Monaro Pete
11-07-2018, 15:59
Before I purchased my new truck he had a slight incident with a lad on a motor cross...… He had a dint just below the offside break light, the brake light cluster was smashed & the bumper had been pushed over by around an inch. These are the reasons I got him at a reasonable price & the partner of the former owner (who works where I do) wanted a Disco instead :nenau
After taking delivery of Ron, I set about removing the rear bumper & bumper support thingy.
The support had taken quite a bash, but straighten out nicely with the aid of a lead hammer :lol
The bumper had also split (underneath so out of sight), but a few rivets & some stainless plate it was good again.
New light sourced from eBay for £20.00 including post so I was happy :D
I still have the dint & I'm currently watching youtube to get tips & pointers. I'm not expecting to remove all the dint as the steel is stretched, but I'm not to a little filler :augie
He's had oil, filter change & fuel filter too, because I had these in my garage, I have to get an air filter which some muppet had deformed on a previous service so it wasn't working correctly :eek: :rolleyes:
The cabin filter looked like it had spent the last nine years down a coal mine & I had this in my stock too.
Andy (my friendly A/C engineer) checked my system & he needed a new condenser. £35.00 including post (how do they do it) for a new one with a two year warranty was also off eBay.
New condenser was fitted last weekend by the how to section on here (I remembered from Clivvy's old truck on drilling out the spot welds).
Andy came around yesterday & gassed him up & now I have lovely cold A/C again :D :D
I will be giving the underside another dousing before winter as to keep him in this world a while longer ;)
So far I'm more than happy with him & if he turns out to be as reliable as Clivvy's old one, I will certainly feel blessed :bow :bow
After taking delivery of Ron, I set about removing the rear bumper & bumper support thingy.
The support had taken quite a bash, but straighten out nicely with the aid of a lead hammer :lol
The bumper had also split (underneath so out of sight), but a few rivets & some stainless plate it was good again.
New light sourced from eBay for £20.00 including post so I was happy :D
I still have the dint & I'm currently watching youtube to get tips & pointers. I'm not expecting to remove all the dint as the steel is stretched, but I'm not to a little filler :augie
He's had oil, filter change & fuel filter too, because I had these in my garage, I have to get an air filter which some muppet had deformed on a previous service so it wasn't working correctly :eek: :rolleyes:
The cabin filter looked like it had spent the last nine years down a coal mine & I had this in my stock too.
Andy (my friendly A/C engineer) checked my system & he needed a new condenser. £35.00 including post (how do they do it) for a new one with a two year warranty was also off eBay.
New condenser was fitted last weekend by the how to section on here (I remembered from Clivvy's old truck on drilling out the spot welds).
Andy came around yesterday & gassed him up & now I have lovely cold A/C again :D :D
I will be giving the underside another dousing before winter as to keep him in this world a while longer ;)
So far I'm more than happy with him & if he turns out to be as reliable as Clivvy's old one, I will certainly feel blessed :bow :bow