What have you done to your truck today..? THE BLOG

#1 by audiobull , Thu Nov 01, 2012 4:47 pm

Mine got a wash today
and it started afterwards too

also received my decat pipe.
decat pipe and egr valve blanks now ready for fitting at the weekend courtesy of steve (wellspacedout)


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#2 by Basil , Thu Nov 01, 2012 4:53 pm

nothing....off sick today - tried sweating it out on the hill on the saw yesterday - woke up this morning like a plague victim

Its having a nice wash just now - if I go out and turn it round the other side will get done (maybe not)


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#3 by robert3040 , Thu Nov 01, 2012 6:02 pm

Filled it up with timber, building a deck today.


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#4 by 123hotchef , Thu Nov 01, 2012 8:08 pm

fitted 1 door speaker and an LED to light up the eleci window switch.
got all 4 spots on roll bar working too


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#5 by audiobull , Thu Nov 01, 2012 8:12 pm

have just ordered tons of led bulbs for inside the truck.


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#6 by 123hotchef , Thu Nov 01, 2012 8:13 pm

have fun with them cheap as chips too.


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#7 by forester , Thu Nov 01, 2012 9:34 pm

Got stuck and overheated. Pulled it out with the 360 based timber harvester I drive. Bloody wet weather everythings so muddy and shite..


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#8 by Basil , Thu Nov 01, 2012 11:02 pm

sounds like you need a leccy fan bud its saved me several times


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#9 by Stick , Thu Nov 01, 2012 11:10 pm

With a manual override switch<


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#10 by Basil , Fri Nov 02, 2012 7:15 am

Indeed


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#11 by Danne , Fri Nov 02, 2012 8:16 am

Reinforcing the new bumper and welded on a tow hook on it.


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#12 by ColinTheCop , Fri Nov 02, 2012 10:01 am

Tried to figure out where the oil is leaking from...


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#13 by 123hotchef , Fri Nov 02, 2012 10:04 am

any joy?


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#14 by 123hotchef , Fri Nov 02, 2012 10:06 am

went outside to fit the other door speaker.
TOO bloody cold out there today!
will wait until tomorrow


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#15 by ColinTheCop , Fri Nov 02, 2012 10:07 am

I think it's originating from the gearbox crossmember.

I realise that does not have an oil supply, but I can't figure out how it's getting onto it. There's no obvious path. I know everyone is gonna say the rocker cover but I'm not seeing it.

And it doesn't help when it's 2 degrees above freezing here in the Highlands and i'm lying on my driveway under the truck....


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#16 by 123hotchef , Fri Nov 02, 2012 10:25 am

Sucks dont it the cold.
Is it defintly engine oil?

I cant wait to move then I will have a garage.


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#17 by ColinTheCop , Fri Nov 02, 2012 10:36 am

That's the thing, when I dab my finger in the spots on the drive, its nice and clean almost like a nice EP90, not the very black blackness of my engine oil.


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#18 by LezT , Fri Nov 02, 2012 10:58 am

Colin, take out. The centre console etc, get the gait or off the gearbox and check it' s not creeping down from the gear levers



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#19 by ColinTheCop , Fri Nov 02, 2012 11:02 am

Oooh, that's do-able. Manily because I'm not lying outside in the cold....


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#20 by TwedL200 , Fri Nov 02, 2012 11:20 am

got the MOT today!

2PM is judgement time. need to unplug my spotlights before i go... lol. wish i had time to install the big leccy horn i got for it. it's loud! lol


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#21 by Yoda , Fri Nov 02, 2012 1:13 pm

What's the deal with spots and the MOT? Mine are on a totally separate switch, not at all linked to head lights. Will that pass?


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#22 by ColinTheCop , Fri Nov 02, 2012 1:18 pm

Yes, I seem to think there is an issue with roof mounted spots that come on with full beam not being quite legal as far as Mr MOT man is concerned.

But if yours are on a seperate switch that would be okay.


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#23 by krutly , Fri Nov 02, 2012 6:02 pm

Quote: TwedL200 wrote in post #20
wish i had time to install the big leccy horn i got for it. it's loud! lol


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#24 by audiobull , Fri Nov 02, 2012 7:25 pm

took it to central london today for a job. never ever again. i hate london but in the truck hell no! i cant feel my clutch leg now!

i also removed egr and cooler.


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#25 by shogun , Fri Nov 02, 2012 7:31 pm

just fitted four new injectors, what a difference, for a long time now the truck has been gradually loosing power which you dont seem to notice as you drive it all the time, the fuel consumption was continually dropping, getting harder to start and smokey, even when I fitted the decat I did`nt notice the difference
took it for a short test run and it feels more lively and torquey and definately pulls better right up the rev range
check again in the daylight for leaks and then hope the fuel consumption is back up nearer 30mpg

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