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- 21 Feb 2021, 17:37
- Forum: Bodywork, Seats & Glass
- Topic: Post Winter Mini Valet/Detail (photo heavy!)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 188
Re: Post Winter Mini Valet/Detail (photo heavy!)
Hmm... shame you’re so far away from Somerset. I’d drop the van around in the morning, just to save you getting during lockdown!
- 06 Dec 2020, 11:30
- Forum: Wheels & Tyres
- Topic: wheels?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 355
Re: wheels?
Surely the Vito is a similar weight to T25?
- 06 Nov 2020, 18:35
- Forum: Bodywork, Seats & Glass
- Topic: Fitting / sealing roof vent
- Replies: 3
- Views: 252
Re: Fitting / sealing roof vent
Sikaflex lastomer 710, made for the job and never fails. Plumbers mate would probably do it but it’s quite ‘stiff’ and would need quite a bit of pulling down to guarantee no small gaps.
- 11 Sep 2020, 06:29
- Forum: Restoration and Major Repairs
- Topic: Help! How much to repair?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 506
Re: Help! How much to repair?
Yes it’s impossible to be exact with a cost. If you are going to pay a reliable professional to carry out the body work and paint then you can say goodbye to a minimum of £5k. That’s from personal experience and then there’s likely to be mechanical work as well. So unless you are going to be keeping...
- 27 Jun 2020, 20:05
- Forum: Wheels & Tyres
- Topic: Centre Cap
- Replies: 2
- Views: 818
Re: Centre Cap
Search on eBay, they’ll probably be from China ‘genuine’ items. Allow 6-weeks!
- 15 Jun 2020, 21:13
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Hydraulic Power Steering pressure
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1283
Re: Hydraulic Power Steering pressure
Have you got any further with this project ?
- 02 Jun 2020, 06:17
- Forum: Bodywork, Seats & Glass
- Topic: Stripping off
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1537
Re: Stripping off
Ebay... 4” rubber wheel sticker/decal removal tool. Soft rubber wheel that fits in your drill. Seems like a strange concept but they actually work really well and need no solvent!
- 01 Jun 2020, 20:28
- Forum: Bodywork, Seats & Glass
- Topic: Rear springs
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1199
Re: Rear springs
Thanks for replies and offers. Even more strangely the heavy duty springs have disappeared this afternoon from the heritage website. I may ring them tomorrow and try the standard Suplex ones if the others are not available.
- 01 Jun 2020, 08:46
- Forum: Bodywork, Seats & Glass
- Topic: Rear springs
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1199
Re: Rear springs
Strangely Heritage have Meyle ‘heavy duty’ rear springs and Suplex standard. The standard are about £15 each more expensive. Yet the heavy duty Meyle fronts are more expensive. Anybody had any good or bad experience with either brands?
- 01 Jun 2020, 06:35
- Forum: Bodywork, Seats & Glass
- Topic: Rear springs
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1199
Rear springs
I’m in the process of overhauling the rear suspension on my Foster & Day coachbuilt. I’ve stripped it down ready to fit new trailing arm polybushes and Ian Holman’s disc kit. The near side always looked more of a sag than the offside and I can now see that someone has replaced just the offside s...
- 09 May 2020, 15:24
- Forum: Bodywork, Seats & Glass
- Topic: Warped/bulging pop top
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2097
Re: Warped/bulging pop top
Brilliant! I’m a bit ashamed of myself for not spotting the obvious, having done the same myself previously. Guilty of overthinking and trying to be ‘clever’ maybe!
- 08 May 2020, 07:59
- Forum: Bodywork, Seats & Glass
- Topic: Warped/bulging pop top
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2097
Re: Warped/bulging pop top
Personally I would suspect a combination of the hot weather and the restorer. GRP does expand and contract slightly with temp change. I would think that maybe the restorer soaked into the GRP and caused it to expand ,although only by a little, Anywhere else on the roof would be able to move freely, ...
- 01 Apr 2020, 09:08
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Replacing Flexible Coupling At Steering Relay Unit.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 608
Re: Replacing Flexible Coupling At Steering Relay Unit.
Is there now any noticeable improvement/difference?
- 16 Mar 2020, 20:49
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: VW specialist near Bath
- Replies: 2
- Views: 813
Re: VW specialist near Bath
Temple Cloud Garage, just south of Bristol on the A37. Paul is a long time VW man and knows them inside out.
- 25 Jan 2020, 22:04
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Wheel bearing welded to stub axel.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1088
Re: Wheel bearing welded to stub axel.
I had exactly the same thing happen to me in Brittany a couple of years ago. Had the ‘ride of Shame’ to a local Vw dealership where they had a big laugh and relied on an overnight delivery from uk for a new bearing. I was not prepared to risk the stub axle after all that heat, so I replaced it as so...