stuzbot
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As fans of my recent posts will know, I've run into a fair amount of what I might charitably call 'teething troubles' with my Colorado, since I bought it: headlamp & grille arrangement held together with cable ties, the recalcitrant bonnet catch, the leaking brake fluid today... and then, while I was poking about under the rear, investigating that brake fluid leak, I spotted some bubbling round one of the drain holes in the side of the chassis rail by the side of the fuel tank. So 'had at it' with a big screwdriver.
Well, I'm sure you can guess the rest...
Sigh! --I know none of these things are major show-stoppers in their own right. But I'm getting a nasty déjá vú feeling that this is going to turn into a repeat of my previous 'dream motor' purchase, where I bought an old VW Syncro with great intentions of rolling restoring it. But then kept finding more and more niggling wee things which needed sorting out before I could do any of the 'fun stuff'.
I fecked my leg up, two days after I got the Land Cruiser and only just this past week or so been mobile enough to start crawling round underneath etc. So, for most of the past month or more, I've been itching to get out there and start working through my mighty stash of 'preventative maintenance' jobs; tranny flush, new radiator, coolant flush, filters, axle & transfer box oils, etc. But, all I've managed to achieve in the past week or so has been an oil change, a new air filter and the LBJs.
And now I've got this annoying brake fluid leak to sort before I can attend to anything else on that list. Talk about one step forward and two back!
Well, I'm sure you can guess the rest...
Sigh! --I know none of these things are major show-stoppers in their own right. But I'm getting a nasty déjá vú feeling that this is going to turn into a repeat of my previous 'dream motor' purchase, where I bought an old VW Syncro with great intentions of rolling restoring it. But then kept finding more and more niggling wee things which needed sorting out before I could do any of the 'fun stuff'.
I fecked my leg up, two days after I got the Land Cruiser and only just this past week or so been mobile enough to start crawling round underneath etc. So, for most of the past month or more, I've been itching to get out there and start working through my mighty stash of 'preventative maintenance' jobs; tranny flush, new radiator, coolant flush, filters, axle & transfer box oils, etc. But, all I've managed to achieve in the past week or so has been an oil change, a new air filter and the LBJs.
And now I've got this annoying brake fluid leak to sort before I can attend to anything else on that list. Talk about one step forward and two back!