I Guys ,
As per my intro post , I have a VW Caddy 1.9Tdi Panel van , I know nothing about Vws but very experience with BMW`s as I own a few of those , This is my 1st van , 1st VW and 1st manual car , 1st commercial vehicle , Also my first car that's soo bare and base in every way , Even my E30 has more features then this , the car only has Air con , power steering and an immobilizer , I have fitted satellite tracking to it though.
I purchased the car two weeks back and picked it up 10 days or so ago, So have been going through the car slowly to see what it needs and if there are any issues . The car has been well maintained although it has a full service record from VW and has had many new parts fitted to it, I plan on doing a lot of preventative maintenance on it .
1) This weekend I took many of the interior panels off , cleaned everything , replaced any broken clips and missing screws and bolts ,
2) Stripped the loading bay of all plastic pieces and washed and cleaned them thoroughly, removed , replaced , cleaned all the lashing clamps , touched up all the scratches on the panels . Painted the cardboard protective pieces. Found spots of surface rust , sanded down , anti rust then painted ,
3) Cleaned the load bed , It has a rubber coating so was in good condition . Cleaned it and dried .
4) Washed the undercarriage , still need to washed it again properly as it was caked in dirt , but much better now . Cleaned the wheel wells and washed the exterior of the car .
5) Went through the whole exterior with touch up paint , touched up any small nicks and scratches .
6) Replaced the sliding door bottom rail , cleaned , sanded down , anti rust and painted the area where the roller runs as it looked like rust was forming and the also placed a strip of clear film on that area where the roller runs .
Door is opening and closing so much better
7) Cleaned all corners nooks and cranny's of the car .
Washed the engine bay , Found a small leak but im not sure where its coming from.
Still a lot of stuff left to do to get the van up to the level that id want it to be .
I still need to
1) Install an Alarm system
2) Replaced one of the window winder handles
3) Install PDC
4) Install Central locking
5) Install a Rear parking camera
6) Replaced the Reverse light switch ( Switch Purchase but I have No idea where the switch goes , if its accessable from the top? Or from under the car? Is it on the side of the gearbox?)
7) Have the dents on the body repaired by paint less dent removal .
Replaced all 4 ABS sensors , the ABS light is on so might as well just replaced all sensors for peace of mind, Already purchased the sensors
9) Replaced the cabin filter , air filter , Fuel filter ( Already purchased , again just something for peace of mind )
10) Repair broken headlamp clip
11) Clean the driver and passenger seats and roof liner
12) Install an Aux input to the radio
13) Remove and clean the rear tail lights
14) Polish and detail the exterior body panels ( This I will do after I sort out the dents .
15) Remove and reinstall the rear bumper ( car has a towbar which seems to push against the bumper taking if off the side clip so i will refit this and solve the issue)
16) Replace all the exterior handles or maybe repaint them ( All seem faded and the interior paint seems to be worn through )
17) Replace missing mirror surround ( already ordered from VW)
18) Book it into VW to have them do an Oil service and fix the oil leak
19) Find a way to fix the blemishes on the steering wheel .
20) Install Mudflaps , Will have to purchase these from VW.
21 ) Find and replace any and all missing screws , clips or covers
22) Find and replace missing pipe of some sort thats in the engine bay
Im sure im missing somethings but shew I have a long way to go .
, who made yours?