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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2020 12:26:23 GMT
All five ... not eaten until she brought them home Rog Bloody panic buyers ...
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Post by patty on Mar 18, 2020 13:06:46 GMT
Daffodils are out..thats a plus.. wandered with dogs, gone r the days of stopping to chat and people crossed the road to avoid walking past us.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2020 13:49:27 GMT
All five ... not eaten until she brought them home Rog Bloody panic buyers ... I've asked staff in every shop I have been in if they stock Panic most look at me like I am a loony but there was one who asked "is that a polish beer of some sort?" I said no but I am a panic buyer. I want panic.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2020 14:01:03 GMT
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Post by thebfg on Mar 18, 2020 14:46:11 GMT
Something positive to say? On Saturday The dwarf learned to ride her bike without stabilisers 👍😜🚲 that moment will always stay with you.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2020 14:50:46 GMT
Something positive to say? On Saturday The dwarf learned to ride her bike without stabilisers 👍😜🚲 that moment will always stay with you. My kids never had stabilisers. Both can ride a bike no problem. It stayed with me. As soon as I was off stabilisers and my dad let go of the seat I went straight into a hedge and got a twig down my throat.
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Post by thebfg on Mar 18, 2020 14:52:12 GMT
Well, I brought a van at the weekend. So this weekend I'll be sorting it for the MOT. Rear wheel bearings, front disks and pads. Pretty much rust free except for above the doors which should not be too hard to sort also some surface rust on arches, once again not difficult to sort. I've wanted one of these for over 20 years so I am pretty happy. I have loads planned to do to it to go along with building a blues mobile for the banger rally.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2020 15:02:57 GMT
Sounds good. I'll keep an eye out for a loud air horn for you. I've been experimenting with a cheap £12 tyre compressor and it turns out that it will hold the pressure with the Schrader valve clip on quite well. Not 100% sealed but it stayed above 100psi while connected to the fire extinguisher for a few hours. So what I would say is get a large fire extinguisher with a neck mounted Schrader valve, a cheap tyre compressor and mount the compressor where you can see it with a switch in the line to the battery. Then you can just top up the pressure if needed as and when it loses pressure or you do a horn blast. 120psi through a decent truck or train horn does seem to do the job Routed through decent size pipe without any silly bends or contortions so the delivery is smooth.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2020 17:29:57 GMT
Well, I brought a van at the weekend. So this weekend I'll be sorting it for the MOT. Rear wheel bearings, front disks and pads. Pretty much rust free except for above the doors which should not be too hard to sort also some surface rust on arches, once again not difficult to sort. I've wanted one of these for over 20 years so I am pretty happy. I have loads planned to do to it to go along with building a blues mobile for the banger rally. I love an escort van - late 90's early 2000's I did loads with these; my mate and I shifted a fair few ex post office vans. Rot lurks in many places particularly along the inner and outer sills, around the B post by the door shut. Battery trays are common traps along with frobt suspension turrets. Chassis rails front and rear (around the spring hangers) and footwells. Payload floor can get teabag like. Engine wise they are pretty robust, if it hasn't had a recent cam belt change it will need one, they become 36k 3 yearly after a few went pop at 48k 4 yearly. You are looking at around £80 for a kit. A couple of locking pins are needed to do the job, belt change is pretty easy with a locking kit. If the belt snaps it will take at least one valve with it, nasty cases will end up with several bent valves or in extreme cases a broken camshaft. Clattery top ends with wide valve clearances make starting hard. Shimming is easy with the correct ford tool (I've got one 😁👍) pain in the arse with a pair of screwdrivers without 🤦♂️ Glow plugs stop glowing, glow plug relays stop relaying. Stop solenoids stop permanently, easy to change (although you can whip the plunger out and just stall it to shut it down!) Lucas fuel filter heads with a primer button split the diaphragm and let air in killing it stone dead. Leak off pipes perish and leak. Alternators stop alternating and starters can refuse to start. One other area that can be problematic is the PATS immobiliser - often the pikeys would bypass this by pulling the guts out of the stop solenoid.... All the above is the most common problems, you may not get any of the above if it's been well looked after. They are a cracking little van 👍
