WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

[Drift]

Reset the handbrake, well it works better and should do for at least for a week or two
Then waxoiled a few patches and the fuel and brake lines, they have about an inch thick of waxoil on them over the years
Greased up the props while under there then greased the aux bearing in the engine and the alternator bearing and then cleaned out the alternator with a generous amount of contact cleaner then proceeded to clean all the electrical contact I could see.
All for the MOT on Saturday

[2much]

good luck drify!

just got back from mot station with a PASS!!

[AskDean]

went to a viking reenactment weekend with my lad and modded my truck

[Drift]

Cheers Steve

[RatCav]

Well done Steve

Good luck Drifty

Nice one Dean

[igotababyfrontera]

I washed,dried,waxed and polished mine
Also fitted my H.I.D.s correctly so hi and lo beam work now all i need to do is change my beam spots, fogs and sidelights to white so to match

[fogman]

flushed the cooling system & got rid of half a ton of thetford mud from the rad fins, also moved the electric fan to the innerside of the rad now that the viscous 1 has gone might give her a clean tomorrow , i cant believe i just said that shhhhhhhhhhh

[drinksoptional]

[yaki]

Collected the Trooper 3.1 engine from Watford on Sat

Came complete with alternator, starter and solid flywheel (more goodies to add to my spares stash) plus it is fitted with the Trooper 2.8 inlet manifold

There are a number of minor differences between the 2.8 in the Frontera and the Trooper 3.1

Sump pan is deeper, engine holds nearly a litre more oil
No sound insulation on the block or rocker cover
Oil pressure light and oil pressure gauge have separate sensors
One of the water sensors in the thermostat housing has 2 pins compared to the Frontera with 1 pin
Rocker cover has an extra pipe low down at the back corner which drains into the dipstick tube
The 3.1 does not have a thermostat at the rear of the block where the pipes go to the oil cooler
There is a gizmo on the side of the injection pump that is plumbed into the cooling system, guessing it is some kinda cold start/fast idle jobbie

Yesterday I made a start on building the engine up ready to install, fitted turbo, alternator, exhaust manifold with EGT adaptor but it was slow going as I have buggered my thumb and using it was really painful, then I failed to get the spigot bearing out so gave up

Back on it today and while it still hurts it was defo bettter and made some good progress.

Finished swapping bits off my 2.8 lump, bought a 16mm Rawl Bolt to extract the spigot bearing and the engine is in and bolted up, only jobs left are

Gearbox wiring
Replace clutch slave gaiter
Make and fit a blanking plate for the exhaust manifold EGR hole
Clean radiator as its fins are choked with mud and refit
Make and fit a blanking plate on the inlet manifold
Make a gasket for the thermostat housing and fit

Back in work in the morning so hoping to finish it off tomorrow night

[horses45]

well enentually got off my arse and fixed my rotted front bumber, and tomorrow will be greasing the wheel bearings and changing my broken wing mirror then who knows oil change be the end of the week and my monster stickers put on it

[4x4 bobby]

About bloody time!!!!!!

[RatCav]

[rospicer]

killed her

[Drift]

A caption for that picture "Come and get it big boy"

I unlocked my manual hubs that I forgot about last weekend laning

[drinksoptional]

I learned that the dvla have my chassi number wrong expains the issues with parts i was at izusu garage to see if they could get me a gasket they were unable to acorrding to isuzu the dvla didnt reckonise the number and my trooper didnt exsist it always comes up as a 2001 due to been an import so i brought the log book and he checked again i gave him number off the motor i am now awaiting a call . Meanwhile i am losing more oil than ever

[rospicer]

[yaki]

Neal

Yep, dunno why VX went with the DMF either, mine already has a solid flywheel so this one is surplus.

I'm guessing the inlet manifold is the early non intercooled 2.8 Trooper, looks like a big cast ally 4 branch

Whether the 3.1 needs it or not it now has the thermostat for the oil cooler off the 2.8

The 2.8 Frontera does not have the gizmo however the 1 fitted to the 3.1 seems to be seized

[yaki]

Finished off the last few jobs on the 3.1 tonight and then it was time to get it started except the engine has other idea's.

It will fire up but will not respond to the throttle, will not idle and struggles to run even with full throttle and then dies. Have primed the system and checked the shut off solenoid etc but still no banana

Starting to get a little frustrated now, seems that everything I do just goes completely wrong

Am wondering if its the pump is dodgy

[frontlee3]

you ve not had a rag anywhere near the intake? thats been sucked up when trying to start ad the same symptons on a montego td took us 3 days to work it out and only worked it out when i seen the round air box suck its self in like crushing a coke can opened up removed rag struck run sweet as a nut

[hipo1024]

Know how u feel buddy....(yaki)

I hoovered some of the clay out of the carpets from the annual... blocked the hoover a few times....oppsey lol. and filled a bin bag with rubbish I found under the seats and on the seats Also cleaned (albeit with just bog roll) the rear window because after 6 months of not being able to see behind me was getting annoying. (I had the rear window open on the motorway in Jan in the rain, so it was coated with greasy spray).

And then got in the grove and cleaned a little more mud off the wing mirrors lol and also wiped the thin layer of clay off my nudge bar spots so they are white again and not yellow :/

Not allowed to wash the outside due to a hoze pipe ban....oh how my neighbours love me