What jobs did you do on your van today?

[wildebus]

Back in May had a slight disagreement with an ivy-covered wall and cracked up my indicator and scraped the wheel arch
Not fixed the wheel arch yet (though no rust on the metal. Guessing the wing must be galvanized?) but finally after 5 months bought a new pair of indicator lenses and fitted one yesterday.
Two new ones were £30. Singles were £25 each or so and so made sense to get a pair, especially if the new ones looked a bit different compared to ones that have been in the elements for 15+ years.

PS. The lighting design on the LT is amazing. It takes literally under 10 seconds to remove the indicator lens from the vehicle and with no tools involved! The Headlights are more tricky though . They take nearly a minute to get off

 

[Lord Lucan]

Fitted the extendable fold up bed....

 

[Lord Lucan]

And the bespoke SS showertray.

 

[wildebus]

Fitted the extendable fold up bed....View attachment 1708View attachment 1710

Bed looks nice and big while still being able to get it out the way - nice job

 

[Lord Lucan]

Cheers... I'm just making the bed extension which will fold away with the bed.
This will allow my motorbike to be carried.

 

[SquirrellCook]

And the bespoke SS showertray.View attachment 1709

I'm think of something along those lines for the plaxton conversion.

 

[trevskoda]

Fitted the extendable fold up bed....View attachment 1708View attachment 1710

Now get the steel shot blasted and epoxy primed,the a coat of two pack poly paint,i will then give you 5 stars,honest.
Job is a good yin.

 

[trevskoda]

Cheers... I'm just making the bed extension which will fold away with the bed.
This will allow my motorbike to be carried.

You are not allowed to carry a motorbike in it if reg as a motorhome,it must be reg as a living van.

 

[Lord Lucan]

Can of grey primer.

2 coats of gloss. Job done...

Im on a tight budget..

 

[wildebus]

You are not allowed to carry a motorbike in it if reg as a motorhome,it must be reg as a living van.

Nah, just put the bed down when going for the MOT and it will be MOTed as a Motor Caravan.
Won't get reclassified as a Motor Caravan anyway nowadays so really doesn't matter on the road

 

[Lord Lucan]

2 bikes to TT2020

 

[trevskoda]

Nah, just put the bed down when going for the MOT and it will be MOTed as a Motor Caravan.
Won't get reclassified as a Motor Caravan anyway nowadays so really doesn't matter on the road

Here you are tested as in log book,we cannot get ins for a van unless you can show books as biz use,so convert and get log book changed then no prob with ins.

 

[wildebus]

Here you are tested as in log book,we cannot get ins for a van unless you can show books as biz use,so convert and get log book changed then no prob with ins.

But Lord Lucan is not in NI so doesn't have that problem

 

[Lord Lucan]

Correct... I'm in sunny Huddersfield

 

[trevskoda]

So if i bought a tested van in ingerland and brought home how would that work,sus id have to have an english address though, pack of cununts here always getting ripped of and we are brittish,second class springs to mind.

 

[Lord Lucan]

Removed rear step.
Fitted towbar.
Painted and refitted rear step with adjustment to allow loading ramp.

 

[wildebus]

So if i bought a tested van in ingerland and brought home how would that work,sus id have to have an english address though, pack of cununts here always getting ripped of and we are brittish,second class springs to mind.

In this link - https://www.gov.uk/getting-an-mot - at the bottom it says "There are different rules and processes in Northern Ireland for MOTs for vehicles registered in Northern Ireland."
So presumably not just kept in NI, but Registered in NI. (I bet there are plenty of company cars that are all registered at a company HQ address but kept all over the shop within the UK by the employees using them).
Nothing to do with the style of Plate either - you can put an NI number plate on any UK vehicle (I bought one for a Peugeot 405 back in the 90's)

A bit old, but I see this article - https://www.speedyreg.co.uk/blogs/2010/05/how-to-register-a-gb-mainland-vehicle-in-northern-ireland/ . If you had two addresses (one NI, one GB), then no doubt you could register in either - neither can demand you register in a specific one as it is all UK - and if registered in GB, you follow GB rules, not NI rules I would expect.

 

[trevskoda]

Yes to the above,all a tad daft in my eyes as all GB so should be the same.

 

[Pugwash69]

The step for the bed was causing problems. I had made it extending to try to help, but decided the just raise the floor instead. It's not like I'm short of headroom! Work in progress...

 

[Bouydog]

Finally a long enough gap in the rain to get my solar panels fitted 930 watts, now I can finish the roof and get on to wiring the controller etc. It was cold up there this morning.