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Positioning the waistline fillet (using masking tape as there’s no clearance for cleco pins) https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20260628/72c2151ae7cd374eec49382a599a9818.jpg Added a positioning fillet with tacks https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20260628/777cfd003a6ed1814365bfd3114a4a08.jpg Removed the...

You should also check the solenoid trigger wire, frequently found to be corroded and therefore high resistance

Made up the rest of the floor closures, drilled for MIGing, joddled and shaped, painted the underside. Drilled the side panel and outer sill for MIGing, then noticed I hadn’t completed the waistline fillet (see 19 May ‘26) so trimmed it a bit, joddled the edge, took it home for finishing and primer…...

There was a good blopgpost about the different oil pressure switches with the description of the warning system on the Brickwerks page, cannot find it now, it seems like Simon removed it. There’s this on the web archive https://web.archive.org/web/20090214230734/http://brick-yard.co.uk/VehicleSpeci...

Finally figured out I need to fettle the outer sill into position first, then get the fridge panel into shape where it fits reasonably second. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20260617/595f67e6999830d580f541f9d446fce3.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20260617/64838874a6f5bfaf340505b0189dd42f.jpg...

Good to hear from you! Aye, it’s been a rough time, so it has. Did practically nothing to the van last year, but feeling more like myself this year and working on it has always been good for me. How long to go? I said when I started that it would take me a year, so I’ll stick to that. (I’m not sayin...

Cecil wrote: ↑28 May 2026, 20:47 What about adding a bead of weld to the b pillar .

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      Or the c pillar, or both. If it really is just 2 mm maybe it’s best to let the seam be a bit wider where it wants
to rather than risking distorting anything .

Very wise. Why worry about a wide seam.
 

I’ve the same issue with the outer sill I think, so I’ll try the technique with that first. it didn’t cost me £195 so it’s going to be a cheaper mistake 

Fitting a new ‘fridge’ panel, but because of work already done on B and C pillars I’ve got a 2+ mm gap between the bottom half of the fridge panel and the C pillar. My first idea is to clamp the flange of the fridge panel into a shaped former (but proud by a couple of mm) and gently dress it down th...

Got busy with the shrinker/stretcher and now have a reasonable match to the curve of the side of the van. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20260528/c560922b4c06baeb04eccb894c48ad2e.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20260528/aa7745a90834b4727567a28b92de7fe8.jpg Now I have to figure out how to make...

Wrestled the new fridge panel into place. Held with one cleco pin and a small pair of vice grips and friction. Quite a challenge to get it in singlehanded.




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Wasn’t able to split the frame in half, so the next best thing was to spread it… https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20260520/0a02c2430f7978810f9b1ac872d71eea.jpg Carefully but, to be honest, a bit brutal. Glass removed, seals cleaned, put back together again and success! https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.c...

Measuring the window aperture…. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20260519/9fce11f9f2bfc91881d829413406db02.jpg …prior to removing https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20260519/780f2ac35181a8805e3c585fe39d7dae.jpg Detail of the waistline internal fillet at the rear, I’ll probably replace this. https://up...

Gutter finished. Moving on to the fridge panel. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20260518/9ff93ff9880df0802709905796042a9b.jpg Not going to reuse this… https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20260518/3efae417a1c2b69bf6c9d9f52de94251.jpg New shiny from Schofields. I’ll aim to fit a fridge with just an exha...

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The usual suspects - front and rear jacking points/B and C pillar bottom ends, sills, fridge panel, lower edge of window aperture, step?, wheel arches, ...
All looks very depressingly familiar. No idea of the cost, obviously.