Jelly_Sheffield
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Brakes set, the micrometer worked a treat.
Everything crossed for the MOT tomorrow
Everything crossed for the MOT tomorrow
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Jelly_Sheffield
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Handbrake cable adjusted (although probably so stretched it needs renewing as it's almost bottomed out).
Did an additional bleed just to be extra sure and got a few more bubbles, I can't get the load sensing proportioning valve nipple out (I have a replacement and everything, but it's corroded from 10mm to 7mm hex) to do the bleed there, but it's behaving fine so we are probably good.
Hopefully we are all good.
Did an additional bleed just to be extra sure and got a few more bubbles, I can't get the load sensing proportioning valve nipple out (I have a replacement and everything, but it's corroded from 10mm to 7mm hex) to do the bleed there, but it's behaving fine so we are probably good.
Hopefully we are all good.
Jelly_Sheffield
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[Hallelujah Chorus plays in background]
It passed!
The tester gave me the comment "Looked like it's given you a good bit of work at the back there youth!" and we had a discussion of how appalling it was that my (admittedly cheap aftermarket) CV boot was cracking after only 10 months service.
Weirdly it's just one of the four that's doing it, and they all went on together...
It passed!
The tester gave me the comment "Looked like it's given you a good bit of work at the back there youth!" and we had a discussion of how appalling it was that my (admittedly cheap aftermarket) CV boot was cracking after only 10 months service.
Weirdly it's just one of the four that's doing it, and they all went on together...
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Just a thought, but Hilux are known for hand break issues an often the pivot point on top of the axle needs freeing up an lubricating, worth a look if you aint already.
Jelly_Sheffield
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Already looked at it and the cable connections when I was messing with the secondary adjustment turnbuckle underneath, it still moves freely.
Based on the fact that the shoe clearance is dead nuts on, the lever and equaliser move freely, and I'm bottoming out both adjusters, it's got to be cable stretch.
I guess I will sort it out when I get back from my next long trip, for now it works and that's adequate.
Jelly_Sheffield
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So unfortunately the Hilux is no more...
Lent it to a friend to move house with whilst I was away working, then got a series of quite concerned messages from my friend whilst flying between China and New Zealand.
They hit black ice late at night, one wheel slid off the carriageway into a hedge, and the whole vehicle did a combination front-flip/barrel roll before landing back on its wheels.
After 4 hours on a spinal board and a lot of scans my mate is fine apart from a lump on her head and a stiff neck.
The pickup held up surprisingly well, but it's not going to buff out, and the insurer is already calling it a total loss.
Lent it to a friend to move house with whilst I was away working, then got a series of quite concerned messages from my friend whilst flying between China and New Zealand.
They hit black ice late at night, one wheel slid off the carriageway into a hedge, and the whole vehicle did a combination front-flip/barrel roll before landing back on its wheels.
After 4 hours on a spinal board and a lot of scans my mate is fine apart from a lump on her head and a stiff neck.
The pickup held up surprisingly well, but it's not going to buff out, and the insurer is already calling it a total loss.
Jelly_Sheffield
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As the photos I have now received show...
She really did a proper job of her late night Evil Knevil impersonation!!!
That was a hell of a lot of force right where the driver is, scary stuff really and she was lucky to walk away with just minor bruising.
That probably isn't going to buff out, although my mate who went to clear it tells me it runs and drives fine still, no loss of oil or coolant.
There's an option to buy the salvage, but I would need the entire cab off a single or super to make that worth doing I think.
Also I am 18,000km away right now and the truck was my lift home from the airport, so there's some practical issues to going to get it.
Anyone reckon I can count this as "Lightly Soiled" if I list it on Auto-trader?
And my extensive panel welding on the tub held up well in an impact, so there's that I guess.
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Just put "as seen on Top Gear" in your advert it will fly off the shelf on eBay. 
The gaffer tape on the rear arch held anyway.
The gaffer tape on the rear arch held anyway.
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The shell held up well, I've seen rally cars with competition cages come off worse.
One we went to on Salisbury plains
Jelly_Sheffield
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Yeah there's a bit of me that thinks it would be worth buying the salvage just for the winch, but unclear what I would subsequently fit it to.
Yeah I don't think I appreciated how lucky she was or how bad it was until I saw photos.Wow she was very lucky to come out of that unscathed
Its only metal but all that work down the pan and the hassle of finding something else now
My next door neighbour is selling a Hyundai estate for little more than scrap value (450,000 miles, full service history) so I think I will have that off them and then try to get the landie done sharpish.
I wonder how much being the single cab helped, like with such a short span to support it's inherently much more rigid.The shell held up well, I've seen rally cars with competition cages come off worse.
One we went to on Salisbury plains
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