Mally Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 All looks good to me, can't think why I sold my Rickman.But I've done 20 times the mileage in the 75, so there must be a reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 That does really look a nice and tidy little campervan, well bought, even if it does have OMFGHGF, it will be a simple job to sort on a Pinto, swapping the water pump, cambelt and tensioner to make sure things are OK would be a wise precaution Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Marine ply is a fine material for building units with but leaving the edges untrimmed like that means if they get bashed there's a good chance you'll raise skelfs and get splinters. Some hardwood beading is probably the cheapest and easiest way of preventing it, or there are metal trims you can get for finishing. Splendidly shite motorhome and most excellent price! groovylee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groovylee Posted July 20, 2017 Author Share Posted July 20, 2017 Interested in what the "FS" warning light is for? Does it have a blown head gasket warning light somewhere else, marked "FFS"? Following thread with interest! from what I have figured out so far, it is (disappointingly i might add) for the Front Spotlights. boring but true. i may add another F later somewhatfoolish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Foxhake Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 My God. Nobody I know would know what I know about knowing how cool this is. But I know and you know it's cool. Top Shiteing there. mat_the_cat and groovylee 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 wonder if i can get one instead of a 7 seater.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Would it be worth fitting revolving 'Captains' chair mounts to the front seats to open up a bit more spaceor are the cushiony things hard up against them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groovylee Posted July 21, 2017 Author Share Posted July 21, 2017 Would it be worth fitting revolving 'Captains' chair mounts to the front seats to open up a bit more spaceor are the cushiony things hard up against them?cusiony things are hard up against them. also, you can't see in the pics, but the bed extends over the top of the front seats, so they have some sort of funky double runner things to enable that. otherwise it would be a great idea Lee barefoot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groovylee Posted August 15, 2018 Author Share Posted August 15, 2018 sorry for the thread resurrection, but things have been ridiculous, both at home and at work, so I have been a bit of a social hermit of late lots has happened since the last update on this, and not all good.... compression tester arrived, and we duly tested the engine. No. 3 cylinder was way down compared to the rest, so we duly pulled the head to take a look at the gasket. nothing untoward was found, so i made sure that the valves on cylinder three were closed, and poured some paraffin into the combustion chamber. lo and behold, it absolutely p***sed through the exhaust valve. so off went the head for some TLC at a local trusted cylinder head dude. the verdict was that the exhaust valve seats were badly recessed, the cam had been starved of oil at some point as the bearings were picking up on the 'shaft, the spray bar was pretty much knackered, and a few of the rocker arms had seen better days. so, £500 and a few weeks later, we were furnished with a nicely skimmed head, with new camshaft, bearings, rockers, hardened exhaust valve seats, valve seats recut, and new valves lapped in. they even cleaned it and painted it for us. top boys. next up was refitting everything - this went fine. new head (and other associated) gasket, and new head bolts. a new thermostat also went in. on first turn over (plugs out, fuel not connected) we simply could not get the oil pressure light to go out. we removed the dissy, and got a long hex drive on a drill down to the oil pump. it felt awful! something clearly wasn't right, so anew oil pump was ordered. 'this'll be easy' - a few bolts and robert's your mothers brother.... wrong. unlike the kent engine, where its oil pump is on the outside, the pinto is inside. in the sump. FFS. so, TCAs disconnected, engine hoist holding the lump up, engine mounts undone, cross member removed, sump removed, and finally, theres the pump.except it uses ribe bolts, not torx. and my bits are too short. could this go any more wrong??!! bits ordered from amazon prime, and next day the pump is swapped out. the old ones drive shaft had parted company with the rotor part, and was only spinning the pump intermittently. with the new pump in, and everything refitted, all was well! we've since been up to stoneleigh for the kit car show in May, and it ran like a dream. a few teething niggles with fridges, but otherwise perfect! ill get some up to date pics in a bit cheers for reading! Lee somewhatfoolish, yellowperil, Supernaut and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mally Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Good to know it's alive and well.I used to go to Stoneleigh every year, but it's not the show it used to be, when there were a million Duttons about. groovylee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groovylee Posted August 15, 2018 Author Share Posted August 15, 2018 agreed, I am having a right time getting sufficient numbers from the OC to even hold an official AGM at stoneleigh there is soon to be another rancher outing - this time involving some of the original Rickman moulds, and unfortunately, a reciprocating saw or two... i'll update with pics when we have done the deed - probably the 9th of september or so. Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groovylee Posted October 4, 2023 Author Share Posted October 4, 2023 wow, just came across this thread that i had forgotten i started! the good news is that the engine work went well, and the Rancher has been doing sterling service for the last few years. until now.... it seems i may have had a small incident on the way to the edinburgh trial so it looks like there will be a new rebuild thread. i'll try to keep this one updated this time! i just hope its all repairable, or my parents will disown me. pics to follow bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groovylee Posted October 4, 2023 Author Share Posted October 4, 2023 Dyslexic Viking, Supernaut, bunglebus and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 It looks v. sad, hope you can make it smile again. What's happened to the NSF wheel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groovylee Posted October 4, 2023 Author Share Posted October 4, 2023 17 minutes ago, High Jetter said: It looks v. sad, hope you can make it smile again. What's happened to the NSF wheel? strangely the nearside strut snapped at the bottom! I can't figure out why at this point, but needless to say they will both be getting replaced. High Jetter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsinthewelder Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 The back of that wobblebox is surprisingly solid. I'd have thought you'd have gone straight through it with a bull bar. Best of luck with the repairs. groovylee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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