What have you done to your Elgrand today?

[Elgrand Cymru]

That could cause you problems as it looks like it covers part of your number plate. Apart from that

Yes I was aware of that. Thought about moving them into one of the grills but haven't done it yet.

 

[dognero]

Nice , can you do me 2 please .

Now available in the shop to order
Patches

 

[A8USW]

Today I pressure washed the old bus for the first time in the months it has laid up, first step of prep for returning to the road on 1st August

 

[robert edwards]

polished out the scraps i got the other day and polished my fading headlights (just a light touch with 1500 wet and dry plus t/cut) then wax

 

[LeStempy]

Managed to get it just a little bit sideways on a roundabout

 

[Happy Eddie]

I went to a hand car wash The prices was on a board Car £4.50 4x4 £5.00 van £5.50 the little shit charged me £5.50 stating it was a van I have a loyalty card so i told him to rip it up as I will not be in again I have in the past paid £5.00

 

[Lize]

Managed to get it just a little bit sideways on a roundabout

Yes, also today I managed to spin the back wheels and slide the back out when pulling out of a junction, looked in mirror and even saw a bit of tyre smoke. I don't know how though, think there must have been diesel on the road or something!

 

[Lize]

Touch wood, think sorted out slightly binding front brakes, drivers wheel no longer skin burning hot and other front wheel cooler too, bit strange through as sliders and pistons didn't seem particularly stuck. Will have to keep my eye on it.

 

[Lize]

I went to a hand car wash The prices was on a board Car £4.50 4x4 £5.00 van £5.50 the little shit charged me £5.50 stating it was a van I have a loyalty card so i told him to rip it up as I will not be in again I have in the past paid £5.00

They charge £10 round here

 

[LeStempy]

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Touch wood, think sorted out slightly binding front brakes, drivers wheel no longer skin burning hot and other front wheel cooler too, bit strange through as sliders and pistons didn't seem particularly stuck. Will have to keep my eye on it.

I found the shims had been put on in the wrong order when I replaced my discs and pads recently. I replaced them in the order they came off but that made them bind, looked in the manual and rearranged as per diagram and all was fine.

 

[LeStempy]

Yes, also today I managed to spin the back wheels and slide the back out when pulling out of a junction, looked in mirror and even saw a bit of tyre smoke. I don't know how though, think there must have been diesel on the road or something!

Trouble is it winds up the willy wonkas who think you want a race.

 

[Lize]

@Stempyuno - I'll be buggered if I can find my JPNZ manual to check, if you happen to remember - I had one metal one on the inside pad sort of shaped to pistons. Two on the outside pad, a plastic and then metal with slots in. I put new pads in as I thought the existing ones might be a bit glazed, just picked those up from local motor factors and prised off their shims and threw them away.

I was on a country lane with nothing coming, so no one saw me, usually what's good about the Elgrand is that people just think its a van (camper in my case) so don't heed it any attention

 

[LeStempy]

It's in here

 

[ILikeFish]

Picked it up and drove it around a bit! Loving it so far...

 

[Lize]

@Stempyuno - Thanks for that, same shim combinations but looks like on wrong pads...it seems you can't rely on what someone has done before.

 

[Snoopy11]

I went to a hand car wash The prices was on a board Car £4.50 4x4 £5.00 van £5.50 the little shit charged me £5.50 stating it was a van I have a loyalty card so i told him to rip it up as I will not be in again I have in the past paid £5.00

And I would bet they didn’t clean the roof.

 

[Qwiktune]

It’ll be fine, good luck

I hope so haha, I'm am not very good at wood work, I'm sure she will have me working at it all weekend.

Like I said I just made up a basic box frame and cut a bit of wood for the front (that will eventually have drawers and a table that pulls out to cook on, or atleast she hopes )

Need alot of strengthening, and I'm gonna attach it to where the rear seats bolted to the sides
And then she wants the inside edge to be attached to the runners in the floor and pull towards the seat to make a bed...

Gonna be a nightmare, but hopefully nice once finished and wrapped in a nice colour and fit some lights or something.

 

[Claptrap]

I hope so haha, I'm am not very good at wood work, I'm sure she will have me working at it all weekend.

Like I said I just made up a basic box frame and cut a bit of wood for the front (that will eventually have drawers and a table that pulls out to cook on, or atleast she hopes )

Need alot of strengthening, and I'm gonna attach it to where the rear seats bolted to the sides
And then she wants the inside edge to be attached to the runners in the floor and pull towards the seat to make a bed...

Gonna be a nightmare, but hopefully nice once finished and wrapped in a nice colour and fit some lights or something.

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Sounds like a plan and It’s a good start

 

[blingo]

Not today, but at the weekend finally found out that the key blade does actually unlock the door when the battery is completely flat

So glad I moved it on the drive so the drivers door was accessible - been far too close to smashy window time, too many times now!

Haven't used it for many weeks, only have myself to blame.

Anyhow, have a few trips planned for the summer soon so need to get it ready. Spoke to a local garage today about welding the aircon pipe up, said they'll give it a go and will try and fit me in next week.

 

[Qwiktune]

Did a bit more on the boot bed the Mrs wants, still a hell of alot to do but ive added abit more structural support and the runners for her boxes and the pull out table.

All just basic at the minute but it feels like it's coming together a bit.