VW t5.1 T32 GP

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VW t5.1 T32 GP 

Genuine VW Kombi. 2010 DSG Twin Slider.

180bhp BiTdi – New engine fitted May 2016 @ 97,000 miles – with all receipts

‘D’ suffix EGR Cooler fitted.

125,228 miles. May rise a little. I’ve only done 1276 miles since Dec 2018

New Mechatronics unit (DSG Brain) fitted Aug 2017 – with all receipts

(all VW receipts included) full folder of all receipts. See recently uploaded photo’s.

All work carried out by:

VW Van Centre, Glasgow.

Glasgow Business Park,

Springcroft Rd, Glasgow,

G69 6GA,

Tel: 0141 896 6698

Full VW service history. Next service in 7800 miles or 109 days.

MOT due on 16th Dec – 2019.

HPI clear & 2 keys

5 seater – 2 captains front seats (Heated)

Double and single in the back – single is forward tilt.

Air Conditioning

Cruise Control

Electric heated & folding mirrors

VW CarPlay stereo – music streaming & Bluetooth. Also Navigation.

Factory Tow Bar – with electrics.

Rear parking sensors.

Recon Alternator – with receipt

N75 valve replaced (Moo Valve) – with receipt

Fully sound deadened and insulated. All materials from ‘Harris Trim Supplies’

Lowered on H&R spring -40

New All Terrain Tyres (Cooper Discovery AT3’s) – bought Sep 3rd 2018 + Warranty http://www.4x4tyres.co.uk

fitted on newly powder-coated 17’ alloys.

New battery fitted November 2018

Leisure Battery preparation from engine compartment to under passenger seat, no engine fuse or battery.

Private Plate not included. I have the registration document in my name and address. GK60 ZTC – plates fitted.

I started a blog when I got the van. Some of the things I did to the van are detailed here –

https://w007ds.me

Receipts are included for all the work done. This van is in fantastic condition. One thing to remember though, this is a 9 year old van. It has it’s fair share of battle scars/scrapes.

The only reason for sale is I now have a Motability car. My plans for the van have changed due to being critically ill last year. I now have some ongoing health problems which limit my abilities.

It took me years to find this van as it had to have a particular spec and colour. Twin slider Kombi BiTdi DSG with tailgate …. doesn’t come up very often. My wife was convinced that I was looking for a ‘Unicorn’

The photo’s taken below were taken last week. Other photo’s in the Blog were taken during the past few years ownership. Myself and family will be very sad to see this go..

I’m not in any great hurry to sell this van, I have a Motability car which I use daily. Any viewing or test drive welcome. (I need proof of your own insurance) I’m working part time at the moment so I’m available most of the time.

I will make sure it has a full tank of diesel as I understand prospective buyers might have to travel to buy.

 

Please contact me for sale price:

text – 07763 618466   email – w007ds@me.com

James.

Well, back at work…

Now that the summer holidays are well and truly over and we’re all back into a routine it seems that time just flies by. I’m still managing to get little things done to the van but time, as ever, seems to fly by.

One of the jobs that I completed towards the end of the summer was sound insulating the doors, (drivers + passengers). It was a little hassle removing the door cards but proved to be worth it when I achieved the finished result. The drivers door ‘rattles’ a bit when driving. I’m hoping that this will help solve an annoying problem. 

Door cards put back on …. hopefully helping without the annoying rattle. 

Part 2 of this was to instal another layer of ‘weather seal’. Apparently Caravelle’s and Shuttle buses have these as standard. The wonderful world of eBay once again coughed up a supplier – D-shaped 4M Car Truck hollow rubber Seal Strip. £9.98 delivered. Easy enough to put on. In fact I’m going to order another two and put them on also. It has made such a difference to the noise/rattle, it’s amazing. I’m not sure if it does actually “sound like a golf” but it’s better by a mile. 

Thanks Esther for the Hairdryer😘

I also finally tracked down some LED sidelight bulbs. It was annoying me at they didn’t match up with the other bulbs I installed earlier during the summer.

It’s got to the stage with my postman that he just ‘signs’ for my recorded delivery items knowing that they are parts for my van. He just puts them through the letterbox or places them in our agreed safe place.

