Category: General Maintenence (Atlantic)
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Wolfgang drives again.
Leading on from the last post where I had built up the loan gearbox with new input shaft and diesel bell housing and just needed to fit to the van… I was quite proud of myself as far as the logistics and organisation of tools and other components were concerned. The work I was undertaking…
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The roller coaster continues!
After the epic failure, and massive disappointment of not being able to have our dream holiday in the campervan back in May due to mechanical issues, the agony has been prolonged by restrictions on using the van over any distance until the gearbox has been replaced. A lengthy lead time of two months on getting my gearbox into…
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Big Mirror refurb
The Atlantic was one of the few vans that came with big mirrors as standard. These were always colour coded from factory in one of three available colours. White, calypso green or red. My van on the other hand came with mat black mirrors. This didn’t particularly bother me as I always knew I would…
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Rusty fuel tank
I knew that the fuel tank had some corrosion but wasn’t 100% sure just how bad it was. The van was in my local garage last year to have the coolant pipes replaced and the mechanic told me there were large sheets of rust coming from the top of the tank during some preliminary work.…
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Caliper Replacment
The off side caliper had been intermittently sticking on a few separate occasions throughout the course of 2016. I had taken my van into my local garage for them to investigate the problem. Diagnosed as sticking on the caliper carrier was one suggestion, and after new wheel bearings and disk brakes the issues seemed to…