The resurrection of Doc, bringing a 20 year old neismann Bischoff Flair back to life after 12 years off road.

[Northernraider]

Wall to wall sunshine & 33° here.

32 in Haro. View attachment 958741

Remember you pair when you're home and freezing yer buns off ill be in 5 months of sunshine so dinnae rub it in as what goes round comes round

 

[Northernraider]

It might rain in Aguilas tomorrow.
Hope weather improves enough for you to get your jobs done Tam.

Fortunately it was only on 30 minutes or so ...managed to get back on it after some lunch

 

[Just smiffy]

Wall to wall sunshine & 33° here.

You wait till November we will be sunning ourselves in Spain/Morocco for the next 6 months while your brass monkeys freeze off in Worthing…

 

[Just smiffy]

Remember you pair when you're home and freezing yer buns off ill be in 5 months of sunshine so dinnae rub it in as what goes round comes round

Must have been typing that at the same time…

 

[Lenny HB]

2pm pffft my batteries were full at 09.20 lol

Not much point in fitting Lithium if you ain't going to use them.

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[Northernraider]

Not much point in fitting Lithium if you ain't going to use them.

I'm using it lol. I'll use it more when colder /darker . Might splash out on a bigger inverter.

 

[bigtree]

Remember you pair when you're home and freezing yer buns off ill be in 5 months of sunshine so dinnae rub it in as what goes round comes round

I’d rather be sitting in my centrally heated bungalow in Not Glasgow than tour round some dirty dusty African country.
Quite happy to see you doing it, I have read All your previous travels and comments of them.

 

[Northernraider]

I’d rather be sitting in my centrally heated bungalow in Not Glasgow than tour round some dirty dusty African country.
Quite happy to see you doing it, I have read All your previous travels and comments of them.

Aye well you have reached boring old fart age of course.

 

[bigtree]

Aye well you have reached boring old fart age of course.

Just round the corner for you too buddy.
I’m not hanging around waiting for it to creep up on me riding a scooter.

 

[Northernraider]

Just round the corner for you too buddy.
I’m not hanging around waiting for it to creep up on me riding a scooter. View attachment 958966

Nah but you still ain't got a real bike pissin about on those dukes.

Long way off for me granpa

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[Northernraider]

JockandRita what tyre pressures are you running on the rear of your van?
I'm guessing you've 225 75 16s

 

[bigtree]

Nah but you still ain't got a real bike pissin about on those dukes.

Long way off for me gran

Nah but you still ain't got a real bike pissin about on those dukes.

Long way off for me granpa

Superduke, silly boy.

 

[JockandRita]

JockandRita what tyre pressures are you running on the rear of your van?
I'm guessing you've 225 75 16s

4 - 4.2 x bar Tam, (same in the fronts), as advised by Falken's Tech Dept for their EuroAll Season Van 2 tyres, and my actual axle weights.

Cheers,

Jock.

 

[bigtree]

Nah but you still ain't got a real bike pissin about on those dukes.

Long way off for me granpa

 

[Minxy]

This cornish weather is a pain in the arse ... all the wheels and brakes stripped off one side ..all going well and the heavens opened , wet tools wet paint wet dugs and it lasts 20 minutes then pity's off again .

Everything soaked

Can't you rig up some sort of shelter at the side?

Same in Scotland mate, I am widening my gate to get the Arto in easier and trying to get some cementing done but the heavens keep opening up.
You'll soon be there vans looking great .
Cheers Cris .

You want to do what a chap that came today is doing - he's bought a tent we were flogging to use over his pond whilst he does some cement etc work on it! It's a brand new tent so we thought he was daft but he said he'll be careful with it as he wants to use it for camping next year!

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[Northernraider]

Superd



Superduke, silly boy.

Still no a real bike. They're fir lycia wearing slipper wearers like yer self trev

 

[Northernraider]

4 - 4.2 x bar Tam, (same in the fronts), as advised by Falken's Tech Dept for their EuroAll Season Van 2 tyres, and my actual axle weights.

