Hi guys.
I bought the truck for £850 after asking a mate if she knew of anyone selling one. Had a hop over to look at it, took it for a drive. All seemed well so bought it there and then. Picked it up a week later, drove to work the next day (55miles) and it started over heating on the motorway then majorly over heated on the way back.
Phoned the seller he said to take the thermostat out. Which didn't solve anything. So it camped on the A16 for a few days until my girlfriend could tow it with her Vitara. Took it to famous4 in Louth. Where it had a new head, head gasket and loads of other stuff costing me £816. Since then it has been fine. Just needs the brakes and some other stuff doing which is being ordered and fitted on the 15th.
So that is it up to now.
As it stands the truck is,
Good bits:
- 4 turning wheels,
- New head, ect...
- New sills (box section),
- working lights,
- 11month MOT
Bad bits (better get a brew for this):
- Tank strap rusted and snapped (ordered)
- 6inch hole in the chassis under the drivers seat,
- Transfer box stuck (no diff lock)
- Both front inner arches need patching,
- No lights in the centre consol,
- No back box (smashed it off messing around trying to drive up a slag heap at work)
- Brakes (it does stop eventually) but all the bits are ordered,
- Bent front bumper D/S (mother crashed it in to a ditch),
- Sun roof leaking,
- Head liner is a bit tatty,
- Bit of a groaning when steering at slow speeds,
Probably loads more I can't remember.
So my ideas for it are:
- Repair/Replace anything that needs doing,
- Black out the rear windows (all my gear for work is in there),
- Poly bush kit all round,
- 2inch lift,
- Light bar, ect...
- New comfy seat in the front,
- Winch,
- Proper tyres,
- Roll cage,
- Possible respray,
- Sort the back for Discamping,
- Get it muddy,
I work as a Fabricator/Welder/Fitter, so any welding or anything like that I can do myself. It is the tetchy bits that I'd rather pay someone else to do.
So there we have it. I'll post some pictures when I can upload them.
Cheers
Mark
I bought the truck for £850 after asking a mate if she knew of anyone selling one. Had a hop over to look at it, took it for a drive. All seemed well so bought it there and then. Picked it up a week later, drove to work the next day (55miles) and it started over heating on the motorway then majorly over heated on the way back.
Phoned the seller he said to take the thermostat out. Which didn't solve anything. So it camped on the A16 for a few days until my girlfriend could tow it with her Vitara. Took it to famous4 in Louth. Where it had a new head, head gasket and loads of other stuff costing me £816. Since then it has been fine. Just needs the brakes and some other stuff doing which is being ordered and fitted on the 15th.
So that is it up to now.
As it stands the truck is,
Good bits:
- 4 turning wheels,
- New head, ect...
- New sills (box section),
- working lights,
- 11month MOT
Bad bits (better get a brew for this):
- Tank strap rusted and snapped (ordered)
- 6inch hole in the chassis under the drivers seat,
- Transfer box stuck (no diff lock)
- Both front inner arches need patching,
- No lights in the centre consol,
- No back box (smashed it off messing around trying to drive up a slag heap at work)
- Brakes (it does stop eventually) but all the bits are ordered,
- Bent front bumper D/S (mother crashed it in to a ditch),
- Sun roof leaking,
- Head liner is a bit tatty,
- Bit of a groaning when steering at slow speeds,
Probably loads more I can't remember.
So my ideas for it are:
- Repair/Replace anything that needs doing,
- Black out the rear windows (all my gear for work is in there),
- Poly bush kit all round,
- 2inch lift,
- Light bar, ect...
- New comfy seat in the front,
- Winch,
- Proper tyres,
- Roll cage,
- Possible respray,
- Sort the back for Discamping,
- Get it muddy,
I work as a Fabricator/Welder/Fitter, so any welding or anything like that I can do myself. It is the tetchy bits that I'd rather pay someone else to do.
So there we have it. I'll post some pictures when I can upload them.
Cheers
Mark
