Dirty Frog... The saga...

[Adz]

January 31st 2011 - Gearbox looses 3rd gear

February 12th 2011 - Bought the White Pearl off Ian Douglas
( was going to restore it but now needing the gearbox )

February 15th 2011 - Get the gearbox out of the White Pearl

February 16th 2011 - Get the gearbox out of Dirty Frog

February 17th 2011 - Put new clutch in Dirty Frog & put the White Pearls gearbox in

February 21st 2011 - Rear axle shuddering & locking

February 22nd 2011 - Made 1 rear axle out of 2

February 23rd 2011 - Gearbox taken back out of Dirty Frog

February 28th 2011 - Gearbox from a 2001 60000 mile terrano arrives

March 14th 2011 - Gearbox going into Dirty Frog & then being road tested by may mate & if it is ok will get it back on 18th or 19th of March.



Gearbox 1 - Bearings had collapsed & shaft warn heavily plus a crack in the bell housing = scrap

Transferbox 1 = ok

Gearbox 2 - same as gearbox 1 ( but housing ok )

Transferbox 2 - seized

Axle 1 - 1/2 full with water & bearings collapsed



Will report back next weekend with good news hopefully

Now an expert in taken the gearboxs out :augie ( with NO grinder )

Also resetting the torsion bar is easy

 

[zippy656]

so where are the PICS!

 

[zippy656]

or maybe its a new dance


in

out

in

out

ya shake it all about

 

[Adz]

Couldn't be bothered to be honest

With regards to the "in out in out" thats a bit personal :augie :lol

 

[zippy656]

Couldn't be bothered to be honest

With regards to the "in out in out" thats a bit personal :augie :lol

ah you a two stroke man then
:augie:augie

 

[jace]

idve took the gas axe to the fooker by now lol

 

[zippy656]

that better than a grinder then??

 

[Adz]

idve took the gas axe to the fooker by now lol

Na, its just a teething problem & testing my patience

that better than a grinder then??

O hell yeah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd39Fonf_Gc

 

[zippy656]

thats nice is that

 

[jace]

thats running off a hydrogen fuel cell on truck! i thought at first it was oxy acetelene

 

[Lynn]

have you noticed that my better half does not tell you how poor lynn has been getting up at 4.30am to take him to work and!!! i have to warm the bleeding car up for him aswell............whats that song..this is a mans world!!!!:naughty

 

[Adz]

have you noticed that my better half does not tell you how poor lynn has been getting up at 4.30am to take him to work and!!! i have to warm the bleeding car up for him aswell............whats that song..this is a mans world!!!!:naughty

& the female of the species is more deadly than the male :augie

 

[jace]

i did see tha the other day lol fair play!

 

[harlowmaverick]

4.30am!
id make him call a bleeding cab :naughty
lolol

hurry up and get back on the road :doh

 

[Lynn]

loli cant cos his a bit of a sweetie and id feel bad lol xxxx

 

[Adz]

FINALLY BACK ON THE ROAD​

:jump :jump :jump :jump :jump :jump :jump :jump :jump :jump


After about 10 - 11 weeks off the road & been to busy with work & sorting out work out to do it me self. I had to leave it with me mate to do in between jobs to get it done in return for favours
So look out Wales :sly :naughty :lol :thumbs

 

[Fez_uk]

yay. just in time for the good weather. :clap

 

[Adz]

yay. just in time for the good weather. :clap

Yeah but it's better in the mud :naughty