WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

[Shaggy]

I missed her flying over yesterday Genuinely gutted

Apparently its not the last time shes gonna fly though, shes due to go out twice more before then end of the month

[snapper]

[JEOH]

Washed, polished and waxed during a boring day at work ...

Tested a beacon as well.

[4x4 bobby]

Got her back all finished and running nice!!!!!!! Now got to give her a good clean and make her look great again. I may even put her up for sale now!!

[pot bellied pixie]

Fitted new front shocks and a near side torsion bar hight adjuster bolt.how does something that thick snap?

[hipo1024]

Decided to change the gearbox on the 2.8 only like 14 months after I broke it.

Didn't notice the damage until I removed the transfer box's skid plate and found half of the transfer box laying in it.



I think I've found the problem!


And the b%tch is out!


When I next get time I'll refit the new one

[andytats]

About bloody time you made a set on this. Did me fitting my new clutch motive you.
Check your clutch as you have the gearbox out.

[Shaggy]

I finally managed to free up my o/s/r caliper and also fix my handbrake! I no longer need to carry round a bloody great slab of wood

[Retro Pedro]

[snapper]

Nothing to the Truck other than used it to collect these ...


Just settling into their new home.

[gregster]

[hipo1024]

It started off when the transfer box rear output seal failed on my way to Wales for a annual meet (I think), then became it wasn't my daily drive I forgot about the seal and kept driving it off road. Then it started making some interesting noises so I decided that iit's past the point of return so kept driving it (albeit slowly) then down the woods for last year's August weekender doing a hill climb I lost drive to the front with a big bang, then on the way to the petrol station to be recovered home it momentarily locked with a massive bang (felt like I'd been rear ended). It's been parked up ever since lol. I'm going to open up the transfer box just because I want to see what's happened that made it blow a hole in one side and crack the casing on the other side. All in all I'm fairly pleased with it, I hate it when things just die with no carnage, it's the carnage that makes it worth while lol

[gregster]

[andytats]

You saying that dan has reminded me about my gearbox on the 2.0 Greg was going to take it apart to see what went wrong with it. Have you had time yet Gregg to look at it.

[snapper]

Finally managed to find a passenger side A Series LWB Window Switch and get the windows working again in O-no.

I've been looking for a switch for the last 6 months or so, with no luck and finally managed to track one down on flea bay for a comfy £12.00 delivered.

Points to note for the future:

Window not going up/down stylee faults are most likely to be caused by dry joints in the wiring and the connectors in the doors are the most likely culprit.

1st i.a should be checking the circuit fuse, once that is confirmed as good then check and clean the connectors behind the door panels before replacing the ecu and switches.

Of the front switches the drivers side one is most likely to have worn out through use while the passenger side one is susceptible to voltage spikes and reverse polarity damage in the circuit-board that is connected to it. Not sure what it does, but I think it's likely to be part of the overload timer protection for the lift motors. From my experience any fault on it stops the whole setup from working.

Don't try to close a window by putting a voltage onto one of the plugs in the handbrake housing. It'll most likely cook the circuit board on the passenger side switch . You need to take the door panel off, disconnect at the plug and then apply the voltage to the motor lead directly.

Oddly enough, switches from the VX Carlton (of the same year range as the fronty) fit, work and are (in my experience) easier to get and a lot cheaper than the Frontera varierty.

[gregster]

Started pulling stuff off the red 2.8, made space for the 2 B's and the other 2.8 coming in at the weekend, stripped the last of the 2.5lwb, and 2.2i lwbA ready to go to fronty heaven, and....
....found a really tasty 3.2v6 facelift shorty in black, with leather and LPG....and its manual....and subject to clearing some more space, it will be mine...Needs a wing and door and a little paint (its unrecorded salvage), no suspension damage...and it rips!

[4x4 bobby]

If you got 2 B's coming in don't forget me clocks

[bhcalcutta]

Finally got round to fitting the shiny new silicone turbo hoses that I bought a few weeks ago.





No major modifications needed, and they went on quite easily.

Although there is no gain in top end pressure, the system pressurizes a lot quicker, boost arrives quicker, and is a lot more noticeable

[hipo1024]

Think your going to get hounded for the specs of the pipes you used because from the pics they look like off the shelf bits?

[bhcalcutta]