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Absolutely loving those final 2 pics with the alloys fitted. That panel van could hold its own amongst a lot of the modern stuff on the market. (Well, perhaps I’m a bit biased!)

Good move! The ‘upturned boat’ thing never does it for me despite the case for its practicality.

Once you’ve done with the top of the van you’ll just need to turn your attention to the lower part and have a look at what lies behind the ‘hovercraft skirts’ !

Keep up the pics.

‘Overtaking’!!!

Worth checking the idle cut off valve. If you see my thread, a failing one drove crazy for months!

Loving that attention to detail.

Idle shut-off valve?

I’m sure you’ll see 70mph indicated on the speedo, but what that is in reality may not be quite that!! And as for 28mpg!!! Surely a slip of the typing finger (more like 18!)

Surely it will merit an invitation to a ‘club day out’ viewing when this project is finally complete?!!

I could measure the dimensions tomorrow if you really want them, but it’s really not a big space and a ‘porta potti’ type loo would need to be bespoke made and even then it would be difficult to lift in and out without tilting it!

Thanks for the reply. The cam isn’t actually as bad as it appears in the pics. The brown is in fact not rust but dust stuck to the oil that was it was coated with. A quick wipe reveals nice clean lobes. I appreciate what you have said and indeed maybe I could have taken a bit more care! I’ve since l...

Need some help from the diesel gurus on here. About 5 years ago(when I thought I had more time than it turns out that I actually do have!) I bought from a member on here, a 1.9 TDI and correctly configured loom with key etc to fit to my syncro Doka. Fast-forward five years and it’s still on the pall...

Surely it would be almost impossible to remove the ply in your super Viking? It’s integral to the structure and the top wouldn’t work without it. I find that the roof only just closes as it is and that’s with the standard foam (although, I think ours is thicker than 25/30mm)

I fixed small (approx 18x18) angle brackets to the inside edge of the frames at approx 150 centres. I then screwed through these to the ply. Used 13mm self drilling ‘wafer tek’ screws to the steel and 16x4 wood screws to the ply. As these were visible in the back of the seat, I then cut a piece of 4...

How I’ll I know if the fuel is getting to the injectors? I can see fuel at the loosened nuts, but I’m unsure if it’s at sufficiently high enough pressure to be squirting correctly actually at the injectors.

Well I’m still no better off!! You may wonder why it’s been so long since my last post, but that’s another story. I gave up after struggling with my attempts to bleed and concentrated on finishing the camper conversion, which is now done and my daughter needs to use it asap. So, with the aid of a me...