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Oct 12, 2016 11:51:18 GMT
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All my other projects have ground to a halt, so what do I do? Rush out and buy another!!  Gained the fungus name because of the colour and the moss and mold round the windows The slime was cleared using a mix of soap and bleach, followed buy a large amount of polishing (more to ne done) Since it was a minibus, these had to come out  This control makes things go up and down  So yes, I do have hydraulics!!! Just not the RR type  The front seats had suffered over the year, so a trip to the breakers, some spanner twirling and a touch of sparky machine saw a brace of mondeo half leather, electrics in place.  Treated the windows to a bit of darkness  Currently chasing some electrical gremlins And before anyone comments on the altitude, I haven't put any interior in yet. Just out of interest 102k and two owners from new The archdiocese of Glasgow and the mungo foundation It's spent its whole life on the mean streets of Glasgow and the lower bodywork bears all the signs of Stevie wonder filler and paint Ttfn Glenn |
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Oct 12, 2016 12:06:03 GMT
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A guy at work has one of these and is looking to change the front seats. Will be pointing him towards my spares Mondeo and this thread! Although he isnt shy of a bit of engineering, how easy was it to fit the seats?
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Oct 12, 2016 15:53:18 GMT
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The seats have been welded on top of the seat boxes, but that left them a bit high, so I cut 2 inches out and welded them back together, probably would have been better to make from scratch using some 2 inch box.
Have heard that Saab seats may be easier to instal.
I only chose the ford ones as they were easy to remove, the Lexus ones I fancied would not come out
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Really shouldn't go to the scrapyard, came back with some more seats. A pair of fronts  Which look to need just a couple of holes drilling to fit straight onto original mounts. Also the passenger seat has a security box underneath, which I have the key for.  Also a pair of these for the middle  And finally a couple of spares  All rescued from a KIA Sedona Ttfn Glenn |
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Good project. Twin sliders are the best, really versatile. ! I've had a couple of these, and currently have a twin slider Caravelle, mine is SWB though - yours is a bit longer. Which engine do you have?  Here's a pic of mine.  |
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It's the old school 2.4, so slow and steady is the style with a vegtable oil dressing. Haven't really used it much yet, as trying to get the electrics to play nicely.
Picked up a drive away awning and already had a gazebo, so thinking, one on each side would give some serious camping space, sleeping one side, relaxing in the middle and cooking on the other side.
The twin sliders seem to be looked down on as camper/day vans as you cannot do an ordinary style conversion, with units down one side
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It's the old school 2.4, so slow and steady is the style with a vegtable oil dressing. Haven't really used it much yet, as trying to get the electrics to play nicely. Picked up a drive away awning and already had a gazebo, so thinking, one on each side would give some serious camping space, sleeping one side, relaxing in the middle and cooking on the other side. The twin sliders seem to be looked down on as camper/day vans as you cannot do an ordinary style conversion, with units down one side Ttfn Glenn My previous one was a 2.4D (no turbo) and it went alright for what it was, great mpg, really simple to work on and would apparently run on veg though I never tried it. My Dad has an early T4 camper, 1992 I think, with that engine too. You can turbo those engines I believe should you feel the need, lots of info on the T4 forum site. As regards camper conversions and twin sliders, you can always install units down one side and just use the additional door for access the back of the units for gas bottles, water containers etc. but I made my own little removable camping 'pod' instead so both doors still function and versatility is maintained. I also replaced the rear Caravelle seat with a full width Multivan seat that pulls out to make a kind size bed but maintains factory safety, seat belts etc. Great setup and in a LWB like yours it'd be even better as you'd have tons of room with the bed setup. I also do what our suggest with the awning, this was in Cornwall about a month ago  |
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To my thinking, blocking one side with units, halves the versatility and options for using the van, considering creating something along the lines of the swing out cookers as fitted to some t2 campers. www.thecampershak.co.uk/productdetails.php?pid=51 Also having units fixed in the middle can block the use of swivel seats, and I am planning to create a lounge area in the middle with 4 seats facing a table in the middle. With the price of seat swivel kits, I will be looking at a diy conversion www.astrosafari.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=8236 Ttfn Glenn |
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Cool can! Is it a long nose?
I have a LWB 1992 T4 2.0 petrol, yours looks much nicer.
Those Kia seats look a right result! Are they leather? I can't quite make out from the photos. Do the standard caravelle front seats have twin arm rests?
I had a vito which was a twin slider. I have read the thread but have now forgotten the vital details come time to reply. Are you planning on fitting a hob and units? reading you want both sliders free and useable have you considered putting the kitchen unit in the boot area? There are some really cool concepts out there which might be worth looking into. The rear tailgate can lift up and act as a shelter, I also thought it would be pretty effective at not making the interior stink like bacon and such stuff.
