exhaust doesnt sound too loud or chavvy considering its only got the bike can on it! but its too low and looks crap so i'll be making something more easy on the eye!!

 

 

the interior is prob the worst area of the lot its dirty! excellently bodged!! and just downright poor workmanship! 

 

this next picture is the best....

 

 

something juuuuust not right here?? bloke says "i've spent ages pissing about with the linkages and cables but just cant get the kick-down to work!!!" might be a good start if  YOU PUT THE FUCKING ACCELLERATOR PEDAL IN THE RIGHT PLACE!!!!!

 

 

side locker area needs painting inside as the new load bed floor has been fitted (quite well ) but weld penetration hasnt been cleaned off or protected from the elements! full of condensation too sunday butit was pretty cold tho!

 

if it all goes tits up im guna make another trailer out of it! thats what happened to the single cab!!

 

more to come as i start taking stuff off and fixing the bodges!!

looks like this at the moment!! bit beterer!

Did the pre-owner do the resto & convert it to auto?

 

was it owned by a woman...must be cus i could`nt drive that with those peddles so close together...my nards would get crushed..

 

 

   you going to bristol cruise on sunday?

 

 

got a few jobs to do before i go out again!! see above!!

or me?  or is he wishing he was cornish

so managed to gut the crewie interior and found that someone tried to fit the accellerator pedal where the clutch should be!!!!!!!!! holes to be welded there! and im missing a few bits! namley the shift inhibitor switch! thats right you can start mine in park or drive!!! nice!

made some centre caps for the alloys which make it appear so much different!

off to the wanted section now to try get some bits for xmas holy-day

 

fitted the accelerator pedal in the right place!! fiddly job but needs must!just got a few holes to fill in now!!!!

 

 

checked over the rack and all the associated parts and all is well!

took dash out to reveal

 

need to add a bit of welds to the bottom one but its not that bad shame it was left that way!

 

and started to gut the interior

 

 

and found another bodge!

 

 

spacer for the steering wheel!!

 

and then the partition fell out!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

any of you fellow crewies want one of these?

 

 

padded pad thing that sits across the half height bulkhead! surplus see!

 

space!

 

 

 

how much fun was the bulk head to take out? ive got to do that soon to mine.

was it orignaly double door?

 

 

yeah used to be a lefty! cutted the bulk head out by using those "plasma" cutting disks, there really thin! so cut as close to the b pillars as possible and around the seat boxes then when it comes free stick on a grinding disk and dig out the spot and tacks then pick of with a flat screwdriver. looks tidy with no dents or damage!

 

you seriously wont be able to re-fit one as it get cut about alot! you bend whack and twist it out of shape to get em out!

 

finished tidying the bulk head off and chopped up one of me seat bases for the merc seats! jesus how much crap do they stick under those things!! ratchets hinges electrics every where! mad i tell thee!

 

 

so stripped the old seat base and started cuttin it down to fit under seat

 

 

and bobs your aunti fits like a glove!! mmmmm comfy! didnt take many pics cos it was quite a ball ache to make it sit propper! so i'll take a pic next time to show you all how i did it!!

been fetling over the xmas hols and so far got it to here!

 

a few more pics of the seat bases

 

 

made up the rear bench from a shortened velle base and a few lengths of 25mm rhs

 

 

and not shown.... the rear of the back supports are another 2 lengths of 25mm rhs which tucks over lip on the bottom and bolts to the main box across rear of the crewie

 

looks like this

 

 

just need to make up speaker boxes for either side and fix side bolsters and seatbelts.

so far only made 4 holes to hold that lot in so as not to have brackets and welded bits all over the shop!

 

prepped floor for welding!

 

 

 

and cut out some abortion

 

 

welded  exhaust back on in a sensible fashion!! was looking round for a nice exhaust but could only find stupid priced or corsa only!!

 

 

looks tidier and still isnt too loud! also fitted them postoffice lights i bought of baxter many years ago! cant rush these things!

 

 

 

now saving up for a nice lowering kit!!

 

*cough -lazy git- cough*

 

and i won a carb with choke flaps so hopefully make it a bit betterer to drive!

 

 

 

oh and having flaps makes you a bitch...woman..

 

aint tellin now! 

 

grif your doka looks familiar!! you local to me?

 

 

bastard job! make up new brackets cables and swap all the jets coz the Ebay muppet didnt know what he was sellin! (should of guessed that by now tho eh?) runs eventually but still need a service kit fer the pinto coz im sure its only running on 3? (at the end of the day its a shit ford engine thats running points and condenser so in my opinion its no better atm as a fuckin bay!) still looking into a 2.0l 16v mk3 golf lump or a nice vr6 would be good! wonder if the autobox would put up with that!

 

painted me dash and mounted the rev counter! (retro fit ....nearly!)

