For documenting and technical details of T25 restorations and major repairs This section is for major restorations only.where to buy a panel or where to buy window rubbers belong in the bodywork seats and glass section.
Also please note,we need pictures of the restorations,without them posts are pretty useless.[\b]
Picture heavy and detailed threads , not for general banter or advertising
Traders welcome to post but not to advertise blatently
Threads will be cleaned of chit chat.
Been doing bits slowly, fitting around work and family etc. I remember saying when I started that it would take at least a year. That was 11 months ago. If anyone asks now (they periodically do) I say the same thing!
End of the crossmember being replaced.
Putting on the JP. Pretty "pooh" photo, more tomorrow maybe.
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88 Transporter with hitop camper conversion, 1.6td.
Been doing bits slowly, fitting around work and family etc. I remember saying when I started that it would take at least a year. That was 11 months ago. If anyone asks now (they periodically do) I say the same thing!
End of the crossmember being replaced.
Putting on the JP. Pretty "pooh" photo, more tomorrow maybe.
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Have you ever seen an unhappy fool?
88 Transporter with hitop camper conversion, 1.6td.
Excellent progress! I’ll have to go in and do something now haha!
Welds look good inside the sill. Did you bevel the edges of the chassis section? Its a bit easier and ensures better penetration with thicker stuff.
which ensures a bit of a gap, so no bevel needed. For the JP, I turned the mig up to full and ran a bead down the JP which just caught the chassis at the edge of the bead to include it.
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88 Transporter with hitop camper conversion, 1.6td.
I use those clamps too.
Check your bolt and washer will fit, you may need to clearance the inner rear weld a little for the washer to sit flush and adjust up and down. Better to do it before you forget, paint it and then have to cut into it again, ask how I know
You may need to build up the lip on your sill again where you welded it to the JP, the arch panel meets it with a 15mm or so flange vertically that you would spot or puddle weld. Otherwise it will leave a gap to the interior of the van.
Definitely firmly on! Proper belt and braces, nice work.
Aye, I was doing that edge of the sill with it set too high, it’s not that structural, I was just wanting to fill the gap for protection, but burned through it proper! I’ll have to practice my upsidedown welding too, definitely messy! I reckon a short burst, then another but without letting it cool too much. On the whole, pleased
Have you ever seen an unhappy fool?
88 Transporter with hitop camper conversion, 1.6td.