Cheers,

Jock.

Whits that in real money

I've got the fronts at 65 which seems OK

Not sure whether to put rears at 65 or 70

 

[JockandRita]

Whits that in real money

I've got the fronts at 65 which seems OK

Not sure whether to put rears at 65 or 70

4 x bar pressure is equal to 60psi.

Bar to PSI to Kpa Conversion Table​

The below table provides reference conversions for pressures from 0 bar to 50 bar | 0 pascal to 5 mln pascal | 0 Kpa to 5,000 Kpa & 0 Psi to 725 Psi

Bar [Bar]	Pascal [Pa]	Kilopascal [Kpa]	Pounds Per Square Inch [Psi]
0.25	25,000	25	3.63
0.5	50,000	50	7.25
0.75	75,000	75	10.88
1	100,000	100	14.5
1.25	125,000	125	18.13
1.5	150,000	150	21.76
1.75	175,000	175	25.38
2	200,000	200	29.01
2.25	225,000	225	32.63
2.5	250,000	250	36.26
2.75	275,000	275	39.89
3	300,000	300	43.51
3.25	325,000	325	47.14
3.5	350,000	350	50.76
3.75	375,000	375	54.39
4	400,000	400	58.02
4.25	425,000	425	61.64
4.5	450,000	450	65.27
4.75	475,000	475	68.89
5	500,000	500	72.52
5.25	525,000	525	76.14
5.5	550,000	550	79.77
5.75	575,000	575	83.4
6	600,000	600	87.02
6.25	625,000	625	90.65
6.5	650,000	650	94.27
6.75	675,000	675	97.9
7	700,000	700	101.53
7.25	725,000	725	105.15
7.5	750,000	750	108.78
7.75	775,000	775	112.4
8	800,000	800	116.03
8.25	825,000	825	119.66
8.5	850,000	850	123.28
8.75	875,000	875	126.91
9	900,000	900	130.53
9.25	925,000	925	134.16
9.5	950,000	950	137.79
9.75	975,000	975	141.41
10	1,000,000	1,000	145.04

 

[Northernraider]

4 x bar pressure is equal to 60psi.

Bar to PSI to Kpa Conversion Table​

The below table provides reference conversions for pressures from 0 bar to 50 bar | 0 pascal to 5 mln pascal | 0 Kpa to 5,000 Kpa & 0 Psi to 725 Psi

Bar [Bar]	Pascal [Pa]	Kilopascal [Kpa]	Pounds Per Square Inch [Psi]
0.25	25,000	25	3.63
0.5	50,000	50	7.25
0.75	75,000	75	10.88
1	100,000	100	14.5
1.25	125,000	125	18.13
1.5	150,000	150	21.76
1.75	175,000	175	25.38
2	200,000	200	29.01
2.25	225,000	225	32.63
2.5	250,000	250	36.26
2.75	275,000	275	39.89
3	300,000	300	43.51
3.25	325,000	325	47.14
3.5	350,000	350	50.76
3.75	375,000	375	54.39
4	400,000	400	58.02
4.25	425,000	425	61.64
4.5	450,000	450	65.27
4.75	475,000	475	68.89
5	500,000	500	72.52
5.25	525,000	525	76.14
5.5	550,000	550	79.77
5.75	575,000	575	83.4
6	600,000	600	87.02
6.25	625,000	625	90.65
6.5	650,000	650	94.27
6.75	675,000	675	97.9
7	700,000	700	101.53
7.25	725,000	725	105.15
7.5	750,000	750	108.78
7.75	775,000	775	112.4
8	800,000	800	116.03
8.25	825,000	825	119.66
8.5	850,000	850	123.28
8.75	875,000	875	126.91
9	900,000	900	130.53
9.25	925,000	925	134.16
9.5	950,000	950	137.79
9.75	975,000	975	141.41
10	1,000,000	1,000	145.04

60 is quite low. What weight are you running at?

 

[bigtree]

You’d shit yerself if you ever tried riding one, stick to your sewing machine laddy.

