Catching up - Part 4: What needs doing

Once the Pajero was home we gave her a once-over to see what we need to fix for roadworthy.
The list we came up with at the time was:

Body:
Straighten or replace LHF Panel, Pop Dent and fix surface rust in roof, Straighten Panel under Grill, Pop / Patch dent in bonnet, Patch crack in LHR Flare, Straighten Bullbar, Replace missing rear mudflap, replace both rhs door handles, replace lhs mirror, fix sticking fuel flap.

Electrical:
Replace blown dash globes, replace spotlight wiring, replace number plate globes, replace LHR Lower tail light lens, replace LH bulbar combo light, replace antenna mast, reconnect horn

Interior:
Replace Steering wheel
Running gear:

Replace tyres to match, adjust park brake, replace belts, fix oil leaks, replace rhf drive shaft, replace lhf cv boots.

And then there were the extra things I just wanted to do anyway:
swap radio, install uhf, swap trailer plug, wiper blades, oils etc.

It’s a fair list, but really not much in the too hard basket (As I will vent about in later posts I soon realise that I am completely wrong on this point – especially when it came to dealing with someone’s ridiculous lack of knowledge when it comes to wiring) and overall I'm quite happy with it’s condition being a 21 year old 4x4. Its obvious that before it made the trip across from WA it had all the suspension, brakes, filters, etc. replaced so I’m reasonably confident it has been kinda looked after…



Well i think that's enough for the catch up part of this blog, next post will be some actual repairs!

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