Givin the van a tickle

[phill]

Hi Buga's

Happy days it's started, I'm doing the vn v6 conversion.


Few pics building his new home,got this far and pushed it in and cladded around it, put some posts and beams in for an overhaed hoist.

[phill]

The old 173 and three speed coming out, hoist work's well, made the jocky wheel for the gearbox 25years ago for my first van, glad I kept it, bit of a horded haha.

[Bedford Fever]

                 I like your style Phill , building a home for your Beddy now that's true love 

                 Cant wait to see more progress .

                 Cheers Frank

[Marishka]

Good stuff Plill.
That jocky wheel is the simplest most affective way of doing it ive
Ever seen.
I wouldnt of thought of it.
The hoist is a gem as well.
Now ive got shed envy,
Cheers marty

[BusyKiwi]

I'm glad you pulled it out the proper way and not cut the front out

[phill]

Yes it's true love Frank,don't know why but I've loved these vans for a long time,since I started it's like I've got Beddy brain fever again, Cheers Marty, Busy,yeah hoist up and roll out, how good is shed time haha.

few more pics,vn motor coming out and one of the eastest oil drains I've ever done.

[BusyKiwi]

Make the most of the easy oil draining, once in the van is/can be awkward if the engine right down.

What I did on mine was put rubber plugs in the suspension beam. If the oil goes in there when you drain it, it takes weeks to come out - a little bit here, little bit there ...

[Sammy]

nice another V6 conversion

I too like your overhead setup, very flexible and handy for a Bedford

[phill]

I haven't looked at the sump yet but I went for the high mount, aircon and power steer

Thanks Sammy, what made me think of it was a few years ago I did a Gantry crane ticket and thought how cool would one of these be in the shed the beams were pretty simple to put up with a chainblock and yeah it works well got a lifting point anywhere in that bay

Made a frame to support the gearbox, clamped onto beddy crossmember

[phill]

pics of engine mount template bolted level and parallel with commodore crossmember, I then cut out commodore mounting plates and bolted them back onto template for new engine mounts on beddy crossmember