should hopefully be a good one once its done, it will be quite a while yet.
for now i'm getting both front spring hangers done and all the engine bay and transmission tunnel repaired and painted. fitting the engine back in so it can be mobile again without getting 4 or 5 lads pushing .
To save me from madness ill break up the welding jobs. I have a full dash and loom from a Mk5 Tourneo, the Tourneo had electric windows, central locking, power mirrors, rev counter, alloys and twin airbags. I have already started installing all of it into mine, the doors as there different and i didn't want to swap them over yet, for me to have to take a freshly painted set of doors on and off when i fit the wings and aches.
After Christmas i think i will get the front wings, arches inner and outer, sills inner and outer and steps and cab floor all sorted out, hopefully next summer get a camper conversion started.
Between then and now i have a few smaller jobs to keep me going, wiring needs adapting to the mk4 rear loom lights rear heated screens passenger lights Ect.
Ill be giving the rear axle a service, i think it was weeping a little oil from somewhere. According to the I.D plate its a 4.11 axle so want confirm this at the same time.
Has anyone got a 4.11 axle on there van? whats 70mph like on the motorway revs and noise wise?
on my mk5 190 recovery truck (i think is has the 5.14 axle) 70mph is so bad its just not worth thinking about! the engine is almost at 4000rpm
i normally just sit with the lorry's at about 58.
here is a couple more pictures
front N/S hanger
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the hanger i bought for the N/s wasn't as good a fit as the other one, appeases to have been slightly off when it was welded together, pattern panels are never perfect. Still better than if i had made one/ patched up what was left of the original
its offered up at the moment tacked into place ill get a few pictures Monday
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