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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Postby cheekychick on Thu Mar 05, 2009 11:19 pm

what :?: :?: :?: :lol: :lol: , she's in the hospital at the minute, just a few bits to be done then have to start a bit of spending :D
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Postby Sir-Doris on Fri Mar 06, 2009 8:00 pm

Took the old girl in for an mot this morning, got a call back at 15.30 to say she had failed. Oddly enough it didnt fail on emissions which I thought it would given that the CAT is fubared.

Failed on uneven braking on the front wheels and excessive play in the drivers side ball joint.
Got a new ball joint on order and Im fairly sure that the brakes are down to dodgy brake pads and may need bleeding.
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Postby Drift on Fri Mar 06, 2009 8:03 pm

Did nothing to mine but in my lunch break I fitted a new temp sender unit to my mates citreon :D
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Postby woodwizzard on Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:28 pm

Fitted a new stereo as the other one was packing up from being full of woodchips, mud and dog hair, Sounds like your kinda friday night that Ste :wink: :lol: Thought about washing it as going to a 4x4 response induction day on sunday and need to try and get in and out of it in "normal" clothes without getting filthy, do it tomorrow if I can be bothered.
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Postby Road Hog on Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:39 pm

I Driftyfied (new word :wink: ) my air intake :D
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Postby Drift on Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:45 pm

Sober tonight :(

Funny when I took the temp sender off the block the water flew out like a fountain, I forgot to de pressurise the system by taking the rad cap off, my mates face was a picture, he loves the car, he thought it was bleeding to death :lol: :lol:

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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Postby Road Hog on Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:51 pm

Drift wrote:Sober tonight :(


Nah not a hope,Friday is red wine night :drink:

Drift wrote:Funny when I took the temp sender off the block the water flew out like a fountain, I forgot to de pressurise the system by taking the rad cap off, my mates face was a picture, he loves the car, he thought it was bleeding to death :lol: :lol:


So you said Oh silly me :wink:


Drift wrote:Bernie has been Drifted :dance: :dance:


You will like this :lol:
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Postby john boy on Sun Mar 08, 2009 11:23 am

Finished sorting out me water entrys :lol: :lol: sealed the front screen and adjusted the doors and tailgate and sealed the roof aerial and tweaked the rear windows :shock: now its time to let it dry out and refit the carpets back in.i must be getting old can't do with noise with the carpets out :lol: :lol: :lol: oh and found where the sun roof seal has a split so i don't get a wet neck from the drain hole on left hand bends :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Postby alex on Sun Mar 08, 2009 2:47 pm

I know what you mean John, like the rugged approach, but gotta get to the lanes and back in a bit of comfort.

I today, had a quick squint under to check all is well and emptied the boot. Thats enough today.
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Postby weave67 on Sun Mar 08, 2009 2:51 pm

i gave mine a quick wash and emptied the boot,thats as far as it goes today :wink:
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Postby optima on Sun Mar 08, 2009 5:07 pm

I fitted my new trip meter

And it even works :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Postby Hound Dog on Sun Mar 08, 2009 5:33 pm

I fixed my heated electric mirror swicth on mine.

Got a new [linkurl=http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=6451]micro switch[/linkurl] from maplins this morning unsoldered the old one and soldered the new one on and now works properley
Cost me £1.29 to fix. Vx robbers wanted £40 something for a complete new mirror switch
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Postby andysd1 on Sun Mar 08, 2009 9:27 pm

well today i started replacing my viscus fan for an electric one, but while i had the radiator out, i thought i might as well give the inter cooler a clean out, but on removing the cooler it made a funny clicking noise, oh i wounded, what is that, well to my surprise and shock, i turned the cooler up side down, and this fell out,
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Postby weave67 on Sun Mar 08, 2009 9:33 pm

at least you didnot find a spanner down there remember drifter pulling that 13mm out my engine bay yesterday :oops:
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Postby Drift on Sun Mar 08, 2009 10:32 pm

:lol: :lol: that was funny :lol:
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Postby Trugga on Sun Mar 08, 2009 10:43 pm

I removed the gear lever gaiter from the trim panel and re-fitted further towards the hand brake - now the trim panel stays in place when reverse is engaged :D

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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Postby Mudskipper on Sun Mar 08, 2009 10:44 pm

washed and scrubed mine yesterday then went out and got it dirty today.
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Postby Sir-Doris on Mon Mar 09, 2009 12:05 am

Changed the front brake pads and bled the front brakes for the MOT retest.

For future reference I had EBC greenstuff pads on the front and ever since they have been fitted I felt they just werent gripping the disc well enough.
After changing the pads (regular £20 jobbies) I went for a drive, this was before bleeding the brakes dont forget and even without the pads bedding in yet braking is substantially improved.

This is a shame as the Greenstuff pads are around £40 a set and they arent even a 1/4 worn. They have gone straight into the bin and I will never be buying them again.
A previous post on the forum had suggested Greenstuff pads should only be used with new discs, tried that, still rubbish. I suggest everyone sticks to regular brake pads.
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Postby yaki on Mon Mar 09, 2009 1:11 am

Did nuffin to it today cos I went laning :dance: :dance:

But yesterday swapped the oil pressure sender unit in an attempt to fix a wildly fluctuating oil pressure gauge and it did :shock: easy fix for a change :dance:

Swapped back onto my muds ready for today and took off one of my Hi Lift mounts, redrilled the holes and refitted so I could attach my new HiLift jack :D

General tidy up, check fluids and she was ready to go :D
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

Postby dickycaz on Tue Mar 10, 2009 7:12 pm

i gave :oops: mine a dirty look and a kick on the way down the drive as i had to drive the wifes volvo to Aberdeen as my truck is still broken
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