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by **transit-town** » Tue Mar 07, 2017 2:50 am

transit-town wrote:Changed timing belt,water pump,power steering belt,thermostat housing & thermostat, alternator belt,flushed coolant housing,pipes and radiator

by **transit-town** » Tue Mar 07, 2017 2:52 am

transit-town wrote:
transit-town wrote:Changed timing belt,water pump,power steering belt,thermostat housing & thermostat, alternator belt,flushed coolant housing,pipes and radiator

by **gotgcoalman** » Tue Mar 07, 2017 4:56 pm

New aux belt and fuel filter.

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plumbed this in too.

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My intake might get rusty. It's certainly not getting anymore oil :lol:

by **mike En** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 9:54 am

Used my camper as a removal van yesterday ! Moved everything in 5 trips, would have been 3 if i could be bothered to slide the bongo seats off there runners and out the back lol

Also Saturday and Sunday I welded up my father in laws new mk5 for it's MOT .
"solid and never been welded" said the guy he bought it from !
Wasn't solid, although it hadn't been welded . . . . . instead the front arch/inner and outer sill/step on the drivers side was fibreglass and filler ! Lmao. All replaced with new panels now though.

by **Aardvark** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 11:38 am

transit-town

I'm loving the neat plastic cap on the end of your crank pulley. Must keep the bolt from going so rusty.

by **Bobiow** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 3:33 pm

Just been having a look at the heater controls (now winter is over :roll:

) to see if I can make it switch between floor/dash/windscreen a bit easier = Failed and gave up on that, it works enough... In the process found a spare ignition key and somehow made the interior light work. :lol:

by **gotgcoalman** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 4:13 pm

Bobiow wrote:Just been having a look at the heater controls (now winter is over ) to see if I can make it switch between floor/dash/windscreen a bit easier = Failed and gave up on that, it works enough... In the process found a spare ignition key and somehow made the interior light work.

double bonus

Went to Smith and Allen for some diff oil.(seal/gasket has a slight weep)
They didn't have
EP90 GL-5
EP 85w 90 GL-5

apparantly their 80w-90 Gl-5 will do the job.

Bought a couple of litres (1.7 l needed) and............

It started pissing down :lol:

The oils been in there for upto 18 years so another day or so isn't going to hurt (famous last words)

by **angusp** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 4:19 pm

New windscreen and more importantly, the metalwork around it welded and made good so the screen won't fall out!

by **CamperVanBeethoven** » Sun Mar 12, 2017 12:21 am

Old battery tray removed, what was left of it. The middle had rusted out completely.

"New" battery tray wire brushed down and painted with Smoothrite. No point putting a rusty tray in to replace a disintegrated one without giving it a paint first...

Decided to also repaint the arch, inside the engine bay. Not going to be a cosmetically perfect job, just designed to slow the rot. Loads of beige Hammerite rust primer so far. Some Engine Blue from Halfrauds on top of it tomorrow. Found out in the process the wheel arch has been patch repaired in the past. Hmm. Well, the metal still seems fairly sound ...

May post up some pics tomorrow

by **gotgcoalman** » Sun Mar 12, 2017 2:05 am

CamperVanBeethoven wrote:May post up some pics tomorrow

no pics = it didn't happen :lol:

by **CamperVanBeethoven** » Sun Mar 12, 2017 2:14 pm

Well, it still hasn't happened, but it's getting there. Paint takes SO long to dry! At least it's light after work now, and I can get stuff done when I get home ... A situation which will get even better when the clocks change

The old battery tray. It was pretty far gone ...

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The "new" one. By the way, are there supposed to be bolts going through the holes in the bottom or are they just for drainage? It is hard to tell with mine because the arch has been patch repaired in the past ... so if there were nuts in there, there aren't now.

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And what I'm waiting on now ... Paint drying :/

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by **angusp** » Sun Mar 12, 2017 9:42 pm

Additional battery tray added to passenger side.

by **angusp** » Fri Mar 17, 2017 10:15 pm

Leisure battery (varta lfd75) now in additional battery tray.

by **CamperVanBeethoven** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 7:08 pm

Water mist decoke. Has it done any good? Well it seems a bit smoother, accelerates a bit faster, but I dunno for sure.

It sounds quieter, maybe, but that could be a side effect of being deafened by the engine noise and intake roar during the water mist decoking

by **finn_mccool** » Mon Mar 20, 2017 8:15 pm

New aerial fitted.

Some other minor fitting of parts including a gear knob. Some diagnostics with the wiring diagram. Turned it around, and found more problems than I solved!

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