Is it hell, I'm a cheep skate , satin black smoothrite applied with the finest quality gloss roller , needs a light rub down and one more coat before it's hit with the buffer

Got the MOT retest passed with no advisories. Renewed the back shoes, cylinders and drums - all pretty manky but hadn't even noticed a problem with them!

Fitted a 20" led light bar, just above the number plate with a sort of mini-bull bar number plate bracket

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Not for my truck but I've been building it for another member john , it's a wiring loom for light bars and tub auxiliary power , the switch unit is going on the headlining by the map lights

Fitted new rear leaf spring, broke off nut on the bottom of the shock 😢. Run out of light to do
The other side 😕

stripped out all the seats centre console and the carpet as I've found the underlay is wet so hoping i don't have a leak in the floor !! ran out of light to put it all back in so just put the drivers seat back in

Both leaf springs now fitted & new bottom hangers. new rear diff oil plus a new pair of rear shocks!!! Happy days.........

Purchased a wheel bearing for the truck , it's still in the box on the kitchen counter where it will probably stay until after Xmas 😀

Backed it off the drive today and pumped up the tyres , it's going for a run up the motorway tomorrow as the misfire and smoke is back 🙁

good old italian tune up huh

well my is getting pluged into the snapon tomorrow for what good it will do as it is running sweet as

New alternator fitted today after the other one crapped itself, easy replacement with a 2 inch lift as it slipped out between the chassis and body into the wheel well , the bad bit was when the oil pressure switch extension got hit and snapped off in the filter housing 😲, managed to get it out with a torx bit and no damage to the housing 😀, the dodgy wire on the abs sensor has also been soldered so hopefully no more intermittent abs light 😀

snapping that aint good mate glad it was a easy out, should be as they aint tight just tappered, i have thought about fitting a flexi to that too but you can get pressure drop and no flow to sensors

I'm going to chance it with a flexy extension 😮 , only got the pressure gauge working at the moment

it should be fine mate just takes a little longer to get a decent reading

Bought and fitted new glow plugs today only two was working
Got them from euro parts NGK £115.96

you paid £115 for glow plugs!? they should be about 10-15 each, coming out at 40-60 for a set, at the most!

Quote: George wrote in post #2316

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Bought and fitted new glow plugs today only two was working
Got them from euro parts NGK £115.96

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I wasn't going to rub it in mate @123hotchef

I replaced the plugs in my classic back in 2008 with denso ones from my local motor factors and they were nearly 100 quid back then
incidentally they are still the same ones in the truck now 9 years later so I guess they were worth it

George, it sounds like you may have bought them on the one day of the year where they didn't have a %off sale by the sounds of it
bit like going to DFS only to find they haven't got a sale on

I wont just dont like to see folk ripped off that is all! say no more my lips are sealed mate

Quote: krutly wrote in post #2320

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I replaced the plugs in my classic back in 2008 with denso ones from my local motor factors and they were nearly 100 quid back then
incidentally they are still the same ones in the truck now 9 years later so I guess they were worth it

George, it sounds like you may have bought them on the one day of the year where they didn't have a %off sale by the sounds of it
bit like going to DFS only to find they haven't got a sale on

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I've been to euros before and the parts were much dearer than I'd seen online so ended up going back home and ordered them online, then went back in to 'click and collect' them at the lower price as the guy at the counter said he couldn't match the online price. Still got the same parts as they were the ones sat on the counter that he'd just got a price for. So one price for a walk in and another for ordering online, go figure eh ?

Take them back get money back and go on line and get them at the correct price

To be fair, just bought a set of discs and pads from euro's for the girlfriend's 206 for £36. They were helpful and knew what they were talking about. More to the point we went there and had the parts within 10 minutes or so - you can't do that online.