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Ok this was in Readers Other Modifications but as i'm now done with the camper and started modifying it i think it will fit in well here This is the camper van bit retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=othrmod&action=display&thread=92595Now it is new but if you think about it its a transit Ok this is my daily van so it can't be of the road for long so first things first i have done alot to the van here is a list - Add side marker lights high and low ones
- Add roof lights like the truck in usa
- Extra back lights above the back door
- A flashing beacon
- Yellow spot on the A bar
- Extra reversing light which are working lights too
- Reversing camera hooked up to a 10" LCD colour screen
- Some good speakers and cd player
- Wind deflectors
- Made car seat covers fit my seat
- Did the camper van conversion
- Electric windows
- There is more but i can't remember them
So the job i want to get done now is paint it, and add 4 more spots to the roof not sure i'll keep the yellow lamps on the A bar we will see What you think
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Right time for an update most of this work as been done in the past month or so here goes Well i got my A bar so i fitted it and my new number plate which i bought cause i made bits of my old one in my ice trip And on the van and it looks nice on there and yes i have walked in to it and it dose hurt ;D All so i had a look around my grandads shed's and field and boy did i find stuff and i mean stuff going to have another look again but this trip i found a camper-van tolit, fuse box, a bit of work top just enough to do my work tops, sink well lots of sinks ;D , fog lamps, camper fridge, a length of gas pipe, a odd looking thing that came of a 4X4, a few 3 ton car jacks and a 10ton jack, there is more stuff there but you need a day or two to find things. Had a alternator trouble but now i Fixed my alternator had to get new bolts which where hard to find i must have looked at every mk5 di to get the bolts of and every one i seen had none and i must have been to every scrap yard in Co Clare wasn't fun so i found a mk4 and took the bolts of that it worked no more shacking and not a noise from the belt so thats one job done so nice to be ably to drive with the lights on again ;D And i fitted my yellow spots to my a bar not wired yet but i think i have enough lights ;D My new work top got it for free and yes that's close to the handle so i have to trim it A curtain rail above the sliding door hope to fit a curtain here soon must move that wheel been there for a long time now almost a year now Oh my roof lights there orange and the side ones are white facing forwards and red backwards look nice at night Yellow spot wired and working so that's 23 lights now on high beam and 21 on dip :shock: I also cleaned my shed well i had help from my mate again i think his after something ;D and yes there is a car in there shame the van won't fit in door to low
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The Camper must have thought it was it birthday or something electric windows gone in and a new well second hand set of wheels for it not fitted yet I bought a electric window kit on ebay.co.uk on Sunday from England and it came to my home in Ireland on Wednesday now that's fast and i must say what a good kit well put together only thing is the instructions where not so good had to figure out what to do but i got it in the end now windows go up and down and i can put the passage window up and down from the driver seat This is the kit cgi.ebay.co.uk/UNIVERSAL-FIT-ELECTRIC-POWER-WINDOW-CONVERSION-KIT-NEW-/350428170444?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item51972588ccHere is the motors in place didn't take may pictures as it was cold and i want it done before i froze in place and i must say ford over done the drivers door card fixing point This are the switch look like Ford made them to go there Oh ya my wheel saw them in a scrap pile on Tuesday and my mate said they look like they fit And (the vans nike name) and after that i couldn't get them out of my head so i said the only way to see if they would fit was to drive up there in the van to see if they did and they did so i got 4 of them for €50 and my mate then ended up buying a one wheel trailer :lol: The my alternator died had to get a new one but its now fixed 240V Done Gas Done 12V Done Water Done almost there now to the cheap tax ;D i had it done enough to go camping in but now i want the cheap tax Light switch It going to be a long night crack out the food and drink I worked on the lights and my mate who now as a black face worked in the corner singing I won't let the sun go on down me Moving the plugs higher up cutting the hole with a grinder :lol: Need a hammer to make it fit better A bit more of the top A hole for a plug sockets Plaster board plug sockets holder thing Wires Plug socket Now two plugs sockets Just to check it works Now the water a bit of cutting and chopping to the sink Cut a hole for the sink to fit And now some Italy ceramic tiles real dear tile back in 1995 that's how long i have had them in my shed :lol: And Mr. Squeezy the cat who wouldn't move all day from that spot
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Timing belt done and I found my knocking noise my front left suspension bolt was missing its nut ;D now next to fix is the odd starting problem My new bolt I found in drive way which now lives here I think the person who fixed the van before was a bit of a cow boy striping the front down Old belt New belt My new floor was been laid days ago but here the pictures now it feels like a camper van Up front I had those bit of brown wood in my shed for years and now found a use for them At the back door And the floor in a hole I'm relay happy with that now only cost me a €10 Did the breaks or lack of my pad had gone to metal to metal and I found my knocking noise to I'm missing a drop link Now your all up to date next is my back tires there am bald
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cianha
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You've just convinced me never to throw out the leftover bits from our kitchen just in case we need 'em for a future camper project… Keep up the good work!
