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Re: The Horney Love Bus.
« Reply #30 on: 20 September 2008, 14:41 »
Update

* Sort  out battery, renew or recharge depending on whether it'll hold charge. - Robbed the one from the 'sat
* pair of new wiper blades.
* Patch exhaust -Done
* Replace clutch master cylinder and bleed system - Done
* Replace bumper end caps - Arrived, need to be fitted
* Last time I drove it (September 07!!!!!) I was told the brake lights were flickering so need to look into that. - They seem OK
* Dash warning lights don't work
* Handbrake seized on - Freed off and all good
* Discs badly corroded - A few runs up and down the close have done wonders!
* Clean out the inside as it's still full of Summer 07 junk and the old interior from the passat! - started but not finished

New problem, the thermostat seems to be jammed shut as it's not heatin gup the pipes under the van or the rad. Will have to investigate next weekend. This means the MOT next week has had to be canceled as I'm not driving it anywhere or leaving it with someone if it's likely to boil up as this normally kills the engines on these.

Nick
« Last Edit: 20 September 2008, 14:44 by Horney »

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Re: The Horney Love Bus.
« Reply #31 on: 26 October 2008, 09:59 »
Update

It's booked in for an MOT tomorrow, got loads to do today and it's raining :-(

* Sort  out battery, renew or recharge depending on whether it'll hold charge. - Gonna pick up a new one from hellfrauds in a bit
* pair of new wiper blades. - As above
* Patch exhaust - Found another blow, doh! Best get the putty out again.
* Dash warning lights don't work - Gonna clean up all the earths and connectors and see if that helps
* Discs badly corroded - A few runs up and down the close have done wonders!
* Clean out the inside as it's still full of Summer 07 junk  - started but not finished

Nick
« Last Edit: 26 October 2008, 15:58 by Horney »

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Re: The Horney Love Bus.
« Reply #32 on: 26 October 2008, 10:01 »
 :cool:

Doesnt sound too bad as long as you can get the warning lights and exhaust sorted!

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Re: The Horney Love Bus.
« Reply #33 on: 26 October 2008, 10:02 »
Well I've got wednesday off to sort anything it fails on. Problem is the tax is out on friday and I have no offroad parking so if it's bad I may just have to hand over the old plastic and get the garage to sort it and I'll pretend the bill doesn't exist for a while!

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Re: The Horney Love Bus.
« Reply #34 on: 26 October 2008, 10:04 »
lol Ignoring it seems to be the way at the moment! Cant be much it can fail on is there? Have you checked for rot/rust underneath?

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Re: The Horney Love Bus.
« Reply #35 on: 26 October 2008, 10:05 »
It's pretty solid so I'm not worried about that, it's more brakes and emissions as it has only done 4 miles in 12 months!

Nick

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Re: The Horney Love Bus.
« Reply #36 on: 26 October 2008, 10:06 »
Ahh right.. Just give it a bit of a blast on the way to the MOT place.. Did wonders for my Mk2 :tongue:

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Re: The Horney Love Bus.
« Reply #37 on: 26 October 2008, 10:09 »
Yeah that's the plan. Right best get my arse up to hellfrauds and get shopping for bits.

Nick

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Re: The Horney Love Bus.
« Reply #38 on: 26 October 2008, 11:54 »
Yeah that's the plan. Right best get my arse up to hellfrauds and get shopping for bits.

Nick


make sure you've got your thermal undies on if you're doing any work on the bus this week... just seen the weather for the week ahead! brrr!

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Re: The Horney Love Bus.
« Reply #39 on: 26 October 2008, 12:11 »
F*ck a duck the battery set me back £96!!!!!!!