mark 5 transit scooby doo ice cream van

[sirio]

hi just thought id share some of the things ill be doing to my ice cream van trying things iv not done before hopefully come in useful to some of you guys n gals too,i want to give her a bit of a spruce up when i first got my van it was a bit of a bucket spent three days getting it ready for it mot due to welding shes a solid old bus now bit of a paint job she was neglected for years just getting patched up to get her throw her mots etc iv spent a lot of time getting her to be as reliable as poss not easy lol and i'm still struggling away but it more to do with the battery side of things but hopefully in the next week that will be sorted.want to put a A bar on which ill make i'm going to make a steel sun visor as well i will be putting up how i do this as well done 4 years in a fab shop shouldn't be a problem,i want to put a slight tint to front windows and the wee wind deflector things on them too. one thing i hate is electrics and guess what this is the first job i'm going to be tackling so bare with me as i'm still learning on this side of things here is couple of pics any advice or comments most welcome.

[transitandy]

Thats a beauty

[sirio]

Thanks transitandy took a fair bit of graft too get her too this stage but its becoming a bit of a passion and not so much of a choir lol

[sirio]

first job i'm doing its upgrading my charging system as the alternator is struggling to charge all my batteries
so I'm fitting a sterling pro reg b advanced alternator regulator it stats turns alternator in to a four step
battery charger increases charge performance from between 300-1000% depending on original alt voltage.
first job is to solder two wires to the brushes in the alt rebuild and check to see which alt you have negative rotor
or positive rotor ill explain as i go how to check this.
this is how I'm doing it may be of use to anyone just wanting to put new brushes in there mitsubishi alt
internal fan style mines is 95 amps or want to put this system in there camper for 240 volts when you have
not got elec hook up access.

this is my inverter with one of the new batts



tools for this step are soldering iron de solder and solder not pictured,multimeter,screw drivers,
13mm spanner 13mm 8mm sockets n ratchet,small tapping hammer,steel wool wire brushes etc to clean
alt body.


































awaiting new brush pack ill stick a link up for the brush pack when iv finished this part
ill update as soon as pos

[AndyG]

[robbie.cee]

blinding pix m8 and very informative, defo worth a blu peter badge

[transitandy]

I have to take my hat off to you sir as this thread is very good and think you must be a bit of a perfectioinist as the info and pics are as good as a haynes manual

[sirio]

ha ha that's the joys of the Scottish weather never seen so much rain so this is passing my time and getting a bit done at the same time.cheers lads for the comments after this iv got a starter motor to rebuild do you think peeps would be interested in seeing how i get on with that.

[Altransit]

the info and pics are as good as a haynes manual

I'm not sure that this is a compliment


Haynes are rubbish B/W pics with the explanation usually on a different page

[bigmastif]

lovin the paint job, prefer this scheme to the old zig zag one that cocozza used to use.

is it the old muirend van
leccie in them vans is always pants, my mates mk7 has had glitches since the build date.

[Altransit]

iv got a starter motor to rebuild do you think peeps would be interested in seeing how i get on with that.

YES

[sirio]

is it the old muirend van
leccie in them vans is always pants, my mates mk7 has had glitches since the build date.

really don't no much on the history of my van

[transitandy]

iv got a starter motor to rebuild do you think peeps would be interested in seeing how i get on with that.

YES

x2 yes please

[bigmastif]

is it the old muirend van
leccie in them vans is always pants, my mates mk7 has had glitches since the build date.

really don't no much on the history of my van

if your struggling for history take it upto cocozza and find out what area it was built for then
should be easy enough to find what garage it was parked in.

[sirio]

is it the old muirend van
leccie in them vans is always pants, my mates mk7 has had glitches since the build date.

really don't no much on the history of my van

if your struggling for history take it upto cocozza and find out what area it was built for then
should be easy enough to find what garage it was parked in.

thanks next time im up ill get the van info from them never thought on asking them that cheers.

looks like ill be fitting a water pump in the morning there seems to be a cricket under my bonnet
jump out for a fag last night thought i was in the jungle well that's my weekend sorted