Looking very nice

Quote: 123hotchef wrote in post #2195

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should come out without doing all that

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Has the spindle snapped in the turbo the??. With the compressor wheel free and turbine wheel solid??

Yes mate, a right mess less than 20 mile from engine management light to total failure. Making me think it may have been buggered for a bit before total failure.


Just worried in case anything else may have gone at the same time?

Check the turbo oil pressure before u install the new one bud. If the spindle has snapped it usually means it seized. Either something hitting one set of blades or lack of oil causing the bearing to seize. Usually the case anyway. I suppose it could just be shaft fatigue but it's not that common. Check oil feed blockage 2. Not trying to put a downer on anything here but would hate to see you put a new turbo on and have the the same problem again. Is ur turbo water cooled??

Check oil return for blockage 2. Also very important.

Cleaning oil ways before assembly, along with oil change. Yes turbo is watercolled and checked blockage in the pipes as well. New turbo sat at post office to pick up in the morning, so hope it's a dry day tomorrow.

Truck went in for its mot this morning, passed without any advice notices but it was mentioned that the front panel could do with a bit of attention before it gets worse. 😀

it never rains but pours. Now the sun is out went out to finish putting truck back together, down side now got to deal with two sneered studs, EGR exhaust side, got to get them out as not even enough to just blank it off. 😭😁

Mind you oil flow is good to the turbo so will be quickly up and running once I get the studs out and replaced.

took my rear roll bar apart today and threaded a wiring loom inside the tubing so the loom comes out between the rear bed and the cab ready to run along the chassis
wiring at the top will then feed inside again of the spot light bar I bought
I'll bung some pics up when I've eventually finished it

did some more to my light bar today ---------> g789-spotlight-bars.html

just got to get some bulbs of my choosing and get cheffy to explain to me how a relay works

I washed mine today

Shiney lighty lol

Quote: krutly wrote in post #2212

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did some more to my light bar today ---------> g789-spotlight-bars.html

just got to get some bulbs of my choosing and get cheffy to explain to me how a relay works

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Quote: krutly wrote in post #2211

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took my rear roll bar apart today and threaded a wiring loom inside the tubing so the loom comes out between the rear bed and the cab ready to run along the chassis
wiring at the top will then feed inside again of the spot light bar I bought
I'll bung some pics up when I've eventually finished it

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Just given the truck a wash and polish , it's off on a little jolly tomorrow as a support vehicle for a sponsored walk 😀

Went to see a man this morning about getting my rims powder coated i fancy black got to bell him Friday to arrange a booking

@George get them painted much more durable and if you do scuff them u can touch them up, IMHO only though

Finally got my new front bar fitted!! Been busy with it for the last couple of weeks! Had a few stone chips on the side step so resprayed it at the same time and stripped the towbar and painted it too with raptor! fitted some u shape pipe to the rear bar to hide the exhaust pipe

Also fitted my new gauge pod and gauges thanks to animal for the pod

just changed the oil and filter . mot tomorrow .hopefully that will be it for now lol i said that the last time .

just passed .one advisory on the handbrake travel

Just did my first uj
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Killed the engine, again. 5 mins down the road, over heat. Popped bonnet to see bits of timing belt sticking out of the front cover. Thinking it time to scrap the poor thing, more money pouring into her than the bank at the moment. What do people think I should do?