What did you do to your van today?

[Scimitar]

Today I started to convert my wheelchair converted maxi life back to a standard 7 seater.. Ramp is off and have plan to rebuild the floor etc back to level.
So far so good

[raitis]

Changed my front passenger side wing which had horrible rust issues because of a previous repair (the arch had been welded from the inside) to a better used one. Now I can't get my front bumper to slot into the bumper bracket

[mac12]

Had to top up my coolant, I suspect a small leak somewhere. Not much, just a couple of dL since I last filled before christmas. Any usual culprits I should check? Don't see any puddles anywhere, no white smoke in the exhaust nor residue in the oil so I don't suspect it's the head gasket. Water pump, maybe? I'm at 140km / 86k miles.

[bert682]

Had to top up my coolant, I suspect a small leak somewhere. Not much, just a couple of dL since I last filled before christmas. Any usual culprits I should check? Don't see any puddles anywhere, no white smoke in the exhaust nor residue in the oil so I don't suspect it's the head gasket. Water pump, maybe? I'm at 140km / 86k miles.

Had something very similar, turned out that the plastic inside the oil filter housing had perished. Replaced this and no leaks since.

[mac12]

Had something very similar, turned out that the plastic inside the oil filter housing had perished. Replaced this and no leaks since.

This was an oil leak, no? I'm slowly loosing coolant.

[bert682]

This was an oil leak, no? I'm slowly loosing coolant.

The coolant passes through the filter housing along with oil for the heat exchanger.

Pretty good video here and the signs to confirm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA48qKZCVq0&t=169s

[mac12]

The coolant passes through the filter housing along with oil for the heat exchanger.

Pretty good video here and the signs to confirm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA48qKZCVq0&t=169s

Learn something new every day. Thanks for the tip, I'll have a look!

[bobmaf]

Fit a new off side drive shaft and spiggot rings

[oysroe]

Mounted caddy life mirrors. 2 hours of fiddling and only broke 1 clip on sail panel and lost 1 bolt inside the door. Sail panels were a pita to remove. But absolutely worth the work.

[petrev]

Yep.

Looking lovely

[Poffe]

Mounted caddy life mirrors. 2 hours of fiddling and only broke 1 clip on sail panel and lost 1 bolt inside the door. Sail panels were a pita to remove. But absolutely worth the work.

I can recognize those broken clips and lost bolts situations! Every time I go on and try to improve on the caddy I also tend to brake some clips

Nice upgrade! Im looking for Caddy life mirrors as well. Looks so much better!!

[Adwano]

Darkside flip kit and b8 shocks fitted to rear as part of the b14 kit. White line rear arb fitted as well

Had to go hunting around for leaf springs on a Saturday before people shut as one snapped in half as soon as I removed the shackle so replaced both sides to be on the safe side.



Give it all a good clean up tomorrow before getting all tightened up and new wheels on


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[Adwano]

Got it dropped today with the new alloys on the rear

Think the bronze bola and blackberry work quite well together


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[petrev]

Finally got around to doing an info video for my Fiamma Low Loader bike carrier conversion.

Not great, but hopefully helpful.

https://youtu.be/KFf8wIakwhY?feature=shared

[petrev]

Yay !

Got a new HDPE board to mount my cooker burner on.
Chose a nice Grey Granite board to sort of match the rest of the fittings.

When it arrived I was a little disappointed as it was a bit scratched and had obvious shiny production tool marks

Luckily - A quick rub down with a grey Scotchbrite pad and it looks much better


Half way on this side ... As it arrived on the left of this image

Better check it fits now !
Phew
Looks nicer than the blue one, though functionally no different.

Just got to drill a few holes now ...