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[AndyW201]

As Cort said, I think original red with the rallye steels in cream/off white with signwriting in the same colour would be the absolute bollocks on this.

 

I'm just happy to see it progress to how it is though. Sterling job Mr & Mrs_Werx

[Felly Magic]

Job well done there Mr & Mrs FOAD, the Rallye steels suit it

[They_all_do_that_sir]

Great job as always. Time must work differently where you are - in the same time I think I've managed to fit an air freshener to the focus...

 

I vote for the steels too

 

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[Ghosty]

Is it bad I liked it best on the 200 SLi trims?!

[Noel Tidybeard]

Is it bad I liked it best on the 200 SLi trims?!

 

no, cos rover did some kickass trims

[DodgyBastard]

Got a little bit more paint on.

 

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I think I'm just going to leave it like that for a while. 

[Dirk Diggler]

Looking good

[cort16]

The arches came out a treat. Are you going to paint the whole thing at some point?

[DodgyBastard]

The arches came out a treat. Are you going to paint the whole thing at some point?

 

Probably not, I'd much rather spent time getting it roadworthy than making it look pretty.

[barrett]

That looks great man, the steelies are perfect

[MorrisItalSLX]

Don't forget to put the correct number plate back on the tailgate!

 

My Dad put a new tailgate on his van years ago, but he forgot to swap the scrap van's plate with his van's plate!

It took some explaining to the copper who pulled him over...

[jonathan_dyane]

Looks ace although personally I preferred either the original steels or the 205 gti 1.9 alloys.

[Parky]

Another vote for the Rallye steels. White steelies are for winners

[Exiled_Tat_Gatherer]

Looks the dogs nadgers etc..etc.... - like it works for a living and doesn't give a flying fuck who can see that. Proper badgers arse attitude right there.

Good spot on the number plate - i'd have had jonny plod dragging me off to learn new criminal activities as I would've forgotten too.

 

Apologies for assuming you were 'in the trade' FOAD - it's the sheer amount of work and motors you seem to get through/hands on and the setup you have.....

 

I may* have said it beore, but I do love this van........

[DodgyBastard]

There was a very annoying creaking coming from the w123 which turned out to be the bit where the seat bolts to the floor not being attached to anything, I knew the inner sill was needing done but the seat belt mount was pretty flimsy too.

That's it badly patched together now, it's solid but really looks like shit.

 

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[DodgyBastard]

It doesn't look too bad with a bit of paint on it.

 

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[DodgyBastard]

Having not had a pickup for a few weeks I had been looking to buy another and was constantly checking ebay and gumtree for something cheap when this came up.

 

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It's a 2.5TD L200 single cab with mot until July, mot history was pretty average, it's had some welding over the years and could do with some more in the future.

It was £890 from a local van place, I turned up in the 305 and the old boys were trying to buy it from me saying they used to export them to Ireland.

Anyway, having swapped the Ranger for the XT350 then selling it for £600, adding another £300 to get a pickup with mot in good working order didn't seem so bad.

It needs a front shock replaced and some holes welded up in the bed but other than that it seems pretty good. The paintwork is quite bad, I think a lot of the rust has been rubbed down and they've just used any old white paint to cover it up.

It has some pretty chunky looking tyres which don't help the handling very much, it seems to tramline occasionally due to the width of the front tyres.

I think it drives a bit better thn the ranger but has an open diff so isn't particularly good at drifting, it just spins one wheel up when accelerating on wet roundabouts = not much fun... 

[bezzabsa]

swap em the 'parts' 305 LOL

[mk2_craig]

Is it NATO green yet?

[Christine]

NATO number plate !

Has the chassis snapped in half yet ?

 Pulley on the crankshaft must be hammered on extra  tight ...or it falls off , and the engine blows up..

[vulgalour]

Is that the same as the Mitsubishi Warrior Wankerwagon?

[twosmoke300]

NATO number plate !

Has the chassis snapped in half yet ?

Pulley on the crankshaft must be hammered on extra tight ...or it falls off , and the engine blows up..

The engine will blow up without help from the crank pulley . Woefully undersize big ends are the cause . My local engine guy reccomends a new set of shells at about 90k as preventative maintainance .

[drum]

My '98 L200 was great on wet roundabouts. Check the mounts for the tub. They disappear.

[DodgyBastard]

Welding finished, brake calipers replaced and bled.

I forgot how well this drives especially when the calipers aren't stuck.

 

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[MorrisItalSLX]

Don't forget to put the correct number plate back on the tailgate!

 

My Dad put a new tailgate on his van years ago, but he forgot to swap the scrap van's plate with his van's plate!

It took some explaining to the copper who pulled him over...

 

Update on my story... I still have the old van's plates and the plate of the scrap tailgate!

 

 

The scrap plate was yellow, but many years outside on my shed wall in the Aussie sun has taken its toll.

[DodgyBastard]

I've been using the L200 all week to get to work.

 

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I swapped my hilux rims onto it which have more appropriate sized tyres and changed a knackered front shock. The shock was incredibly easy to change with just a couple of 13mm bolts at the bottom and 14mm nuts at the top, the shock dropped out and the other slotted in easily enough. With the shock replaced and smaller tyres it has really improved the handling, it's also easier to lose traction on a wet roundabout. 

 

I noticed that the temp gauge was all over the place, it would randomly heat up but only really get to the quarter mark on the gauge, it was also difficult to get any heat from the blowers. I sat for 15 minutes one morning trying to clear the screen and the gauge stayed at zero and didn't move.

 

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I was slightly concerned with the temperature issues because of the rate that these pickups seem to overheat and crack cylinder heads so I ordered another thermostat as that was the most likely culprit.

 

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I was concerned that someone might have removed the thermostat at some point but I saw when I removed the housing there was in fact a thermostat in there.

 

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Upon closer inspection I could see that the inner rubber seal had perished and was jammed in the thermostat leaving it slightly open which explains why it was difficult to get it to heat up.

I flushed the remaining coolant then filled it up with fresh coolant and bled the system. Now the needle sits in the centre of the gauge and the blowers blow nice and hot.

[Ben_O]

Result

[Felly Magic]

Any updates on La fourgonette sans connaissance? 

[D Spares & Tyres]

Apart from the decals the 305 now looks like the Post Office vans in my area

[DodgyBastard]

Mot time...

 

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