It's Back!
As expected, the truck made it's way home. It came back on the back of a flat bed, not yet fully drivable. One of the key problems is the BMW X5 wheels have very high positive offset, therefore the rear shocks had to be temporarily removed to get them to fit on the rear, and they only miss the four-link by a few mm. I haven't driven it for so long a little more of a wait wasn't going to be a problem.
I've spent the weekend in the shed, splitting my time between the truck and finishing my workbench that I've been welding up. After putting the bumpers back on (still need adjusting 'cos they're not straight!), most of the time on the truck has been messing with wiring again, getting the gauges back in and working and connecting up the manual steering column's 3 looms to mate up with some of the 'customisations' previous owners had made when the old column shift column was in. With the air bag height controller and the gear shift indicator all wired up there's a lot more spaghetti to deal with.
Once I got most of it working again, I took the truck for a quick run around the block to see how everything went. Without the shocks, the rear end is a little bouncy but the front seems quite good - hard to tell overall just yet. One thing I do need to look into is the steering, it's very sensitive, and the slightest movement on the steering wheel produces a fair bit of turn in comparison with no slack at all.
I was a little disappointed with the brake performance given it's got front and rear upgrades. There must be an issue somewhere, but it did come from a place specialise in brakes though, so I'll be having a word with them on that. Exhaust is fantastic, and I'm going to have to quiten it down a bit when I go back to have it signed off by the engineer.
The to do list still has quite a few things on it though, so better get stuck into it.