 

 

 

get it fitted and sort the service out and take it fer a blat!!!

 

by bodging weldig and hitting stuff by the looks of it! wana buy it? as vw intended being fitted soon !

 

engines out!

 

 

cant seem to find vag part numbers on these so they must be ford stuff right?

 

need an engine now! might have a 95 2.0l (same set up as the gti) passat in a few weeks so hopefully get the engine and loom out of that and sell some bits off it to reclaim a bit of money back! that along with the ford and weber carbs on Ebay should see me pay for the passat!

 

new seats are in again!!!

 

 

both fronts are done! need to alter frame for back-uns but i'm in no rush!!

 

started planning for the adaptor plate yesterday! now this bits gunna be a ball ache as i now dont work with steel or have access to a machine shop so this bit is gunna get farmed out! lets just hope it gets sorted quick!

 

 

had to remove tourque converter as the three fixing tabs have been moved to an alternative location? i have no idea why but????????? and i only found this out yesterday when offering up the plate that bolts to the engine! arrrrwell!!

they have your name on chap ok..

just cut the rover leather seats out of mine..busy busy busy...

 

look what just turned up..............................................

 

 

basicallyto get my conversion started i need to fit the tourque converter to the engine, but there not designed to mate!

so the only way i could see after about an hour of staring at it, was to cut the middles out and swap em!

 

so take a clutch plate and cut out at 100mm centre, then when you have done that it needs a 2mm lip on it to locate the tourque converter plate which hs been machined to 96mm, then that fits snug in side. all i need to do now is rotate on the plate and weld it together

 

hopefully if i can get a nice smooth weld and a steady hand i cant see there'll be much imbalance to cause vibration when spinning?

 

once this is done i can offer up the autobox to the engine and get a measurment for the thickness of the adaptor plate to bolt this ensemble together!

be interesting to see what the gti lump is like with the auto box

 

na mate! as long as you make the seat bases off the new seats as tight of a fit to the t3 bases you'll be right! i had to trim the width of the t3 bases to stop em sticking out but thats about all! you can get the rear part touching and tack it in place then just move the front up and down according to personal taste!

 

 

speedflex engineering sandy lane stourport on severn 01299 827712 nice guys to boot!

 

doka........well after getting the ibiza and stripping it sold most of it off and making my money back thru the parts, im left with the abf 16v. now this puppie has an immobilizer built in with the ecu and i was thinking get it remapped to bypass it? seems to be a pain in the arse! and the fact that i binned the cat with the lamba probe in it!doh!! seems the engine needs the lamba otherwise it thinks its always in warm-up mode which runs the engine rich until up to temperature! eventually it'll just melt the rings like this!! note to self do homework before giving away your hard earned! so ive had a long hard think and have been out and bought this!.........................

 

 

 

1994 2.0l vento gl! running it until the end of the week then its getting pulled apart mainly for the engine and associated parts needed to run in the bus and the rest will be scrapped and sold to regain some kind of initial outlay! must say it drives nice! and only covered 117k with service history until 109k its been quite well looked after! and for £200 withe the bonus of a brand new panasonic tuner cd player anything i get in return for parts will be a good result as far as im conserened!

i havent done a single thing to the doka since as ive been working a new job which includes weekends and spending time sorting other cars and stuff ready to sell em! but with any luck the bus will be rolling soon (self proppelled not pushed round the yard this time!)  and this new purchase should see some activity with the bus again!!! really wana get it sorted now and go play!

 

more pics of bus up the weekend with any luck!

 

one step ahead of you mate! got one of them saggy arse jean types comin down saturday! and if his cars low enough i recon i can sell him the front bumper when he rips his off down the lane!

 

 

thats the abf lump and the old auto box trial fit if you like!

 

spent sat / sun stripping the vento down and playing with my mates gsxr750! mmmmm nice!

 

 

engines out just need to pull exhaust off! need a 4 poster really!!!

 

 

now gutted and sat outside the unit just in case i need anything else!!

 

adapter plate is now fitted to the 8v engine and im anticipating fitting the autobox and removing it quite a few times this weekend!

as the engine was attached to an auto transmission in the vento it already has the coverplates for the lower next to the sump and the rearmost one where theres a hole to access the tourque converter retaining bolts! nice!! i'll bob some more pics up of the new set-up this weekend!!

 

wheres the excited emoticon????

 

been a long time coming but hey! we'll get there eventually!

 

adaptor on the 8v 2.0l enjun!

 

 

 auto box mated up 1st time as well!

 

 

front gearbox mount fitted and hung in a sort-of-like position!had to take out battery tray as the alternator was fouling it!

 

 

now sat pretty much where i wanted making sure out-put drive flanges are level and crank pully is central

 

 

nearside engine mount

 

 

offside engine mount

 

 

as it stands at the moment

 

 

just started sorting exhaust out so i can do electics and plumbing then fire it up!