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[JockandRita]

60 is quite low. What weight are you running at?

Not according to the tyre manufacturer.

I am plated at 6850Kgs, and in full holiday mode with E-Bikes onboard, I'm running at 5850Kgs.

My tyre wear is consistently even, both across and around the tread, on both front and rear.

Cheers,

Jock.

 

[Northernraider]

You’d shit yerself if you ever tried riding one, stick to your sewing machine laddy.

aye OK grandpa , I've ridden real bikes and driven more performance cars than you've looked at pictures of in a brochure.

Now shush yer daen ma heed in

 

[Northernraider]

Not according to the tyre manufacturer.

I am plated at 6850Kgs, and in full holiday mode with E-Bikes onboard, I'm running at 5850Kgs.

My tyre wear is consistently even, both across and around the tread, on both front and rear.

Cheers,

Jock.

Not doubting you , it just seems quite low for such a heavy van. I ran the rears on moby at 60psi but I expected this to be higher. Tyres on moby were only 185 75 16.

I'll check what's in these already tomorrow and see . I

Its sitting just on 1 wheel a side at the minute lol

 

[JockandRita]

Not doubting you , it just seems quite low for such a heavy van. I ran the rears on moby at 60psi but I expected this to be higher. Tyres on moby were only 185 75 16.

But wasn't Moby single wheeled on the rear Tam? Both our Iveco Daily chassis is twin wheeled, with each tyre capable of at least 1000 - 1100Kgs, or even higher pending the rating.
On the tandem axled Hymer with 215/75/16s, I ran the 4 x rears at the same pressures, and again, consistently even wear experienced.

Cheers,

Jock.

 

[Northernraider]

Started off this morning by repairing and reinforcing the wooden brace bars that run under the sofa base ... the base board under the cushion was sagging a little at times. So it's nice and sturdy now

Then I set about removing rear wheels .

These haven't been off in a while, once again I was grateful for the torque multiplier which makes removal much easier. The brackets that hold the wheel trims on are a right pain on the rears though it has to be said .

Anyway got it jacked up and shored up with a second jack under the airbag arm and wheels off . Very rusty again but cleaned up reasonably well with the grindr and wire wheel.

Stripped brake pads out , once again they were the original iveco Brembo pads , still loads of wear on them but cracks throughout so needed changing .. I was just trying to find some on euro carparts etc when I remembered I'd bought 2 sets of spares for moby that were in the shed and as luck would have it they're the same ones as the rears on doc ... so I cleaned up and painted the wheels and then removed ,cleaned up and renewed the brake pads . As the wheels are still wet I've just refitted one wheel each side until tomorrow and then I'll get all the wheels back on and the wheel trims refitted. While I was on the wheels Just smiffy changed the ball valve on the hear exchanger. The first one I'd bought on ebay from the link posted on here was not the right one . Too small inside so garry nipped out to a few places to find another. We managed to get one with a different handle on it but it fits and done the job . No leaks at present but will recheck it tomorrow as it was getting late and we lost a fair bit of water so had to have the engine running while refilling it and checking for leaks. Hopefully that's sorted

New wee usb led table lamp.

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[Northernraider]

But wasn't Moby single wheeled on the rear Tam? Both our Iveco Daily chassis is twin wheeled, with each tyre capable of at least 1000 - 1100Kgs, or even higher pending the rating.
On the tandem axled Hymer with 215/75/16s, I ran the 4 x rears at the same pressures, and again, consistently even wear experienced.

Cheers,

Jock.

No it was a twin wheeler too but a bit lighter at 4200kg

 

[Just smiffy]

That’s my best bath towel there…..

 

[Boldly]

View attachment 959086

That’s my best bath towel there…..

You've got vanish in Cornwall haven't you?

 

[mackeellan]

Great photography Tam. Keep going pal, almost there. Good luck
Well done Gary, you are a massive help in all things!

 

[Langtoftlad]

Tell me about the table lamp Tam Northernraider

I'm looking for something similar

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