WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

[colley]

Just loaded the truck up ready for a 500+ mile trip to Newcastle in the morning:|
Its Going to be a long drive as I am just picking something up I won on eBay and driving straight back
Will give the new truck a good run out though

[4x4 bobby]

I hope that the cost of the item outweigh's the cost of the trip??????

I've driven mine to work because of the bloody weather again, I'm gutted !!!!!!!!

[igotababyfrontera]

It will be a good shake down drive.

I got to use mine to get to a farmhouse where the alarm was going off but the Corsa would have died trying to get down the gauntlet of a drive.

[hipo1024]

Not to the truck, altho the same will be happening to it soon. Just put a nice new danyco cambelt kit on the cav @ just over 207k miles. Think it must of had a new belt just before getting parked up for 7 years because the old belt didn't look much different from the new one (wear and tear wise anyway). And it only took me just over 4 hours! Not bad considering I was triple checking everything because I haven't ever done a cambelt before.

[Drift]

After over two months of the truck not moving I changed the battery and turned the key an boom she burst into life without so much as a stutter
Now to service the old girl and a bit of waxoiling before the MOT due in a couple of weeks.
And I have done less than 3000 miles since the last MOT

[Drift]

Wheel bearings nipped up and re-greased and the chassis, brake, fuel pipes and rear axle waxoiled.........shower time now to get the evil stuff off

[fudge]

today i put the muds back ok for tomorrow
and then did some maths with the sus and decided this is the high i want the rear



and then i am in need to fab up some nice bits to have the fun floppy shackles.. esp for the bunny

[gregster]

Looks good...(well I would say that )...but what are you gonna do to bring the front up to match, or are you aspiring to the dragster look.

[fudge]

well the front i am looking into it
i think i can go to prob +4 with a bit of fabing.. and will prob leave it there

so over +8 on the rear and +4 on front, for the little bit of a dragster look i think

[fudge]

and today
taken it out laneing
and nearly finished off my rear winch mount

[gregster]

why do you need a rear winch when Dan was in front of you???

[fudge]

well it is for when i get stuck... i know rare as it is

and heres a pic

[mudog88]

Tightened front wheel bearings, adjusted the valves, drained water from fuel filter and greased the prop shafts... Now to do an oil change and fuel filter and ball joints... While greasing the prop shafts, noticed the tail pipe is rotting, so another thing to add to the 'List of All Things Fronty'.

[snapper]

Oil changes for both trucks and got a new rear number plate for O-no so I can move it from the bumper to the tailgate.

[RatCav]

Friday

Gave Kaz a much needed oil change. Black as sin and so so thin it was unbeleivable. Sourced the oil leak as well. Turns out the oil filter was only just tightened and spun off with no effort at all. Looked at the wiring for the oil pressure sensor and one terminal was corroded and loose. Cleaned it up and crimped it slightly to re-attach tightly. New oil and filer and gave her a quick run around the block. All works fine. Gauge now sits just above midway when driving and does the usual 2.3TD oil light on and gauge drops to about the quarter mark when idling. Happy days.

Saturday morning she had a baptism of fire as the other half's Ford Explorer has major piston blow by and is drinking oil quicker than petrol (and for a 4.0 V6 thats a lot). Anyways long and short of it is she has to borrow Kaz for work until she can get another truck. So we set off for sunny Northamptonshire bright and early. Was great to see Kaz trundling along in front of me. No smoke (apart from the occasional puff when changing gear). Averaged 70mph all the way (pretty astounding for a 2.3).

On the road:



Little and large when stopped for coffee:



On site getting her first taste of mud:



We put her through her paces I can tell you. Lugging some pretty heavy trailors (including a couple of diesel bowsers weighing in at around 4 tons a piece. You can see one in the backgroud of the last photo next to some portaloo's for a rough scale) which she handled with ease. I even tested the 4wd and it works perfectly with no noises or knocks. You have to love these old Frontera's.

[gregster]

Got some new fonts for the vinyl cutter....so had a play...been thinking of you Ratty!!!!

[RatCav]

You prat Greg

...

in all honesty I may have a request for you

Need to replace the ones removed when she had the respray!

[gregster]

I am sure I can make "replacements" when I can get this cutter working

[andytats]

@Greg

[Drift]

Can you knock me a few stickers up for my MOT saying "Dont look here and I will give you a fiver"