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Mate you should have PM'd me coulda caught up for a beer.

Mark

Glad to see you have come over from the dark side Bigfella,

Fancy seeing you drive a FORD. Nice truck mate, big fan of the F250's

Mark

Thought I would finally put up some pics of what's happened to the truck recently

Grill freshly painted black

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new exhaust manifold

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Gave the truck an early Christmas present, took the grill out and painted it BLACK, white truck, black grill - looks s#!t hot.

Nothing better than a white GQ

Installed my old Nokia hands free kit for the mobile phone.

It's the only time I didn't curse the bloke who previously owned the truck, it must have had a car kit previously installed and he...

Hey Macca,

Did you leave your truck parked in western Sydney for a while I notice someone took all your wheels:tongue:

Fitted new cab mounts, what a pr**k of a job, all the bolts were seized badly.

But what a difference, the others were flogged out beyond belief, the cab is now sitting 25mm above the chassis as...

Installed my TurboSmart incab manual boost controller.

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And took a few shots of the new head,new fitting for inlet manifold, thermo housings and other bits and pieces

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Come on Pierre,

We need a shot of YOUR Patrol(with the new sticker)with one of these landmarks in the shot.:thumbup:

Think of it as a road trip

Mark

Hey Pierre,

I know this sounds a bit cliched, but a shot sometime with the Eiffel Tower or some other notable French landmark like the new Millau Viaduct in the background would be great.

But...

Not yet Ben, but will put some up soon, I am waiting to get a pipe bent that runs from the turbo to the new fitting on the inlet manifold, what is there now is doing the job but looks like crap.
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Ha ha,

Had the best day,

New head, new injectors, all new lower and upper thermostat housing, machined exhaust manifold, new air induction from turbo to inlet manifold, all new hoses for the...

Well,

I probably should have been out getting firewood, although it's as wet as a shag and snowing here at the moment.

So spent the day removing the head, ordered a new one, new thermostat...

Put on my new genuine front mud flaps, and thought I would post a couple of pics after fitting the extended shackles

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Put in new extended shackles and new bushes, lifted the truck about 2" and tightened everything up just nice. The rear bushes in the front were that flogged out there was nothing left.

Well worth...

Well finally got the new gearbox and clutch in. While I had the floor mat out also added new felt to the floor. What a difference a man can actually hear himself think in the cab. Now that the...

Changed the oil and filters, new fuel filter, six new glow plugs and glow plug relay, but it looks like I need to change the glow plug timer/controller as the circuit is still cutting in and out...

Well it's been a busy couple of days,

New shocks in the rear end, changed front and rear diff oils(doesn't that stuff stink), new GME TX4500 UHF and remote mic and installed new switches for...

Hey Todd,

We wish, 96.9 to 99.9 in downtown sunny Cooma at the moment, it went up 15c per litre in the last couple of weeks.

I feel we are getting ripped, as it was 65c in Toowoomba 2 weeks...

Cleaned 15 years of grime off the interior hood lining, I wouldn't say it's like new but at least I don't feel soiled every time I hop in the truck. I also cleaned all the vents and repaired them so...

Not so much today, but for the last week or so,

Have been restoring the tray, all the hinges, rope rails and other bits had all corroded and looked like crap so removed everything and resprayed...