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

[pelmetman]

The Mrs nearly sold my MK 5 .......

If I hadn't had come out of the sign makers in time she'd had bleedin done it to .......

[BROWNYS V6]

done a bit more t cutting today
and I need to find a genuine front wing for the offside now

[MinorMatt]

The Mrs nearly sold my MK 5 .......

If I hadn't had come out of the sign makers in time she'd had bleedin done it to .......

For what you said you had spent... or what you have actually spent??

[derv23]

The Mrs nearly sold my MK 5 .......

If I hadn't had come out of the sign makers in time she'd had bleedin done it to .......

, I'm sure my Mrs would do the same given half the chance ha.
Attempting to weld a couple small patches on rear chassis by the bumper mounts, cut patches, primed inside faces , magneted on , wriggle under , all set up, start spotting it on and feckin welder starts playing up, it's feeding itself when off the trigger . Not fun when your not expecting up , sparks everywhere and blobs all over the shot.
Nothing obvious looks outta place on machine. Felt the liner gas cable and its pretty hot to the touch .
I'm running no gas + no gas wire , polarity not changed, never gave problems before.
Anyone any ideas ?
I'll need to join the mig weld forum and see if I can sort it.
I'm using an old cebora 130 turbo if that helps.

[pelmetman]

The Mrs nearly sold my MK 5 .......

If I hadn't had come out of the sign makers in time she'd had bleedin done it to .......

For what you said you had spent... or what you have actually spent??

Reckon she'd give it away given half a chance .......

If she finds out what I've actually spent.....I'll be given away next ......

[derv23]

[MinorMatt]

Sounds like a plan??

Derv - has your cebora still got the original torch or has it been converted to eurotorch? The switch in the original torches can get sticky

[derv23]

It still has the original torch on it. It does the job but does feel a bit...non industrial. I'll open up the torch and see if anythings up/ operates smoothly.
It has a fairly new metal wire liner.
The money ive put into it servicing it plus the original cost I could of had a much better machine by now.

May bite the bullet and get a mightymig 170 ,as it has variable power feeds , comes with a euro torch so cheap tips/shrouds, gas+no gas and it allows me to weld heavier duty metal.
May tart up the cebora and flog it to half pay for it.
I need my van back on the road asap and a dicky machine certainly isn't helping matters.

[CamperVanBeethoven]

Rebuilt sliding door lock back to original lock code (but with new discs) and refitted.

Rebuilt back door (turned out the 4 disc was badly worn ...) lock and refitted.

Built new driver's lock door with Ford discs inside a cheapo lock. I don't have a Tibbe one on the drivers' door you see, so had to do that. Turns out cheapo locks are not quite to same tolerance as proper locks Think I eventually have something that seems to lock and unlock now ... after much faffing around with extra washers in places.

Tomorrow will be fitting driver's side lock, and doing some tarting up. If the weather is good

[BROWNYS V6]

had a run to the local dump today, good job what I was carrying wasn't heavy
and thanks to minor matt and jono, ive scored another genuine front wing for the other side, cheers chaps
looks like I got a busy winter ahead

[crystalvoyager]

finished painting the underside with brushable underbodygaurd, fitted new gearbox mount, finished power steering conversion and oil and filters service. phew.

[CamperVanBeethoven]

finished painting the underside with brushable underbodygaurd, fitted new gearbox mount, finished power steering conversion and oil and filters service. phew.

Mmm power steering ... Luxury

I've just got used to no power steering ... and now have much stronger arms than I did a year ago

[VMH]

Cooked dinner in it. Can't do much else until i can fix the fuel pump.

[CamperVanBeethoven]

Cooked dinner in it. Can't do much else until i can fix the fuel pump.

Bummer Do you live in it and therefore you're stuck until it's sorted?

[CamperVanBeethoven]

Cooked dinner in it. Can't do much else until i can fix the fuel pump.

Bummer Do you live in it and therefore you're stuck until it's sorted?

Have cooked in mine but not 'lived' in it for longer than a week, and that was at a festival...