MinorMatt wrote:transit mark wrote:Exellent work there guys.
Be careful... Kalkat is a girl! And she is suprisingly accurate when throwing hammers at people who offend her
Ill now go and hide lol.
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Ex John Lewis MK5, 2.5TDi 85ps Automatic & Air Con.
Re: Ex John Lewis MK5, 2.5TDi 85ps Automatic & Air Con.
by transit mark » Tue Feb 25, 2014 9:52 am
Ill now go and hide lol.
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Re: Ex John Lewis MK5, 2.5TDi 85ps Automatic & Air Con.
by kalkat » Tue Feb 25, 2014 2:58 pm
Drat!.... that'll make you harder to hit 
Today will be finish welding, snagging, filler and priming down this side. The cab doors both have splits from the quarterlight frams and dents........................... wiill they never end!
Today will be finish welding, snagging, filler and priming down this side. The cab doors both have splits from the quarterlight frams and dents........................... wiill they never end!
.......... hitting things since I was old enough to hold a hammer
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Re: Ex John Lewis MK5, 2.5TDi 85ps Automatic & Air Con.
by MissTamsin » Tue Feb 25, 2014 11:16 pm
whose artistic hanywork was that (I bet I know...)
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Re: Ex John Lewis MK5, 2.5TDi 85ps Automatic & Air Con.
by kalkat » Wed Feb 26, 2014 12:01 am
Who ......... me? ....*whistles and looks at ceiling*
Well today has been fairly pants. Infra red heater - both tubes blown. Halogens heater - makes tinkly/grating noise when moved. Halogen work lamps (500 W each) one tube blew as soon as it was turned on
.......... so the work has been slow to set, plus I have had any amount of difficulty getting any sort of decent level on some areas.
Still.... these things are sent to try us
Well today has been fairly pants. Infra red heater - both tubes blown. Halogens heater - makes tinkly/grating noise when moved. Halogen work lamps (500 W each) one tube blew as soon as it was turned on
.......... so the work has been slow to set, plus I have had any amount of difficulty getting any sort of decent level on some areas.
Still.... these things are sent to try us
.......... hitting things since I was old enough to hold a hammer
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Re: Ex John Lewis MK5, 2.5TDi 85ps Automatic & Air Con.
by AndyG » Wed Feb 26, 2014 2:25 am
Are you talking from experienceMinorMatt wrote:
Be careful... Kalkat is a girl! And she is suprisingly accurate when throwing hammers at people who offend her
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Re: Ex John Lewis MK5, 2.5TDi 85ps Automatic & Air Con.
by Nadjenka » Wed Feb 26, 2014 2:35 am
YAY YAY!!! 
It's like Christmas Eve
Can't believe what I see, well done! You're the RUST SLAYERS 
Emma, brighter days are ahead! ...as soon as new bulbs arrive... And mainly because you're magic!
It's like Christmas Eve
Can't believe what I see, well done! You're the RUST SLAYERS Emma, brighter days are ahead! ...as soon as new bulbs arrive...
And mainly because you're magic! 
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Re: Ex John Lewis MK5, 2.5TDi 85ps Automatic & Air Con.
by MinorMatt » Wed Feb 26, 2014 8:38 am
AndyG wrote:Are you talking from experienceMinorMatt wrote:
Be careful... Kalkat is a girl! And she is suprisingly accurate when throwing hammers at people who offend her
Fortunately not... but there are stories
The person who was hiding and was hit by bouncing the hammer off the leg off the post lift springs to mind
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Re: Ex John Lewis MK5, 2.5TDi 85ps Automatic & Air Con.
by kalkat » Wed Feb 26, 2014 10:42 pm
I also used to make them 'skip' under cars in the workshop....... catches the shins
Today ...... I have mostly been sniffing filler* The good bit is now that the rear six foot of this side is near level!
Yaaay!!
*apologies to the Fast Show
Today ...... I have mostly been sniffing filler* The good bit is now that the rear six foot of this side is near level!
Yaaay!!*apologies to the Fast Show
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Re: Ex John Lewis MK5, 2.5TDi 85ps Automatic & Air Con.
by Nadjenka » Wed Feb 26, 2014 11:21 pm
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Re: Ex John Lewis MK5, 2.5TDi 85ps Automatic & Air Con.
by kalkat » Wed Feb 26, 2014 11:46 pm
Your posts make me smile Nada ............ makes it all worthwhile
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Re: Ex John Lewis MK5, 2.5TDi 85ps Automatic & Air Con.
by MinorMatt » Thu Feb 27, 2014 2:57 pm
Sure its not the chicken??
