Back to France again this week in the Blue Toaster. Been doing a lot of work including the new full exhaust system from Martin, servicing, all nipples greased (jokes alllowed again), and fixing some shaky engine on tickover using the brilliant colortune and wd40 which showed only running on three on idle. Boiled down to a tiny air leak on number 4 on the manifold gasket to head, all perfect now. Also bought a new compression tester as the old one (though brand new) showed 120 psi per cylinder which worried me after a rebuild. The new one showing 190psi per cylinder I guess as it’s skimmed to an inch of its life! Not sure would want to go higher than that but sets it up nicely for the Vizard mod.
Also fitted new rear seats for the kids as the old Renault Espace seats down the middle we’re a right pain to climb over during the day, these from a mini bus with chopped down frames and mounted on unwin rails so clip out when at campsites, the frames remain under the bench seats. Over winter putting a new interior in that will lengthen the benches and move the seats nearer the edge to allow the seats to stay in all the time. The seat bases will sit flush with the cushions, should work a treat. Wish me luck
Also fitted new rear seats for the kids as the old Renault Espace seats down the middle we’re a right pain to climb over during the day, these from a mini bus with chopped down frames and mounted on unwin rails so clip out when at campsites, the frames remain under the bench seats. Over winter putting a new interior in that will lengthen the benches and move the seats nearer the edge to allow the seats to stay in all the time. The seat bases will sit flush with the cushions, should work a treat. Wish me luck
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