Redcube camper damper

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My new bolt i found in drive way which now lives here i think the person who fixed the van before was a bit of a cow boy

striping the front down

Old belt

New belt


And i better say thanks to my mate who helped me again hes beside me treating to send the heavy's around if i didn't thank him so thank you now he must fell spacial

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My new floor was been laid days ago but here the pictures now it feels like a camper van

Up front i had those bit of brown wood in my shed for years and now found a use for them


At the back door


And the floor in a hole I'm relay happy with that now only cost me a €10

[solarman]

looks the part now redcube,good progress,
Solarman.

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Thanks Solarman only my window to go and i have a treat in store for that lets say this window is custom

[FEEZ92]

She's looking fair well now sham. Well done and keep up the good work

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Thanks FEEZ92 it slowing getting there and some day it will be done

A few day ok weeks ago i heard a bang from under the van so i deiced to look and once again a prop shaft bearing as gone same one as always and while i was under there i had a look at the handbrake which stop working too a pin at the back had gone so a bolt is now in place and it adjusted up so i have a proper working handbrake for the first time and i have had the van for nearly a year now now off to block my egr and stop the smoke

[FEEZ92]

Thanks FEEZ92 it slowing getting there and some day it will be done

A few day ok weeks ago i heard a bang from under the van so i deiced to look and once again a prop shaft bearing as gone same one as always and while i was under there i had a look at the handbrake which stop working too a pin at the back had gone so a bolt is now in place and it adjusted up so i have a proper working handbrake for the first time and i have had the van for nearly a year now now off to block my egr and stop the smoke

I fill up the centre bearings with tec7 to keep the rubber from breaking
Also you should take off the intake manifold and clean it out with a degreaser. I use Jizer and rinse it out with water or a powerhose. It makes more of a difference than blocking the EGR itself!

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Whats tec7 i was going to use expanding foam on this one as the rubber is the only thing that goes

Forgot to add i blocked my egr and the black smoke is gone but not forgotten

[FEEZ92]

Whats tec7 i was going to use expanding foam on this one as the rubber is the only thing that goes

Forgot to add i blocked my egr and the black smoke is gone but not forgotten

TEC7 is like tiger seal but cheaper, about €7 per tube.
If you clean out the inlet manifold you should get all your 76 horses back, the EGR seriously clogs them up especially the banana manifold

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Ya I'm going to clean that i need all my horses just to get to the next town i live on the side of a mountain with some nice hills I'm going to get a tube of that and use it

I know why it keeps going its my springs are 190 and the vans a 100 and the prop is a mix of boat but the suspension travel stretches the prop shaft bearing and rips the rubber along the top then after a while it goes all the way around and cause the other prop shaft bearing to exploded oh the joys

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My van is one color again OK its red oxide
Did the breaks or lack of my pad had gone to metal to metal and i found my knocking noise to I'm missing a drop link

Now of to sort some wiring as i want to clean it all up for the inspection which should be happening in a few weeks

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Drop link done but a mk5 one wouldn't fit i had to get mk6 one

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did some odd jobs to the van over the last week most of it was painting the inside
You can see my orange camper seat covers on the roof


I got a new camera so i tried it out took a picture of the van a nice low shot


And my dash as been red for over a year now but then i ran out of paint when i started and never finished but I'm changing the color to a purple now so it will get done

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Set of Thursday to go away for the long weekend going down the motor way the van started to whine which was followed by a very loud bang which as remind as a grinding sound pulled up to see oil dripping from under the van i knew the damage was done so i said I'll drive to my aunts house which wasn't far and there the van as remained the gearbox is dead the lay shaft bearing as gone and made bits of the gears the van dose move but only in first and hops out of gear but driving it isn't fun you have to listen to grinding noise and whining sounds

Bought a gear box out of a running mk4 with low mileages looks very clean but like all transit its red rotten i drove the van and the box seems good

[AK]

Now thats just bad luck mate, even worse when you going away in it.

Hope you get it fixed asap