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gary1998

Thanks for that. I actually met him before last Christmas! He's a good guy, he advised me not to get the van body work done/restored due to the extent of the rot and the high cost. However, I was already past the point of no return at that stage having already got the van converted from petrol to Diesel. (Plus I still had it in my head that van was CRVT exempt and didn't want to part with it!) Anyway I got in contact with him and he's going to pick me up a reversing switch for the gearbox plus a new wiper/motor assembly this week, which I'll get my own mechanic to fit. I resheduled the CRVT to the 23rd Jan so two weeks from now. that should give him enough time to get the bits and for my guy in Tonabrooky to fit them (he's been flat-out since starting back after the Christmas).

Having nothing better to do on my day off I decided to start the insulation today. After messing up the measurements the first time I decided to leave around 4" extra on either side of the insulation foam to leave me enough length to "get into the groove(s)". The stuff I used is what they sell in B&Q to reflect heat from the back of radiators in your home, quite thin, but I decided to give it a shot on the engine bay area. I'm going to be putting down more soundproofing/insulation on top in the same area later so i don't mind how thin it is. It was €11 per roll, fairly pricey i think, considering that one roll is just enough to cover the engine bay and the sloped part over the rear wheels. About 3 sq mtr. I had about 3/4 can of Evo bond spray adhesive which i used up before I'd finished 2 sq mtrs, now maybe I was using too much, but already I'm thinking this is going to be costly. The rest I finished with a cheaper non-brand spray adhesive which worked just as effectively. I left it where you can see it, that much took me about an hour to do. I'm going to use thicker insulation for the door panels, any suggestions what type and where to get this is appreciated.

How did you get on
with the test.
Did the van pass .

Ugh! Would you believe I lost the keys to the van! Not just that van but I bought another, 1986 T25 x-german army with full westy interior and lost the keys for both vans! So needless to say I missed the cvrt date. Luckily Collerans locksmiths in Galway were able to fix me up with a new set (€30.00!!) Then the fan belt needed changing, so no problemo bought a new one and fitted it. Decided to drain the water from the radiator and refill with proper coolant instead. Took her for a test drive on the motorway all was going well until total loss of acceleration. Had to pull over and it wouldn't start after that. Had it towed to my mechanic and he reckons it's the diesel filter (hopefully). He'll get a chance to look at it tomorrow but I feel it needs a new diesel pump so we shall see.

Ronan1981 wrote:Ugh! Would you believe I lost the keys to the van! Not just that van but I bought another, 1986 T25 x-german army with full westy interior and lost the keys for both vans! So needless to say I missed the cvrt date. Luckily Collerans locksmiths in Galway were able to fix me up with a new set (€30.00!!) Then the fan belt needed changing, so no problemo bought a new one and fitted it. Decided to drain the water from the radiator and refill with proper coolant instead. Took her for a test drive on the motorway all was going well until total loss of acceleration. Had to pull over and it wouldn't start after that. Had it towed to my mechanic and he reckons it's the diesel filter (hopefully). He'll get a chance to look at it tomorrow but I feel it needs a new diesel pump so we shall see.

That is a serious run of bad luck there - It must be something about Galway..!!

Last time I visited ireland, I flew into Galway airport.
Cheesed off that I had to pay a `tax` to get out the airport, I stupidly dug my heels in and took it out on the car rental bloke.

Basically telling him I wasn't being stung for another €xx on insurance excess waver ( can't remember how much it was, but not a lot. )

If you turn out of that airport, there is a main road toward Galway, well 500m onto that main road - following a truck - I literally watched a stone flick up from the truck's tyre and hit the windscreen in the bottom left corner.

RAC cover won't touch a cracked windscreen on a hire car, and I ended up about €500 out of pocket..!!
At first it was a minor crack - hoping I would get away with it I drove on - by the end of the second day it had grown and there was no way I was wriggling out of that one

Not really on topic, I know, but seeing this post reminded me of it