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She's coming up a treat,
I don't mind cleaning value into stuff, but other people's grot and thick carpets, eugh!
What happens in the high roof? Is it just for headroom or are there snazzy fold out bunks or owt?
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She's coming up a treat, I don't mind cleaning value into stuff, but other people's grot and thick carpets, eugh! What happens in the high roof? Is it just for headroom or are there snazzy fold out bunks or owt? hi there she's coming up ok. She wasn't to disgusting just neglected. I don't think the previous owners used her much and certainly never cleaned her. The high top is just for head room, no bunks in this one. Cheers - mike |
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Hi all nothing done on the LDV today as I have had a customers vehicle here all day for a kitchen unit to be made and fitted along with fitting the hob. I also made some closing panels for the sofa/bed. I should have a few hours on the LDV tomorrow as there are a few outstanding jobs. The coolant needs changing along with a good flush. The front indicators are intermittent as the connectors are all a but crusty. The gearbox and rear axle oil levels need checking. The kingpins need greasing and the front brakes need checking. The last job is to look at the exhaust as its rubbing against the rear brake compensator spring. After that she's good to go. I'm hopefully going over to Barnsley in her for a spot of fly fishing tomorrow evening so will stock the fridge with a few beers and snacks. Cheers - mike          |
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If you don't mind me asking, given your obvious skills at building camper van interiors, why did you choose to buy a ready made camper this time?
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67 VW Split bus
69 Beetle Cab
96 Jeep Cherokee XJ Sport
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If you don't mind me asking, given your obvious skills at building camper van interiors, why did you choose to buy a ready made camper this time? hi there I buy all kinds of campers, some factory conversions, some part done amateur ones and just vans that need full conversion. They all offer different challenges but the one essential is that they offer an opportunity for making a profit. The time of year the market gets a bit frenzied so I often buy a few to just renovate and flip. I don't post all of my builds as some customers like to keep their builds private. Cheers - mike |
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Jun 12, 2023 10:33:25 GMT
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Ah, that makes sense!
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67 VW Split bus
69 Beetle Cab
96 Jeep Cherokee XJ Sport
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Jun 23, 2023 20:12:16 GMT
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Hi all
I fired the ldv up earlier and she ran fine. I was told by the previous owner that she was four speed and indeed the gear lever only shows 4 plus reverse but whilst I was on holiday I was chatting online to a chap with a similar van who insisted that they were all 5 speed so I had to check and low and behold she is. The only issue is you can only get it into fifth when the drivers seat is all the way back as it fouls the gear lever. Sometime tomorrow when I have a minute I'm going to pop the gear lever out and bend it slightly to the passenger side to give more clearance.
Cheers - mike
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Jun 24, 2023 16:00:40 GMT
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hi all
I managed to grab a few minutes on the ldv earlier.
Getting the gear lever out was a doddle but bending it is near impossible. I have a gas blow lamp and have heated it up but cant get it hot enough to bed. I will have to pop to the local garage next week and get them to do it.
I did manage to take her out for a quick run and I can get her into fifth. Its a bit useless below 45-50 mph and the slightest hill has you changing down but when she's in fifth she is much quieter.
I'm currently looking at options for upgrading here to a 1.9 turbo.
Cheers - mike
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Jun 27, 2023 19:27:55 GMT
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I was reading the first post thinking "there's a 5th gear in there somewhere..." Later ones had an R380, but I suspect earlier ones might be LT77 (without bothering to look it up). I had a straight up ex PO splitter bus for a year and loved it, in a kind of so bad it's good type way. I know yours will be heavier but even laden it was good for 60 on the flat, hills not it's strong point admittedly, and would cruise at 70+ empty, so I reckon there's more to get out of yours. Would also do 40mpg everywhere, regardless of whether you were driving Miss Daisy or the more usual go pedal nailed to floor approach, empty or loaded. I tried to find another recently but they're either mad expensive or spectacularly rotten, sometimes both. Under the grime this one looks pretty decent and seems to be scrubbing up nicely  |
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