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Cool can! Is it a long nose? I have a LWB 1992 T4 2.0 petrol, yours looks much nicer. Those Kia seats look a right result! Are they leather? I can't quite make out from the photos. Do the standard caravelle front seats have twin arm rests? I had a vito which was a twin slider. I have read the thread but have now forgotten the vital details come time to reply. Are you planning on fitting a hob and units? reading you want both sliders free and useable have you considered putting the kitchen unit in the boot area? There are some really cool concepts out there which might be worth looking into. The rear tailgate can lift up and act as a shelter, I also thought it would be pretty effective at not making the interior stink like bacon and such stuff. It's a short nose, looks better in the pictures as they don't show the bodged filler repairs to the arches and drivers side slider, The KIA seats are cloth and were filthy! But several sessions with the wet vac has cleaned them up pretty well. Have considered using the tailgate as the cooking area, as it would be possible to use the lift as a work surface. |
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Removed the front seats, drilled fresh holes in the KIA seats and bolted them in  Very tight to the handbrake lever, but still works ok Placed the middle seats in, just to get an idea of spacing etc,  Will have to work out ways to mount them and some seatbelts Ttfn Glenn |
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I like it. You seem to have the same floor runners as me. Are you fitting the rear seats onto those runners?
Your updates urged me to look for some new seats, think I might Pinch some leathers out of a grand voyager.
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I like it. You seem to have the same floor runners as me. Are you fitting the rear seats onto those runners? Your updates urged me to look for some new seats, think I might Pinch some leathers out of a grand voyager. The rails in mine are minibus ones made by unwin. unwinsafety.com/shop/rail-products.htmlAs mine is kitted for wheelchair transport, I have restraints for securing chairs and the original seats clamp into the rails, so the plan is to adapt some of the seat clamps to the bottom of the Sedona seats, which is the easy part, sorting seatbelt mounts will be the fun part. The t4 forum has a thread running about how different seats can be fitted to t4s, with some adaptions, most seats can be fitted, the biggest stumbling block can be the width interfering with the handbrake, I had to adjust mine to clear the Sedona seats Ttfn Glenn |
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Have worked my way through evicting various electrical gremlins, fitted a replacement relay to cure the wiper washer problem, cleaned and tightened the glow plug fuse, to stop the cloud of smoke on starting, and a "free" battery check at halfords, cost me 62 quid as the battery was lacking capacity. Just the temperature gauge to fix now, but today its in the garage for a cambelt and oil change. Really enjoy driving it, so gave the tank a top up.  Ttfn Glenn |
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Dec 17, 2016 15:34:16 GMT
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Not getting much done to Fungus as cannot resist going out for jollies as opposed to working on it, but today my LED headlights turned up  So I now have some very bright, very white headlamps, just waiting till tonight to try out the beam patterns. Also picked up some of these  To provide power points around the van Ttfn Glenn |
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Jan 23, 2017 15:09:54 GMT
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Only small amounts of progress on this, an ongoing struggle with depression means, some days you can get on with stuff, most you can't, so apart from driving it about, which does cheer me up, especially since running on veg means its really cheap to drive. Have fitted a strip of LEDs to the bottom of the tailgate.  Means can us the tailgate as an illuminated awning, currently wired into the number plate lights, to test the idea, but will need a different supply unless I want to keep the side lights on whenever I use it. Fitted some draught excluders to the windows.  Meaning I can have ventilation without rain blowing in when parked. Today visited a friend who was having a clear out. Two of these found a home with me, thinking of fixing them together to make the basis of a cooker pod.  Also got given a medium sized office cupboard, which will probably become a tool cupboard at the shed  Rubbish picture as its trapped in by my stock of veg oil. Just need to print off a "tax" disc now.  Ttfn Glenn |
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Jan 23, 2017 16:00:57 GMT
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Somehow missed this till now.
I am also tempted to buy another "thing" but have decided to get the carpets in the house replaced as they need it too.
Were the front seats plug n play?
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Jan 23, 2017 18:46:41 GMT
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The mondeo seats just needed a live and earth to operate, but needed 2" sectioning out of the mounting boxes, and took the easy option by welding the ford runners to the vw mounting boxes.
The Sedona seats just needed four holes drilling for them to drop onto the vw mounts, but the drivers side is very tight against the handbrake
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Jan 24, 2017 11:22:09 GMT
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Some time ago I was given an extension lead with fubarred sockets, never got round to doing anything with it until I had the idea to turn it into a camping lead. A trip to toolstation got me a 16amp blue plug and a metal socket and box. Diy wiring lesson for my youngest produced this  Must improve my photography Attempt 2  Ttfn Glenn |
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Jan 24, 2017 13:08:40 GMT
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Be interested to know just how bad those LED 'upgrades' turn out to be....
How much %veg are you intending to run, you may find that if the pump seals are tired the extra viscosity will kill them, this has certainly been my experience in the past (stopped using veg when the diesel dropped down to near parity with veg oil and it was no longer worth the hassle/risk.
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