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Current Progress

The van is back on its own wheels with steering all installed, the gearbox rebuild is underway and i am also getting the pieces together for the engine installation. Watch this space.

Brake and Clutch Lines now this was an experience,,, Took a while to even get hold of a decent tool, 2 failed attempts before I got a good one which was up to the task. (1 snapped, 1 produced poor seats) Eventually got it sorted out and ran new Kunifer lines, all the standard 4.75mm (Brake) and 6mm...

Fitting Suspension and Steering Components Did not get too many pictures of this stage, but here is what i have. The rear drums have been converted to disc brakes so larger steel wheels are required to allow clearance. https://i.imgur.com/eE7jTIg.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/3C2kwHx.jpeg https://i.imgu...

Pedal Assembly Refurb

Stripped the pedal assembly down, cleaned everything up.
repainted where needed and reassembled.

Painting the Suspension components All the main suspension components and some other parts like engine mount bar, fuel tank straps, steering tube etc.. all received the same prep treatment. Degrease, Wirewheel, Acid cleaning if needed,  Zinc Primer Applied Topcoat of Epoxy mastic in Black https://i...

Zinc Plating, Door Gear Refurbishment and Windscreen Purchased a zinc plating kit, a bit of a learning curve, but once dialled in the results are very pleasing. Mixture of the Clear Passivate and Yellow Passivate. Rebuilt the sliding door hinge and cleaned up or painted/ plated all other door gear ...

Painting the bodyshell (August 2023) Thought I would provide another chunk of updates. The van was painting last August, the UPOL raptor was used all over. Rolled the shell out onto the driveway to bask in the sunshine a few days afterwards to allow the doors to be painted and then hung. https://i....

No not possible utilising just the switch. The switch as pointed out already will receive a permanent Live 230V and then have a "switched Live" on the other side of the switch. The main issue you face is the lack of a neutral conductor and earth conductor. A simple task for a certified ele...

Hi All, Refitting some new radius rods and have hit a stumbling block. I took measurements as per the Bentley guide of the thread length from the back nut to end of thread.. however the new radius rods I have clearly have a much longer thread length making my noted measurement useless . (E D I T: To...

UPOL Raptor in the rear area Made a start with the raptor,, using a gravity fed spray gun, set at 2 bar. Made a nice fine textured finish rather than the usual blobby mess from the standard shutz style guns. https://i.imgur.com/FBXiRhU.jpg https://i.imgur.com/uvQCBZy.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ztwZ1HB...

High Build Primer

Priming is now completed,
Lots of rubbing done and degreasing to do

Hight build primer

After some time prepping the shell after the epoxy primer it was finally time to get the first coat of high build primer onto the whole shell.

Epoxy Priming the Shell!!! The time finally came to get the shell primed after all the bodyfiller, so a nice clean coat of epoxy primer was applied so i can see what last bits of filling need doing. The photos seem to show lots of dents on the panels, this is either where the epoxy is sunk into the...

Door Epoxy Priming, final bodyfiller touchup and High build primer. I made the most of the recent good weather to get the van outside to give me space to do the doors. The doors were setup in the garage and received a coat of epoxy primer. https://i.imgur.com/MhxAzq1.jpg After this the final bits o...

Seam sealing, stone chip and final paint of the underside. The van was mounted onto the rotisserie for what was the last time as it has since been sold. (the rotisserie was sold not the van!) managed to get all the seam sealing done. https://i.imgur.com/FURNZtV.jpg Then after this a good coat of UP...