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vw bus tips over in mk ..!
« on: April 03, 2015, 08:04:01 pm »
saw this on friday .. :'(


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Re: vw bus tips over in mk ..!
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2015, 10:17:17 pm »
Saw what ?  I expected a piccy, at least !?

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« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2015, 10:21:16 pm »
Saw what ?  I expected a piccy, at least !?


Will post pic when on PCs...
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Re: vw bus tips over in mk ..!
« Reply #3 on: April 09, 2015, 01:29:39 pm »
someone trying to park in a tight spot ... :o

and it all went a bit pete tong... :doh:


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« Reply #4 on: April 10, 2015, 12:31:51 am »
Hold on a minute... :tongue:  I smell something fishy... :fish2:
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Re: vw bus tips over in mk ..!
« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2015, 08:23:24 pm »
saw this on friday

Who's bus is that Art?  :pass:

Did the indicators fall up there when they tipped it?  :stir:
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Re: vw bus tips over in mk ..!
« Reply #7 on: April 15, 2015, 02:35:03 pm »
its a mate from the late bay forum
 another Ryan from MK...

he is using the roll over jig, that is free to use through the forum...

it picks up all four wheels



we bolted it on ..












then started the lift with jacks...




then with a bit of brute force we lifted it up..







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Re: vw bus tips over in mk ..!
« Reply #8 on: April 15, 2015, 04:57:56 pm »
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The chassis does not actually look too bad, mostly cosmetic from what I can tell? 

When it is on its side, it makes it so much easier to work on it! :cowboy:
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« Reply #9 on: April 15, 2015, 06:35:41 pm »
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The chassis does not actually look too bad, mostly cosmetic from what I can tell? 

When it is on its side, it makes it so much easier to work on it! :cowboy:

come on you have a bus ... :bop:






its much like yours was ,
rear chassis rails gone, torsion tube rotten, jackin points made of sponge and filler...


heres some of the work required ..

http://thelatebay.com/index.php?threads/doogle-the-devon-has-gone-belly-up.48025/page-3
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« Reply #10 on: April 15, 2015, 06:41:20 pm »
rear chassis rails gone, torsion tube rotten, jackin points made of sponge and filler...

Ahh, I couldn't tell from the picture as it was taken from a distance.
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« Reply #11 on: April 15, 2015, 09:36:08 pm »
rear chassis rails gone, torsion tube rotten, jackin points made of sponge and filler...

Ahh, I couldn't tell from the picture as it was taken from a distance.

Should have gone to spec savers... :lol:
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