Who is doing what maintenance today?

[cmcmill01]

Mornings job, fitted 1 of the pair brought back from the states recently.




The barrier reduces the opening a little, but not to much. The window rudder is a nightmare to work with especially as it was pretty cold this morning, probably took 3 hours all in.

Bring it in from states on the plane obviously saved a lot of shipping costs!!!


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[Chris]

Very nice.

Swapped the brake hoses on the green one today for Roughtrax braided ones. Kept nice and warm with my new Clarke 3kW infra-red workspace heater.

 

[fbnss]

Well, having driven a number of artics, rigids and forklifts today i returned home from work and was even more manly! Hard to believe i know but look, i bent some metal.





I had to stop though as it was getting dark, gonna try another one tomorrow.

Ps. Having a problem uploading the photos the right way round, never had a problem before, ended up having to crop them for some reason.

 

[Shayne]

Heating off a cold bath and sleep on the kitchen floor Nick and you might get it finished tomorrow

 

[fbnss]

Its only the first step, i figured if i F'd this part up no great loss, but if i bought all the other bits and failed i'd be a slightly upset. Oh n "she's" moved out, no need for heating or bathing but i shall be sleeping in my purple bed, with the purple flowers on the duvet and the purple flowery curtains in the purple bedroom.... Women!

 

[Chris]

Crack on there Nick. Looking good.

 

[fbnss]

Thanks Chris, I figured if it's not perfect it doesn't matter too much as it will get covered with wood and carpet eventually. That trip to lincomb made me realise I need something in the back for storage. Can't be emptying it all out every time I wanna go play!

 

[clivehorridge]

All good manly stuff there Nick, I'm impressed.

Although I'm a little surprised you weren't working in the living room, I'm sure she wouldn't mind, otherwise why would she have moved out?

KUTGW

 

[fbnss]

No idea Clive. Anyway her loss, I'm a catch! The other half will have to wait till next weekend as it was raining today. Ordered the slides from gsf promounts today

 

[Chas]

Looking forward to seeing the finished job Nick, I'm also looking forward to getting a bit of extra storage myself when the gullwings are fitted.

 

[Gary820]

Very much worth the effort to make them.

 

[Steveindar]

Haven't actually graduated to doing the front hub rebuild, busy gathering all the various bits. Takes a while here, but surprisingly almost everything is available. I suppose seeing as there are just so many LC's still on the roads it's no wonder.
Question is, what sort of CV grease should I be using? Moly, Lithium.......???

 

[fbnss]

Very much worth the effort to make them.

im getting inspiration ( copying) from your thread as well as Bens and Sams ( I think). Using slides though as I figured less for me to go wrong with.

 

[Gary820]

im getting inspiration ( copying) from your thread as well as Bens and Sams ( I think). Using slides though as I figured less for me to go wrong with.

I copied everyone too
It works very well and not mega expensive to build. Put shopping in mine and all sorts.

 

[Towpack]

Haven't actually graduated to doing the front hub rebuild, busy gathering all the various bits. Takes a while here, but surprisingly almost everything is available. I suppose seeing as there are just so many LC's still on the roads it's no wonder.
Question is, what sort of CV grease should I be using? Moly, Lithium.......???

Use Moly grease (the dark gray stuff) in the CV's themselves and lithium based bearing grease for everything else.

 

[Steveindar]

Use Moly grease (the dark gray stuff) in the CV's themselves and lithium based bearing grease for everything else.

Thanks Towpack

 

[fbnss]

Todays progress


They're almost lined up!

But only out by a smidge. Shhh no one will know



Space down the sides.


Waiting for the slides to turn up at mo before i start fixing it all together. Had to stop as my neighbour just came back from night shift and its all a bit noisy!

 

[Charlie]

Brother took my truck for MOT this morning............ passed, no worries.

 

[koos smit]

Topped up the underbody seal for the winter. Also had to make a difficult decision on where to mount the all important bottle opener, roofrack or low... Went low as i figured my four year old would not reach at the top when she has to open my bear for me!

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[silvercruiser]

Changed the timing belt, idler and tensioner on the 120 today, nice and easy like the Colorado was.
while i was in there i changed the serpinitne/aux belt, I pencilled a quick diagram before taking the old one off. (ive been here before when my mate took his one off a l200 and tried many routes before figuring it out) so no squeaky belt when cold now

Also left the bash plates off, i have some nice black two pack marine paint left over from a job that will smarten them up nicely.