Can Friday get any worse ?

[Sunny43.5]

Yes the only thing that hurt here is I now have to be without the van for a week or whatever , luckily we still have the wifes older T5 at home so I will just strip out the work van and use the other van for work . The one upside will be that when it comes back I will use the opportunity to give the inside a makeover , it is in dire need of a freshen up anyway .[ That is after I finish off the LWB van I am currently working on ] My good mate who does my sign writing was going to replace the photos on the window areas so now he can do almost a complete new job .

[brad]

I think parking in 2nd is where it went pear shaped. Park in firts if facing up hill; reverse if facing down. Turn the front wheels so that if it starts to roll the tyres hit the kerb before you gain too much momentum

[Sunny43.5]

Yes I am starting to see how the van rolled away discs cooling etc , but as I said I have parked that way hundreds and hundreds of times before so this time is an odd one . I don't think I will ever get a clear answer , maybe old age and I just did not apply the hand brake as hard as I could have who knows its past history now and I will just get over it . Thanks everyone for the words of support and the helpful hints , I can say for sure it will never happen again !! [fingers crossed ]

[brad]

All the holes in the cheese lined up.

At this point you either keep doing what you were doing & hope or adjust some habits / processes & not think about it again.

[Sunny43.5]

Well good news the insurance company is going to repair the van , looks like it will be like a new one again as they are also repairing some minor dings on the passengers side that were caused by a hidden gate post six months ago . So all new paint work from drivers door all the way around the back to the passengers front door plus all new business sign writing . Once I get it back it will be time for MY OWN van to get a makeover for a change , I had to gut it out to allow the panel beater access to the side walls etc , so when it comes back I will do an interior make over with new stuff and then refit the shelves and storage areas.

[Sunny43.5]

Picked up the faithful steed yesterday looks just like new again , panel shop replaced the whole drivers side of the van with a new outer skin . Best part is that all of my previous "äccidents" have been erased so the crushed sill under the drivers door Fixed / the many times removed drivers door mirror replaced / rear tail light drivers side replaced / rear tailgate partly crushed at the bottom fixed [ well the tailgate was pretty dinged up in the runaway anyway ] new rear bumper had many scratches from loading / passengers side all repaired and painted which also had previous damage from an altercation with a gate post at a customers house . So now it looks like new so next some new signage from my good friend . Today I started to do a refit of the inside as I told the panel shop not to try and refit all the old sound proofing and inside trims as they were pretty jaded from ten years of use . Picked up some new side and floor carpeting so it will look and sound like a new van again will post some pics soon .
Ready for new soundproofing along side and the old carpet is being removed in readiness for new carpet its easy to see where equipment was stored and tied down to the floor .
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[Transporter]

That's a good news.

[Sunny43.5]

Well after a slow start the van is back together accept for sign writing , I decided to replace the roof lining as the original grey trim was getting pretty grotty . During the week I was trying to pick up some nice royal blue velour but non of the suppliers had any in stock so I ended up going with black , I am glad I did it looks pretty cool against the grey plastic trims . The only token blue I had was just big enough for the two blank window trims , the plastic tubes are for my rubber marking templates . After a marathon effort I finished at 11pm last night so now all the shelving and tools compressor oh and the jucy 12inch subwoofers are back in place . Will post some more next chance .I centralised the interior lights never understood why VW offset the things , they look better in the middle .Oh for those with a keen eye may notice the sunglass holder light fitting from a VZ Commodore it fitted neatly as the original roof trim had to be modified to allow the sunroof to fit .

[Tornado T5]

Excellent craftsmanship Sunny.

[Syncrotek]

Recall

I don't know which year this van is, but did you know about this handbrake recall -
Check out the post by wounded_gull

:---T5 RECALL INFO----: - The Brick-yard - Page 1

Please ignore if already covered.

[Sunny43.5]

Mine was a 2005 build model so it was outside the recall .