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After our little conversation last night I decided it was time to find out what was actually inside this little tin box, do we really need to have it and is there another way we can get a better effect by using something else? Well here we have it taken apart; basically a shell, a spring and...

I'm glad you can make sense of my scribblings, I apologise I am not an educated man and so some of my terminologies may not be correct but, hopefully, mixed up with the rest of the sentence you can work out what I'm trying to get across. Anyway, moving right along, joining the two exhaust...

Thank you David for getting back to me. The only reason I want to know whether it was push or pull was where to situate the pump. Safety wise, it would be safer near the heater, if the pipe got damaged it would only draw in air, if it was near the tank it would pump diesel everywhere, so I think...

Could some kind person tell me whether these are push or pull pumps and is there any reason why the air filter cannot be positioned under the heater? Rae

The finished job. Rae

The object of this follow on was to enable me to lift the solar panels manually to get better directional sunlight. First job, remove the bolts so the panel can be lifted from one end. This was easily achieved by using tailgate drop catches with rubber O rings underneath to give a nice...

The first part of fixing the solar panels to the roof has been completed. Part 2 - the tilting will be done later. Secured the bracket to the frame. I had to opt for the angle bolted outwards due to lack of clearance for the bolt on the inside. This end was far easier, just a...

Made the cross members, two lengths of 40mm aluminium angle. I prefer to put the solar panel on the angle iron and mark it. I then move the next one into position and mark the end again. Removing both panels so that I can now make permanent marks Once this is done I then measured...

My first job will be to drill the holes so the solar panels can be bolted together when they are on the roof. I find the easiest way to match up the holes is to clamp the two panels together and mark accordingly. Three holes are required, per side, so the first mark will be in the centre...

Just in case anybody is interested it took four and a half months to complete the rebuild, so what you're asking yourself is what did I do in my spare time i.e. when the glue was going off etc? Well this thing here: This is my attempt to stick an Eko guitar neck to a violin body. It was...

I've noticed the engine mountings, at the top, were becoming rather soft and so I thought I would replace them. Before I attempted this task I decided it might be good idea if I got the shopping first so whilst going down the road I couldn't help but notice the red battery warning light was...

The restoration is still ongoing: this time it was the front brakes. I've never been happy with the front brakes, or should I say the lack of them, well after the van was off the road for four months I noticed a deterioration in the stopping power. I was hoping, by using it, the rust that had...

Finishing off the wiring of the solar panel today. Wasn't happy with the way the cable went into the van. Though there was plenty of silicone round the wires where they went into the van I thought it looked a bit tacky so looking round in my pile of rubbish I noticed there was a caulk tube that...

How does that work? Today I spent most of my time wiring up the rear lights. Fairly straight forward job I hear you say, well, not really. First of all when removing the furniture I managed to pull the wires out of the connecting blocks and here's where the problem lies; non of the colours...

Above the cab is nearly finished. Today's task was to insulate the front where it curves from the bottom edge, this was achieved by squirting expanding foam through blue board. As you can see a shelf has been fitted and all the wall boarding is in place. Cupboard door fitted with...

First job today was to remove four millimetres off the door post that attaches itself to the toilet wall; this was due to the fact that I had stuck insulation in the centre and so, to make the doors line up, this job had to be done first. Fairly straight forward job, through the bench saw...

Working my way round the van; these sort of niggly jobs take up time and you never seem to see a lot for them. First job today was to finish off the caulking; now all the insulation board has been done. My next job is to put expanding foam in the curved area at the back of the van. Early...

After giving the door hinges a little tweak so hopefully it will shut better and prevent what happened last night (time will tell), my next job was to cut the wall boarding on the driver's side and then attach it to the wall. As you can see, fairly straight forward job, had to put a couple...

State of play. All the repairs needed to the woodwork have now been completed, it's just a matter of rebuilding above the cab, insulating the walls, putting the wall boards up and replacing the furniture. It's taken nearly 11 weeks to get to this stage. Not been looking forward to this so...

Strange, looks like the van has two skins; more investigation work needed. All grey horizontal strips have been resealed......another day's work done. After finding another skin when I was resealing yesterday I felt it was time to take the remaining locker off the wall and see what condition...