New to me 2010 T spirit in grey metallic

And you can always add that oil back in again.

 

No thank you.

 

Looked back through all the receipts on the car tonight. cant see the water pump ever being replaced. Have just ordered one from Amayama.com. (I used to buy parts for them for my Landcruiser 80 series) several years back.

 

Wind deflectors fitted Friday.

 

They do look nice, thank you.
Make is Auto Clover.
Easy to fit in about 20 minutes working alone.

 

i cannot see a receipt for it in my file of receipts. from what i have read it has a service life around 100k miles. car is sat at 185k miles so i will replace it.

 

Ordered a stainless steel cat cover plate last night.

 

Welded up a broken exhaust bracket.

More rust treatment under the rear whilst it was up off the ground.

Fitted the cat plate

 

Or the more recent movie Venom.

 

Thought I would take a look at the battery bus bars before hitting the road today. Pulled everything off (left battery in car and just removed the back seats) and found some corrosion and discolouration.




cleaned the copper bars in a mix of white vinegar, sea salt and a little bicarb, simmered for 10 minutes. brushed clean the nuts. Rinsed off in distilled water dried and refitted.



Should help the electrons flow a bit more easily.

Easy enough job.

 

Swapped out the water pump this morning. thought it would be a quick job, has turned into a mission. bottom bolt was mis-threaded - took ages to wind it out. waiting on a pal of mine now to come round with some heicoils so i can complete the job.

 

Thank you - edited. My pal never turned up to help so I went to another garage i know and borrowed some taps and on the off chance ran a tap through the threads taking my time. good news is the bolt torqued up fine (gave the bolt a dose of blue thread lock for good measure). car is all back together and road tested and seems fine.

Also did another oil and filter change - found a tiny amount of that jelly stuff in the oil that came out with the oil filter but nothing in the filter. car has done about 400 miles since the last check. So I reckon we are good to go to the next oil service.