21st February 2023 - Disco Transit Green Long Wheel base and Hi Roof Conversion

This weekends SALES were really bad and have left no money in the bank to buy items that I be badly needing by the end of this month.

With Illness on Tuesday, Saturday, Sunday & Monday, making a huge impact of items not completed or in some cases started.

So I am hoping that this week will be a good week, altho I am really gonna miss not Having Lynne around.
It always seems, just as we get used to working together again and start to make real progress her work has to come and stop this progress.

But I just keep trying to say to myself it's only for a couple of years more, and I need to re-find myself, so our retirement can be as active and fun as possible.

Updated - Jobs pencilled in till Sunday

Boy has this list grown !!

I will delete completed jobs a week after they are finished !

Green - Completed job

purple - job in progress

Yellow - Job Description
Blue - new jobs added or not started

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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 -  Finished!!
8. Finish adding sound proof pads - -  Finished!!

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10. Clean old original panels - -  Finished!!

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14. make base for bathroom sink 9mm ply - 

15. Mark out and cut inside bathroom wall 3mm ply - Finished

16. measure and cut 1st roof panel 3mm ply - just some clips to add
17. in 1st roof panel, cut holes for ceiling lights. - DONE
18. run light wires thru roof frame. - Done 12 volt & 220 volt lights & wires. Entrance

18A. 2nd panel run light wires thru roof frame. - 

18B. 3rd panel run light wires thru roof frame. - 

18C. 4th Panel run light wires thru roof frame. - 
19. Finally screw roof panel into place. - Panel clips have arrived
20. mount bathroom sink extra mounts - 

21. install sink tap & waist pipe - REMOVED to install wall boarding

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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 - Removed, Lynne has started washing it.
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 - not yet ready to use
31. refit cooker & sink & drainage board -  
32. move kitchen to its final location - Now within an 1nch
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 -  

37. sand back to top of the bathroom wall, so panels match the upright - Done

38. sand back to bottom of the bathroom wall, so panels match the upright

39. Rear Drivers side sound proofed bottom half -  Finished!!
40. Added DODO insulation and more sound proofing -  Finished!!
41. Re use the original Ford Cover and clip/bolt into place -  Finished!!

42. needs sanding and prepping for painting white - 
43. Paint the panel - 
44. rear passenger side lower half needs to be washed. -  Finished!!
45. sound proof pads need adding -  Finished!!

46. DODO sound/insulation needs adding -  Finished!!
47. clip/bolt back original Ford panel - See 19th Febs Update
48. needs prepping for paint

49. Paint

50. measure and find best position for bed.
51. Start making frame for the bed.
52. add mount points to transit frame for bed frame.

53. bring down mattress and try to see if it fits!!
54. Cover Mattress to protect it.

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

39A. 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!

Today ended up, spending most of it on the computer, after I realised,

the mattress I wanted to use, just will not fit by 1" !

So after taking the measurements,
I hit google and could find nothing at the size we needed.
Eventually I found www.shortybeds.co.uk and they make mattresses to order any size....

I fired of some questions and got a very quick reply.

As I do not have the funds at the moment, I went into the transit and cut an off-cut of 3mm ply and it fits with space to spare, just over an inch.

Now I need a really good week/weekend on the eBay front so I can order the mattress. what surprised me was just how cheap it is to have a mattress made, compared to off the shelf ones.

It is a shame that a previous owner has cut this board down!

My only thought must be he damaged it somehow.

So I look at it and wait for an idea to come to mind, I could waste a new sheet of 3mm ply, but that is needed elsewhere!
I do not have a long enough old 3mm board laying around
and then an idea hit me.

It's not gonna be seen, so why not just add a strip to the top ??

So whilst I let that idea form in my mind 

This off-cut of 3mm ply is the same size as the mattress we previously used when djing or we went away, and it was not a cheap mattress and I used to get some serious comfortable sleep on it.

But as you can see it is just to long :( :( 

So I cut the 3mm off-cut down to the size of the Short King Size mattress (that I will have made as soon as funds allow)

And it fits nicely, in fact there is room to spare, so now I may not have to skimp on insulation at the 2 sides where the mattress will sit close to...

I even get the tape measure to stay on teh 3mm ply without it falling down :) :) 

This old 3mm ply board, was from the drivers side frame that is now were the bathroom & kitchen window now resides, So it is not any use to me as it is, so I mark the board & get teh jigsaw out

The 3mm ply, that will join this board at the top, just fits in most places, but will need a little sanding to make it sit flush.

But before I can do that I have to make the bottom 3mm ply sheet secure.

So the holes line up, and I just need to enlarge them to 6.5mm and in goes a panel board clip.