What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

[Wadey]

Not today but Friday I broke my van lost all drive and found this !

[Airthies]

I fixed a broken stillage that I dragged out the farmers field of Friday (hedge treasure left by railway contractors) and cut some big rings out of a tree trunk too big to move, stacked the movable lengths on aforementioned stillage, loaded trailer with dry logs, broke the tractor and got the van stuck trying to skulldrag the tractor out the field
Need to find a new drive belt for the tractor tomorrow

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[ned]

I fixed a broken stillage that I dragged out the farmers field of Friday (hedge treasure left by railway contractors) and cut some big rings out of a tree trunk too big to move, stacked the movable lengths on aforementioned stillage, loaded trailer with dry logs, broke the tractor and got the van stuck trying to skulldrag the tractor out the field
Need to find a new drive belt for the tractor tomorrow

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Got stuck thought your boots were off road A/T boots

[Airthies]

Had to let some wind out them

I reversed into the field and ended up too far down the slope long grass & soft clay mud was just too greasey for the stiff boots but a bit of a soft shoe shuffle was the way to go

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[Tango330]

Not today but yesterday, drove it home from up norf

Had the pleasure of meeting some nice blokes on the way up too Traffic was sh1te on the way though, took 3 hours to get to Bicester Mr Al had to revive me with cake

Lived in a concrete bunker all weekend with really noisy heating Got to work with some very "special" people on sunday morning though which was interesting

Not sure if this is in't right thread

[loot]

Not today but yesterday, drove it home from up norf

Had the pleasure of meeting some nice blokes on the way up too Traffic was sh1te on the way though, took 3 hours to get to Bicester Mr Al had to revive me with cake

Lived in a concrete bunker all weekend with really noisy heating Got to work with some very "special" people on sunday morning though which was interesting

Not sure if this is in't right thread

Sounds an eventful weekend

In your mk7?

[Tango330]

Not today but yesterday, drove it home from up norf

Had the pleasure of meeting some nice blokes on the way up too Traffic was sh1te on the way though, took 3 hours to get to Bicester Mr Al had to revive me with cake

Lived in a concrete bunker all weekend with really noisy heating Got to work with some very "special" people on sunday morning though which was interesting

Not sure if this is in't right thread

Sounds an eventful weekend

In your mk7?

Aye, it's still going strong although the bodywork still needs good sorting

Saw Ned's van, and marvelled at his brilliant welding skills, not to mention his excellent blackpool lights

[ned]

Presents arrived, ordered 1 got 4

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And it works just need to find a mounting place and fit a 12v socket for it

Shame half the Blackpool lights wasn't working Mr Tango Sir (halo fogs and front bumper LEDs) still working on the brackets for the fogs.

[ned]

Bit of prep and a dusting of primer,

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Think I'll stone chip the inside and bit that goes behind the bumper

[Bill W]

I've only had my rustbucket Mk6 just over 3 weeks but brake failures seem to be a regular feature. I noticed yesterday that the pedal was a bit spongy and the light had come on. Topped it up with a drop of fluid and made a mental note to have a proper look at it at the weekend. Today, the pipe that must have been weaping, burst properly, so I had no choice but to get down under there and sort it. thanks to my son, who is a mechanic and has the appropriate gear, we cut out the bad section, which was just alongside the back end of the fuel tank and grafted in a nice new bit of copper tube. Unfortunately, he didn't have enough tube to replace it right back from on end to the other and we didn't have time for that anyway. Bled out the back nipple on the offending pipe and about 100ml of dark khaki-coloured muck came out, followed by clean fluid. Cracked the front nipple on the other side and there was a wee bit of air. Now I have a rock-hard pedal and she stops on command!

While we had it up in the air, I had a quick look around. The main chassis is all surprisingly good, despite the inner and outer sills being virtually non-existent and the internal rear wheel arches being Swiss cheese and flashband.

[Tango330]

Bit of prep and a dusting of primer,

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Think I'll stone chip the inside and bit that goes behind the bumper

Looking good mate Impressed how quick you're on to it, I usually leave stuff lying around for weeks before I get around to it

[ned]

Bit of prep and a dusting of primer,

IMG_20181025_143636.jpg

Think I'll stone chip the inside and bit that goes behind the bumper

Looking good mate Impressed how quick you're on to it, I usually leave stuff lying around for weeks before I get around to it

Well you say that but the tailgate is still in primer in my garden I've only started on the wing as I'm off this week due to er indoors having to go to the hospital everyday to visit her dad and meet with consultants

Speaking of such how's your old man doing?

[axam102]

Found a water pipe that had been rubbing against the cold side of the inter-cooler pipe just before it enters the intake.... worn approx two thirds in... cut in two and replaced with a copper pipe and jubilee clips. could have been nasty

[Tango330]

Speaking of such how's your old man doing?

Cheers Mate, the old boy is doing pretty good now thanks Had a couple of falls a couple of weeks back, but only cause he's not really doing his exercises and his legs aren't brilliant, so every now and then his legs don't keep up with his brain

Tracker nurse came in to see him last Monday and said he was doing great.

Hope Mrs N is OK

[ned]

Glad to hear the ol' fella is doing well Mr T er indoors is bombing it about in the mongayo up n down to the hospital, which gives me time to fit this to the van,

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Not the neatest of jobs but it'll do for now.