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Gandalf wrote:Tis looking a lot better - big pat on the back.

With the -50 drop do you get any rubbing on the front with the twists on?

thanks , have not noticed any rubbing at the moment.

just got my hydrolic hoses made up to go from saxo electric pump to LHD vw steering rack.

need some daylight before i can fit them .... they where not cheap :run , why do these hobbys cost so much

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16vmini wrote:
Gandalf wrote:Tis looking a lot better - big pat on the back.

With the -50 drop do you get any rubbing on the front with the twists on?

thanks , have not noticed any rubbing at the moment.

just got my hydrolic hoses made up to go from saxo electric pump to LHD vw steering rack.

need some daylight before i can fit them .... they where not cheap :run , why do these hobbys cost so much

Matt

I know what you mean - I had to replace one of the main pipes recently - £80 odd quid. Mind you VW don't do em so like you I had to get them made up.
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My two cost 100 quid.they are short as I have mounted the pump at the front
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sorry for the bad pics ,

my saxo to vw power steering hoses :
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and a picture of where i have mounted the pump . i hope to have resivour bottle up behind the grill.

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My P/steering pipes burst recently, bought baxters flexi's, not cheap! But can't rust. Hoping cable tie's will hold them in place
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So , connected the power steering pipes upto the rack (later swaped them as i had them around the wrong way :oops: )

ran a new 12v feed from the battery in the back ( with a 25 amp fuse ) all the way to the pump relay.
ran a ignition feed up behind the grill to the fuse box.

and i now have power steering !!! feels great just doing some on the spot tests and a 3 point turn in the road.

have not taken it out on the open road yet .... tommorow for that i think.

you can hear the pump when sitting in the car ( i could allways move it one day ) but the t25 aint quiet anyway .. so another noise is fine with me.

powersteering done :ok , off to devon next week so should give it a good test. .. might even let the wife drive it now :)

pic of my bodge of a resy mount :

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next is to get my SVX motor in :)

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I take my hat off to you sir!
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Gandalf wrote:I take my hat off to you sir!

you aint seen nothing yet :idea

now if i could only get the fridge to work to keep my beers cool :)

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got some small jobs done this weekend , i never seem to get as much time as i think !

fitted new cup holders :)
wife did a great job cleaning out the cupboards.
i re-fitted some interior parts that i had removed for welding :) .. double checked over night heater still works :)

i collected a 3 bike rack the other day , i then proceeded to modify it to hold a 4th bike :
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seems to take the weight even after a test drive , will just have to see how it goes !

removed the fridge , as it did not work on any settings !

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took it to a local camping/caravan shop , who service fridges .. got a phone call a few hours later saying that they cant get any parts :( .. allthough they did give it a service , found the jets where block so where able to at least light it , allthough the thermo coupler was buggered ( he showed me ) and would not stay alight , he also confirmed the 220v element was dead.

after all that , they did not even charge me ! , got home with it , and phoned the people brickyard recomend , new thermo coupler and 220v element ordered ! not sure if they will be here by Wednesday or not.
gave the girl a bit of a clean, used some CIF on the pop top , made it a bit brighter now.

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All good fun, why wednesday?
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metalmick8y wrote:All good fun, why wednesday?
mike

off to devon for "our" first stay away in it ! :) whole family :)

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good one, if the fridge bits come then nice job on hols :D this time of year not such a prob without
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fridge parts turned up this morning ! , (well they turned up yesterday , but i was out ) now fitted 220v element , and fitted thermo coupler , fridge just needs to be re-fitted and tested ! cold beers for me in devon after all :ok

bus is booked in to get its tracking done at 1pm .. then its back to be loaded up for the trip tomorrow.

as a note , my 25amp fuse blew for the power steering pump , have fitted a 30amp for now , so will keep an eye on it... :|

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Enjoy your trip fella. Cant wait to get my van on the road.
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just won a Subaru SVX on ebay , complete ! :run .. gives me allot to think about this weekend

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