it was the usual story when i tore into my tranny with the big hammer to see how solid it was after 6 years on the road.
heaps more work needed than i thought but i wont begrudge it to the old girl as she has never let me down.
she suffers from the usual mk2 tranny ailments, front spring hangers, sills/steps lower door skins etc, but some real rough arch on top of arch work done previously has left her in bad shape with lots to sort out.
ive only took a few pics but heres a bit of the progress on going.
front spring hangers and chassis sections replaced.
rear tubs and floor section around them gone very bad along with the outer arches!
rather than trying to repair i ripped em out.
and luckily i have a scrapper mk1 (12 years older than this van) and amazingly in much better order round the tubs to chop the sections needed from.
one side almost fitted, will tidy things up a nice bit. easiest way out of trouble i think.
the main chassis sections are in good order only needing a couple of small repairs no doubt thanks to the regular shots of cavity wax i give it.
ive also replaced the drivers under door sill and done some inner floor and step repairs. it also needs lower door repairs along with plenty more bits ill find to do!!
im thinking its gonna be busy times for the next while but its gotta be done!!