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CF Autosleeper Work in Progress

Started sorting out my van this weekend just gone. First task is to make her watertight so no more leaks and rot. The side window next to the path seemed like the place to start.This shows the window removed and the surround was sanded using a flap disc on a drill then filler primer, primer and top coat to protect it. This is the other end. In the background are the rotten bits of wood and split seat covers to be dealt with in the future!

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Raised roof looks to be in quite good nick... or is that just an optical illusion.

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Raised roof is not too bad. Doesn't seem to want to pull down at the front properly though and may take off! Missing some rubber so daylight is visible at the corners but I have some sticky foam strip that should sort that out. It has been hand painted badly in the past which might actually be what has saved it!
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This weekend saw the van going on the lift. No mean feat to get it up there with minimal clearance through the car port and then trying to miss the caravan tow hitch on the way. Passenger side mirror is like something from a circus. Makes me look really thin but does absolutely nothing to aid seeing behind the van.
Well first thing was to investigate underneath for signs of rot and wheels for leaks of fluids. No fluids. Lots of rot.
Fresh water tank had been melted down one side due to the heat shield being fitted backwards. After having crushed the shield with the car lift in the first place I was luck not to have split the tank. I shall just have to flatten the shield back out before refitting it.

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So to the next day and the main issue was rust. The seat tub had rotted through the front so the drivers t would not be getting through the MOT.
Under the seat also has some issues but not as bad as they could be.
The rest of the driver side has no end of small holes plus a couple of largeish ones.

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Van update

Not much progress this weekend, the house took priority. Did get a new welding helmet and order up some new ends for the plasma cutter. With any luck they should arrive in time for next weekend.
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I find that owning a beddy is a bit like Christmas- the excitement of waiting for the postman, feverishly unwrapping parcels and then playing with the new toys... enjoy it!

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Alenap, I keep driving past your approximate neck of the woods and thinking we should definitely get the vans together soon. I'm not about this weekend (I don't think so anyway... the social secretary has the details though)... but maybe after that we should fix a firm meet up?

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"Alenap, I keep driving past your approximate neck of the woods and thinking we should definitely get the vans together soon"--What you hoping for Tim--A Litter of CF`s for the summer?

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Yup, don't leave them alone - they breed like rabbits. Hmmm.....just had a vision of a CF with big fluffy ears. Should I be worried?

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HAHAHA, Yes, I thought they might breed some little Rascals.

;D

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In truth though, I have never ever yet laid eyes on a single other Bedford that's actually on the road, apart from one ice cream van on Beachy Head last year who's owner was not even slightly interested in his van.

I'd just like the pleasure of seeing another one, maybe sticking a spotter's card under the windscreen wiper even though the owner is already a member.

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I was working down your way a week or two ago (Shoreham power station) At least I think that's where you live. I should have come looking and 'carded' the two of you

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Ah no way Colin. Would have been great to see you for a pint or even just a coffee at Carats. I'm maybe half a mile from Shoreham Power station. I can see it from the bedroom window. Alenap, I think, is even closer... though I'm not exactly sure where Alenap is ... I just know its further along the coast in that directon.

You'll have to let us know next time you're down this way. Were you in your Bedford or something horrible and modern/reliable?

;D

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Coffee at Carats? I'm not that rich. It's not the cheapest cafe I've been too. It worked out pretty expensive for one of the boys I work with. He didn't pay the 50p parking and got a £25 quid fine.

No, not in the Bedford. In a nice comfortable Transit. I doubt if the firm I work for could afford to run a CF Not sure when I'll be back down that way. We've done our annual work down there so may not be until next year unless they have any major problems.

BTW, you see some weird sights along the sea front

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Carats... yeah, the prices are high and the parking is a nightmare. In fairness to the café though, its not their parking policy. They're the victim of an over zealous council unfortunately. Parking by Carats used to be free, and the prices inside Carats more reasonable. Then the council decided they ought to make people charge for parkign there... even though the only people going there were Carats customers, so they installed the parking stuff and poor old Carats nearly went out of business, hence the higher prices.

As for the sites... yeah, you might have had the dubious pleasure of seeing one of the local gay nudist beaches just behind the power station somewhere along that strip. I had NO IDEA it was there and shortly after getting my Bedford last year me and my little girl (she was 4 at the time) decided to take the van for a drive out on that far side of the port to pull up somehwere and look for shells.

We pulled up, jumped out of the van, hit the beach, and immediately got stuck into the task of searching intently for shells. After about twenty minutes I had to stand upright to stretch my back, so lookimg around for the first time, I realised we were literally surrounded on all sides by loads of naked men all staring at us, horrified at the brazen way we had just merrily picked our way along in the midst of them doing, well... whatever it was they were doing before we turned up.

My girl being only 4 didn't bat an eyelid, obviously, but I had to extract us swiftly from the scene before I developed a lifelong aversion to butternut squash.

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Well engine swap is well under way.
Easy enough to remove the one from my new van as the seller had done half the work for me already.

So I have taken photos all the way through the removal process to make it a bit easier to put it all back together.
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Nice work Alenap!

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Well both engines are now out, the running one almost ready to go in.
Just waiting for the engine mounts to arrive in the post!








Not the easiest thing to remove, but I was determined to get her out as whole as possible. All the gaskets have been changed while out, the rocker is only temporarily back on just in case it rains and gets damp, or we get the occasional dose of sandy air blowing in from the port!
Once in she can have a new timing belt, although the previous owner said it was a new one and I found the old one in the back of the camper - better safe than sorry! (That and I really don't want to have to do this all over again!!
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Success! Well mostly...

Today saw the final attachment of pieces and reconnection to the battery. Water system was bled, oil refilled. Then the all important first try. Well the battery has juice, as when climbing through the door, all the interior lights were on! The dash was lit up with the oil and battery lights. Turned the key, and remembering what I have previously read on this forum, gave it a short burst with the choke part way out. Turned over , but no start. Remember the fuel is possibly 6 months or more old, so I try again with a bit more choke. Same again. Try again no choke. Still no real idea if it is gonna start or not. Then on the fourth go, little choke and a little gas pedal and away we go. Not purring by far but life!!
So adjust the choke, and within minutes all the engine degreaser that I uesd on her is filtering into the cab and the atmosphere as it burns gently away from the block! (Despite having rinsed as much as I could off!)
One small issue though is the alternator light stays on. Checked the battery and that shows 12 volts but there is nothing going into it. Hmm. I am wondering if I missed something? Maybe I haven't earthed something right or the alternator isn't tight enough. Not sure.
Happy in the fact that the bloody thing ran, but a bit disappointed that I am still not quite in the position to book the MOT quite yet. Something to ponder this week and look at properly next weekend. The one real bugger though is that both vans have different sodding alternators! Who thinks these things up? They are the same bloody year!! Incidentally the one I am using has one large block connector held on with a spring clip, and the one off the engine I am using has two separate black connectors. Ho hum!
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