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Re: What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

Postby Altransit » Sun Jul 10, 2022 11:17 pm

ned wrote:Gloss I think lol this stuff,

I have a few cans of wheel silver kicking around, which will have to do (when I eventually get around to doing it) :roll: :oops:
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Re: What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

Postby Scooby doo » Mon Jul 11, 2022 7:33 am

Altransit wrote:
ned wrote:Gloss I think lol this stuff,

I have a few cans of wheel silver kicking around, which will have to do (when I eventually get around to doing it) :roll: :oops:


Just take it round neds and he’ll paint it for you…
Would do the bearing meself but mateys already agreed to do it this week for me, even easier as chucking a new knuckle on it too, should be done in two days, then we’ll see which mount is the problematic one…
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Re: What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

Postby ned » Mon Jul 11, 2022 8:17 am

Altransit wrote:
ned wrote:Gloss I think lol this stuff,

I have a few cans of wheel silver kicking around, which will have to do (when I eventually get around to doing it) :roll: :oops:


Can you still get wheel silver? Not seen that since the ‘90’s, has the red oxide kept the rust at bay
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Re: What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

Postby ned » Mon Jul 11, 2022 8:22 am

Scooby doo wrote:
Altransit wrote:
ned wrote:Gloss I think lol this stuff,

I have a few cans of wheel silver kicking around, which will have to do (when I eventually get around to doing it) :roll: :oops:


Just take it round neds and he’ll paint it for you…
Would do the bearing meself but mateys already agreed to do it this week for me, even easier as chucking a new knuckle on it too, should be done in two days, then we’ll see which mount is the problematic one…


The knuckle isn’t the problem, getting the bearing out of that is fairly easy it’s getting the bearing off the hub and back on that’s the problem as there pressed on, you would have been better buying the bearing and the hub instead of the knuckle, you could have got the new bearing pressed on ready then it’s only an hour each side to change if that.
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Re: What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

Postby Altransit » Mon Jul 11, 2022 9:59 am

ned wrote:Can you still get wheel silver? Not seen that since the ‘90’s, has the red oxide kept the rust at bay

Yes it can still be purchased at all good motor accessory shops, but finding one of those can be a challenge :roll: :lol:

I haven't even prepped the rust yet, let alone used red primer on it :oops:
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Re: What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

Postby Airthies » Tue Jul 12, 2022 9:13 am

Done nowt to either van in the last week since I'm in France enjoying scorchioness.
But prior to that, what started out as finding better curtains for the van 2weeks before leaving turned into a week long 12hr+ shift partial remodeling of the interior
Seats out, cooking unit and bench out, lower beds out.

New lino on floor, cut down and remodeling of lower bunk into two bench beds. Refitting refurbished cooker unit, new rear seats fitted.
Replaced original and rewired new leisure battery to its new location. Added an inverter.
Shifted and repiped gas bottle to stove.
Fitted said new curtains.

My good lady started helping me and did all the painting (I hate painting and refuse to do it if I can at all help it) and was going well till she crashed after picking up COVID from a works end of season BBQ I got everything finished enough to be ready to go.
Quick oil change and test fit of the new alloys and big boots but wasn't happy with less than 4 threads of the wheel nuts holding them on.
New nuts required me thinks before they go on properly.

Then loaded up and headed for the Chunnel.
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Re: What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

Postby DG-Unit » Tue Jul 12, 2022 9:41 am

Next picture should be you eating croissants off that floor
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Re: What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

Postby Airthies » Tue Jul 12, 2022 11:16 am

DG-Unit wrote:Next picture should be you eating croissants off that floor
No thanks, after over a week of two dogs and 3kids climbing in an out I'm not sure about eating anything off that floor and yes I have washed it down while we've been away.

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Re: What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

Postby DG-Unit » Tue Jul 12, 2022 1:26 pm

Distracted thinking about croissants I drove all around Croydon forgetting I had a sheet of unsecured 12mm plywood on the roof. Didn’t realise until I got home. That could’ve been expensive.
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Re: What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

Postby loot » Sun Jul 17, 2022 7:54 pm

tony&kasia wrote:6 Years later and clocked another 60.000 miles and she is still going strong.
My Ex Royal mail van that i purchased back 2016.

Looks nice,red is my favourite colour all said and done.
My van is 140 /year road tax and cheap enough insurance,I can't really justify spending on it but I can't really justify getting rid either :lol:

I guess I'm just playing the waiting game in either case :D
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Re: What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

Postby Brettbear63 » Sat Jul 30, 2022 7:47 am

Used the very expensive "£27.00" rattle can of Ford Diamond white to cover up the rust killed area on Nel . , it now looks quite decent , at least from across the road . :)
but the Hill start assist thing has packed up , have to use the Handbrake like the old days .
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Re: What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

Postby DG-Unit » Mon Aug 01, 2022 6:15 pm

Managed to get a small alien stuck in my grille
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Re: What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

Postby ned » Sat Aug 06, 2022 12:28 pm

Fitted new rear brake pads, thanks for the heads up on them being sided on the rewind,
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Re: What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

Postby blue estate » Sat Aug 06, 2022 2:22 pm

ned wrote:Fitted new rear brake pads, thanks for the heads up on them being sided on the rewind,

The good old stuck hand brake , I bet the out board pads had loads of meat left on them
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Re: What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

Postby ned » Sat Aug 06, 2022 2:28 pm

blue estate wrote:
ned wrote:Fitted new rear brake pads, thanks for the heads up on them being sided on the rewind,

The good old stuck hand brake , I bet the out board pads had loads of meat left on them


Aye they looked almost unused lol, that handbrake mechanism is stupid, bloody thing keeps sticking
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