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

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

Postby pelmetman » Fri Sep 16, 2016 7:37 pm

Finally got round to replacing the overcab windows on Horace 8) .......a job I'd been putting off for years :oops: .....

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Had to bend the new perspex....it was a bit Heath Robinson but worked :mrgreen:

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Quite pleased with the finished result 8) ....

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

Postby CamperVanBeethoven » Fri Sep 16, 2016 8:29 pm

Nice job - well done :)
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Re: What did you do to your mk 3/4/5 today.

Postby d1ng27 » Fri Sep 16, 2016 10:22 pm

Had the tracking done. How exciting :roll:
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Re: What did you do to your mk 3/4/5 today.

Postby CamperVanBeethoven » Sat Sep 17, 2016 7:04 pm

d1ng27 wrote:Had the tracking done. How exciting :roll:

Well, we wouldn't want this topic to drift off course ;)

Took out bits of the roof lining. As the coachbuilder who's going to fix my van suggested, the roof's a bit of a crap job by an amateur. It certainly wasn't originally a Leisure Drives conversion. Old roof has been jigsawed off, quite badly - seems they couldn't hold a straight line very well. Probably pissed when they did it :P. And not as much original roof left as there is supposed to be. Hmph.

I'll call him - or call in - next week and show him the score. Ask him if it's easier for me to peel back all the trim in prep for him to take the whole roof off and reseal it properly... on the grounds labour to take off the whole lot & put back on would probably work out about the same as labour to cut out around the bits he's welding and patch them back in & repaint ...
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Re: What did you do to your mk 3/4/5 today.

Postby pelmetman » Sat Sep 17, 2016 10:35 pm

CamperVanBeethoven wrote:
d1ng27 wrote:Had the tracking done. How exciting :roll:

Well, we wouldn't want this topic to drift off course ;)


Well if we're going to be pedantic :mrgreen: ......

I've emptied the bog and topped up the water tank :wink: .......but we do live in our Mk 3 8) ....
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Horace a 90 SWB Ford Travelhome MK 3....2.5 diesel manual
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Re: What did you do to your mk 3/4/5 today.

Postby CamperVanBeethoven » Sat Sep 17, 2016 10:49 pm

pelmetman wrote:
CamperVanBeethoven wrote:
d1ng27 wrote:Had the tracking done. How exciting :roll:

Well, we wouldn't want this topic to drift off course ;)


Well if we're going to be pedantic :mrgreen: ......

I've emptied the bog and topped up the water tank :wink: .......but we do live in our Mk 3 8) ....

I think that post was about a load of crap ;)
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Re: What did you do to your mk 3/4/5 today.

Postby Altransit » Tue Sep 20, 2016 6:59 pm

Sold it :!: :mrgreen:
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Re: What did you do to your mk 3/4/5 today.

Postby Punto443 » Wed Sep 21, 2016 4:09 pm

Altransit wrote:Sold it :!: :mrgreen:



1 down, how many to go? :lol:
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Re: What did you do to your mk 3/4/5 today.

Postby linsey_young » Wed Sep 21, 2016 8:03 pm

Drove it across town (noisily) to Euro Car Parts to pick up new exhaust front section. Found out that they'd ordered the wrong type. Found out they couldn't get the right type... Drove it (noisily) back to the yard. Decided I might as well pull the remains of the old pipe off... Considered welding the bloody thing back together when I got it off the van. Decided against it... Searched eBay for the right part at a reasonable price...
If I knew then what I know now, I'd have taken it to the scrapyard...

Glad I didn't though :)
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Re: What did you do to your mk 3/4/5 today.

Postby angusp » Wed Sep 21, 2016 8:32 pm

New rocker cover gasket fitted.
2000 mk5 100 swb, going.
2005 mk6 350 lwb, not going.
2005 mk6 280 lwb, gone bang.
1996 mk5 190 lwb, gone.
1998 mk5 80 swb, gone.
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Re: What did you do to your mk 3/4/5 today.

Postby pelmetman » Wed Sep 21, 2016 10:14 pm

Bit more tittyvatting :mrgreen: .......

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

Postby CamperVanBeethoven » Fri Sep 23, 2016 10:23 pm

Gave it to someone else to fix.

And now I live life in the bus lane :(

[That's a Half Man Half Biscuit reference, but I doubt anyone got it ;) ]
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Re: What did you do to your mk 3/4/5 today.

Postby Altransit » Fri Sep 23, 2016 10:25 pm

Punto443 wrote:
Altransit wrote:Sold it :!: :mrgreen:



1 down, how many to go? :lol:

2 down :wink: :mrgreen:
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Re: What did you do to your mk 3/4/5 today.

Postby CamperVanBeethoven » Fri Sep 23, 2016 10:27 pm

Altransit wrote:
Punto443 wrote:
Altransit wrote:Sold it :!: :mrgreen:



1 down, how many to go? :lol:

2 down :wink: :mrgreen:

Have you got a spare turbo left over to fit a 2.5 di? ;)
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Re: What did you do to your mk 3/4/5 today.

Postby pelmetman » Fri Sep 23, 2016 10:50 pm

Painted the tow bar today 8) .......and topped up the water tank and emptied the bog again :mrgreen: .....
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