Lots of heavy work , but it could have had a 5-10 minute edit , no need to show struggling to put the 4 spring bolts in near the end , or all the work pulling the floor ,
I do love their Battery Impact wrenches , is there something that powerful available here ?
Looking forward to the next one.....
We don't need threads on that bolt anyway.
"It's not that it's riding way to high, its that it's not adjustable"
Me thinks air suspension is coming next installment.
In reply to Appleseed :
I literally burst out laughing. My wife didn't get it.
I like that hole saw trick they used to remove the floor. I'm going to use that to drill out a couple of deck boards I need to replace since the PO used that crappy Rustoleum Restore paint and the screw heads are full of it.
In reply to The0retical (Forum Supporter) :
I had to do that to remove the upper intake on a pentastar V6. When you lose the engine cover, the bolt wells fill with water and you can't get anything to turn the rusted out nub.
The0retical (Forum Supporter) said:I like that hole saw trick they used to remove the floor. I'm going to use that to drill out a couple of deck boards I need to replace since the PO used that crappy Rustoleum Restore paint and the screw heads are full of it.
yep , I have a trailer with rusty nuts and bolts holding the wood planks on ,
I had planned to grind them off from the bottom ,
This will be MUCH better .
In reply to californiamilleghia :
but it could have had a 5-10 minute edit
Not like I have anything else to do with those 5 minutes!
Pete
In reply to NOHOME :
...extra 35 minutes, but who's counting...
For some reason, I don't mind watching Nick and Richard beat on old rusty crap for 30+ minutes. It's usually the subtle comments that are entertaining.
I enjoy watching the truck stuff, although not as much as Binky. Both make about the same amount of sense...It would have been easier to stretch the frame on the new truck to accept the box, but hey, whatever.
The one common thread through both series that just gobsmacks me is how they just undo bolts, and take them out of the holes. I can assure you, if I were doing those jobs here, I would have been through a tank and a half of acetylene so far, and the "new bolt and bushing" budget would have been horrible. I thought stuff rusted in England.
In reply to Streetwiseguy :
I've noticed that too. But it also might have played into why certain vehicles were purchased for projects.
Streetwiseguy said:I enjoy watching the truck stuff, although not as much as Binky. Both make about the same amount of sense...It would have been easier to stretch the frame on the new truck to accept the box, but hey, whatever.
They are doing this to use the old registration , and I think they said on one of the first videos that with the old registartion you did not need a truck driver licence ,
And I agree on the bolts that just come out with a battery impact and no anti-rust Secret sauce
The amount of things that unbolt also completely boggles my mind.
Maybe that is why I find Escargot fun to watch? No crazy fab work, just fasteners that come loose. Well that and the commentary.
the massive 1 piece wood floor just seems like it was a bad idea in the first place.
In reply to MrChaos :
wood floor probably put in at the factory , maybe before the roof and sides were put on......
californiamilleghia said:Streetwiseguy said:I enjoy watching the truck stuff, although not as much as Binky. Both make about the same amount of sense...It would have been easier to stretch the frame on the new truck to accept the box, but hey, whatever.
They are doing this to use the old registration , and I think they said on one of the first videos that with the old registartion you did not need a truck driver licence ,
IIRC it's not necessarily the (drivers) license as the EU permitted you to drive lorries, err, trucks up to a GVWR of 7500kg if you're "of a certain age", before it was eventually reduced to a GVWR of 3500kg. All from memory, it's been a while but I actually lost my 7500kg endorsement when I got my UK license because of that.
The older registration/plate has a bunch of other advantages around what legislation it has to conform to and I suspect there is some that makes it easier to keep the lorry old and resto-mod it instead
And I agree on the bolts that just come out with a battery impact and no anti-rust Secret sauce
Which amazed me, too. I've dealt with enough rust crap in the UK, and that was further south than these two are. I suspect that some of this may have to do with the fact that it was a horse transporter (from memory, I may be misremembering that) and those (like horse trailers here for, err, hobby horses) don't usually see that many miles.
They may also have been soaking the nuts and bolts in the UK equivalent of PB Blaster for months. Which is what I would've done in their situation.
BoxheadTim said:They may also have been soaking the nuts and bolts in the UK equivalent of PB Blaster for months. Which is what I would've done in their situation.
Does not explain why the bolts come out of the center of the bushings. I was far more surprised by the Toyota suspension stuff Just. Coming. Apart. I would pay money to see them take the rear suspension of an Integra apart.
BoxheadTim said:
Which amazed me, too. I've dealt with enough rust crap in the UK, and that was further south than these two are. I suspect that some of this may have to do with the fact that it was a horse transporter (from memory, I may be misremembering that) and those (like horse trailers here for, err, hobby horses) don't usually see that many miles.
If you mean the truck they're working on, It's an old mobile library truck / bookmobile. I don't recall what the Daf donor truck had been used for; if it was a horse transporter that would contribute to its corrosion - horse pee does a number on them.
Streetwiseguy said:BoxheadTim said:They may also have been soaking the nuts and bolts in the UK equivalent of PB Blaster for months. Which is what I would've done in their situation.
Does not explain why the bolts come out of the center of the bushings. I was far more surprised by the Toyota suspension stuff Just. Coming. Apart. I would pay money to see them take the rear suspension of an Integra apart.
Or the shackles from a Chevy or Ford pickup.
Mainly because I want to hear some interesting new ways to swear.
stuart in mn said:BoxheadTim said:Which amazed me, too. I've dealt with enough rust crap in the UK, and that was further south than these two are. I suspect that some of this may have to do with the fact that it was a horse transporter (from memory, I may be misremembering that) and those (like horse trailers here for, err, hobby horses) don't usually see that many miles.If you mean the truck they're working on, It's an old mobile library truck / bookmobile. I don't recall what the Daf donor truck had been used for; if it was a horse transporter that would contribute to its corrosion - horse pee does a number on them.
Thanks for the correction. Getting old, the memory for useless random facts isn't as good as it used to be 
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Mobile library makes sense though as those would still have comparatively low mileage compared to, say, a moving truck which would have a similar box but a lot more miles on it.
I don't recall them saying anything about the DAF, but that looked more like a tractor for local-ish hauling to me as it was a pretty short chassis from what I remember.
Another point that hadn't been mentioned is that if they had stuck to the DAF and stretched the chassis, that would have most likely triggered a whole bunch of inspections and approvals before it could've gone back out on the road. Mods like that aren't quite as easy to do in the UK or the rest of Europe compared to over here. You already have to get SVA (single vehicle approval, a much more stringent inspection than the regular MOT) for significantly modified cars and homebuilts. I probably don't want to know what that procedure would be like for a lorry as the regulations are more stringent on them.
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