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by richardshall on Tue Nov 30, 2010 7:47 pm
Fitted a new exhaust from the cat - back I have been under my fronty for most of the day, nothing nicer than lying in snow What started out to be the rear tail pipe turned into the tail pipe and niddle section with the back box. Then it turned into the cat as well. All fitted now though, just cold and have a big dent in my wallet 
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by rancidrich on Wed Dec 01, 2010 1:56 pm
Bought Road tax today and found that tessie celibrates her 16th birthday tomorrow. Now what can i get her....? oil change or anti-freeze 
If it aint broken, you havent tried hard enough
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by john (smifffy) on Wed Dec 01, 2010 2:29 pm
sorted both drivers side doors as central locking was playing up rear door would not shut and front would not open got the front one open and took both front an rear panel off and wd40 sprayed it all mechanism and freed off bits then gave a light spray of copper grease and all is ok think it might have been down to -4c temp during day and a low of -8 during night but wind chill would of been lower 
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by igotababyfrontera on Fri Dec 03, 2010 3:20 pm
Just got back from taking the truck to the garage i now have a happily married exhaust again (middle box) best parts only cost me £20 plus i didnt have to get cold and wet 
If it ain't broke, fix it before it does!! You know it will!!
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by RatCav on Fri Dec 03, 2010 4:08 pm
Stripped the offside front hub. Cannot see anything amis ... think I have a bust CV joint  Oh and got out a big bucket and filled it with the grit at the bottom of the road and manually gritted the street I live on seeing as the council don't seem to want to do it themselves.
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by MrTom on Fri Dec 03, 2010 4:09 pm
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by igotababyfrontera on Fri Dec 03, 2010 6:13 pm
If it ain't broke, fix it before it does!! You know it will!!
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by rancidrich on Fri Dec 03, 2010 7:30 pm
Spent half the day unfreezing the engine  (some one forgot the anti-freeze last night, thank god no damage done) got a new battery and put the anti-freeze in. One lesson i learnt today and wont forget in a hurry 
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by jason on Fri Dec 03, 2010 8:17 pm
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by Trugga on Sat Dec 04, 2010 4:20 pm
More like, "what did Alfie do to my truck last Sunday" (today was the first chance to take a photo in the daylight)  Just need to replace the 2" 3-point Sabelt belts with the 3" 5-point TRS belts and I'm good for competiton. Alfie - once again you are a star Lawrence
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by drinksoptional on Sat Dec 04, 2010 4:45 pm
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
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by jontera on Sat Dec 04, 2010 6:56 pm
Finally got around to fixing the darn thing...
Thought it was running a little poorly so got it compression tested..no compression at all in pot 3. mech person says "HG blown"..
well it was almost blown...but not as blown as the exhaust valve, nice big hole in it..no damage to head, piston, or the bore, so thought is I got lucky and it shot out the exhaust (probably stuck in the cat now) phoned VX (for a laugh) £57.50 + vat each none in stock be a couple of weeks...Local motor factors (Culmac) £10 + vat be in around 4.30pm today (I phoned at about 2pm)
evening spent re-seating valves and replacing oil stem seals..
All back together (sort of) started and it's as noisy as a train..might have something to do with the fact a snapped a stud on the manifold/downpipe join and forgot to put the gasket in...along with my timing being even more slightly out than it was before...but it lives again (just)
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by andysd1 on Sat Dec 04, 2010 8:01 pm
finally got the fans to do what i want them to do, (and that's not just cheer)
flying solo, weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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