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[Closed] Trail Van (picture heavy)

gixerator · 2017-02-07T07:16:34Z

Thought id share my van project. Its now 12 months in. But I will start at the begining..... After a night ride on the mountain bike. Standing in my bills with the sleet pushing me towards a hermaphrodite!!. I'm too old for this sh*t!! Anyway, bloke opposite nips into his van, does a superman and jumps out changed. This gets me thinking, if I sell my mountain bike carrier and trailer, I should be half way to getting a van right? Wrong!! I can only get a rusty shed. I plan to have seats in the back and room for mountain 4 bikes and have plenty of mountain points and the space for three race bikes. So a day van..... nope adds Â£2k and would still need work. So this pops up on related items... [URLhas a ramp, has a diesel heater, space for three bikes (at a push) windows in the back and flashing blue lights.... bid bid bid. [URLFirst job was to strip off the decals. I planned to wrap the bugger (this all changed when I got the quote) three full days later, armed with the hot gun melting off my finger prints. I uncover a massive yellow rectangle. Next my attentions turn to stripping out the interior. sold the oxygen lines, seats,work bench and ferno (stretcher mounts) Â£600 better off to blow on parts. The heater was making noises but not producing any heat!! After an on line search, I found the stat flashed a fault code. Its the consumption fan, easy fix? Nope cant fix them!! cheap part? nope Â£300 +vat!! Arrived next day and fitted, I could of bought a new one for the price but this thing is 5kw and its a big space. with fingers crossed I swapped them over and it fires up. Next up fixing points. Due to the ramp being central, I cant fix the bike chocks (left and right) into position, as the chock needs to face the ramp then moved later when strapping. The floor is timber, with all existing bolts located through the subframe. It does limit bolt locations a little. All bolts used have additional square washers placed under the nuts to distribute the load. [URL

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colp

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I used to do loads at Oulton, not been for a couple of years though, still got the track bike sitting in the garage.

Posted : 20/04/2017 10:39 pm

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