"Terrance" - 04' Terrano II SE Commercial 2.7TDi Project Thread

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I'll be following in the footsteps of my Uncle Blocky and swapping for an earlier H233 cast axle.

Got one with ABS sat at James' yard ready for me when I need it :naughty

Get grandads on the road, load yours onto a trailer with all required parts and come on over. Spend the weekend with it up on the ramp and the kettle on.:clap
 
Terrance has been laid up on the drive with multiple problems currently as of Fiday night and the Yorkshire Moors tour was cancelled and potentially rescheduled for next weekend should the truck be ready :bow

Silly things hopefully, have had to get some parts ordered this morning and will be without a vehicle next week as the girlfriend needs her Fiesta which is usually my backup so will be on the BMX and the train by the looks of it :lol

Do have a MAF AMP to fit to it as well so it's just as well that I check everything is good up front as it's going to get some real grunt for next weekends trip :sly

I'll do a more in depth reply later, for now....... I have work to do
 
Get grandads on the road, load yours onto a trailer with all required parts and come on over. Spend the weekend with it up on the ramp and the kettle on.:clap

mmmmmmm, Raaaammmp! :naughty
 
Get grandads on the road, load yours onto a trailer with all required parts and come on over. Spend the weekend with it up on the ramp and the kettle on.:clap

Cheers Blocky :thumb2 Didn't see this offer mate but I'm almost there now when some bits and bobs arrive in the post next week. :thumb2
 
So Terrance has been a bit poorly of late, little niggle here, little niggle there, leave the niggles a bit longer it will be alright, another niggle, a big niggle and before you know it you're trucks niggled!!!! :doh

First issue is my glow plugs are acting strange. They warm as per normal when the ignition switches on but when the glow plug relay clicks off, usually it will stay off for about 30-45 secs before cycling back on again as normal and will keep doing that for a few cycles. Now it instead clicks on and off evey second and stops doing so after 30 seconds :eek:

I've checked and swapped the relay for the one on Grandads truck and it does the same, I've checked all the wiring which was fine, and then was born another idea, I decided that I was going to build a waterproof enclosure with conduits for the relay wires and then another the other side for a breather that will run up to the snorkel when I do the diff breathers.

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Still had the problems though, then I decided I was going to whip all the glow plugs out and check the health of them, tested them all on the jump leads and they were all fine, they were Bosch LP079 metal rod plugs, I decided that as I was this deep into it, I was going to put another myth to bed, I fitted a set of earlier Bosch LP032 for the TD engine without the intercooler and they work perfectly and fit perfectly too, they draw the same amount of current and they have a larger tip too so they extend further into the cylinders :sly

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Cleaned up the Buzz Bar and refitted everything and still having the issue with the relay clicking on off really quickly, Elty recomended that I unplug all accessories in the truck as this what caused it on his truck before but I've done that and still no good, any ideas guys?
 
Apart from that, it appears that my McGills Motorsports Rose Joint Droplinks have finally given up after 2 years which for £10 a side isn't bad value at all really given how often I snapped OEM ones with 33's on.

I'm fitting new lower ball joints both sides which should have been done when the uppers were done recently but I was lazy and also putting new MOOG tie rods on until next year when I will be going rose joint Tie Rods again :naughty

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Finally my passengers side manual hub has decided to seize up and wont engage correctly, I've stripped it and can't seem to repair it, I'm throwing the towel in and going to replace them.

I also thought I had a whine from my rear diff as I thought it was leaking fluid as Blocky's was but instead I've actually had a bit of good fortune and it appears that instead its the breather pipe that is split and is splashing fluid all over the top of the diff casing. The whining that I thought was coming from the rear actaully stopped when I removed the manual hubs so I've been saved for the time being at least from having to swap my rear diff :thumb2

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1 out of 3 aint bad! :thumbs

Love the use of the Tupperware box too! :bow

Unfortunately I have no clue what could be causing your Relay problem... My 'Go To' suggestion would be "Check the Ground" but I reckon you'll of thought of that! :nenau
 
Just a thought Zac,does the timer control unit on the fuse box control the cycle of the glow plugs??
I know it does the interior lights,rear screen and a few others or is it controlled via the ECU/ engine temp.
 
Just a thought Zac,does the timer control unit on the fuse box control the cycle of the glow plugs??
I know it does the interior lights,rear screen and a few others or is it controlled via the ECU/ engine temp.

Hmmmm :nenau Not sure, which one is that Elt? Where's teh TCU located?
 
It's a black box screwed onto the fuse box above the fuses with a big multi plug going into it.
 
just been looking in the manual and the glow plug timer is ECU controlled.
Not much to the curcuit for the glowplugs really.
First thing i would check is the condition of the wiring then move along to each other part of the curcuit.
 
Just a few pics for the Project Thread of Terrance in his first proper snow outing since my ownership :thumb2

He performed fantastically!!!!

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Fresh snow like that is great to drive on, there's actually quite a lot of grip.

It's the next day when it freezes underneath and becomes an ice skating rink :lol
 
2wd or 4wd?

With that much space I'm not sure I would be able to restrain myself :D
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Now where was that post about having the sticker say you must drive this home written on the dash lol :augie
 
Battery Issues

My battery has been giving me grief so I decided that enough was enough and I got another one, went for the exact same battery again as it's served me well and does get a hammering.

The guys I usually use gave it me at a bargain basement price too, it's a Lucas XV31MF Marine/Leisure Battery, 110ah 800CCA which is an upgraded spec on the old one as that was only a 720CCA, 3 years warranty on this one wheras I had nothing on the other as it was 2nd hand :doh

It's only holding 1/2 of it's power at the minute but might clean it up, relocate the washer bottle, slap a new battery tray in there and a split charge system :cool:

That's for 2018 though :eek:

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Why oh why do I have to try and get this across, there is no such thing as a leisure battery, it is a start battery, with a different name, that will only tolerate a 30% discharge as opposed to a deep discharge battery that will repeatedly take 80% discharge over a 15 plus year period, sorry but there is so much misunderstanding regarding batteries, Rick
 
Why oh why do I have to try and get this across, there is no such thing as a leisure battery, it is a start battery, with a different name, that will only tolerate a 30% discharge as opposed to a deep discharge battery that will repeatedly take 80% discharge over a 15 plus year period, sorry but there is so much misunderstanding regarding batteries, Rick
No sorry Rick, the Numax XV series are designed specifically for the application that I'm using it for. They are starter/leisure batteries please read here;

https://www.tayna.co.uk/Numax-Batteries
 

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