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Re: The van. Omghgf

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bub2006 wrote: Wed May 19, 2021 10:59 pm My wife noticed that the ranger land rovers have a metal roof rack on and the monkeys sat on top and held on. Because my van has a large metal rack too she said perhaps they thought we were stranger or something.
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Re: The van. Omghgf

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My mother tells me about one we went on when I was a toddler. Apparently they pulled his wipers and half the vinyl roof off. Nor sure what car though. He did have a dolomite at one point though.
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Re: The van. Omghgf

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paulplom wrote: Thu May 20, 2021 4:34 am My mother tells me about one we went on when I was a toddler. Apparently they pulled his wipers and half the vinyl roof off. Nor sure what car though. He did have a dolomite at one point though.
Thats why we didn't take the mini!
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Re: The van. Omghgf

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Happy Birthday btw.
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Re: The van. Omghgf

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Thanks mate.
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Re: The van. Omghgf

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Happy birthday Bub
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Re: The van. Omghgf

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Thank you sir.
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Re: Scooter change and gearbox woes

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Update time.
Van has had a second hand gearbox fitted. Lost third gear syncro and 2nd,4th and reverse went a bit weird. Scrapyard box and new linkages fitted. Lots of metal swirls in the gear oil when I dropped it out too.
On the subject of metal swirls,found this on the honda scooter
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Doesnt look good so a quick get rid situation occurred. Bought this with the proceeds
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4 years old,1680 miles on clock. Absolutely immaculate too. Has a lextek exhaust on which cost the previous owner around 150 quid and the fly screen is about 75 quid to buy too. Also I belive the tan seat was an option when new.
Paid 370 quid for it and it rides really really nice. Lighter than the honda so easier to control and has a lower seat height for ease of access. My friend had one the same model but a year older with 2500 miles on clock and he sold his last night for 950,I delivered it to new owner so there's definitely a profit in it if I decide to sell.
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Re: Scooter change and gearbox woes

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Scooter now sold again. My cousin offered me 700 so I took it. Spent some of the money on a decent sized mobility scooter. Which leads me onto the van. Still trundling on and as of this morning now posses a mini crane/hoist in the back for said mobility scooter
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Re: Van updates.

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Need to find the best lifting points and the best point for level lifting. No good at working our fulcrum points though so resorting to trial and error.
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