What did you do to your van today?

[compost]

sounds like i will be 2 days behind you

 

[Exwindsurfer]

Today I checked the tyre pressures and filled the water ready for our first trip away in months on Thursday.

Where you of to Bill?

 

[2cv]

Where you of to Bill?

Sunny Blackpool, things to do there.

 

[saxonborg]

New front discs and pads, new NSF brake pipe and pipes back to rear axle. New table top added at the weekend, as it is double sided laminate I didn’t want to screw into it so I used heavy duty Velcro to fasten it to the plate on the table support, it’s that secure you would think it was glued.

 

[Exwindsurfer]

I am off to meet up with Del and Reg for a night then we are all of to Rolls Royce club for the weekend .

 

[The laird]

I'm away on Tuesday strolling south then I think we are stopping at the trout inn at Oxford area ? And heading about then to sail on the 4th all this time we will have

 

[The laird]

Mot tomorrow at 14*00 hrs

 

[SquirrellCook]

Drove Murky home this evening, oh what a treat. The first drive in it this year. Nothing exciting like a trip away, it’s the only vehicle big enough to put our long ladders in. Yes the wind had a play with the works ridge tiles. I’ll leave it at home for a day so I can have some yard space to service Anita’s shopping van. Hopefully we will be able to escape for a jolly soon.

 

[compost]

love to see the pink bus again

 

[Phantom]

i turned my
fridge on ready for 6 th march departure

It takes a while to chill down then?

 

[paulhelenwilko]

The Fiat cab has two cigarette lighter sockets. very useful, however, they both go off with the ignition. Moved one to work off the leisure battery so always available, and not draining the starter battery.

 

[Exwindsurfer]

The Fiat cab has two cigarette lighter sockets. very useful, however, they both go off with the ignition. Moved one to work off the leisure battery so always available, and not draining the starter battery.

I done the same Paul.

 

[The laird]

Got a earlier mot booking
PASSED WITH NO ADVISORIES IM A HAPPY BUNNY

 

[tonybvi]

Got a earlier mot booking
PASSED WITH NO ADVISORIES IM A HAPPY BUNNY

Did you not even get the brake discs pitted and corroded advisory Gordon? I seem to get this on every vehicle I’ve had MoT’d recently but then I’m told it’s nothing to worry about!

 

[The laird]

Tony I've replaced them during covid all new hubs ,bearings discs and pads gave them a burn in and they are not badly rusted as I did cover the wheels during lock down

 

[wildebus]

Did you not even get the brake discs pitted and corroded advisory Gordon? I seem to get this on every vehicle I’ve had MoT’d recently but then I’m told it’s nothing to worry about!

Definately seems to be a Scottish thing. My car is going in next month and I will need to remember to drive like a boy racer for a bit before hand to clean them off!

 

[saxonborg]

Definately seems to be a Scottish thing. My car is going in next month and I will need to remember to drive like a boy racer for a bit before hand to clean them off!

I can assure you it’s not a Scottish thing, I’ve had it on a number of MOTs with disc corrosion warnings .I had some crap discs fitted (unknowingly) on my Transit, they would rust if you breathed on them!!!

 

[2cv]

Loaded up for a week or so away from tomorrow. Also loaded up my old Xantia which is in for quite a shock tomorrow as normally it only ventures out on dry Summer days.
On the subject of discs, apparently the recycling requirements are leading to the corrosion mentioned and very short life expectancy.

 

[wildebus]

I can assure you it’s not a Scottish thing, I’ve had it on a number of MOTs with disc corrosion warnings .I had some crap discs fitted (unknowingly) on my Transit, they would rust if you breathed on them!!!

The scottish thing is the fact it seems to happen on EVERY MOT, not just a few. I've had one (council) MOT fail a car on the discs and I had replaced them well under a year before and they had done well under 1,000 miles.

 

[GreggBear]

Cleaned the log burner out, had it burning for 48hrs straight earlier so it was ready for emptying!