Thread: Sheerluck's project D3

Originally Posted by SBD4

Great stuff Dave - must have been great feeling to have it going!

Relief is the word! Sometimes, just sometimes a bargain does turn out to be a proper bargain, other times a bargain = money pit. Fingers crossed this one will be OK. Autobox only got as far as second, but felt good. Brakes were a little spongy, but that was probably down to the lack of use for 10 months or so. Drivers window switch on the master panel won't work at the moment, but I can pull that apart and have a look later.

Word of advice to all - never try and drive a D3 whilst sat on a milk crate.

Originally Posted by sheerluck

Word of advice to all - never try and drive a D3 whilst sat on a milk crate.

I'm going to surreptitiously remove both your front seats and replace them with milk crates now, just because you said this
Inspiring work, you should call it the black knight.
After all, 'tis but a scratch!

Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

I'm going to surreptitiously remove both your front seats and replace them with milk crates now, just because you said this
Inspiring work, you should call it the black knight.
After all, 'tis but a scratch!

You'd only have to break into the shed and take them at the moment....

Black knight hey...hmm...I think it shall be christened the Silver Knight because it was MORE THAN JUST A BLOODY SCRATCH!

Originally Posted by sheerluck

You'd only have to break into the shed and take them at the moment....

*starts walking*

Originally Posted by sheerluck

Black knight hey...hmm...I think it shall be christened the Silver Knight because it was MORE THAN JUST A BLOODY SCRATCH!

Call it the Zombie Rover, as you brought it back from the dead

Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

*starts walking*

Keep walking, Orange boy!

Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

Call it the Zombie Rover, as you brought it back from the dead

Hmmm, excellent idea. Make it so Number One.

Originally Posted by sheerluck

Keep walking, Orange boy!

When it comes to the purposes of skullduggery and conniving, I will walk all night
Either that or going to get a kebab after a night out

Originally Posted by sheerluck

Hmmm, excellent idea. Make it so Number One.

Just to prove how good these vehicles are, my D3 is not even fully assembled yet, and already it's been involved in it's first recovery.

My neighbour came round this afternoon to help me again. He found out what I was intending to get done, then he went back over the fence to get some of his tools.

Next thing I know, 10 minutes later he's trundling along the front fence in his Bobcat, tools in the bucket (it was nearer than going up to the house for the keys to his Ranger apparently ). Then, all of a sudden, it just ground to a halt as he went to turn through our front gate, and refused to restart.

After some tinkering, we decided it wasn't going anywhere, so made the decision to tow it down to my shed to find out what was wrong, rather than block the driveway any longer.

Anyway, the D1 refused to start (flat battery), the Merc has no tow bar, so it was down to the D3 to drag (a Bobcat is hydraulically driven and steered) the Bobcat down my gravel drive to the shed. First low, still on it's racing slicks, on a gravel drive dragging a locked up 3t Bobcat and only once did it break traction.

Seriously impressive for a vehicle that still looks a little like something out of Mad Max 3 with all it's missing panels.

Good news though - I didn't have to sit on a milk crate this time as I'd replaced the driver's seat now.

So instead of spending the afternoon straightening the D3 bodywork some more, we spent the time dismantling the Bobcat engine and hydraulics. Looks like the injector pump had died.

Originally Posted by sheerluck

Just to prove how good these vehicles are, my D3 is not even fully assembled yet, and already it's been involved in it's first recovery.

My neighbour came round this afternoon to help me again. He found out what I was intending to get done, then he went back over the fence to get some of his tools.

Next thing I know, 10 minutes later he's trundling along the front fence in his Bobcat, tools in the bucket (it was nearer than going up to the house for the keys to his Ranger apparently ). Then, all of a sudden, it just ground to a halt as he went to turn through our front gate, and refused to restart.

After some tinkering, we decided it wasn't going anywhere, so made the decision to tow it down to my shed to find out what was wrong, rather than block the driveway any longer.

Anyway, the D1 refused to start (flat battery), the Merc has no tow bar, so it was down to the D3 to drag (a Bobcat is hydraulically driven and steered) the Bobcat down my gravel drive to the shed. First low, still on it's racing slicks, on a gravel drive dragging a locked up 3t Bobcat and only once did it break traction.

Seriously impressive for a vehicle that still looks a little like something out of Mad Max 3 with all it's missing panels.

Good news though - I didn't have to sit on a milk crate this time as I'd replaced the driver's seat now.

So instead of spending the afternoon straightening the D3 bodywork some more, we spent the time dismantling the Bobcat engine and hydraulics. Looks like the injector pump had died.

Just wait till you can drive it properly, then you'll be really impressed

I dunno about anyone else but I can't wait to see this on/off the road.

Baz.