Thread “wake-up time”.
Its been such a long time since I added to this thread, yes I’m still here though work on the van has slowed to a mere crawl!
Some members on here will know of my situation, a very brief update for those that don’t;
My wife was diagnosed with Cancer at the end 2007, following a major operation and Chemotherapy during 2008, she made what we hoped was a full recovery. However in 2015 the Cancer had returned, another operation and Chemotherapy followed and all was well again. However, 2017 was a very poor year, with 7 stays in hospital, another major operation followed by ongoing Chemotherapy now into the 5th cycle of 6, she seems to be holding her own. With all this going on and me trying to run the home and family life, sadly the camper van was not touched last year or indeed up to now!
I’m hopeful now of doing some work to the van in the not too far future. I have been reading all the information that has been posted on the forum by all members, a big thank you for giving me something to read and keep me going. A big thank you to all the staff at Derriford Hospital who have been fantastic in their professionalism and care.
As for the van, with time to think and read I have made the decision to swop the engine out of the van. I originally thought of going for the GTi engine but fate gave me the opportunity for a Subaru ej20. 5 weeks ago I collected a low mileage engine, 77K with good service history. The breaker extracted the loom fully for me so I have a matching engine and loom. Some parts he had already sold, so I have no air filter system, something to source, but other than that I’m very pleased.
I intend to replace all the oil seals and cam belt, fully prepping the engine for fitting. The old WBX engine will be out soon and sold on to help pay for the conversion. I think I have managed to locate a rebuilt gearbox, fingers crossed for that, so that just leaves all the other refurbish work to do! Watch this space!
IMG_1493 by
Grandpawoody, on Flickr
As brought home
IMG_1505 by
Grandpawoody, on Flickr
Time for a quick inspection.
I will be replacing all the photos on the preceding pages soon with Flickr ones to help keep the thread useful.
E D I T: now photo bucket has reversed its decision on charging for photo use, I can leave them as is!
Until next time.