Adam 120 ex aa's new transit mk1 project

[Adam mk1]

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[Adam mk1]

Left mount in, bit of finishing off on both still to do but im on it this evening while its cooler

[Adam mk1]

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[Adam mk1]

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[Adam mk1]

That will do for tonight bored now

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[Adam mk1]

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[Adam mk1]

Engine back in again, now bolted up to both front mounts

[camper extraudinair]

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Hi Adam, hope you & mum are keeping well, You are doing a GRAND JOB on the Transit, keep up the good
work, here is one last pic i took at Hayling, love to all, look forward to seeing you when this lurgy is all
over.

[Adam mk1]

Cool thanks ray, mum's enjoying her time off sitting in garden, im missing the burger van, see you soon all the best

[Adam mk1]

Van is back on its feet,
but axle was only going back in temporarily,
wanted to see how it sat with weight of diesel engine, and also because ive set the engine further back want to make sure the sump had pleanty of clearance with axle beam
and that clears fine
(even sitting as low as it at the moment)
with the diesel springs i had removed from a scrap factory 160 diesel van, first signs we're not good i compared v4 springs and diesel springs upside on floor, v4 springs sat 1 inch higher, not a good start, and when standing on each spring felt no better with my body weight pushing down
so i bolt them on axle and fitted back on van
but if i didn't know better id of said someone's put a diesel in that and not changed the springs, ive seen many sitting low but that's not what i want, its all about how it sits,
When i changed my ex AA mk2 120 from petrol to diesel, i got lucky waiting at some traffic lights opposite a garage near were i live, a guy shouted out from the garage im breaking a mk2 ambulance need any bits, do you still have the front springs? Yep £40 and i fitted those drove it with the petrol engine for a couple of weeks it sat up like a 4x4, when i fitted the di it sat spot on and handled well, not so good was shunting it in a parking space and 205 tyres, if it was a tight gap id lift the tailgate up so i didnt smash my body guard bumper in to someone's car, anyway getting back to the mk1 im going to need another set of factory diesel springs, i will up load the pics ive taken some sitting how it is and others with help from an engine crane

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[Adam mk1]

And that's only a 185 tyre, it will be having 205s

[Adam mk1]

Bottom of front valance to floor is 14inch