I really should be an auto electrician. All I seem to do it change bulbs/lights and wiring. I sent for the kits to change all of the interior bulbs to LED’s.

eBay + YouTube = winning combo👍

I’m well pleased with the way these have tuned out. I even changed the rear step lights to LED’s, although one of them has decided to commit suicide. A whole new light it’ll be then… arrrgh😡

John and I decided we were gonna try camping at Volksfling – http://www.volksfling.co.uk 

After seeing Serena at her Irish Dancing Feis we heading to Biggar on Sat 27th Aug. All we needed was a blow up matress and a couple of sleeping bags.

We got a pitch fairly near the toilets where our neighbours seemed friendly enough. The weather stayed dry-ish. We visited all the stalls, had some food, chilled on our new Vango seats – http://www.vango.co.uk . We took a walk into Bigger for a fish supper for tea then came back and went to see and hear the live bands on at night. Had a few pints….. me not John!

After our 1st trip we’ve decided that we would love to do loads more traveling. We don’t need much – split charge system finished, a wee camping stove, and porta poti. That’s my Christmas list sorted. 

Ideally I’d love a SlidePod – http://www.slidepod.co.uk but the 2k price tag at the moment might make ‘Wee Esther’ kill me😜

This would look awesome in Malo!!
I also had the chance to get a new key coded for my van. When I bought it I only got the one key. There was a stall at the show VW Key Man. @VWKeyMan

1 new blade cut, new electronics coded to the van using magic and a laptop – £120 well spent!

While we’re still on holiday I thought I would carpet the bare metal in the back of Malo. I ordered 3 metres from Harrisons Trim Supplies which arrived on Friday. Never one to put things off. I got stuck straight in…..

All the panels had to come off to do it properly. This took a lot longer than I expected, I should have mentioned to Harrisons on the phone that the new trim clips that I changed over earlier in the summer are a pain in the ar$e😖

By dinner time on Friday I was able to make a start and got the top section done. I spent all day Saturday and finished tonight, Sunday. If you’re gonna do something …. Best doing it right👍

I’m really pleased with the finished results. At one point this afternoon Esther came out to check on me only to find me holding up the headlining with my head whilst trying to insert some roof clips and holding the electrical wiring for the lights….. Who says men can’t multitask?

While I had the side panels off it only seemed sensible to put in a layer of recycled plastic insulation – £18 at B&Q.

Job done👍👍 my knees and hands are…. ‘Louping’

Esther thought I was mental the other night coming home from a day trip to Butntisland. I said to her, quick get my phone ready to take some photos ….. Whit??

A momentous occasion for wee ‘Malo’ – 99,999 to 100,000 miles. Let’s hope we can get through another 100,000 without too much trauma.

Oh, and we met the Stewart family …… Time for a ‘chippy’ in the back of Malo. The grown ups had to eat al fresco😎

We left for our summer holiday to Britany in France on Thursday 30th June. A long drive during the day with the Traynors in their (more reliable) S-max. An early start made easier with packing the van the day before …. Everything but the kitchen sink. I can’t believe Esther (Tetris queen) fitted as much stuff in. I’m assured that it’s all essentials for a 2 week trip abroad… Hmm?🤔

Special mention has to go to the drawers, all five of them. 

We drove throughout the day to reach the evening sailing from Portsmouth to St. Malo. The van was running like a dream. This was the first big trip since the new engine install, time to put some miles on it. Buried in the back of the photo above are the bikes, Esther’s, John’s, Serena’s and Emily’s. Mines had to go on Tosh’s roof ….. Wee Esther wouldn’t have had enough room for all of her crap stuff!

After docking in the morning at St. Malo it was time to make our way to Baden. About 100 miles should take us about 2/3 hours. 

About 15 miles into the journey the van started juddering a bit on the motorway. The feeling of dread was unbelievable! The stink of diesel inside the van was really strong, it didn’t feel and smell so good. After many phone calls about recovery and getting it fixed we ended up like this …..  What a great start to our holiday 😡

I could go on all day about the cost and how pissed off I was, but basically we were recovered to Daniel Mouton VW in St. Malo after having to pay for 2 uplifts €290 in total. Day 1 in France was awesome so far….

