Hi, I haven't posted much at all in the while I have been a member here, but I thought I would share this.. and maybe learn from the forum as well.
This is a 200 TDi 1991 HiCap.
It was my truck for nearly 20 years and has been an absolute workhorse throughout my time as a tree surgeon. I decided to show it some love recently with a new chassis, bulkhead and engine rebuild done by Tim Cameron at South West Landys in Cornwall who has done a superb job. It was sitting in a barn for 5 years immobile before the chassis and engine renovation. I decided not to ask him to refurb the lower end / running gear as I wanted to save money on things I can do myself. When I got originally it the front end was really bad..steering slop about a quarter turn of the steering wheel, suspension turret tops sheared of from rust.. it was bad but I rebuilt it all and then some as time went by, so I am no stranger to rusty bolts and moly grease.
Tim delivered it to me pulling like a train and with new chassis and an MOT to drive it to Germany where I live now, but to pass German vehicle inspections the whole of the running gear has to be pretty much perfect, so it is now in a barn for the next month or so getting sorted out. New brakes, new shock absorbers, new bushes and ball joints, seals, new paint, everything.
One thing I am curious about is a 'take up klonk' that has been present somewhere in the drive train since I bought it. It has not got any worse for all the abuse I have given it over the years but I would like to get that gone. I have been inside the front diff once about 14 years ago but did not see much of a smoking gun. Perhaps this refurb might get to the bottom of that..
This is a 200 TDi 1991 HiCap.
It was my truck for nearly 20 years and has been an absolute workhorse throughout my time as a tree surgeon. I decided to show it some love recently with a new chassis, bulkhead and engine rebuild done by Tim Cameron at South West Landys in Cornwall who has done a superb job. It was sitting in a barn for 5 years immobile before the chassis and engine renovation. I decided not to ask him to refurb the lower end / running gear as I wanted to save money on things I can do myself. When I got originally it the front end was really bad..steering slop about a quarter turn of the steering wheel, suspension turret tops sheared of from rust.. it was bad but I rebuilt it all and then some as time went by, so I am no stranger to rusty bolts and moly grease.
Tim delivered it to me pulling like a train and with new chassis and an MOT to drive it to Germany where I live now, but to pass German vehicle inspections the whole of the running gear has to be pretty much perfect, so it is now in a barn for the next month or so getting sorted out. New brakes, new shock absorbers, new bushes and ball joints, seals, new paint, everything.
One thing I am curious about is a 'take up klonk' that has been present somewhere in the drive train since I bought it. It has not got any worse for all the abuse I have given it over the years but I would like to get that gone. I have been inside the front diff once about 14 years ago but did not see much of a smoking gun. Perhaps this refurb might get to the bottom of that..