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Re: Ex John Lewis MK5, 2.5TDi 85ps Automatic & Air Con.
by transitandy » Mon Mar 03, 2014 2:04 am
chicken
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Re: Ex John Lewis MK5, 2.5TDi 85ps Automatic & Air Con.
by MinorMatt » Mon Mar 03, 2014 10:02 am
Nadas dancing Chicken...
Nipped over at the weekend whilst I did a job on another transit
The drivers side is looking rather good, its 95% ready for primer. Hopefully the drivers side will be in primer this week, and the other lower 1/4 cut out and removed ready for the work to start on that side. In some ways the passenger side will be easier (less of it, better access for welds etc) but its also had a lot more past impact damage and repairs... so it may well take longer.
Unfortunately the rear doors and side loading door arn't worth repairing and it looks likes we won't have better ones supplied to us before Nada goes away - so we may well be putting the old manky doors back on the shiney van
Nipped over at the weekend whilst I did a job on another transit
The drivers side is looking rather good, its 95% ready for primer. Hopefully the drivers side will be in primer this week, and the other lower 1/4 cut out and removed ready for the work to start on that side. In some ways the passenger side will be easier (less of it, better access for welds etc) but its also had a lot more past impact damage and repairs... so it may well take longer.
Unfortunately the rear doors and side loading door arn't worth repairing and it looks likes we won't have better ones supplied to us before Nada goes away - so we may well be putting the old manky doors back on the shiney van
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Re: Ex John Lewis MK5, 2.5TDi 85ps Automatic & Air Con.
by transitandy » Mon Mar 03, 2014 11:36 pm
MinorMatt wrote:Nadas dancing Chicken...
Ah ok
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Re: Ex John Lewis MK5, 2.5TDi 85ps Automatic & Air Con.
by MinorMatt » Mon Mar 10, 2014 9:26 am
Another update...
When I arrive on Friday Kalkat had been busy
The drivers side side panels had been fully welded, all the prep done and it had been put in to primer and a 2nd primer coat applied (~20mins before I arrived)
Oh and it looks really good
So we started attacking the other side...
It looked like this inside so we wern't entirely sure what we would find...
and we started cutting, removed the side, and then did it again!
Yup, panel over panel.
When it had been "repaired" in the past the rear SLD pillar had been knocked back and bodged up completely - fortunately other than being the wrong shape it was intact
With a lump hammer (mainly) we knocked it back in to shape (after removing the spot welds)! and its pretty close.
Once removed a few sill repairs were required and the bottom of the rear pillar had had it too (again a previous botched repair which had been accident damaged
Other than that... broken windscreen out and the new panel trial fitted (its probably mainly welded in now - Kalkat spent a few more hours on it after I left last night)
We did find a lot of distortion in the upper panel from accident damage... The SLD rail was an S shape, so I went to the scrappies and procured another (the right shape) and we have managed to get the worst of it out Once Kalkat has done her magic it should be gone
Oh and I finished welding up the floor!
When I arrive on Friday Kalkat had been busy
The drivers side side panels had been fully welded, all the prep done and it had been put in to primer and a 2nd primer coat applied (~20mins before I arrived)
Oh and it looks really good
So we started attacking the other side...
It looked like this inside so we wern't entirely sure what we would find...
and we started cutting, removed the side, and then did it again!
Yup, panel over panel.
When it had been "repaired" in the past the rear SLD pillar had been knocked back and bodged up completely - fortunately other than being the wrong shape it was intact
With a lump hammer (mainly) we knocked it back in to shape (after removing the spot welds)! and its pretty close.
Once removed a few sill repairs were required and the bottom of the rear pillar had had it too (again a previous botched repair which had been accident damaged
Other than that... broken windscreen out and the new panel trial fitted (its probably mainly welded in now - Kalkat spent a few more hours on it after I left last night)
We did find a lot of distortion in the upper panel from accident damage... The SLD rail was an S shape, so I went to the scrappies and procured another (the right shape) and we have managed to get the worst of it out
Once Kalkat has done her magic it should be gone Oh and I finished welding up the floor!
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95 Hallmark
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