WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

[AskDean]

i see the neeky japs hid the bolts round the back and if you have either 4 extions or a magic spanner you can get them off if you can find the slot on down th side of the block and it will fit your socket i had to try 4 differnt 17s to fin one that would go over it.

well convetor off and it has joined the starter motor, air con pump, alternator and every ruddy thing else in the boot of the car.

[simo_d]

New propshaft, that is all.

Oh and gave my mum a nice big oil patch in the middle of her driveway

[RatCav]

Got there in the end then Dean

[fudge]

today i finished off putting bits back form the oil seal yesterday
and then took it out for a drive, only to find my clutch didnt wanna disengauge

[Alfie]

Picked up my new 2.8lwb yesterday and looked at it longingly this evening after work but not allowed to play as I was too knackered. Arthritis no fun. Hopefully can play tomorrow

[RatCav]

Alfie:

[AskDean]

just about just been for a soak to calm down.

fkin isuzu lump the one i get tomorrow better work perfect or i am going to return it momentum as spent the whole day getting this one out on my own luckily had the right toys thanks to the kids looking after daddy and had the one we used when we did his serria lump years ago thought it had been sold long ago turn out to his mate with a i can borrow it when i need clause

so now just got cant wait for rob to get here tomorrow so i can go and get my lump.

another outstanding member of the fog comunity chipping in when needed. and his good lady for letting me steal ther time to help out.

hoping tomorrow night to have it sat in place so i can spend the next couple of days putting the half a million bolts back in that i have nestling in the air intake lid.

found out the top of the down pipe where it bolts to the manifold had been blowing not the join as i thought something to do with the fact it was not attached to the down pipe apart from a 1cm wide bit that snapped off when i moved the pipe out the way to get the engine free.

so need to find a welder next as judging by how rusty the joints are i will never get it off and on again so needs wedling in place while the engine is out seen one at aldi for £49.99 the other day know i should of bought it when i saw it

thansk for the support ravcat i needed it i nearl aggreed with the wife and called the scrappy to come and take it awa at one point today

[RatCav]

No problem buddy. I have just uploaded and hot-linked the Trooper manual for the 6VD1 engine complete with wiring etc. Thought it might help.

viewtopic.php?f=32&t=43710

[AskDean]

hi ratcav

i have the us trooper manual
WORKSHOP MANUAL
US VERSION
RIGHT HAND MODEL
EXP UBS
PubNo. RV99_02-01.E

3574 pages

didnt use it once just kept unbolting things till the lump came out

used to be a mechanic but found i could earn more working on a computer and came in from the cold 15 years ago so it is in there just some times the head needs a good stir to remeber where it left how to do that.

thanks anyway will have a look later

[andysd1]

put it on ebay

[AskDean]

what the car or the wife

[andysd1]

[RatCav]

[AskDean]

it is a really nice 3.2 v6 limited with leather and zavvi gas kit but i only ust ogt it and it stands me at 3 grand with a new engine at least want to abuse it on the beach for the summer and get some fun out of it before i consider flogging it

works out 3 gallons to a tenner so i get 60miles around town to a tenner and if i drive like a saint i get 80 but on the motorway it sits a 70 ish at 2000 revs and i get 35 ish to the gallon after the new head gasket and service or it did before it went wrong before the head gasket was done it got 13.5 ish on 5 and half cylinders

i love it the wife did now hates the money pit on the front

[AskDean]

could sort my exhaust if i had one sold it all years ago just kept enough kit to fix a car now regretting it.

slowly building it back up now i have a fronty not by choice he he he

so who has a mig i can borrow to melt my exhaust with

[yaki]

Stripped the front suspension
Cleaned off some more Avalance Adventure mud
Cleaned out vents on front discs as they were full of mud
Greased wheel bearings
Changed retaining clip on inner cv joint
Fitted new steering idler
Had the beads broken on all 4 wheels and dropped in some balancing beads
Binned front pads as they were shot
Fitted brackets for steering damper
Painted steering damper

Still do do

Get rid of some more mud from the annual
Clean sliders for front calipers
Finish putting it all back together and fit the new steering damper
Strip, clean and check rear brakes
Adjust handbrake

Then, take it for a test drive and see if the wheel wobble is still there

[hipo1024]

[luke2110]

Wondered why she was leaning to one side, then realised my back tyre was like a wellie top!
So today i have put some air in my tyre

[bigdazz]

got towed to bro garage for rear diff replacement

[AskDean]

oy you git dazz find your own name for your cash guzzler i called mine the money pit first