Hi, just posting my MK5 2.5D SWB HI-TOP camper build.

[eiretransit]

Quality Work!

[spikefreeway]

beautiful! puts my lets-staple-some-shelves-and-some-bits-and-bobs-out-of-a-caravan-in-to-my-former-minibus to shame

[Tran59]

beautiful! puts my lets-staple-some-shelves-and-some-bits-and-bobs-out-of-a-caravan-in-to-my-former-minibus to shame

Lol

[Anton2k3]

We need updates!

[greek]

Excelent work as always, & always look forward to seeing your progress but still a teeny worry on weight, when adding all your fluids water diesel waste gas & all other bits when away camping

[Tran59]

Excelent work as always, & always look forward to seeing your progress but still a teeny worry on weight, when adding all your fluids water diesel waste gas & all other bits when away camping

Good point, but word has it he's working on an anti-gravity machine which should reduce overall mass by about 600kg when he plugs it into the 12V outlet

[MinorMatt]

its called a helium baloon he ties it to the van when it has to go on a weigh bridge!

[Tran59]

its called a helium baloon he ties it to the van when it has to go on a weigh bridge!

Hmm, I wouldn't have thought he'd go for the balloon solution - not enough welding or angle grinding involved

[MinorMatt]

How about a pop top roof that converts into a hot air baloon with integral burner??

[madbri]

its called a helium baloon he ties it to the van when it has to go on a weigh bridge!

or eat lots of baked beans fart fart fart i asked this question earlyer and he makes sences he says its lightweight furniture steel wich is a lot lighter than 2x2 so lets hope hes right im sure he is as hes put alot of thought into it

[AlanN]

Transitmania, 3rd - 5th September Hope its ready

[madbri]

Transitmania, 3rd - 5th September Hope its ready

glad u didnt put what year of course it will b ready i hope it is aswell id luv to look round it and show u what u could av done in a couple of weekends cut bang bodge swear that,ll be alright il finnish that another time ull b jelous

[AlanN]

Transitmania, 3rd - 5th September Hope its ready

glad u didnt put what year of course it will b ready i hope it is aswell id luv to look round it and show u what u could av done in a couple of weekends cut bang bodge swear that,ll be alright il finnish that another time ull b jelous

great, I'll look forward to seeing her your'll have ramond blonc cooking in that stainless kitchen in no time 5 star


Im hoping for progress next month on my engine and with any luck Ill get the interior gutted during the warmer weather.

[dachre]

I go away for a couple of weeks and you've all gone as Mad as March Hare's........ ....

Must be the time of year....... ....




Cheers guys...Id like to go to a Transit meet or something... that would be fun. I also remember Ake as well as AlanN was talking about the Transit mania one now it has a new date set for it and that may be a bit better for me this year.


Anyways..... Thought id just post a list of the things needed to finish off the van so we all know where we are.... .. Anything else you can think of, just give us a shout....... except making it fly..... lets just try and make it drive first...




Make 8 wooden cupboard doors and shelves then fix them into the steel frames of the camper.-------*IN PROGRESS*

Fit shower head/mixer assy.

Buy 2 meters of speedfit pipe for shower.--------------------------*DONE*

Buy 2 pipe adaptors from ½ “ to 10mm for shower pipe.-------------*DONE*



Trim the bases of wooden seat boxes so they sit level with each other.

Finish off the internal wood frame of the seat boxes.

Buy another 4 meters of the Silver upholstery carpet for the seat boxes, ect.--------*DONE*

Finish off the stainless seat frames.-----------------------------*IN PROGRESS*



Make some nice foam seats for the back of the van.

Get some foam for the seats.

Buy some upholstery material for seats.

Get someone to sew it all together.

Figure out if I can re-upholster the front Galaxy seats to match the rest of the new seating.

Sort out what to do with the lack of curtains.

Make the fold down false roof section that goes over the shower curtain frame.----------*IN PROGRESS*

Sort out a nice shaped carpet for the cab floor and the rear.

Buy a camping toilet thingy... and make a wooden box for it to sit in (with wheels) that matches the rest of the seating with a nice upholstered foam seat. Make sure it all sits as the same height as the rest of the seating so it sits flush....( Flush... d’ya get it?.. flush...lol...) and then it can be pushed to the back of the van and then the rear seating can have an ‘L’ shape arrangement to it.... and really hope it don’t smell....



Bolt/fix the stainless kitchen unit down.

Make blank plates for some parts of the kitchen unit.----------------------------*DONE*

Fit/adjust draws for the kitchen unit.

Cut holes for the inlet and outlet air supply vents for the Propex heater.

Fix kitchen sink to kitchen unit.

Fit the fridge in properly.. align fridge to outside vents ect, re-connect gas... (keep Pippin happy and buy a smoke detector thingy)



Finish off electrics.

Wire up 240v inlet to the consumer unit.

Wire the 240v to the fridge.

Wire the 240v to the plug sockets on the kitchen unit.

Wire up water pump and pressure switch.

Wire up the LED lights on the inside of the rear door.

Wire up the rear lights.

Sort out restrain brackets for the batteries.



Finish water pipe work for water heater.

Finish gas pipe work on water heater.

Finish electrics on water heater.

Hope 2nd hand water heater (that has never been tested or run) doesn’t go into meltdown.

Run the vans entire water system to see if it works...might even have a shower myself........

Finish off the grey waste drainage pipe work under the van.



Connect the dash heater air hoses.

Fit dash speedo and clocks ect.

Sort out wiring for head unit and speakers.

Bolt seats in.

Bolt the steering wheel on........ Find a steering wheel bolt first....lol....

Get the brakes to brake.

Build some sort of spare wheel holder to go under the van.

Get the front wheels to point generally in the same direction.

Fit an anti-roll bar to the front and look into the possibility into fitting one onto the rear to stop the van from falling over and sliding along the road on its side.

Oh, and at some time I really must get around to tightening all of the front-rear suspension/axle nuts and bolts up a little bit tighter than just hand tight.




Some of these jobs may take a few minutes, some might take a day or so....

Think that’s about it... I’ll add to the list as I think of new things tho...... but I think thats it...

Cheers Guys.... ...

[ake]

You missed out 'Take it to Transit mania for its inspection' from the end of the list

That little list should only take about 4 months, so plenty time yet