four king van

thoght i would update this as its back up and running again,





i then had a good idea the central heating power flushing pump i have i thought i wonder if that will connect on to those hoses a bit of adaption with some copper fittings and hey presto one pressure cleaned cooling system



old un out ready to be stripped once it makes it in to the shed



old box out may go for rebuild if i get enough spare cash one month



the power flush in action, i was surprised just how much shit and rust there was in such a small system compared to a house. i didn't get anymore pictures of the re-install as it was getting late but idid get it finished in one day and back on the road just needs the mixture and timing setting to finish it off.

that flush is something i need to do, ive been told the main reason for the t3 getting hot is the rad building up with corrosion and crap,
have you noticed it cooler ??

powerflushing the rad is probably a bad idea ...as it will push all the loose stuff around and block the tiny waterway's up in the rad ............youd be better off using a more sympathetic method

nomates wrote:

............youd be better off using a more sympathetic method

?????

taking the rad out ....and flushing manually

i will do that then lol

nomates wrote:

powerflushing the rad is probably a bad idea ...as it will push all the loose stuff around and block the tiny waterway's up in the rad ............youd be better off using a more sympathetic method

nooo nooo no, have you ever tried to change a rad on one of these fooking vans, it will be fine the pump can change directions of the flow and it drops all the shit and rust in to the bottom of the machine, besides which i left the drain hose open so all the rust and crap that came out on the first go went straight down the drain and the same on the second go in the opposite direction. then did a third go with clean water
then did the heater matrix seperatly.
seems to be working fine now but i only got the new connector for the temp sender on there yesterday i dont think it has a stat in it as the temp only went to the top of the 1st white marker just off the bottom of the gauge

carl didi your van use to be a petrol converted to Diesel as the Diesel has a different rad i think (more rows or something like that)

I use the powerflush machiene nearly every day ....if I don't isolate combi's from the machiene ...it blocks the plate heatexchanger up in no time .....the waterway's are also small in your van rad .....glad yours is ok ,but I wouldn't recommend to to others ..

that and i have 2 spare rads in the shed tardis. i was expecting it to leak after that but i did stop short of putting the chemical,s in aswell.

griff wrote:

carl didi your van use to be a petrol converted to Diesel as the Diesel has a different rad i think (more rows or something like that)

from what the old owner said it use to be the 1600 diesel first, its fine now, temp runs half way but when i got it in november it ran 3 quarters in colder weather

dubberatlast wrote:

griff wrote:

carl didi your van use to be a petrol converted to Diesel as the Diesel has a different rad i think (more rows or something like that)

from what the old owner said it use to be the 1600 diesel first, its fine now, temp runs half way but when i got it in november it ran 3 quarters in colder weather

Mine runs just shy of half way and have no problems, better now with the new expansion tank.

started ripping out the interior of the van tonight ready for some welding at the weekend the little hole for the mot has turned in to a 3 foot long hole along the join of a previous panel replacement and a few other bits to do, the dent mrs griff put in the side panel pushed out quiet well. more cupboards to remove tommorrow and check the drivers side.

yeah yeah

old table stand holes to be filled



those red oxide strips are 1/2" thick steel welded to the floor, with 13mm holes tapped in to them. was converted to a minibus sometime before i had it, they got to go.

not that goreat pictures only had my phone, and it was getting dark

griff wrote:

started ripping out the interior of the van tonight ready for some welding at the weekend the little hole for the mot has turned in to a 3 foot long hole along the join of a previous panel replacement and a few other bits to do, the dent mrs griff put in the side panel pushed out quiet well. more cupboards to remove tommorrow and check the drivers side.

I bet took ages gettin all the stuff out so you could see where the cupboards were

i had a sort out in my workshop so i could get to the bench last week, its full up again now

itill be good to see it back on the road

steve came round today done some of the welding started on the inside bits for the mot











then i started on the rust around the windows, fibre glass and filler up to the window rubber


fibreglass removed


cut out the rust




driverside





job done, new windows fitted

looks like , I'm going to be busy ......looks better already with the rust cut out ,dude

nomates wrote:

looks like , I'm going to be busy ......looks better already with the rust cut out ,dude

busy, i may have talked mrs griff round to turning it back in to a panel van

also the "other" devon windows i have are a different size to the ones that have come out

phase two started today, not going back to panel van now.

the vw pastel white (i got from the colour code sticker under the dash) is different colour to the van but other than that turned out ok

spent a couple of hours this morning stripping out the rest of the interior. as i don't use it as a camper all i want is the rock n roll bed and the fridge for some beer.

i did find a part wiring loom that turned out not to be attached to anything at either end of the van, poss from when had a goof gti lump in it.


i also cut out the 1/4" thick steel plates welded to the floor, for the seats from when it was a mini bus

hmm, need to do some work to this.
i have started to ply the floor.

and fitted the new wheels



but there a bit wide, split the paint on the arch and shredded the new tyre