C15 thread

[matty879]

i think they fit to the roof gutters,i bet you could weld summat up,you can borrow my welder if you want to learn to weld,your not to far away

[bub2006]

Mine hasnt got gutters on the roof of the van though. I may be interested in you showing me round a welder though. I want to sort out the bum rot when funds pic up.

[matty879]

Mine hasnt got gutters on the roof of the van though. I may be interested in you showing me round a welder though. I want to sort out the bum rot when funds pic up.

ive got a tranny to weld up at the weekend,so will have loads of gas/wire/plate left over,so just nip it over and have a go,i will intervene if it goes tits up.sure they had a gutter,maybe im wrong,but its a piece of piss to knock summat up out of box steel.

EDIT i see what you meen about the gutters now,ive just googled this,easily made me thinks.

 

 

[bub2006]

Mine has gutters over the cab but not on the rear. That rack looks bolted at back and clipped atfront

[bub2006]

What area are you in matty?

[matty879]

im in stoke on trent bub,ive just had really shiteworthy great idea,look on bumtree for a steel single bed frame,people give them away,if we can make some brackets,instant roofrack

[bub2006]

Well that is a grand idea. Ill be on the lookout! Make do and mend situation!

[Six-cylinder]

There was a roof rack for sale on the Citroen Car Club website for £40 in West London, last post 23rd Oct and nothing to say it is sold.

 

It is a club members only site so I have PM the seller to see if it is still for sale. I did think of just buying it at the time but I don't want it permanently on the van, so it would end up one more thing to store.

[bub2006]

Cheers mate. That crab net on the escort roof went everywhere

[bub2006]

There was a roof rack for sale on the Citroen Car Club website for £40 in West London, last post 23rd Oct and nothing to say it is sold.

 

It is a club members only site so I have PM the seller to see if it is still for sale. I did think of just buying it at the time but I don't want it permanently on the van, so it would end up one more thing to store.

Not got the funds yet but it will be worth knowing if it's available. Thank you.

[beko1987]

If you make a roof rack out of a bed frame you could keep the mattress and have a summer open top camper van!

[bub2006]

Woohoo!

[oldcars]

Cool, glad to see you got this. Did you win the raffle or how did you get it?

[bigfella2]

It's on a PCP scheme from the bank of Moog.

[bub2006]

Moog won raffle and offered it to me on the order of he gets it first after me. Was a very nice offer too. I like my vans and this will get a lot of care but also regular work.

[oldcars]

Great stuff 

[DodgyBastard]

What you need is a front roof rack...

 

DSC_0426 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

The brakes on mine are also shit!

[bub2006]

Now that deflector looks sexy

[bub2006]

Pics of are rot as requested

[Guest Hooli]

If you make a roof rack out of a bed frame you could keep the mattress and have a summer open top camper van!

 

I had a full length rack (with sides) on a Disco. I was known to lay on it in a sleeping bag/or summer watching stars & fall asleep at times. I once managed to roll off the edge after too many ciders, no idea how I wasn't even bruised. To make it worse with the mods the car was about 4-5" higher than standard.

[bub2006]

Sounds painful mate. Alcohol numbs pain!

[Tamworthbay]

That is a fairly involved repair, the only way to find out how much needs cutting is to wire brush it back nd see where the proper metal starts. At least it's mostly out of sight so can be done nice and solid but doesn't need to be pretty.

[dave21478]

uh....yyyyeah....get that rot looked at before spending more money on anything else......

[bub2006]

Hazard a guess that it looks bad??

[bub2006]

OK. Anyone knowledgeable fancy casting a good eye over it? Will travel!

[Tamworthbay]

I don't know if I count as knowledgeable but happy to look over it as we discussed. Best bet is to wire brush the worst off though as makes it much easier to work out what's needed. Whatever we think needs doing will only be the half of it though as it's ALWAYS worse than you first think.

[dave21478]

I would consider myself competent with a welder, but I would think twice before fixing that. The hole itself doesnt look too bad, but access isnt easy, the end of the chassis leg looks pretty grotty in the first pic and may very well be an indicator of problems elsewhere.

 

Im not saying its fucked, but it needs looked at in person by someone who knows, and its probably not an ideal thing to learn on beyond lashing a "one more year" MOT patch over it.

[bub2006]

I would like it sorted, sills seem solid and definitely aren't crunchy. It would be worth fixing in my opinion. But as I said I am not that knowledgeable with what's doable. Engines, repairs and if sills look crunchy etc I can tell or fix but welding is a no at the moment

[bub2006]

The first pic just to clarify is the rear bumper bracket at the back of the van too.

[bub2006]

Thing is I could spend 400 on this and know it will be tip top rather than spending 5/600 on a unknown van and spending it three times over to get it right