What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

[ned]

Made it too and from the mania with all tyres intact

And today I made a flippy key just for fun, seeing as it's been a popular topic lately

Nice doors, are they oak N

[Punto443]

They are

[Thequeenscheese]

Made it too and from the mania with all tyres intact

And today I made a flippy key just for fun, seeing as it's been a popular topic lately

How did you get on with the button alignment? I ended up putting a thin sheet of plastic in mine between the buttons on the key and the white plastic bit as one of the push buttons on my flip didn't push properly meaning it was out of alignment, so the thin sheet of stiff but flexible plastic increased the surface area of the button and hay presto job done..

[ned]

Driving it to work today, it'll get a good test as there is a 1/2 mile up hill climb N

[Punto443]

I trimmed the pcb down with the dremmel, so it lined up perfect, then hot glued it in place

[ned]

Hill climb - pass
Over taking - pass
5th gear - pass
Not used to this with the van behaving N

[Tango330]

Nice one N

I actually polished some bits on my van this morning Going to try and do a bit every day now to get it reasonable

Need to do some minor welding on the rear inner wings this week too, covering up some holes left by the RAC Do I need to disconnect the battery, or not if I use my MIG

[wronghole]

Drove it home today anyway, left Mania early to try and miss any traffic probs, and it was really quiet so actually made it in 3 hours instead of the 4 1/2 it took me to get there

Then unloaded my sh1t out of the back and started to get it ready for it's next job. Actually got shamed into buying some polish for it, so might do a bit of that this week too

Sorry about that mate but I did show you what's under the oxidization and made a little start . looks like Jaffa under all that white

[wronghole]

Nice one N

I actually polished some bits on my van this morning Going to try and do a bit every day now to get it reasonable

Need to do some minor welding on the rear inner wings this week too, covering up some holes left by the RAC Do I need to disconnect the battery, or not if I use my MIG

Little tip with them RAC vans. When all been cut and polished use only water to clean it leaving the polish behind thus giving better protection against further oxidization. Think I might have mentioned that to you at TM
Also best be safe than sorry on the welding front , disconnect batteries.

[Tango330]

Drove it home today anyway, left Mania early to try and miss any traffic probs, and it was really quiet so actually made it in 3 hours instead of the 4 1/2 it took me to get there

Then unloaded my sh1t out of the back and started to get it ready for it's next job. Actually got shamed into buying some polish for it, so might do a bit of that this week too

Sorry about that mate but I did show you what's under the oxidization and made a little start . looks like Jaffa under all that white

No worries Mate Appreciated the kick up the @rse I needed to get going on it Made a start on the bonnet (carrying on where you left off ) and the rear off side panel.....

before and after polish.jpg

Will never make it to the Jaffa standard Mate, but hopefully you won't mind me parking next to you next year Used this stuff, bought at TM

polish bottle.jpg

Seems OK, but will probably get some G3 and G10 as recommended by my other new mate Karl

Yes Mate, you mentioned the water only cleaning, and Karl said the same IIRC. Might get the gas bottles out and braze the pieces in as it's only a little job and it will save the hassle of battery disconnection

[ned]

Big difference there Mr T, keep up the good work Us blue van owners don't have the oxidation problems we have the nobody sees us problem N

[wronghole]

No worries . Ain't hard work ,they shine well and its quite easy to maintain . I just wash mine and use spray on wax and leather it dry

[andz327]

No worries . Ain't hard work ,they shine well and its quite easy to maintain . I just wash mine and use spray on wax and leather it dry

Big difference there Mr T, keep up the good work Us blue van owners don't have the oxidation problems we have the nobody sees us problem N

All this talk about polishing made me give the auld girl a wash

[ned]

No worries . Ain't hard work ,they shine well and its quite easy to maintain . I just wash mine and use spray on wax and leather it dry

Big difference there Mr T, keep up the good work Us blue van owners don't have the oxidation problems we have the nobody sees us problem N

All this talk about polishing made me give the auld girl a wash

Looks very clean and shiny...........hang on is that rain
You still not sorted the headlights out? Why not join the split headlight club. N

[Punto443]

I gave it the wash it should have had on Saturday