Caddy Maxi - daily and camper build

[cotwn]

There seems to be a fair few Swedes here! I'm in the Uppsala area

As a newbie I am happy to see that a big part of south Sweden now are covered (Skåne, Västergötland and Uppland) . I inspires by both yours and poff”s threds .

[Poffe]

Todays 5min job that took 6 hours to complete:

Rear torsion bar bushings. First two bolts snapped within the first 5 minutes. Last two came loose with some rust penetrating spray and a lot of heat.

Spent a long time trying to weld on some nuts to the broken bolts. When that failed I used a bolt extraction together with some heat. Ended up making the situation worse and snapped the extraction tool inside one of the bolts. Went back to welding and managed get them loose in the end.





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[snuffegull]

Man what a stinker! I did this on mine a few weeks ago, and luckily only one snapped, and i got it out first try when welding a nut to it. but when that doesnt work its such a pain in the ass

[Poffe]

Man what a stinker! I did this on mine a few weeks ago, and luckily only one snapped, and i got it out first try when welding a nut to it. but when that doesnt work its such a pain in the ass

Yeah, it sucks! I had more plans for the car over the weekend, but that put me of doing any more work. Had initially planed to change the rear spring bushings as well. But now i realise i better get new bolts before starting that job.

[Poffe]

Finally found some motivation and time to tint the small A-pillar front windows. Really neat that they came out and that I could do it in an ergonomic position for a change.

Happy with the result! Now just let’s hope that I get to keep it tinted when doing an equivalent to MOT in Sweden next time.



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[Poffe]

Also finished the sound deadening and insulation of the front doors. A task I started before Christmas…

2mm Silent Coat
10mm Epdm cell foam rubber




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