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Last Edit: Apr 5, 2011 8:44:01 GMT by cianha
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Thanks its hand have bits of thing like that as you never know when you need it
I notice your in limerick so you must see the van then as i go in out of limerick every day
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conrad
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gotta love transits! closest i had to a transit camper though was a mattress in the back and a gas stove!
those wheels are off a landrover discovery, so slightly wrong pcd, unless they're off a trailer or something but they look just like landrover wheels
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they are a landrover wheels so going to get them re-drilled for the transit pcd as you can't get any nice wheels for them well you can but there the same type just look different on the MK4 and 3 transit a have a few other thing to do to it hope to have my spots in the next week then paint
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Poor van lost a drop link but now its fixed but i had to get a MK6 one as the mk5 wouldn't fit i think that cause my van is the last of the mk5 so ford may have put mk6 parts in
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Apr 18, 2011 22:09:23 GMT
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did some odd jobs to the van over the last week most of it was painting the inside now it smells of gloss when i drive it ;D You can see my orange camper seat covers on the roof had them re trimmed from brown to orange but got the brown ones made into covers ;D I got a new camera so i tried it out took a picture of the van a nice low shot with the cat looking out of the door and the dog to And my dash as been red for over a year now but i ran out of paint when i started and never finished but I'm changing the color to a purple now so it will get done and the gray dash will be black as i had the gray
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Apr 30, 2011 10:39:19 GMT
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Gearbox as gone by by it blew up it inside
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would it be worth ripping out the gutless 2.5Di, and swapping in a more powerful, more economical Td? If it's FWD, slap in a whole 1.9Td + gearbox from a pug/citroen If RWD, engine from a pug/citroen again, along with a gearbox from an LDV Pilot 1.9 doing the latter option myself - starting the conversion in about 3 weeks
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You're like a crazy backyard genius!
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camper damper
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May 17, 2011 11:38:27 GMT
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I'm going to keep the 2.5Di but may turbo it at some point but for now it runs very well and it will love to see your engine conversion
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May 18, 2011 19:44:35 GMT
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Looking good, can't beat a LWB high top :-)
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May 18, 2011 22:09:58 GMT
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No you can't there piratical to drive every be it a bit slow and noise
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May 18, 2011 22:19:12 GMT
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No you can't there piratical to drive every be it a bit slow and noise Mines ok 2ltr pinto ;D
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May 18, 2011 23:05:04 GMT
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Well mines the good old 2.5Di go for ever
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Well mines the good old 2.5Di go for ever Sure will ;D she's looking good, whats the plan for windows, any?
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May 19, 2011 11:22:20 GMT
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Got a door of a mk4 minibus but haven't got around to picking it up got it for free only thing is i have to give my red door for the blue door with a window but i don't mind going around with a blue door although the gf may be upset but she said she will buy the paint and that was 3 weeks ago so this might make her buy it sooner rather then later
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May 27, 2011 13:55:48 GMT
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I think my camper is in a bad mood first back axle and gearbox goes next the alternator goes and yesterday on the motor way i see steam the water pump blew its self to bit now they thing come in threes well that three thing that have gone on me now in less then 4 weeks but on a upside i got a light bar with 4 spots for free but its for a 4X4 but as i say any thing can be made to fit anything ;D Here is a picture on my MK3 Cortina
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