Work van Wednesday

[sparkywig]

WVW Bath

 

[sparkywig]

WVW Bath

 

[nd5mith]

Ok so it’s not taken on Wednesday, in fact it was earlier in the summer but I only just found this thread

Here is the Kombi about ready for a kitchen install…
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The bigger tools were in the middle with the seats out…
I do love the Ovano

The Ovano stores a lot more tools than i thought it would. Just need to tidy the back of my van!

 

[nmh87]

New entry to WVW

 

[sparkywig]

WVW Staunton & Corse

 

[tubs]

WVW St.Andrews

 

[nomislotsirb]

WVW St.Andrews

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Where did you get the side pillar decals/trims from please, and would you rate them?

 

[tubs]

Where did you get the side pillar decals/trims from please, and would you rate them?

Got them from ebay ....quite a fiddle to fit but worth it !

 

[Ricardo T]

WVW Ippy…..

 

[sparkywig]

WVW Falmouth

 

[Dellmassive]

WVW - London

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[sparkywig]

Welcome back @Dellmassive , thought you’d retired

 

[Bav]

Welcome back @Dellmassive , thought you’d retired

Nah - he'd be posting even more if he'd retired.

 

[Dellmassive]

Welcome back @Dellmassive , thought you’d retired

never !!!

just been busy with other bits and bobs. . . .

 

[Dellmassive]

Nah - he'd be posting even more if he'd retired.

That - Is Very True

 

[Lightrofit]

Work van has been waiting for a replacement battery so has been parked up…

Today is that day!

Uprated and installed, transport plugs left in until installation, of course.

 

[DaveD]

Work van has been waiting for a replacement battery so has been parked up…

Today is that day!

Uprated and installed, transport plugs left in until installation, of course.

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So I see it's clamped in, is there a reason you can't just put the terminals on, tighten the bolts and drive it? (I'm going to need to know at some point with a 4 year old battery!)

 

[Lightrofit]

So I see it's clamped in, is there a reason you can't just put the terminals on, tighten the bolts and drive it? (I'm going to need to know at some point with a 4 year old battery!)

2 main reasons:

1: The battery will move around causing wear to the casing and potentially damage the casing causing an acid leak or damaging the area around the battery.

2: With the battery being free to move and the positive terminal being on the side closest to the inner wing, that could lead to the battery shorting on the metal and that definitely wouldn’t be good.

Also, as the terminals will be taking the strain of trying to stop the battery from moving, that could break the terminal off the battery or damage the connectors/wiring.

So, it’s strongly advised to clamp the battery down to avoid the above or other issues.

 

[Sals]

Love having this set up! Spider free van

 

[DaveD]

2 main reasons:

1: The battery will move around causing wear to the casing and potentially damage the casing causing an acid leak or damaging the area around the battery.

2: With the battery being free to move and the positive terminal being on the side closest to the inner wing, that could lead to the battery shorting on the metal and that definitely wouldn’t be good.

Also, as the terminals will be taking the strain of trying to stop the battery from moving, that could break the terminal off the battery or damage the connectors/wiring.

So, it’s strongly advised to clamp the battery down to avoid the above or other issues.

We misunderstand each other, I understand the reasons for the clamp, and an insecure battery is an MOT fail too, I was wondering why you hadn't put the terminals on to finish the job, and also do you have to do any ECU reset to tell the van it has a new battery?