21/05/2026
As anybody who has ever worked on vehicles that were made very close to the start of production will know, these vehicles often are different in many ways to those made later.
Design changes happen due to production, supply, or other reasons , with newer vehicles all made the same, pretty much once all teething issues have been solved.
Example 1:- the gear selector cables on this early truck are somewhat different to the newer builds, meaning they don't fit newer gearbox selectors properly.
to solve this without having to source complete new cables, which is difficult enough, instead we have ordered new custom bushes to fit the old cable and new selectors.
Also, we have now in stock the clutch cable spring. This keeps the cable under tension and helps prevent riding the thrust bearing, with consequent squeaks and wear etc.