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by **MinorMatt** » Thu Jul 21, 2016 9:59 am

I got this just under a fortnight ago...

by **derv23** » Thu Jul 21, 2016 10:39 pm

Replaced pass' door lock. That's them all done now except the fuel cap. That's on a separate key anyway so I'll just leave as is. Back to welding...

by **MinorMatt** » Fri Jul 22, 2016 8:58 am

Stuck a bosge strip on the bottom of 1 rear door... the other one will be done next week

by **CamperVanBeethoven** » Sun Jul 24, 2016 8:41 pm

Went to a wedding. Slept in it. Then drove home

Did see another Mk5 based camper going up and down the A1. There's still some of us left ...

by **Kev1000s** » Mon Jul 25, 2016 7:06 am

Bad oil leak, gearbox out , new rear ford crank seal and gasket, new clutch gearbox back in....

by **weseeyou** » Thu Jul 28, 2016 7:18 am

Kev1000s wrote:Bad oil leak, gearbox out , new rear ford crank seal and gasket, new clutch gearbox back in....

have the same problem with mine :roll:

how long did it take you and how difficult ? don't suppose you took any pics

by **weseeyou** » Thu Jul 28, 2016 7:28 am

Not used my Smiley campervan for a couple of years . Noticed bad milky appearance at bottom edge of windscreen.
This is what I found when i removed the plastic trim . Yuk!..
Don't let this happen to you . You need to remove the plastic trim to get at the lower edge of the windscreen .There is a 1/4" gap beneath the windscreen under the trim which gathers dust which turns into mud when it rains and seeps into the laminate at the edge of the screen.

I cleaned the area, dried it thoroughly and treated the rust. To hide the milky stain I am going to cut and fit a strip of vinyl tint across the lower edge of the windscreen . I expect it will need replacing periodically .

transit mk5 milky windscreen 1.JPG

transit mk5 milky windscreen 2.JPG

transit mk5 milky windscreen 3.JPG

transit mk5 milky windscreen 4.JPG

by **weseeyou** » Thu Jul 28, 2016 7:32 am

MinorMatt wrote:Stuck a bosge strip on the bottom of 1 rear door... the other one will be done next week

what the heck is a 'bosge strip' ?

I need to treat the rust at the bottom of my rear doors this week.

by **MinorMatt** » Thu Jul 28, 2016 4:39 pm

Meant to read "bodge"

I.e. a piece of alu. angle!

by **CamperVanBeethoven** » Thu Jul 28, 2016 10:20 pm

Swapped the sliding door lock. Had to rebuild it from being a left hand drive van lock (unlocks with any key!) to being a right hand drive sliding door lock (locks with any key). You need the old lock housing, and swap the discs around after disassembling lock. Phew...

by **wazzadj** » Fri Jul 29, 2016 5:02 am

Went for a short trip across state 4,700km to get my house furniture ,
got back found steering pump hanging on with one bolt, oil filter leaking very loose , leaking thermostat gasket , adjusted and retuned injector pump too much black smoke
so was a little busy fixing minor issues

by **wazzadj** » Fri Jul 29, 2016 5:07 am

woke up decided that the back door lock mechanism that has not locked since had needed fixed
wow what a headache to get out
OUCH some dumb nut drilled 2 screws into the cam mech
OK so now i have to try to fix old mech or source another secondhand one MISSION IMPOSSIBLE
so door shut and cabletied around handle

by **Kev1000s** » Fri Jul 29, 2016 8:46 am

New sump gasket & lift pump o ring fitted hope thats the end of the leaks, and fitted rev counter clocks...

by **BROWNYS V6** » Thu Aug 04, 2016 7:25 am

been enjoying smoking the van back and forth to work, did a bit more t cutting yesterday too

by **Kev1000s** » Thu Aug 04, 2016 12:00 pm

100ps injectors fitted and leak off mod....

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