear lamp. Dam it was cold. Just goes to show how many of us will go out in the coldest of weathers to be with our loved ones and leave the missus indoors, was cold but peacefull.
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Postby furball on Tue Feb 03, 2009 12:37 am

OK, so by the standards of folks on here it's not exactly technically challenging, but bearing in mind I have never ever done anything mechanical in my life, yesterday I replaced the radiator in my car all by myself (with help and pointers from AndySD1) :dance:

I might even have a go at servicing it next :D
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