72 Dormobile(Work in progress)

[Justin & Muttley]

Looking great - you've done a grand job! 8)

I was a bit shocked to see that rear bumper though, I thought I'd stumbled onto the wrong forum!

 

[Alzy]

I know! I wasn`t sure whether to brandish that in these ere parts but what the hey!! It`ll be changed in due course :wink: :wink:

 

[Guest]

looks nice, does it fit in yer garage?

 

[gninnam]

Top work

 

[Alzy]

Unfortunatly it doesn`t fit in my garage so have to cover it up every time I finish!!

Bolster and lump hammer anyone?? :wink:

 

[Alzy]

Booked in a week saturday for the MOT

Fingers crossed :!:

 

[gninnam]

Booked in a week saturday for the MOT

Fingers crossed :!:

Good luck

 

[Alzy]

Well, sods law but the welder packed up last tuesday which has stalled the entire operation. Not only that but have found out that the reversing lights aren`t working as they should be and after completely rewiring the horn it has put me back a lot

There are gonna be some other bits and pieces to sort so i have had to cancel the MOT


Chin up Al :wink:

 

[VWAIRCOOLED]

You don't need reversing lights for the MOT,so don't worry about them for now.Just make sure the other lights are working ok.Whats wrong with your welder? It could be fixed?

 

[Alzy]

Seriously???? Thats the best news i`ve had all week :lol: :lol: There is a leak in the torch(i`m guessing) and the very expensive poxy halfrauds gas is spilling into the atmos!!!

I`ve got a mate coming over thurs night to check it out but for the mean time have one borrowed so hopefully should be sorted for friday( why is it whenever i give a date to when it`ll be finished it never is??? :lol: ) O and i have a poorly N/S caliper(she`s pulling to the right)

To Be Continued......................................................................


Al 8)

 

[VWAIRCOOLED]

On my one if I take the trigger handle apart there is a small plastic gas pipe which connects to the body of the trigger with a simple push connector.If this pipe where to come adrift,gas would leak all the time.

So try taking your trigger handle apart and check the pipe is connected ok.

 

[Alzy]

I`ll check it out tommorow! I`ve had the trigger apart but didn`t really investigate as it was getting dark! Hopefully its something simple or its a phone call to sealey to see if they still do parts for it

 

[Alzy]

Finished all welding yesterday but unfortunatly burnt through the pipe from the brake fluid reservoir and had a bit of a fire! :evil: :shock: !!!

Now need to replace pipe and bleed brakes through again!!
Also have a dodgy brake caliper on N/S

Any ideas where to get this bit of pipe from??
And the best way to sort the caliper out??

Cheers guys

Al

 

[Alzy]

Bit of an upate!! As you may have seen in my sig, the bus` future is in dispute at the moment but had a bit of good news friday that may have saved the day!! So i`m getting all hyped up again at the moment and have sorted tyres out for the MOT. So picking them up next weekend.

Going outside in a minuite check out what grommits i`m gonna need for where the brake line goes through the chassis at the rear!
???ANY IDEAS????

Still gotta sort the horn out. Although i`ve had it working its decided to pack up again so should be an easy fix!!

And last but not least go through everyhting making sure it`ll only need to go for a MOT once!!

Cheers

Alex

 

[Alzy]

Another update. I had the van mot`d a while ago now and it failed due to braking, steering and welding issues. I got married in june so the lead up to that meant that the van was getting any atention and afterwards also but!! Today i had a good go at it with a mate of mine and we are 50% there on the steering (the draglink, steering box end is becoming a bit of a pain to get out) we`ve got all of the welding finished and have also managed to get the pistons out of the seized brake caliper, so a new re-build kit will be ordered in the next few days with an idler pin kit also! Then that should be it(along with a couple of nylocks here and there! :lol: :lol:

Starting to think about the horrid rear bumper and the daft front indicators now and they will have to be sorted as a priority i think. Its my Bday 4 days b4 vanfest so may have to speak to the wife nicely eh??? :twisted: :lol:

Also have managed to aquire some hardboard from a friend to get some new door cards made up and Niki had a trial fit of the new curtains!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:


To be continued............... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: