WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!Started it for the first time in a week, ingnition on and left it until the glow plug relay kicked out and we fired up first turn of the key, result.
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!Finally back on the stock alloys got a set of 235/70 or was it 75 lol cant mind but they on 235s anyway . I have tried 255s 245s and could not get full lockwas on 225s an they brought the revs down to 2800 at 70 mph on the 215s i was getting that at 60
1989 Isuzu Trooper 2.6 (3.1 conversion )
1990 Isuzu Bighorn Lotus Edition Hi roof 2.8td 1998 Vauxhall Omega Estate Elite 3.0 v6
Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!Made the Truck WORK for a change today!
Got a distress call from a local English ex-pat, who's Trooper 3.0 Citation had just emptied 5 litres of oil on the road Took the Fronty out with towing bar, oil, and toolbox at the ready. Looked underneath, and yup, it was a real slick under there. Couldn't identify exact point of leakage, due to all the bash plates, but figured it could be the notorious oil pump 'O' rings or something. Hitched it up to my Fronty, and dragged the poor thing to the local garage, thankfully only a couple of k back. Left him there with another guy as a lift home, and reflected on the first proper work that my Fronty had done. Heavy old truck that Trooper I gave mine a pat on the dash top on the way home!, is that wrong?
Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!thats not wrong at all its a job well done
WHY AINT I GOT AN ALL SINGING & ALL DANCING SIGNATURE LIKE BOXY & DRIFTY ?
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!Bleeding 3.0 (4JX1) Isuzu engines. Liability to the name they are/were
Not heard of one dropping its oil though. Gaining oil as the seals in the common rail lets the diesel into the sump. ![]() ![]() My members ride For Banshee the Trooper : viewtopic.php?f=46&t=34626 My members ride for Leeloo the Lotus Edition viewtopic.php?f=46&t=60154 Deceased My members ride for Brenda the Bighorn : viewtopic.php?f=46&t=54771
Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!Replaced my air filter for a pipercross one
It's now got power Couldn't have helped that the old filter was full of mud At least ts good now
Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!Got O-no through it's MOT re-test
Truck oon the other hand was MOT'd in Dec and will be getting another test around July to get the MOT test away from Dec, too b****y cold to be doing things like ball joints etc in Dec This posting may have been helpfull, on the other hand probably not... Either way, I may have had drink when posting it in which case it's probably not as helpfull as it could have been
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!OOOOOOOOhhh yer baby that felt good, turned her on and took her for a weekly spin around the back lanes just to keep her fluids moving
All was well and drove like a dream Now to ebay the Piccaso Ste
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!Last night at about 3.30am I finally got the dam'd oil filter off...in the end I had to use a long extension as a chisel and a lump hammer to whack the hell out of it until it started to turn. Not much left of it now lol. But it has a nice shine one in its place, done up hand tight.
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!You did smear oil on the filter o'ring didn't you Dan. If not that is usually why they jam on.
As for me I drove her to bobbinsjob's to put his new to him flywheel, new clutch assembly and old gearbox back on. It was a litle temperamental, but it gave in in the end. ![]() ![]() My members ride For Banshee the Trooper : viewtopic.php?f=46&t=34626 My members ride for Leeloo the Lotus Edition viewtopic.php?f=46&t=60154 Deceased My members ride for Brenda the Bighorn : viewtopic.php?f=46&t=54771
Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!Oi Neil, no techi hints in here
Good on ya helping the old fart bobins out Ste
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!Nothing to my truck but helped out Ian out putting his truck back together. Then we took it for a little test run
when I left him he was grinning like a kid on Christmas morning i hate having Dyslexia
Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!Ahhaa...that grim...like a truck that can get him home
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!All sorts recently.....
Went laning week before last in the snow over the Wayfarer which was fun ![]() ![]() ![]() I've also replaced the tensioner and today chopped a nice hole in my boot floor and unclogged my fuel pump ably assisted by Dave. Tar Lar
Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!yeah but did u go for it si ???? u never said only that it was fast and very deep,
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!LOL... erm, no mate.
I've done it dozens of times, but I've never seen it that fast/deep before. Unfortunately my crappy pics don't do it justice
Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!haha dont blame u mate, just lookin at that bit of wooden fence with the water curlin round it
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!![]() ![]() My members ride For Banshee the Trooper : viewtopic.php?f=46&t=34626 My members ride for Leeloo the Lotus Edition viewtopic.php?f=46&t=60154 Deceased My members ride for Brenda the Bighorn : viewtopic.php?f=46&t=54771
Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!Thanks Neil n Andy. Really couldn't of done it without you both. Yes, after we got the props back on (gotta order new uj as one is siezed solid) we took her round the block. Considering she's stood in the garden since October, she started well and now the gear changes are smother than ever
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!... and you can get 1st, 3rd, and 5th without smashing your stereo every time
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