15th February 2023 - Disco Transit Green Long Wheel base and Hi Roof Conversion

ok not feeling well today (read today's "Life n Grimes" )

but I am hoping working on the transit, will help me forget the pain and discomfort.

I would like to concentrate on getting the bathroom/side door entrance roof panel finished if possible.

But it will be a lot of work as the stencil we made for the roof holes that we are gonna use to hold up the 3 ply did not exactly work as planned, so we gotta re think that out.

Also adding the wires for the 2 lights that will be in the entrance way, one 12 volt the other 220 volt.
And need to make some framework up for were the panels will join.
so will I am sure keep us busy, if we decide to do that.

we will see when we get out there later on as its only 5.30am at the moment!.
 

Updated - Jobs pencilled in till Sunday

Boy has this list grown !!

Green - Completed job

purple - job in progress

Yellow - Jod Description
Blue - new jobs added

1. Finish the frame work around the portaloo. - Finished!!
2. Add cross batons to bathroom/kitchen wall. -  Finished!!
3. add sound proofing/insulation to bathroom/kitchen wall. -  Finished!!
4. find position for sink in bathroom. - DONE
5. add extra supports to mount the sink. - hopefully be completed next Monday
6. Panel the bulkhead battery frame work.
7. Area next to passenger door, needs washing and going over with wire wool.
8. Finish adding sound proof pads - Still ongoing, need to move stuff around to get to the rest
9. Insulate Bathroom -  Finished!!
10. Clean old original panels - Lynne has just about washed every panel she can get too so far
11. Glue extra Insulation in the inside of the kitchen panel. -  Finished!!

12. Paint the Kitchen panel - Done 
13. put them back were they belong. - behind Kitchen - done

14. make base for bathroom sink 9mm ply - 

15. Mark out and cut inside bathroom wall 3mm ply - waiting on funds to buy more 3mm ply

16. measure and cut 1st roof panel 3mm ply - It is up but not yet finished!
17. in 1st roof panel, cut holes for ceiling lights. - DONE
18. run light wires thru roof frame. - Done
19. Finally screw roof panel into place. - Started today
20. mount bathroom sink extra mounts - 

21. install sink tap & waist pipe - installed to sink - need more pipe!
22. add cross members to the bathroom wall were water pipe mounts will go -  Finished!!
23. re-assemble the framework onto raised toilet area - 
24. measure and cut 3mm panel for behind the toilet -  Finished!!

25. insulate the panel and fix into place -  Finished!!

26. - put bathroom door frame back. - 
27. remove grill from kitchen unit and repair and put back - 
28. water pumps screw to back of kitchen unit - 
29. remove sink and drainage board - 
30 buy some sealant gaskets for kitchen unit and install - arrived today - not yet ready to use
31. refit cooker & sink & drainage board -  
32. move kitchen to its final location - Now within an 1" 
33. bolt the kitchen in place.
34. Glue extra Insulation in the inside of the drivers side rear wheel arch panel. - Done

35. Paint the Drivers side rear wheel panel -  

36 - in workshop behind CBRTIM and get 2 x 3mm 8x4 foot sheets - 

35. Kev's workshop - Make some brackets and install roof rack on roof of transit. (Funds ring fenced) - Booked in on Tuesday 14th Feb.

36. Kev's workshop - If time and funds allow, get water tanks installed underneath and plumbed into the back. (have some funds available but I know it will not be enough!) - Booked in on Tuesday 14th Feb.

Double Bonus job, to have worked out and cut the bed frame & have it mounted!

First thing, is to have a tidy up in the bathroom and entrance area, as this is were we will be working for most of the day.

The plan is to finally get this ceiling board fixed into place.
But we have a few jobs to do first..

Altho we made a template up, with the existing holes in the roof frames. When we transposed them to the ply ceiling nothing lined up!!

So we are gonna try a different method, and the green tape is were the board sits and will be my start measuring point..

So down comes the 3mm board (for the last time we hope)
And as the kitchen top is clear it gives us a nice flat space to work with..

We have pulled the 2 wires thru, 1 rated for 12/14 volt the other thicker cable is for 220/240 volts

And have drilled a hole on either side of the frame to feed the wires out of the frame and to go to the lights.

This end is left hanging for now, till we are ready to connect them up..

We will have the generator as a last resort if the weathers not good enough to charge the solar batteries, we can just turn that on and charge the batteries, or use it to power the mains circuit.

so fingers crossed with the split charger as well, we should be ok for electricity..

now it is time to add the 2nd layer of insulation and sound deadener.
We could have spray clued it in place, But I did not want that, as if we have to remove it at any stage I would like to be able to reuse it.

So masking tape holds it in place, for us, till we are ready to fit the 3ply ceiling board..

Lynne is having fun, trimming the insulation, as it was to thick to push between the roof and wall frame..

My med's alarm is going off, so time for a 30 min break.

We are back and we just opened the ceiling lights to discover, that they already have long wires !!
My dammed fault for not looking and having a memory like a giant black hole!!

So we look at how we are gonna keep the 3 ply boards together and the joints level with each other

Lynne brought up some old 2x1 10 foot length, which we had to cut in 2, just to get it in the transit. It's not pretty, but as it will all be hidden that does not matter. 

When we screwed it together, the ceiling would not sit high enough, so we got out the finger sander and made a groove, That solved that issue...

And in it goes, and we have screwed the ceiling to the 2x1 baton.
Which has tidied things up nicely.

Now we can start to look at the trouble spots.
This corner was sagging down, so with some 2x1 off-cuts we screwed them together until they reached the roof frame and drilled n screwed them together.

Again it is not pretty, it is there just so we can screw the side panel to it!.

As I could not pull the wire thru as I hoped, I cut the wire on the light and joined it to the wire I had threaded thru the frame earlier

Altho solid and no loose wires, I will wrap it in insulating tape, just to be safe...

As we were both so weary we decided to call it a night at this point, and hopefully we will be refreshed ready for tomorrow morning.