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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 , why do these hobbys cost so much

Matt

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 , 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.

My two cost 100 quid.they are short as I have mounted the pump at the front

sorry for the bad pics ,

my saxo to vw power steering hoses :


and a picture of where i have mounted the pump . i hope to have resivour bottle up behind the grill.

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

So , connected the power steering pipes upto the rack (later swaped them as i had them around the wrong way )

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 , 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 :


next is to get my SVX motor in

Matt

I take my hat off to you sir!

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

you aint seen nothing yet

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

Matt

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 :


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 !



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.

All good fun, why wednesday?
mike

metalmick8y wrote:All good fun, why wednesday?
mike

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

Matt

good one, if the fridge bits come then nice job on hols this time of year not such a prob without
have a good one
m

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

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...

Matt

Enjoy your trip fella. Cant wait to get my van on the road.

just won a Subaru SVX on ebay , complete ! .. gives me allot to think about this weekend

Matt