My mk5 recovery truck Beavertail

[Jakebarlz]

here are some pics of my beavertail.... having lots of wrk done atm ... she might only be a R reg tranny but u look after ya truck and HOPEFULLY she'l look after you .... plus she'l look nice n smart for wen im working her

atm she is having the engine looked after with some general maintence.... Next week is Two new front wings and arches and a cab respray.. some wax oil and hammer rite under the mats... and at the top inside in the cab were some surface rust has apeared..... then seam seal some of the crap welds on the chassis and hammerrite the lot ... nice shiny red n black truck... paint the wheels and then tackle the heater and non working temp guage... sounds mad but i want her nice n reliable and clean looking

[gee2er]

yes buddy nice truck well will be once finished how long you had your transit i had mine 2months now hope to talk soon gee2er (ant)

[transitandy]

sounds like its work in progress m8y keep us updated

[noah]

some tlc and be sweet

[Jakebarlz]

hahah yes ant asif ure on ere... mate gimme a message on ere n ill ring ya... u still live by ya moms?

[apples26]

what does it weigh mate??

[Jakebarlz]

not ure buddy tbh... id say jsut short of 2 tonne id say tbf... ill take it the weigh bridge next week and tell ya !

Got the camblet n pump done... prop bearings done... got the oil n filter changed... got the winch on a remote BUT ... im getting really big sprks of the winch motor wen the winch is being used either forwards or reverse.... sometimes bigger than others... everything is working but i dunno why they're there... ???

Jobs for the rest of the week are :

Rewire the beacons onto a switch

order and fit and rewire plug for heaters behind headlamp

get paint for the body and some rollers


Next week :

Arches on

cab painted

paint the back of the truck

sort some number plate lights out aswell


Gettin there but shes gonna stand me at about 2650 -2700 when done i rekon ... oh well least she'll be reliable and look smart

[winterheating]

Could you tell me how much difference having the bed raised a bit at the front makes, compared to a bed flat to the chassis, weight and handling wise.

[apples26]

it means less angle on the bevertail ..... less angle on ramps ...... less bumpers catching or low cars bottoming out on beavertail

[winterheating]

it means less angle on the bevertail ..... less angle on ramps ...... less bumpers catching or low cars bottoming out on beavertail

yeah i know that, thats why i said "weight and handling wise"

[apples26]

oh pmsl sorry mate didnt see that bit

[chrisr]

Sounds like your goint to make it into a good truck

It has the same angle bed as mine

[Jakebarlz]

she will be a good truck when done, its the extra touces like using old relays to wire up the switch for the beacons and stuff so th ey dont melt, doing all the routine maintence to keep it reliable.. and going the extra mile to beat the rust before it beats me!...

still getting a spark off the winch motor or solenoid when the wich remote is used ( couldnt tel you if it did before) but the sparks the other night were quite large, my freind says it could be a dodgy earth or it could be a dirty connection... so any ideas people???

had to get my sensor guage straight from ford... so hopefully my guage works well now .... if not its stat time....

and as for handing and driveablitly... drives A1 and handels well laoded or un-loaded.... i get clutch judder when coming down the gears but its still there even after a new centre prop bearing so its somthing im going to have to live with ... ( prop was a W*nker to get apart.. never seen a grease gun EVER)

[Jakebarlz]

Had a mate come over today to help with some re wiring... BUT his top rad hose split so instead of fixng my car i rescued his and fixed his whilst he did my truck lol




One bad point... snapped a connection on my winch so now ive gotta try find somehwere that will re stud it and re do th econncetions incside... heard of a place in yardley wood that shoudl service it and re stud it for around 60-70 quid... i hope they will anyways!





My good old Mate "Gee2er" off here came over aswell and helped me with my heaters... brought and fittter new resistor.. got a mint plug to replace my melted one ... still no joy... then realsed there was a 10 amp fuse in the box instead of a 30 amp ... lol bodgers!! so now i have heaters aswell

few little jobs left now and should be all good

number plate lights

tail light bulb

put winch back together

front wings and arches + cab re spray

paint the back + re do some SH*T previous welding....

Getting there at last

[apples26]

get those straps higher mate, can never take any chances