mk4 camper/day van

[mike En]

O and I also now have 2 sets of landy rims, one set of white weller's, and one set of chrome mangels. Both sets have cost me less than £10 !

[transitandy]

I'm glad your first camping trip went well
Wow them wellers were a bargain m8y

[mike En]

I'm glad your first camping trip went well
Wow them wellers were a bargain m8y

Yeah went well, obviously took to much random crap we didn't need and not enough stuff we did ! Lol
Yeah, both sets have set me back £9.99, fuel costs for collection where free aswell as I used my transit connect work van

Now going to fit my flush (ish lol) fit mains hook up, consumer unit and a couple of twin sockets.

Next week will be insulating the side's and fitting some plastic membrane on the doors as the heavy rain has leaked on to the inside of the passenger door panel.

Then take it over to work to use the steam cleaner on the engine, then service etc. And also carry on with the diesel conversion in my mk2 golf, plus general running repairs to the wife's mk4 golf.

[mike En]

Now have mains power couple of crap pics, marked up and cut out the hole in the side panel.

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Made up a new panel for the consumer unit and a plug, will also mount a twin socket in the rear of the van tomorrow.

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Will also take some new pics of the van.

[mike En]

Don't know why that pic keeps going side ways ! Have rotated and saved it, re posted and keeps going the same way up !

Another job that needs going, the roof ! Everytime I open our bedroom curtains im greeted with this !

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Will give it a good clean, then cut the whole van with G3 and then a coat of maguiers wax. Will take some fresh pics of the van afterwards

[mike En]

Sideways pic again ! For some reason if I have my phone vertical when taking pics it keeps automatically flipping them, even though I've edited them to be upright !

[mike En]

Fitted another single plug in the rear side panel, will change the socket boxes for flush fit as didn't have any left.

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Another pic of the consumer unit and socket mounted up on the side panel.

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The £9 chrome "mangells"

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And the 99p white wellers

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Mangles are 16x7" and the wellers are 16x6.5"
Now just waiting for the right set of tyres to show up so I can get a set of them on the van !

[mike En]

Managed to break the water outlet on the front of the head, glad I did though as it was completely knackered ! Git a replacement this evening, have now got to get the remains out of the head and clean the thread out

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Also got an old front hub to use as a drilling guide for the wellers

[mike En]

Think I'm going to have to re think the plans for the Wellers. They stick out to far on the rear and hit the side door even without tyres on ! May consider swapping the rear axle from a mk3 if it is narrower and if it does fit ! (all because I want shiny wheels ! Lol)

Have now changed my air filter, still waiting for the 10 litres of oil I've ordered to turn up so I can change it though, 24h delivery has now been 5 days !!!

[mike En]

Still waiting for the bloody oil !
My insulation I ordered yesterday evening turned up at 09:45 this morning so will fit that in tomoz when I'm home.

[mike En]

Thinking of selling the van now. Have loved building it in to what it is now, but have only used it as a camper twice and don't see the point in paying extra tax and insurance just to use it as a general run around !

[mike En]

Scrap that, were keeping it lol.
Have just changed the headlight and side light bulbs to some xenon white bulbs. £7 odd for a set including a pair of xenon spot light bulbs aswell ! So much better for night time driving now, a lot brighter compared to the original yellow looking ones !

Have also got a set of part worn 205/55/16's so will get them fitted on a set of the landie wheels so I can get them on the van.

[mike En]

Ordered some clear front indicators and clear side repeaters, will get some silvertech bulbs to put on them so you don't see the orange bulb through them, (the silvertech bulbs flash orange).
Also will get the tyres on the chrome wheels and drill the other 3,
And im keeping an eye out for a cheap A bar for the front. I had 4 Suzuki ones last year but sold them all for £30 !

[mike En]

Clear indicators and side repeaters fitted. Plus a new thermostat as was starting to run a bit warmer, still in the "Norm" but higher than where it has been sitting.

Before and after pic of the front.

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[mike En]

Just gave it a quick wash as I had to give the work van a scrub as it was black !

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