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Post by thebfg on Mar 18, 2020 18:31:09 GMT
Well, I brought a van at the weekend. So this weekend I'll be sorting it for the MOT. Rear wheel bearings, front disks and pads. Pretty much rust free except for above the doors which should not be too hard to sort also some surface rust on arches, once again not difficult to sort. I've wanted one of these for over 20 years so I am pretty happy. I have loads planned to do to it to go along with building a blues mobile for the banger rally. I love an escort van - late 90's early 2000's I did loads with these; my mate and I shifted a fair few ex post office vans. Rot lurks in many places particularly along the inner and outer sills, around the B post by the door shut. Battery trays are common traps along with frobt suspension turrets. Chassis rails front and rear (around the spring hangers) and footwells. Payload floor can get teabag like. Engine wise they are pretty robust, if it hasn't had a recent cam belt change it will need one, they become 36k 3 yearly after a few went pop at 48k 4 yearly. You are looking at around £80 for a kit. A couple of locking pins are needed to do the job, belt change is pretty easy with a locking kit. If the belt snaps it will take at least one valve with it, nasty cases will end up with several bent valves or in extreme cases a broken camshaft. Clattery top ends with wide valve clearances make starting hard. Shimming is easy with the correct ford tool (I've got one 😁👍) pain in the arse with a pair of screwdrivers without 🤦♂️ Glow plugs stop glowing, glow plug relays stop relaying. Stop solenoids stop permanently, easy to change (although you can whip the plunger out and just stall it to shut it down!) Lucas fuel filter heads with a primer button split the diaphragm and let air in killing it stone dead. Leak off pipes perish and leak. Alternators stop alternating and starters can refuse to start. One other area that can be problematic is the PATS immobiliser - often the pikeys would bypass this by pulling the guts out of the stop solenoid.... All the above is the most common problems, you may not get any of the above if it's been well looked after. They are a cracking little van 👍 Wow, cheers gazza. As normal you will be my go to man. Yes the rust is on the b pillar, at the top. Not too bad. Certainly repairable. Cills and underneath are clear as far as I can see. There are a few chips in the inner rear arches and I can see a bit. But nothing a good sand with a wire brush and protecting wont cure. A couple of chips in main body have some rust bubbles. But I will be treating every single one. First things first. Thursday/fri I will be changing the rear hubs and doing the front disks and pads and putting her through the MOT. It starts and runs ok but have already brought, fuel, air and oil filters new oil and will give a good service. It's a bit noisy and vibrates but has been sat around a while, once I have cleaned out the engine bay I'll start looking at slowly replacing everything.
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Post by thebfg on Mar 18, 2020 18:39:58 GMT
The to do list is massive. But first mechanical jobs and then start all the little body work jobs.
Plenty to do but will be a nice little motor at the end and everytime I look at it I spot more work. I have cleaned out the interior and it came up quite nice.
But I am happy and I now have that long term project that can keep me occupied during the quiet times.
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Post by mouse on Mar 18, 2020 18:43:15 GMT
AS per thread title, Mouse (the boat) has a brand new BSS surstifficate.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2020 19:02:57 GMT
AS per thread title, Mouse (the boat) has a brand new BSS surstifficate. Yay..to follow a whipersnaper phrase. It would be nice if you and Gazza meet up on our way back
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2020 19:25:33 GMT
Always a good victory getting the old BS ticket.
Nice one.
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Post by JohnV on Mar 18, 2020 19:28:07 GMT
AS per thread title, Mouse (the boat) has a brand new BSS surstifficate. Yeah ...... the boat's ok ...... it's just the owner that's . F....d
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