The van had to stay there until Thursday 7th of July as they had to order in a’diesel leak off pipe’ which had failed and was spewing diesel into the engine bay. 

If it hadn’t been for Tosh taking Serena to the campsite with his family, emptying his car and coming back for us we would have been snookered. S-max packed with everything we could fit …. Sadly wee Esther’s pink drawers had to stay 😏

Time for some wine and an amazing holiday in Baden. This is our 5th time visiting France for a holiday. This year has got to be one of my favourites, decent weather, good company and amazing accommodation. This year we had a patio cottage rather that a static caravan. I’m not sure if we’ll be able to go back to a static. 

On one of our day trips we visited Vannes in our Van wearing our Vans😜

Vannes & Auray were beautiful. Great days out for some delicious ice cream and whatever that thing Serena had….

We had the best time on our holiday especially considering the rough start. We picked the van up again on Thursday and were able to get out and about. A 100+ mile journey, I was assured that it was all fixed and the diesel smell would go away…..

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After our final day where we had a BBQ in the rain ….. There is a lot to be said for Scottish ingenuity (Tosh’s umbrella bungied onto the decking post) we got packed up and headed for Roscoff. 

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We stopped over in Plymouth for the night after a great daytime crossing. John and I went to the cinema and Serena won the colouring competition …. Again!

A wee surprise the morning after when we told the kids that we were heading to Alton Towers on the way home. 2 days in Best Western and a day visit to Alton Towers theme park. 

Thursday 14th of July, time to head home to Scotland. The van was going great …. Time for hame!

We were 6 miles from home and it happened again…. The van was losing power and stuttering as if there was no fuel. Thankfully we managed to pull over safely on the m74. Time for a call to Green Flag …. Again😡

Esther and I just turned to each other and laughed….. You could not make this up😂

Thankfully we had left  Stoke early in the morning, so at about 1:30 the VW van centre got a call telling them to expect my van back …… On a transporter. 

Give them their due, they gave me a courtesy van while it was getting fixed…. Again!

A nice new shiny white t6…. 

If I had my choice of a brand new t6 or my t5.1…. I’d take mine every time. 

If Green Flag are the 5th emergency service as it says in the adverts, surely Tosh has to be the 6th. If it hadn’t have been for the man our holiday would have been a complete disaster. As it is we had a fabulous time and cherish the happy memories that we’ve made.

p.s if you hadn’t realised what we have decided to call our van, there really can only be one name….

“MALO”

We’re off on our summer holiday to Brittany on Thursday morning. Me and the kids took the van out tonight for a run to make sure iPads & chargers etc all worked…. 

And they did👍

For Father’s Day last week I got some goodies for my van. New headlight bulbs, sidelight bulbs, daytime running bulbs, a rear view mirror and a multi way usb charger. 

What a pain it was putting in the new bulbs in particular the main beam ones. As it turns out the sidelight led’s are too big for the opening …. eBay fail!

The daytime running bugs are simply awesome. They should be at £30 for a pair. An amazing transformation for my transporter😏

I must try and get some sidelight bulbs and fog light bulbs after our holidays. 

During the week I thought to myself that I should use up the extra ‘thermoliner’ that I had. There seemed like enough to either insulate the front doors or the cab roof. I decided the cab roof was getting it. Once again thoosands of bits had to come off but with the help of my beautiful wife we got it done. One small snag, I thought I wrecked the courtesy light. Upon further investigating and the trusty VW t5 forum I found out it was just a fuse. 

Job done!

All I needed to do was put the iPad holders on and find a way to run the 3 metre cables for charging. I only have one 12v socket so I bought a splitter from Halfords…. Now I have 2. I’m never that keen on lots of wires lying about so I decided to try and run them behind some of the dash panels. 

Today I learned how to take my dash apart and put it back together…. Result, only 1 extra screw🤔

It was well worth the effort. The most difficult thing was trying to get the cigar lighter tray out…. I had to take out the full lower dash to access the two final screws. Just as well I did it really as there were signs of a trapped wire leading to the 12v socket. Fixed!

