WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

[andysd1]

why you bringinginginging it here

[Drift]

No Ill send Lee to get you

[kees]

Changed the top hinge on the rear door as the old one had snaped

[john (smifffy)]

got a code reader turned up today just need a victim to try it on think the corsa should do

[Drift]

I feel Im getting left behind with all this code reader stuff you lecky type car owners have.....spanners rock

[andysd1]

[Drift]

Deal ......go con him and Ill do his plugs for him

[andysd1]

[Drift]

Oh I do like a plan

[john (smifffy)]

just ordered another toolbox from halfords its in there sale £49.99
so when i get out to the garage i can sort all the clutter out
as the son is going to be moving in next door so i wiil have 2 garages to use
wheel's and tyres, spares & garden tools in his & workshop tools in mine


http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165667

[gregster]

Fitted the new alternator on the 2.8lwb...that bottom bolt is a git...my hands are too big to get in there to get the nut on it...taped the nut into a ring spanner with insulation tape in the end, then held it in place and turned the bolt head on the front of the alternator with a rachet...GIT!!!
The rest was easy peasy...and now it charges properly, not at 24v+....battery seems ok though...nearly started the car without a jump and its been standing for a fortnight...will see how it goes, with jump cables in the boot just in case...

Just warming up then going out to valet the inside and change the seats....

[Drift]

That alty lower nut is a complete Barstowd to tighten, the nut can fall out, it happened to me a few years ago so I now have a locking nut on the end to stop it ever coming off again.

[Krusher]

I must admit I struggled abit with that bottom bolt aswell

Today I cleared all the mud out the rear arches from our picnic so I could then get to the bolts holding the rear mudflaps on.
Removed them and took the mangled mudflaps off after Gregsters dumper tyres modifies them.....

[Sir-Doris]

I had a nasty screeching, metal on metal sound the last couple of weeks. Thought it may have been rear gearbox output shaft bearings. After removing the propshaft to have a look it turned out to be the rear UJ at the diff. Took the prop off the donor truck in its entirety and swapped it over. No more noise and no more vibration.

Point to note tho. I checked the UJ's and none of them had play in them until I separated the prop from the diff flange. One spider was very, very stiff and the other was flopping around a lot.
Strange one really as I grease them up every month or so and they were replaced about 12 months ago.

[Drift]

Cheers for the Phil, just reminded me to grease mine tomorrow while Ive got the tools out

[Road Hog]

Phil see my PM All the rest of you with big suspension lifts....... think about having wide angle UJ`s welded into your props,UJ`s as every other component have a finite degree of operating range

[andysd1]

cleaned common chamber and manifold, (petrol and a paint brush) oiled up the flaps, took some measurements, so i can replace the vac, water and oil pipes under the manifold while its out,

[Drift]

Oi nipple face are you calling around tomorrow?

[gregster]

[Drift]

Greg me ole mucker, you havent met Andy have you

Once met never forgotten