New van project
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We started hunting for a new van and we had a very specific shopping list as its my only vehicle. I sold my car to fund the last van. So we wanted:
140/150bhp with 6 speed
Aircon, Cruise, MFD, MFSW, Satnav
LWB
Under 150K
So this is what we got:
Its got FSH from VW, 1 owner, 130k miles and kombi interior. As an added bonus its got a stirling battery charger in and we are selling off the kombi parts as well.
I started pulling it apart:
It had arch boxes on and the side panels were plastic but with a metal covering. I got passenger side of really easy but the drivers side had rivnuts into the van frame
attacked them with a drill and a chisel and they gave up after a bit of fight!
140/150bhp with 6 speed
Aircon, Cruise, MFD, MFSW, Satnav
LWB
Under 150K
So this is what we got:
Its got FSH from VW, 1 owner, 130k miles and kombi interior. As an added bonus its got a stirling battery charger in and we are selling off the kombi parts as well.
I started pulling it apart:
It had arch boxes on and the side panels were plastic but with a metal covering. I got passenger side of really easy but the drivers side had rivnuts into the van frame
attacked them with a drill and a chisel and they gave up after a bit of fight!
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Oooh! I did smile to myself! We went from a white T5.1 California Manual to a white T6 California DSG! (We joked to ourselves that the neighbours wouldn’t notice that we’d changed vans mid-Covid!)
I’m also a little bit jealous. It’s not like you’re a complete newbie coming into this adventure: you’ve done it before and this time you’ll do it even better!
Wishing you all success with the project and many happy years in your new van! Keep posting progress and pics!
I’m also a little bit jealous. It’s not like you’re a complete newbie coming into this adventure: you’ve done it before and this time you’ll do it even better!
Wishing you all success with the project and many happy years in your new van! Keep posting progress and pics!
So I've had a bit of time on it this weekend. Cleaning and a few mods, got the bulkhead out and thats sold.
Front seats out and all the cabmat, under seats all cleaned
seats are actually a different colour now! Had to remove the arm rest as noticed the foam had come away from the backing plate so sorted that
Front seats out and all the cabmat, under seats all cleaned
seats are actually a different colour now! Had to remove the arm rest as noticed the foam had come away from the backing plate so sorted that
I do have a leak though, i think the pollen filter panel that you remove to change the filter has lost its rubber seal. Has anyone changed the filter recently and know if it has a seal on it. I have a video, apologies for the description i was sending it to my brother!
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I had to heat the oem pedal rubbers up with a heat gun to get them off and on the brake pedal i had to cut of a bit of rubber from the back of pedal. I also put a bit of silaflex on for belt & braces.
Today’s mod was new washer jets but got the fan type instead of the 3 jets! Only £15 off ebay so nice cheap mod:
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Yes, kind of. Basically the height at which they spray is adjusted by a screw on the front but it has a bar inside which gets in the way of the heated element plug, all i did was use a plastic trim tool to push it a little bit and then it slides on fine.
