Did a good days work today

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As I have some guys in plastering my hallway, stairs and landing this week today I couldn't do anything in the house and as it was a nice day decided to roll up my sleeves and get stuck in to my truck.

I dropped the troublesome new starter motor off again and added a shim, hopefully that will cure some of the problems I've been having with it as I don't think it's been engaging properly.

I finally fitted the new (to me) 1 1/4" front sway bar. Starting from scratch as my truck left the factory without one, it took me about an hour and a half to fit from start to finish. The bar came off a 78 C30 camper that someone over here was breaking, a few eeks ago I degreased it, wire brushed it and gave it a coat of my favourite Finnegans No 1 anti-rust primer and several coats of bright red smooth finish Hammerite anti-rust paint to match the other suspension and steering components. I invested in a set of new ECE lowered brackets as the old ones had been welded a couple of times and new energy suspension poly bushes and all new mounting hardware.

Everything went surprisingly smoothly, rivets drilled out easily and it all went together fine apart from the last bolt which required a little persuading from my favourite pry bar (actually an old heavy duty truck tyre lever) to move it into position over the hole, its all torqued down and ready to roll, although I can't test it as the plasters van is blocking me in!

If my starter is finally sorted now I can get the two crusty rear exhaust sections replaced just in time for it's annual inspection.

Thanks to TX Firefighter for his great sway bar article in the FAQ's it sure made it a lot easier to do.