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A nice day in Rural Bedfordshire.

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Would you like to spend a day in rural Bedfordshire over Easter?

To be more exact would you like to spend a day in a double garage helping me sort out the alignment of doors and wings. I have all the wings and doors on, but it needs some expert assistance to make them line up.

I haven't done this job before and would value some help from someone with more experience!

I'm off work from Good Friday the 6th till Thursday the 12th.

All the usual conditions apply loads of tea and biscuits and all meals provided. :)
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no takers?
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Well, I'll help but my experience of the job has taught me only that it's very hard, I may be able to use both hands again by then too...
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Well, I am very willing to give you a hand Roger, bearing in mind that I have only done the basics of door adjusting (ask Lou :D )
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wings and doors

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Just remember to fit the doors first since the door opening is not adjustable, once they are in alignment the wings have to be made to line up with them not the other way round. It is advisable to remove the rubber draught excluder from the door openings if this is preventing you from getting the door skins flush with the body. the rubber can be fitted later and the flanges adjusted if necessary.
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Re: wings and doors

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Willie wrote:Just remember to fit the doors first since the door opening is not adjustable
Good tip. I probably would have fitted the wings first if you hadn't said that.
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Re: A nice day in Rural Bedfordshire.

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RogerRust wrote:Would you like to spend a day in rural Bedfordshire over Easter?

To be more exact would you like to spend a day in a double garage helping me sort out the alignment of doors and wings. I have all the wings and doors on, but it needs some expert assistance to make them line up.

I haven't done this job before and would value some help from someone with more experience!

I'm off work from Good Friday the 6th till Thursday the 12th.

All the usual conditions apply loads of tea and biscuits and all meals provided. :)
I could offer moral support and make the tea! Being sort of local.

In exchange for time on the alotment?

I do like barta :lol:


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Let me get this right you are offering to spend some time on my allotment as well?
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RogerRust wrote:Let me get this right you are offering to spend some time on my allotment as well?
Ha ha. You drive a hard bargain......

MY alotment in Olney!

Ask Onne, it is a good place to be. And I do offer lots of food and drink.

Bit behind on planting. Need to get my spuds in and various other stuff.

Can do some plant swaps too if you like....


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This year I'm planting pino noir grapes. Prepare yourself for chateuax rust 2010! I'm thinking of an olive as well or a peach tree! Global warming here we come.
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I've already got a banana palm growing in the garden :o
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Judge wrote:I've already got a banana palm growing in the garden :o
Oh it's so hard to resist............

Thinking of the animals that eat bananas -------------and I'm not thinking of Leslie :wink:

You both coming to the MM rally?

Bet you let my airbed down in revenge!


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Sorry, can't come to the rally, monkeys don't drive (but they know how to deflate airbeds :evil: :wink: )
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Judge wrote:Sorry, can't come to the rally, monkeys don't drive (but they know how to deflate airbeds :evil: :wink: )
Ah shame. No synchronisation...........Leslie.......

Gonna use a roll of foam instead of an airbed....safer :lol:


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Post by rayofleamington »

Hi Roger,
I'd love to help but had plans underway to get going with the Transit van engine change... If the Transit becomes too unappealing, I may change my mind!
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thanks Ray Ithink Onne is coning over, the more the merrier!
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We had a good day. The front offside wing has been on and off about a dozen times and we are happy its the best we can do. Its not perfect the gap is even and reasonable tight. The profile of the door and that of the wing do not match exactly so it fits at the top and bottom, but not perfectly in the middle.

The doors were relatively easy to do we drew a pencil line round the hinges so that we could gauge how much we had moved it. Then it is a case of move the whole door up or down then adjust in and out on the hinges, then repeat the up and down correction until they fit.

I have to say it was MUCH easier with two people than one.

Thanks Onne

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A pleasure :D
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