What did you do to your mk 3/4/5 today.

[BROWNYS V6]

wow, that sounds technical 30,000 psi is a bit more than you need to fix an old transit

[CamperVanBeethoven]

It's oil extraction equipment. It has to last a long time ... 20+ years. Underwater. Sometimes thousands of feet underwater. And when we say it should operate at pressure X, it's tested at pressure 2X. Crude oil is hot, corrosive, full of sand and water (think constant sand blasting, with acid ...) and so it all involves high nickel content alloys and heat treatment of welds to ensure they last ...

[astra]

It's oil extraction equipment. It has to last a long time ... 20+ years. Underwater. Sometimes thousands of feet underwater. And when we say it should operate at pressure X, it's tested at pressure 2X. Crude oil is hot, corrosive, full of sand and water (think constant sand blasting, with acid ...) and so it all involves high nickel content alloys and heat treatment of welds to ensure they last ...

I am sure that if you can weld that stuff then you can weld a transit, if you can find some good metal to weld to

[astra]

I have been cutting out rust and more rust and some more. got access to a sheet metal bender too so all good

[CamperVanBeethoven]

It's oil extraction equipment. It has to last a long time ... 20+ years. Underwater. Sometimes thousands of feet underwater. And when we say it should operate at pressure X, it's tested at pressure 2X. Crude oil is hot, corrosive, full of sand and water (think constant sand blasting, with acid ...) and so it all involves high nickel content alloys and heat treatment of welds to ensure they last ...

I am sure that if you can weld that stuff then you can weld a transit, if you can find some good metal to weld to

Hah, I can't weld at all! [OK I can kinda weld plastic ... badly ... and I did re-braze bicycle forks once] I just do computer stuff ... I just pick up this background knowledge from having worked there for years ...

[CamperVanBeethoven]

Drove it on a 30 mile round trip to Glenrothes, only to have the guy tell me it's too f**king tall to fit in his spray booth.

AAAAARGHHHH!!

Making enquiries of someone else who does lorries. I bet he charges a bomb, though.

[vanfox]

You could investigate having it, or parts of it, vinyl wrapped.

[BROWNYS V6]

turned the van into a builders wagon today, loads of tools in it made a nice mess

[angusp]

Put some waxoyl on the rear arches on the inside as some rust starting to be visible where it joins the outer arch.

[CamperVanBeethoven]

Put some waxoyl on the rear arches on the inside as some rust starting to be visible where it joins the outer arch.

Argh, the dreaded red rot :/

Still waiting for an answer from the third guy I've emailed about sorting my windscreen. Been looking at welding rigs on eBay and thinking 'yeah I REALLY want to take on a very complicated bit of welding from scratch, having welded twice in my life ... and not being able to work the welder second time around '

[angusp]

Sounds like a job for dieselhead123, but he's in Kent - not very handy for you. Worth checking his website, lots of pics of work done for members on here.

[gotgcoalman]

Found the source of the wierd sound comming from the passanger side

Metal around the top of the shocker/wheel arch is trying to tear it's self appart

[CamperVanBeethoven]

Sounds like a job for dieselhead123, but he's in Kent - not very handy for you. Worth checking his website, lots of pics of work done for members on here.

There's a guy in Kirkcaldy who can maybe do it. At least, his mates at the garage reckon he can do it, but he was out at the time. The most firm estimate of price so far ... "hunners" (hundreds ... ). Still got to talk to him to discuss time and price which I might get a chance to do today ... The final price will depend on how many other bits of rust on the body I get him to sort at the same time. Doors need attention, for instance.

At least it's drivable in the meantime.

[CamperVanBeethoven]

Removed the bed so the guy who's fixing it can get easier access to the rusty wheel arch that needs welding. Contemplated doing more, but it's getting dark.

Guy in Kirkcaldy has agreed to take the job on but (rightfully) says he can't quote an exact price for fixing it until the glass is off and he can see how much of it's needing replaced. He did quote a top price if he had to reweld the whole lot all the way around ... £600 He wants me to be there when it comes off so that we can both see what the damage is ...

It's gonna be expensive to fix this :/

[gotgcoalman]

Welding

Previous owner appers to have "blobbed" the hiden bit

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This bit was filled with weld (also hidden) until it fell out.

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Not pretty but it's stuck.

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