parrots trak

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Re: parrots trak

Post by parrotveasey81 » Mon May 02, 2011 9:34 pm

Edweird wrote:That looks groovy! Also, you know you were saying about having grinder trouble, we fried ours today while out working on the trailer, which is getting a complete rebuild.


yea it was a pain,i would have had the tail gate finished and fitted now if the grinder never died :argh: but now i have a trusty old bosch and i got the 3 year cover on it :rockin:

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Re: parrots trak

Post by Edweird » Mon May 02, 2011 9:50 pm

parrotveasey81 wrote:
Edweird wrote:That looks groovy! Also, you know you were saying about having grinder trouble, we fried ours today while out working on the trailer, which is getting a complete rebuild.


yea it was a pain,i would have had the tail gate finished and fitted now if the grinder never died :argh: but now i have a trusty old bosch and i got the 3 year cover on it :rockin:
Well, you know what they say.

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Re: parrots trak

Post by parrotveasey81 » Tue May 03, 2011 5:54 pm

i just pulled apart my old front axle so i could take out the bearing on the long side as it is worn and find a replacment for it,well its gone alright,i think muddy water has got into it and has seized it,i think it may have been spinning in the case
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Re: parrots trak

Post by parrotveasey81 » Wed May 04, 2011 6:34 pm

started to paint the tail gate and cut abit more off the battrey tray
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Re: parrots trak

Post by parrotveasey81 » Sat May 07, 2011 2:54 pm

fitted the tail gate today,i still need to sort the latch's and box in the side pilers,i also had a little play with a spare set of shocks i have,im thinking about moving mine so they come up though the bed so i can get some more up travel.
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not sure if i will have the room though if i fit a winch in there as well
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Re: parrots trak

Post by parrotveasey81 » Fri May 13, 2011 8:31 pm

well i got my cambelt cover and shaft today,the boloke only wants £200 for whats left of the truck but i dont get paid antill the end of the month :roll: and he needs it gone by next thursday :cry: .
i also lowerd the front of my truck so i could start to cut and redo the arch's.
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the bits i cut out,as you can see the tyre was rubbing alot
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the bent tube ready to be fitted tomorrow
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Re: parrots trak

Post by mayhemmiller » Fri May 13, 2011 8:41 pm

it's looking really sweeeeet
awaiting the next adventure
it's when it stop's leaking oil you need to worry as it's all gone

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Re: parrots trak

Post by ScottieJ » Fri May 13, 2011 9:39 pm

Nice work parrot, its looking fawking awesome, might pop over for a look if your at home tomorrow :rockin:
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Re: parrots trak

Post by parrotveasey81 » Sat May 14, 2011 8:34 am

ScottieJ wrote:Nice work parrot, its looking fawking awesome, might pop over for a look if your at home tomorrow :rockin:

yea pop over 8-)

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Re: parrots trak

Post by parrotveasey81 » Sat May 14, 2011 8:16 pm

i started to do the front arch today but did not like it so i never finished it.
fugle is a under statement :cry:
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im thinking about making them all round like this
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this shows how bad i hate them
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i also boxed in the rear sides for the tail gate
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4x4steve also dropped his truck off for some work and a mot
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