P548 RFR - Marvin the Maverick 2.7TDi Project Thread

[exosteve]

lovin yours and petes threads
I need more

 

[Banshee]

Leaky Water Pump

So my water pump was leaking and my car was overheating, turned out that my water pump was duff and my thermostat failed closed!!!!!!!!!!!

This nearly cooked my head

Failed Thermostat

New thermostat was an 82 degree one which also seemed to get the truck hotter quicker

 

[Banshee]

lovin yours and petes threads
I need more

You're welcome mate, there's a lot more to come :thumb2

Lets hope others jump on the bandwagon

 

[Banshee]

Bull Bar and Spots

Then I picked up a bullbar from Burton upon Trent for pretty cheap with the spots :thumb2

 

[Banshee]

Dead Starter Motor

Then my starter decided to give up the ghost

New starter fitted after a dislocated shoulder, broken wrist and bent fingers :doh

 

[firebobby]

Ryan would have been proud of your dashboard lights, trucks looking very smart:thumb2

 

[macabethiel]

Nice thread

Hi there - neat looking motor great pics !

 

[Banshee]

Bumper Re-Coloring

The bumpers were becoming very faded on the car and still are, I have yet to find a permanent solution without painting them

I initially used a heat gun which warms the oils up in the plastic and temporarily brings it back to the surface

Before

After

I've used the autoglym stuff and that lasts until the next downpour of rain and if you do manage to obtain a stint of sunshine it bleaches the bumpewr even whiter :doh

The best and cheapest option I've found so far is rubbing smooth peanut butter into them with a microfibre cloth, I have also found that the smallest amount of WVO on a rag does the trick too but not too much to leave a visible residue

 

[Banshee]

Steering Wheel Anti-Vibration Damper

Who hasn't had this one !!!!

It had fell off inside the steering wheel and was causing the horn to go off when on full lock :doh

 

[Banshee]

Torsion Bar Re-Indexing

Here's a few sneaky pictures after I had re-indexed my torsion bars to bring thye front of the truck up as it had drooped over time

 

[Banshee]

Rear Brake Drum Failure

I lost a pin which caused one of the shoes to fall of damaging the adjuster inside the hub :doh

Sourced some new bits and all was well again

 

[Banshee]

MOT Time

With last years MOT creeping up on me I decided some bits needed some TLC

This for one had been annoying me forever and I kept having to re-tape it to get the car to start :doh

I managed to find an old positive jump lead that had knackered ends and cut a nice piece of cable to suit, twined the copper cable together, soldered in place and used some of the heat shrink tube to keep it in place and then tapedfor extra security and a nice new brass terminal that bolted straight onto my shiny new battery terminals

New upper and lower ball joints fitted and a CV Boot as the one on there had a split

And a new pair of boots to replaced the worn fronts

 

[Fez_uk]

:thumb2

 

[Banshee]

:thumb2

A lot more to come mate :thumb2

 

[Banshee]

Rear Propshaft UJ Replacement

Clunking and Rattling under low revs was worrying me slightly so I decided to get underneath and check the state of the propshaft UJ's and state was ironically the best description

A close up of the needle bearings inside the cup as it came off the prop

The new one fitted (nice plug for Milner Offroad here £8 + £5.50 postage Trade Prices :thumb2

 

[Banshee]

Clutch Pedal Return Issue

Pedal wasn't returning to the right place and was clicking and clunking, turned out after many hours of messing around and umming and arrring about a bush that it wasn't even anything to do with, I noticed the clutch pedal level adjustment bolt :doh

FIXED

 

[Lazy-Ferret]

Pedal wasn't returning to the right place and was clicking and clunking, turned out after many hours of messing around and umming and arrring about a bush that it wasn't even anything to do with, I noticed the clutch pedal level adjustment bolt :doh

FIXED

But what did you do to fix it?

I have changed the bush in mine, twice, taken off the damper, replaced slave and flexible pipe, and had the whole assembly out to check for cracks, flushed it all through, but still it fails to return to the top.

 

[R1cho]

But what did you do to fix it?

I have changed the bush in mine, twice, taken off the damper, replaced slave and flexible pipe, and had the whole assembly out to check for cracks, flushed it all through, but still it fails to return to the top.

you adjust the nut

 

[Lazy-Ferret]

you adjust the nut

:doh yep, but which way... do you make it so the clutch peddle is higher or lower.?

 

[R1cho]

:doh yep, but which way... do you make it so the clutch peddle is higher or lower.?

cant remember, get the spanners out and have a play with ya nuts :naughty