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  1. Sorry for the lack of pictures, but after replacing the NS driveshaft (the one with a load of play in it) the van still had an horrific case of the death wobbles at anything more than 30mph. It would only misbehave under power, and there were no strange noises. I went around and shook all the suspension joints again, and swapped the front wheels around with the spare all to no avail. So I bit the bullet and replaced the offside driveshaft complete with intermediate bearing. Bugger me, it's like a different van. I ran it up to my former employer for tomorrow's mot, but I suspect it may have a binding rear brake as it was a little smelly when I arrived. No sign of the "running fault" the owner described however.
  2. Got a nearly new van on the driveway at the moment... It's a 2014 Peugeot Expert with the 2.0 16v Hdi engine. Owner states "Drops into limp home mode, *might* need an MOT, needs an engine mount." Again due to the nature of his company, it is utter, utterly ditched inside. I've removed the seat covers and the seat doesn't look too bad save for the the wear on the seat base. The whole inside is covered in "farm dust" which never seems to dry fully and clings onto surfaces and sticks around like your first dump at a new girlfriend's house. By this point I've spent an hour just rounding all the shit up from the cab and load area. At least one bin bag of rubbish and several boxes of treasure later, I can begin cleaning. Who doesnt love a half and half shot? I borrowed a fairly industrial looking steam cleaner and the passenger door came up pretty well... Driver's side to do next, and I shall have to do something with that floor covering... ideas on a postcard? As an aside, this is the rear garage here, it is made out of a dlack hand of blocks and a load of shitey old wooden cladding, with some wiggly tin resting across the adjacent sheds. Plan is to pull the lot down, replace the slate and put a metal shed over the whole lot. To the right here are the rear of the 2 sheds. Looking backwards towards the fence "wall" and block work generator shed. The view from outside, with the slab empty it'd give an approximately 16' x 16' space.
  3. Just unwrapped it, it looks far closer than the other one did!
  4. Ordered a good used driveshaft for the Peugeot van that is languishing on my driveway. Checked the part numbers and in spite of it coming from a vehicle with the same engine and gearbox, the cutting thing is 1/2" longer and has less girth. Fucking useless. Bit the bullet and ordered one from ECP instead.
  5. Oooh, heater matrixes are great fun* on those. A rear beam swap is a fairly straight forward affair and I think we changed a few fuel pump regulators on the 2.0 hdi engines (on the back of the HP pump)
  6. I do go when work and life allows. Unfortunately if I've come off of nights, I'll sleep right through the Autojumble!
  7. I'm about 5 mins up from Stickney, near the big car sales place on the A16.
  8. Do let me know if you want another pair of hands when it comes to body on, I'm only 10 mins down the road from you!
  9. Minor in the scheme of things, but I've been trying to buy a V50 2.0d Sport now for a while and have now had 5 get passed me, the last one I messaged within 4 hours of the advert going live. Fucksakes, time to look at alternatives?
  10. Yeah, I've started sifting through the shite in the back, it smells in there so I think some diesel has been spilt. I might sand the floor and give it a lick of paint to seal it. I've had a swing on the NS suspension and found nothing, so will try the OS and if that fails, get it tested and see what they can find. It feels like a bent wheel or knackered shift as the van feels to shimmy sideways under rotation.
  11. It's one of those that made perfect sense when I wrote it! I've got got this on commission sale at the moment. It's out of test, has a horrible vibration and an alleged limp-home issue.
  12. It's certainly different, and not without it's challenges. It is taking a lot to get used to working shifts, but above all it is ultimately better long term than the gruelling world of mechanics. That being said, I do still keep a hand in both on my own fleet and the odd job here and there. I've also have kept on good terms with my previous employer, and I sometimes can be found attending to the "Shit List" at the garage when time and inclination allows.
  13. I did get this repaired, but time constraints meant no pictures, in typical Haynes stle though, refitting was reversal of removal. I should not that I had to go through all of the M8 bolts I had to find one of the correct length AND of 10.8 tensile strength to replace the broken one. Normal service has been resumed, but I really want to replace the S40 with either a V50, Focus estate 2.0d or at a push an A4 Avant.
  14. Well it certainly went back together easier than it came apart, 20 mins to put a new strut top on and get the assembly back on the car which meant I could test drive it to work and back.
  15. As some of you may know, I gave up the spanners as a job nearly a year ago now, but that doesn't mean that I have stopped getting my hands dirty. I shall use this thread here to document the antics of a driveway mechanic, starting with this morning's issue. After my last of 7 night shifts, I was delighted* to hear a *PING* followed by the tell tale rattle from the rear of the S40 this morning, which I straight away knew was a broken rear shock top mount: What I hadn't anticipated was the little bleeder had sheered one of the bolts off on it's way out... Fucksticks. There is no access to the back of this bolt inside the boot, so my only solution was to remove it from inside the wheel arch, there was approximately 1.5 threads left on the broken bolt which was just enought to snug an M8 nut up to the bodywork. I broke out my trusty arc welder and on my second attempt; success! I did not expect it to be that easy! I'll be straight on the phone to ECP tomorrow to get a replacement top mount.
  16. Made it to Boston, home by quarter to 9.
  17. Irrespective of the public transport woes, thanks again for a thoroughly decent transaction. 👍 Now Grantham bound, hopefully in time to make the connection to Boston.
  18. Services from Leeds to London cancelled, so diverting to Lincoln on a slow, packed commuter train. Fucksocks.
  19. You are most welcome, please enjoy and look after it. I still haven't made the first change yet, just about to pass through Bradford so not long now!
  20. Leeds bound and down, shitty railstock-a-rolling.
  21. I've got a load of 24v bulbs in tmy garage I have no use for, I can post if they'd be of use?
  22. Yeah, sorry I've been on the night shift this last week so although I got them in the envelope straight away, I have since been riding around with them in my car. I'll nip out shortly and introduce them to the post box! 😟
  23. Use the green slip from the V5 when you purchase it.
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