Happy New year for 2025

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9 hours ago, facthunter said:

I found Insects blocking the AIR/Cond  and Radiator core to be a bit of an issue. IF you are towing you have the Pedal well down  to keep up and if you slipstream you get less cooling air. Road surface Temps can be High,  I would always check all Belts and oil and Filters  Air Cond and coolant  and tyres before driving the Nullabor with a Second Hand Vehicle of unknown Background. Nev

I did take a peek under the bonnet before I strapped it down. Pumped the tyres to 50psi while hot too. It ran so well no more checks were necessary for the rest of the trip. The windscreen sticker said it was due for a service as I left, it’ll get one now. 
 

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Something to do with the weather or the season, no more than a dozen bugs hit the screen on the trip home. Got two birds unfortunately. 
The wife warned me to not hit on any birds while I was away.

[onetrack]

Great news! Now you're all set to start your glazing business, servicing Cue and surrounding areas! 😄 

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Here's a hint as regards getting those vinyl decals off - from someone who did it all wrong. Use a hairdryer or heat gun on low temperature to soften the vinyl, then peel back a corner with a sharp plastic scraper (some people say an old credit card, but I don't keep old credit cards lying around).

 

Lift and peel the decal at about 120° angle, keeping the hairdryer/heat gun warmth on it steadily (without getting it too hot). Clean up the adhesive residue with citrus oil cleaner.

If you're lucky, the decals won't have been on long enough or subject to enough sun heat to meld into the underlying paint. I had that problem with my Hilux, 10 years of Alice Springs sun fairly welded them to the underlying paint.

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5 minutes ago, onetrack said:

Here's a hint as regards getting those vinyl decals off - from someone who did it all wrong. Use a hairdryer or heat gun on low temperature to soften the vinyl, then peel back a corner with a sharp plastic scraper (some people say an old credit card, but I don't keep old credit cards lying around).

 

Lift and peel the decal at about 120° angle, keeping the hairdryer/heat gun warmth on it steadily (without getting it too hot). Clean up the adhesive residue with citrus oil cleaner.

If you're lucky, the decals won't have been on long enough or subject to enough sun heat to meld into the underlying paint. I had that problem with my Hilux, 10 years of Alice Springs sun fairly welded them to the underlying paint.

Yes thank you. We’ve done quite a few signs. Mrs M’s van is ex-RAC and my old one was our Toll van. She already told me it’s my job before I bought it. 

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After a quick trip out to the station I started on the van work.

 

 

The vinyl job was stuck well but left nice shiny paint underneath.

 

 

It's a long way from finished the 38°C day helped soften the plastic wrap.

 

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Nearly fixed...

 

 

Still a bit of underbody to fit...

 

 

I'll regas to air conditioning first thing in the morning. The dirty panels are off the doner vehicle.

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1 hour ago, Moneybox said:

Nearly fixed...

 

 

Still a bit of underbody to fit...

 

 

I'll regas to air conditioning first thing in the morning. The dirty panels are off the doner vehicle.

Looking good