Whilst I had everything off I decided to run a charging wire for my phone up to the top tray. It will look a lot neater when I have my phone/satnav in my CD slot mount. 

“You can never have enough USB sockets” 

It seems that everything runs from USB now. I’ll never understand why car manufacturers insist on installing 12v sockets instead of USB’s. The final gadget to be installed was the multi USB socket. It can charge 5 devices at one time and even offers 2 fast charge ports. Once everything was back together I had to take the kids and their devices to see if it actually did what it says it would…. Guess what, it did. A neat install to keep us all charged up on our long trip to Portsmouth on Thursday. 

We are ready! If I could only nail down (literally) the squeak in the B pillar I’d be a happy man. I’ve been at it twice already…. Maybe the 3rd time’s a charm. Apart from that and a small leak from John’s sliding window, we’re set to go. 

Wash, hoover, wheels cleaned, windows cleaned, packed and we’re off….

France, here we come!      “We’re all going on a ….. “

During the week and today I’ve managed to get another few things done that I would like before we go to France.

1st things first …. The oil leak. I took it into VW van centre Glasgow on Tuesday at 8am to have it looked at. It turns out that it was a gasket between the turbo and the engine. It took them about 2 hours to fix the leek then wash the under tray. The young mechanic seemed a little under pressure as I watched through the glass the whole time👍

More new clips were ordered from Harrisons and another metre of Suedliner for the other sliding door. I also ordered a metre of ‘Easyliner’in Graphite to cover the newly sound deadened/insulated wheel arches. Do you ever get that feeling that the person on the other side of the phone isn’t quite getting it?! Needless to say the wrong order came through. I received Veltrim in light Grey instead of Suedeliner. … Idiot!

After phoning them again and speaking to someone else I got the Suedeliner sent through. The last panel is covered ready to go on…. All I need are the other clips… Maybe Monday.

During the day today I thought I would tackle the ‘4 way stretch carpet’ Easyliner. Once I had cut it to roughly the size needed I cracked open another can of spray glue and got stuck in …. Literally. I thought to do it properly I’d be better lifting the floor and giving it a clean underneath. Another full day spent cleaning ,brushing ,cutting ,stretching and basically wrecking my knees. It was well worth it when I finally saw the finished result at 8pm tonight. 

It’s Father’s Day tomorrow…. I wonder if my awsome weans will bring me some camper goodies..😜 I’ve been asking for a camper van for years…

The inside panels are now all fitted except one. It looks and smells brilliant!

Hopefully I’m going to get everything done to the van before we drive to France in a few weeks. Some exciting mods… Well for me anyhow!

I made a phone call to http://www.chillijamvans.co.uk/ and had a really interesting conversation about what springs to buy. It was decided that I needed pack 4 heavy front & heavy rear. These arrived on Thursday when I promptly took it to Paul’s to have them fitted.  4 springs, 2 rear Spring cups, 2 new drop links and 2 top mount bearings. 

All fitted and ready to drive again on Saturday. The back end doesn’t really sit too low yet, apparently it takes a few weeks to settle …..the ride is superb and a whole lot more ‘car like’

H&R -40mm

Off with the old … on with the new… Blue!

Other jobs this weekend…

I insulated/deadened the wheel arches. A tricky job but well worth the effort. 

Time to get started with the Veltrim. I was a bit worried about this … I wasn’t sure how easy it would be to work with and exactly how it would turn out.

I needn’t have worried. Sunday (virtually all day) was spent cutting/ trimming/ sticking … Rolling! I’m just hoping that they fit when I put them back in the van. Sure as fate just as I was getting the hang of it…. I ran out of Veltrim. There was a great big seam on the last bit that I had left ….. Aargh! All I need is about 1 more metre, longer clips and some carpet to finish the wheel arches. I contacted http://www.harrisonstrimsupplies.co.uk/ to have the extra bits sent up….. Tuesday might see the beginning of re-assembly. 

Oh! And there’s an oil leak…. Just emailed VW😡