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Hello, So about to do a good distance in Charlie. I have a little problem - the dip stick collar is floating about on the shaft so it is less than accurate. I thought draining the oil and putting the correct amount in then re calibrating the sleeve on the stick would be best but could anyone...

Shame I was in your area yesterday. Thought this was long gone. None of your links seem to work anymore, any chance of some pics... seem to remember some good ones on photobucket... thanks, Tom

Now I have no excuses! Thanks fro the detailed guide. Not going to sleep tonight thinking about those bloody gutters :( Tom

ha ha yes having kids taught me to get on with things! The 'steel man' made me go 2mm on the rails and 2.5mm on the box! There's also a box section running across the back you can just see. If only the front was similarly strong. Tom

What was that about holding off on the welding! New chassis rails in. Chased them back about 900mm to good steel. Took the floor out for good measure! Makes for easy working. I've since welded in the spring mount bush holer 'tubes'. Luckily my new workshop is next to a huge...

Wow great effort on the gutters. Charlie's are a mess, I've tried patching but you've given me the confidence to fabricate anew I think. Tom

WOOP WOOP!

I hoping to start on the month long blitz on it in about a week. I'm going to (try and be) methodical and try and get the majority of the rot out and pre fab everything before welding rather than on the fly. So maybe not for a couple of weeks yet. Tom

well done :I Yes as welding projects go it looks to be straight forward but plenty of it. Tom

hmm not sure why image links arn't working and forum wont let me edit for some reason :(

So after a rather dragged out collection I got her home and into the workshop. Quick bleed of the clutch and levels check got here moving about. Engine runs very smoothly. A poke around revealed the overdrive, bonus, but lots of rust - who could have guessed! But having said that (bar the rear...

Seemed that everywhere I stuck the screwdriver - it went through :I However I'd imagine it's simply my uncanny ability to pick exact spots of very localised extreme rot :p I'll grab some tomorrow once I get a better go at it. Although a lot of the body is bad the majority of the chassis and...

Well got her home late last night after 11 hours of driving. Never doing that again (what I said last time!). Rust, rust, rust, rust... rust. Think that about covers it [xx(] Tom

Great effort. Nice to see the meticulous approach. I have hunted for such leaks on diesels for weeks to no avail! Tom

haha yes, I wish I had a little more naivety to be honest! At least i'm the one that'll be muttering at the back of the workshop rather than dealing with the customers :p Tom

Me the the misses were both set on the autosleeper body type from day one. I do love 'em. However Charlie the autohome is just so chunky and cute I am rapidly favoring him. But the highwayman has some classic lines! Laying my cards on the table this is all an exercise in making a viable...

It's getting out of hand isn't it! With luck tomorrow i'll be upto 3 :) Tom

I tried contacting the buyer for days with no luck... it's only over the road from me too. Ho hum gone and bought Dave's now!

hmm, food for thought certainly. I do like the clean lines of the solid front - maybe a well placed aux fan could do the trick. Might be over complicating things...

Well racked up a fair few miles today and it's quite warm here in mid Wales and he seems to be behaving himself. I think ultimately taking a closer look at the clutch will be on the to do list. Wondered if anyone could offer there opinion. The front grill aperture steel work is a bit of a mess...