What have you done to your 100 Series this week? (47 Viewers)

[SMLE]

Radiator looks like it made it intact - can you share what it ended up costing, with shipping?

I'm waiting on some final bits on how much of the shipping cost was for this, but I paid circa £330 for the radiator, plus £89 import duty/vat.

5 packages in total for £850 shipping costs (I know, I know..).

Package A: Radiator
Package B: Front UCA & LCA for both sides
Package C: Rear UCA & LCA for both sides, Panhard bar & some diff mounts/bushes
Package D: Steering rack & some other bits
Package E: Big box of loads of other bits

Logic would tell me that B, C & D will be the heaviest, so I'd assume 25% of shipping costs for each as a wet finger in the air guesstimate, and the for the radiator and package E it would be perhaps 12.5% each of the shipping costs? This is a long and inaccurate way of me guessing that the radiator shipping probably cost circa £106 (but probably wrong!). In the end I could have bought it from my local dealer for about £20-30 more, but where's the fun in that? In my defence I didn't plan on paying £850(!!!!!!) for shipping.

 

[SMLE]

Booyah!!!! As the British would say, that's a serious bit of kit.

Take the time to learn the settings so you don't break your wrist!

Need to have a play with it this weekend, but as you see from my wrists - I need all the help I can get

 

[SMLE]

Nice! You took the big Makita gun! have fun!

Ummed and arrred about which one to go for, but I'm already invested in Makita 18V stuff and the batteries so I couldn't justify going for the heavier duty Dewalt etc. Really pleased

 

[Trapper50cal]

(impact envy)

 

[SMLE]

(impact envy)

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I wouldn't worry too much, I'm definitely overcompensating for something

 

[Trapper50cal]

I wouldn't worry too much, I'm definitely overcompensating for something

For rust.

 

[y5359]

Had to have her towed 100 miles to a repair shop . Was driving fine then started rumbling and acting weird. I pulled off and it would go back in gear. I was hopping just needed a circlip or new cv axels but shop is saying I need new cv axels and new diff.

 

[xeuxaz]

Had to have her towed 100 miles to a repair shop . Shop is saying I need new cv axels and new diff.

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now that's a rare sight.

 

[costahh]

Are these the black or charcoal ones? I'm curious to know what you think of the material and quality thanks

They are the Charcoal ones! I think they are alright! Not sure I would pay full price for them. The quality of them is great and they tighten up the seats for sure! Haven't put these through anything crazy yet but they seem pretty stout. Really interested to see how they perform in warmer weather. My original leather seats were cracking, and I was originally waiting on the cloth option of reupholstery through Ed I believe but that has gone silent. These came up at deal that could not be passed up, so I snagged all three rows.

My Wife and I have some Wet Okoles in our other vehicles and those provide some cushioning and are for sure waterproof. If I was paying full price, I might have gone with Wet Okoles instead. If possible, check them out too I believe they come in at a similar price for similar sets and they usually run deals, and you get some more customization out of them.

 

[nigelsiam]

Had to have her towed 100 miles to a repair shop . Was driving fine then started rumbling and acting weird. I pulled off and it would go back in gear. I was hopping just needed a circlip or new cv axels but shop is saying I need new cv axels and new diff.

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Very strange...why would it need both?

 

[y5359]

Very strange...why would it need both?

IDK but based on some of the forum post I was reading seemed like normally it’s just the CV Axel. I haven had too much time to look into it yet but I want to go talk with the mechanic and see how he knows front diff is bad.

 

[MechE30]

IDK but based on some of the forum post I was reading seemed like normally it’s just the CV Axel. I haven had too much time to look into it yet but I want to go talk with the mechanic and see how he knows front diff is bad.

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Yeah if the diff is blown you should look into locking it with a Harrop. If it’s CV’s I can’t imagine how the diff would also break. Think about it like an electrical system, once there’s a short there won’t be another short somewhere in the circuit, the load is gone.

For diff you should be seeing teeth or big metal chunks in the drain. For CV’s that’s externally visible. Get photos and post if you want help.

 

[nigelsiam]

This!

 

[Import Driver]

now that's a rare sight.

Not that rare.

 

[crobson]

Finally finished up most of the new electrical work, compressor, and dual battery setup.
This all has turned out to be a very big project.
Coming together nicely.

 

[Hoserock]

See below:

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this is 10x better than the garbage I received..

 

[SMLE]

After getting my truck water tight in the weeks after buying it, I wanted to start going through the fuse boards to make sure there wasn't any corrosion issues.

The fuse box in the engine bay had the dried up old gasket seal around the lid, I went back and forth and in the end opted for the new lid and gasket as I didn't want the headache of it not fitting right and the right seal was hard to find over here (I read the thread about alternative options).

It arrived today and I took the opportunity to swap out the old blade fuses for new ones I bought off Amazon, as the old ones were quite oxidised in places. I'll probably pull the relays another day and make sure they are all clean but wasn't feeling brave enough as it was getting dark and didn't want to tempt fate!

 

[Patron100LC]

Ooo! Where'd you get those clips? Wonder if they come in gray...

They are gray, my phone camera showed a weird white balance..

I have to think where I got them, I believe I took them off a different car, but can't remember which. I was planning this mod for several years and they were sitting in my junk drawer. I'll see if they have any markings or part number etched. The LC ones are not replacement friendly at all.

 

[SMLE]

They are gray, my phone camera showed a weird white balance..

I have to think where I got them, I believe I took them off a different car, but can't remember which. I was planning this mod for several years and they were sitting in my junk drawer. I'll see if they have any markings or part number etched. The LC ones are not replacement friendly at all.

These look great! I recently bought some OEM clips that are coming from Japan4x4 with my other bits for quite cheap, but as they aren't massively strong as standard your route looks like a great option for the future.

 

[jaewastooshort]

Finally got my RTT installed, just in time for Houston to get snow.

My neighbor lent me the use of his hoist and shop

First setup (and tear down)

Early this morning