New Van

[Tinker]

quote>>>Looking through  the main mirror it seems like objects are close but the lower mirror they look 5x further away. 
Takes getting use to I'm sure I will just don't see any need for it to distort so much.

 

[joiner1970]

Jmb i have the custom 125 after last one got rear ended earlier in the year. Wasnt written off but wasnt happy with it after so got this one on a serviced package for 4 years. Costs 10 quid a day. Got the limited l2 but went for the low roof in the end as the high roof had a massive wait time and i needed to sort it quick. Tbh i think the 125 is a little gutless but can easily be tuned if your bothered by it.

Would that not void the warranty?

No idea. Not something i would bother with.

Without even getting into the whole insurance debate, people will sell you a demountable tuning option that could be considered a box of placebo power that doesn't damage the warranty as you take it off before servicing. Read enough about them though and they are just nonsense really.

Proper tuning (certainly for the T5) can be done for a similar price (about £400) and some claim it's not visible by service centre, some don't.

When mine drops out of warranty (if I keep it) I'll be getting my 140 Kombi tuned as it's gutless as heck compared to my older 130 panel van. Lost a cylinder from the older model, just no torque in comparison.

God knows what you'd think of my 102 then lol.

It's a work horse not a sports car so that does me fine and its never felt sluggish to me.

 

[Wuffles]

Jmb i have the custom 125 after last one got rear ended earlier in the year. Wasnt written off but wasnt happy with it after so got this one on a serviced package for 4 years. Costs 10 quid a day. Got the limited l2 but went for the low roof in the end as the high roof had a massive wait time and i needed to sort it quick. Tbh i think the 125 is a little gutless but can easily be tuned if your bothered by it.

Would that not void the warranty?

No idea. Not something i would bother with.

Without even getting into the whole insurance debate, people will sell you a demountable tuning option that could be considered a box of placebo power that doesn't damage the warranty as you take it off before servicing. Read enough about them though and they are just nonsense really.

Proper tuning (certainly for the T5) can be done for a similar price (about £400) and some claim it's not visible by service centre, some don't.

When mine drops out of warranty (if I keep it) I'll be getting my 140 Kombi tuned as it's gutless as heck compared to my older 130 panel van. Lost a cylinder from the older model, just no torque in comparison.

God knows what you'd think of my 102 then lol.

It's a work horse not a sports car so that does me fine and its never felt sluggish to me.

Yeah, sorry, it's my car as well as a van (hence the Kombi) but for something with 10bhp more, it feels like 50 less when you hit a hill. Lots of hills round my way.

Might be jacking it in for a Landy again, got that itch.

 

[joiner1970]

I've been thinking of making my panel van t5 into a day van/kombi. Only trouble being once you fit a window in the sliding door it becomes less secure for when I use it for work.

My old t4 was converted into a camper by a company down in Weymouth. I passed it on the m4 the other day ,small world

 

[richy3333]

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God knows what you'd think of my 102 then lol.

It's a work horse not a sports car so that does me fine and its never felt sluggish to me.
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I agree. My T5 is 140BHP and I've never had an issue fully laden on the Scottish hills. As you say it's a workhorse not a sports car.

 

[richy3333]

I've been thinking of making my panel van t5 into a day van/kombi. Only trouble being once you fit a window in the sliding door it becomes less secure for when I use it for work.

My old t4 was converted into a camper by a company down in Weymouth. I passed it on the m4 the other day ,small world

Tax implications change also if it's no longer a 'van' and has windows and/or seats in it.

 

[Wuffles]

God knows what you'd think of my 102 then lol.

It's a work horse not a sports car so that does me fine and its never felt sluggish to me.

I agree. My T5 is 140BHP and I've never had an issue fully laden on the Scottish hills. As you say it's a workhorse not a sports car.

Drive a T5 130bhp and then come back to me. That's a sports car  [smile] - so much more torque, they're known for it.

 

[jmbfestool]

After sorting my workshop out and getting the stuff I needed  this is all I managed to get done to day.

I suppose it's a start lol

I used nut rivets to attach battens to van and then counter battens using pocket hole screws and then CNC'd holes for T-nuts

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[jimbouk]

Pics not working here?!

 

[Wuffles]

Pics not working here?!

Really??

Refresh?

Yeah, they're fine here lads.

 

[joiner1970]

Wow an MFT van

 

[jmbfestool]

Wow an MFT van

should I paint it green?