 

look look its back on the floor!!! spent all weekend finishing off the exhaust and fitting up water hoses accelerator linkage and general brackets to hold stuff out of the way or support things!

 

 

 

 

thats the exhaust done!! looks kindof ok! didnt take one of the back-box (which i cant decide looks tough or chavvy?) as it exits behind the drivers side which is against the wall!

 

 

started to wire it up and did get it to turn over and fire up! (youve got to havent you!) but there was a very loud mettalic sound and realised i havent filled the auto-box and converter!

 

almost pissed meself when i realised and hope (fingers crossed and all that) i havent fucked it!

 

 

as i ve left it! might tidy the wiring up a bit!

bougt a digifant 8v pump assembly off bigredbus cheers dude! plumbed that in twice as my memories failing me!! and away she went! sparks flying from tourque converter an all! that loud mettallic noise turned out to be the starter motor so thats being whipped out next week for investigation!!

 

pics.........................

 

 

the backbox! unsure at the moment but hey tones it down abit!!

 

 

the wiring!

 

 

expansion tank (vento one) really close to the battery but it'll suffice for now.................

 

 

wiring yet to be sorted! i aint touching it until next week as i didnt want to half start it and then forget what ive done!

 

 

and my new background on the pc! mmmm arty!

 

oh and ive fitted the lt mirrors! just gotta wipe the dust off it now so i can see out of the windows!

i really wana rag it about so the sooner its done the better!

 

lewis there home brew stands! got a long reach trolly jack and made the stands so they can sit at 800mm! as long as there put under the crossmember wheree the trailing arms fix i can get the arse about 1200mm high just the right level for welding exhausts! and bolting up driveshafts!

 

 

 

 

na fcuk it...lay on the floor..

keep em coming chap..well done

 

 

oh and the doors a pretty rust free so i'll see what they look like prepped up!

 

 

nice b&q induction pipe (read drain pipe!) need to make a bracket to hold the air-flow unit as its just resting behind the battery

 

 

 

 

behind engine! just need to wrap the loom to keep all the crap off it!

 

 

the fuse box and ecu are in the box out behind the wheelarch tub and covered by a plate. so its working and drivable but and theres always a but! one of the water hoses is leaking and so is one of the oil cooler pipes! nice!! and the engine mount needs altering to get to it! which i was hoping to get away with!! annnnnnd the exhaust sounds wank! but it does go better than expected! keep me busy for a bit longer anyway!

 

 

and in place

 

 

pipes relocated and yes it still leaks!!!! thinking ive got a crack in my oil cooler outlets so more fun next weekend! oh joy!!!!!

 

 

so swapped it with another one and re-filled the system easy..............................

 

not really no!

 

 

took her fer a rip up t' lane and water light comes on?? wiered i finks? so tootles back and parks just inside unit and BANG! steam and water everywhere! had a look and main water pipe from rad has been blown off!!! thermostats well and truly stuck shut!! bugger! job for tommorrow!

 

 

took the bean can off the end and stuck a nice 90 bend on it instead! still sound pony but..................

will look into re-doing entire exhaust again at some point but not right now!

 

that is all!

 

added a little of the black stuff! (paint for the thicko's!)

 

 

relocated air intake as i kindof thunk it looked pony!

 

 

and after re-fitting my new thermostat i tried to bleed it once again...............

 

 

aw fuck! off to read baxters bleed your t3 propperly thread now!

 

and i might rip out dash again tomorrow to fit me new brake pedal that i got off mr spannerboy ! cheers dude!

 

You seem to be having a few problems at the moment.  Keep your cool, sorry for the pun, you know it will be worth it the first time you give it a proper blast.  You'll have a smile as wide as your face.

 

are all rew cab pickups lhd standard??? hmmmmm!

 

no some are normal (for us!) rhd and others (imports?) are lhd!

 

 

well whats the best way to sort a water issue out?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

thats right wheels!

 

 

nice OZ split rims....... 8.5 on the front and 10.5 on the rears! tidy

 

 

unsure weather i like em or not and with all things these dont fit propper! i need to get some 35/40mm spacers for the rears to clear the spring housings. to look good was never gonna be easy!

 

and while were on about looks..............................................

 

 

now got to start watching out for flying trailer-tents! (slipped off the wheel chocks and attacked my bus!) boooooooooooooooooooooo!

 

had an hour or so flushing the engine and rad again so might try to bleed again but might just play with the golf instead! least thats only bodywork!!!

 

Might have a home for them if you decide against them

 

Painted my welded bits now, smartest part of my van.

 

 

 

Going to enjoy it for the summer then look at sorting that big panel !

 

 

 What size are these wheels??