MOT Failure

caledonia said:
I think most welders are put off with the flammable structure of a motor home and don’t want the hassle.
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Its the physical size of it as well, also it will need another person to look out for fire while doing the welding being done. :unsure:
 
B inlaws skoda 136 rapide was heave welded to bring back as new, cost 2 grand and took over a week to do.
 
So £1000-£2000 so far. A member on Motorhome Fruitcakes has offered to weld it for a bottle of Malt! He's serious as well. Would need to hire a Mig welder and find somewhere to do the work though.
 
runnach said:
A bottle of malt!!. Maybe to steady up the hand before commencing hot work ;)

You would probably be cheaper buying a mig welder, what ever you do, make sure plant is solid wire type, use a .6 dia wire, don't buy/hire flux core self shielding plant, polarities differ.

Argon/CO2 shielding gas cylinders can now be bought, with a deposit on cylinder, when done, hand back, and deposit returned, thankfully the days of BOC and paying rent are gone.
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You might as well be talking Swahili to me. 😬
 
barryd said:
You might as well be talking Swahili to me. 😬
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Chupa ya malt !!. Labda kutuliza mkono kabla ya kuanza kazi moto;)

Labda ungekuwa na bei rahisi kununua kipimaji cha mig, kila unachofanya, hakikisha mmea ni aina ya waya thabiti, tumia waya wa .6 dia, usinunue / kukodisha mmea wa msingi wa kujikinga wa msingi.

Mitungi ya gesi ya kuzuia Argon / CO2 sasa inaweza kununuliwa, na amana kwenye silinda, ikimaliza, kurudisha mkono, na amana kurudishwa, kwa bahati nzuri siku za BOC na kulipa kodi kumepita.
 
Rus0906 said:
what area are you in i own a mot garage in portsmouth this sounds like normal mot repairs to me the brake prob want a good run to free up and welding is normal for age of vehicle think £1000.00 is the max you would pay
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Thanks Rus. Just seen your PM. As replied we are way up at the top of North Yorkshire / Country Durham border.
 
wildebus said:
Could I suggest that the batteries should where possible be actually REMOVED not just disconnected, especially if wet cell batteries that are vented.
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I seem to remember a problem before when welding was done and the batteries were not disconnected. After the van was not charging the leisure battery. Cant remember the outcome now. I can remove the leisure battery myself I guess and just mention the cab battery to whoever does the work
 
barryd said:
Thanks Rus. Just seen your PM. As replied we are way up at the top of North Yorkshire / Country Durham border.
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shame i could of help you no problem ps jacking point on the van dosnt come into mot its on the outrigger so not a failure item but i would advise getting repaired
 
alcam said:
Chupa ya malt !!. Labda kutuliza mkono kabla ya kuanza kazi moto;)

Labda ungekuwa na bei rahisi kununua kipimaji cha mig, kila unachofanya, hakikisha mmea ni aina ya waya thabiti, tumia waya wa .6 dia, usinunue / kukodisha mmea wa msingi wa kujikinga wa msingi.

Mitungi ya gesi ya kuzuia Argon / CO2 sasa inaweza kununuliwa, na amana kwenye silinda, ikimaliza, kurudisha mkono, na amana kurudishwa, kwa bahati nzuri siku za BOC na kulipa kodi kumepita.
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Jambo bwana, mizuri sana.😜😂
 
barryd said:
I seem to remember a problem before when welding was done and the batteries were not disconnected. After the van was not charging the leisure battery. Cant remember the outcome now. I can remove the leisure battery myself I guess and just mention the cab battery to whoever does the work
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somebody on the VW forum had some minor welding work done underneath his van.
He had a pretty standard wet cell battery under the seat which had a vent pipe fitted and routed to the floor


Kaboom!
 
No idea what the engine battery is but the hab battery is a sealed unit no maintenance. Im more bothered about blowing a regulator or whatever it was last time that caused a problem. You would assume that they would know this stuff but ill see if I can drop it in the conversation without causing offence.
 
barryd said:
No idea what the engine battery is but the hab battery is a sealed unit no maintenance. Im more bothered about blowing a regulator or whatever it was last time that caused a problem. You would assume that they would know this stuff but ill see if I can drop it in the conversation without causing offence.
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Any Welder worth his salt would insist on it before he plugged his welding m/c in.
 
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