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Apr 23, 2016 19:55:51 GMT
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Picked this beauty up today And to top it off, it came with a spare tailgate, result! So, the exhaust was split, grabbed a bit of old exhaust from a tyre place that shall remain nameless, and a couple of clamps, got underneath, did a bit of wrestling, hopefully it will hold for now, also found I was having to phone my braking in, due to the lack of meat on the pads as it turns out, the wiring needs a bit of love and the engine is self preserving is outsides due to a leaking rocket gasket, got MOT booked for Monday, everything works otherwise and floor is good ( but lacking a carpet), so fingers crossed it will have a fresh ticket by Monday night. My whole family seem to think it needs painting, they clearly have some sort of issues!?
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Last Edit: Apr 27, 2016 15:00:47 GMT by iamgroot: got year wrong
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gazz81
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Apr 23, 2016 21:13:34 GMT
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I like the original paint!
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Apr 23, 2016 21:32:21 GMT
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The yellow? Or how it is now?
I have also realised it is actually 1990 but I don't know how to change title, I also didn't mention, the bloody charge light is on and needs investigating tomorrow, couldn't run it after I bodged the exhaust up as it wasn't set.
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Last Edit: Apr 23, 2016 21:40:39 GMT by iamgroot: Extra info
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gazz81
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Apr 23, 2016 21:53:59 GMT
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The yellow!
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Apr 23, 2016 23:08:15 GMT
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It is quite a good colour that, brush painted over with good knows what, blue on Logbook, dunno where they got that from?
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And I just found an old advert for it, on here! link
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Apr 25, 2016 18:15:32 GMT
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Now with added MOT-ness!, just the 8 advisories, think I better put some tyres on it.....
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Apr 25, 2016 19:26:32 GMT
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Love the original canary yellow
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Apr 25, 2016 20:29:58 GMT
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Oh yeah, my dad said it needed a t-cut when he saw it on Saturday, so I said "..come round and do it in the morning then.. " he actually turned up Sunday, taking me by surprise and forcing my hand so now it looks more like this, but not as nice as the pics make it look.
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Apr 25, 2016 20:50:07 GMT
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Love it, proper workhorse!
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Apr 25, 2016 21:51:05 GMT
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Thanks, yeah it's definitely that! Lol
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Apr 30, 2016 19:31:18 GMT
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So, I decided to take on the rats nest that was the stereo wiring today, turning this: Into this: So theres a lot less chance of a flaming dashboard now, problem being, the speakers, still didn't work, took the doors apart and found....the speakers were rusted solid, not a quarter mm of deflection, something else for the shopping list
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This arrived so I can get rid of the wibbly wobbly temporary stuck on one, which makes you feel sea-sick when you look in it. And this is the current state of the exhaust, check this out bortafTail section and part of middle section: The bit that's supposed to be attached in front of that: And where the split was under the cab, which I managed to blow into a massive crevasse, with the mig set as low as it would go: Yes, creative use of chemical metal did get me through the MOT as far as the exhaust went, but now I need to sort it out properly.
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Thatlast pic is a bit like the clicker bait on bookface. He started to mig, but didnt expect this to happen!!
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I'm not sure what you mean, but the comment is about right, its so bloody thin its more like plasma cutting, didnt have a spare bit to sleeve over it and weld it up, but I do now, couple that with a fresh roll of wire and I'll be away
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He started to mig, but didnt expect this to happen!! man began mig welding a pipe, what he found inside will BLOW YOUR MIND
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Last Edit: May 5, 2016 11:49:09 GMT by darrenh
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MattW
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rip a skid in it
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He started to mig, but didnt expect this to happen!! man began mig welding a pipe, what he found inside will BLOW YOUR MIND Can you link whatever it is for me please?
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Already sorted, shame it has an open diff though....
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Jun 11, 2017 18:14:07 GMT
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Bloody hell, I haven't updated this in a long time! Better get that sorted. Well, the little truck was running progressively worse for a while, everything in the world was suggested to me except what it turned out to be. The head gasket was blown between the rear two cylinders and had been like it so long it had cut a track in the cylinder head, so the head was skimmed by the local engine place we use ams them when it came back from there and was getting put back together it became obvious all of the valve shims needed replacing (more than twice the clearance they should be) and 5 of the valves had got paper thin so the valves got replaced too, then the cam mysteriously cracked while on the bench in the workshop and nobody knows how that happened!? So a N.O.S cam was sourced and fitted and the engine put back together with a nice genuine timing belt...
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