 

[joiner1970]

Are you using the holes for attachments

 

[Alan m]

great start jmb.
first time hearing about rivet nuts. any info on them.
I got a new berlingo  last week. im going to ply it out in the next week hopefully

 

[travisj]

As far as the tuning that was mentioned earlier, they will void the warranty and they are detectable.  I don't see why the computers would be different overseas than they are in the states.  I also am unsure of your environmental laws, but they really cracked down here.  My 06 Ram pickup had a 5.9l diesel and averaged 20mpg.  My 11 Ram has a 6.7l and averaged 13mpg.  It took a much larger motor to be detuned enough to run with the emissions items in place.  I know a lot of guys (across the big three US diesel brands) who have hit a bumpy road and somehow lost their emissions equipment.

If the warranty is important to you, leave the motor and its computer alone.  Little things like a cold air intake, may make a big difference (unfamiliar with those motors).

 

[jmbfestool]

Are you using the holes for attachments

Yeah.

I want to make it all modular. 

All holes are CNCd 90mm centers,  where a board will be joined it's 45mm centred from the edge so the 90mm centres carries on.

So I'll be able to Cnc brackets, boxes, glass holders, tools holder, T-loc trolleys etc.  Then using something like the festool knobs with bolts so quickly and easily attach all these to the sides.

I loved my old racking but a lot of the times I hated the fact I made it permanent because I was unable to transport goods I made.

So I had to use trailer which isn't ideal when you made something out of solid oak and OAK veneer because it takes a good part of the day covering everything up and tying it down incase it rains.

 

[jmbfestool]

great start jmb.
first time hearing about rivet nuts. any info on them.
I got a new berlingo  last week. im going to ply it out in the next week hopefully

They are really cheap!  The tools is the only main cost £40-100 depends on which one you buy.

Most vans have a lot of holes already in place which can be used for fixing.  So it's very much like a normal rivet but just big in diameter so that it has a hole with a thread. 

The tools has a threaded bar on it so you screw a rivet not onto the tools stick it into the hole in your van.  You then squeeze the tool which pulls the nut from the rear folding it.

You keep going until it's tight then unscrew the tool off and your left with a fixing point.

Im using M6 because 80% of the holes in my van for these perfectly.

Just gotta make sure they are tight fitted or they can rotate and that causes a headache.

Other than that they are brilliant they look professional instead of screwing self taping screws it.  If you ever remove or adapt your racking it's easier and they don't look out of place.

You also feel a lot safer using them because your less likely to cause damage to your van.  Like screwing into a cable or worse!! Using a screw to large and coming through your van!!'

 

[jmbfestool]

As far as the tuning that was mentioned earlier, they will void the warranty and they are detectable.  I don't see why the computers would be different overseas than they are in the states.  I also am unsure of your environmental laws, but they really cracked down here.  My 06 Ram pickup had a 5.9l diesel and averaged 20mpg.  My 11 Ram has a 6.7l and averaged 13mpg.  It took a much larger motor to be detuned enough to run with the emissions items in place.  I know a lot of guys (across the big three US diesel brands) who have hit a bumpy road and somehow lost their emissions equipment.

If the warranty is important to you, leave the motor and its computer alone.  Little things like a cold air intake, may make a big difference (unfamiliar with those motors).

Well wasn't planning on doing it. 

It's just it was mentioned as an option and it came across as an okay thing to do. So I questioned it .

I wouldn't risk doing anything like that while I have warranty.

Jesus 13mpg scary.

I have my Mpg on my van on continuous so it tells me real time what my van is doing.

It does alter the way you drive.  When I put my foot down it displays 7mpg

So I try not to now I like to keep it at the 45+mpg  love it when it displays 99mpg when I reached my speed and just cruising or rolling down hill lol.

 

[MAK]

Hi Jmb you're up early for Sunday,  all excited and wanting to get on with racking out the van?
I like the idea you have of modular system.  Good idea to make it removable for when you need to get big items in. I hope your keeping templates for when you do mine [wink]

 

[jmbfestool]

Hi Jmb you're up early for Sunday,  all excited and wanting to get on with racking out the van?
I like the idea you have of modular system.  Good idea to make it removable for when you need to get big items in. I hope your keeping templates for when you do mine [wink]

Heehee

Would like to get started on Van but got a job to sort out first I'll be on it later.  I ran out of T-nuts though.  Didn't actually count how many I needed I just took a box thinking that will keep me going for a while lol.  So I won't be able to fix the panels on but I can finish off all the pattning and have them all cut ready.

Well that's the Nice thing about a Cnc.  Save all the files.

However I am not having the Cnc cutting the  full shape because that would require to much time  with sample cut pieces going back and forth etc..    So I just get the rough area like the arch area so that I don't drill any holes in that area and cut it out by hand.

It's not worth the hassle.