I decided that it was time to spruce up the annex pole holder. As I was running low on paint, I decided to cheat a bit. Didn't do too well throughout the exercise with paint. Spilt about 200ml of undercoat on the grass. Lost about the same with the first coat in the same manner in almost the same spot. The can fell from the bench onto my drill box, and as the lid was only pushed back on, it dribbled down the sides.Then painting the chain with a spray can that i thought had run out of air, I punctured it to get to the rest of the paint - and it hadn't run out of air! dots all over the drive way - SWMBO was not impressed, and to her credit said that the drive is covered in other marks (owned a falcon) so it probably doesn't matter. No wonder I love her. Some how, there is about 50ml left for touch up.
Had to re bend the gas pipe and add a fitting cos the bottle is now 1m further forward. The pipe used to only be held up by the regulator being attached to the van. I've now attached it with brackets to hold it up properly.
The bike rack i did my measurement, and as can be seen aint straight at all. So attached the rack to the mount and bent some more brackets
Having the rack made all the difference. Fits perfectly, a couple of tek screws top and bottom and tis done.
The bracket is part of a scaffold thing I picked up years ago, that has finally come in handy.
The spare took a bit of shuffling to get it into the correct spot and the regulator is mounted to a metal strip that is attached to the cylinder holder. This keeps it above the height of the LPG. Re adjusted the brakes. So the van is now all ready to go. There are a few bits and pieces that need doing and of course the ongoing maintenance. But as with any refit, the van is a blank canvas and we are only restricted by our imagination and what we can find in the council pick ups!
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