Unimog Club UK

well, its not mog related, but it is my pride and joy (along side the westfalia ) so thought id make a thread on it.

I got the good old faithfull combo about 18 months ago, after i got fed up of my caddy breaking down on me  (i ended up stranded on the side of the m62 in the middle of winter on the way back from an install, taking water from a little stream full of stagnant water with a cup and putting it in the water bottle. then giving up on that prospect i thrashed it to ferry bridge services, about 1 mile, and waited for dad to rescue me, not giving a dam whether it seized up on me or not, shortly after that it got turned into baked bean cans) as soon as i got in it i was very impressed, it is light and easy to drive, and also a lot more comfortable and spacious than the caddy. therefor i have come up with about 5 different plans for future combos (including this one) but theyre for the future 

so what im going to do first is copy all my progress threads from vxon (vauxhall owners network, a great forum http://vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk/index.php?threads/the-corsa-combo-project-worlds-slowest.315690/ )then i'll update this thread when i do something to the van

Hello everyone!
After doing a few things to the van in the months ive had it (inbetween all the other projects weve got :rolleyes:) i thought id put some pics up of the things ive been doing. i will warn you all, this is going to be a very slow build   we have to many projects to do, so when we have a vehicle thats running we tend to look at the ones that arent, we hate having stuff that wont move under its own steam.
so, the first things we did were get the van sign written, after a lot of of Tcut to get rid of the faded spots from the old sign writing, (i was like popeye after that ), it looked like this.

i drove it around abit afterwards, hense the dirt around the front arch.
then i drove the van to the graphics man and spent the day learning to put the transfers on, i drove the van home looking like this 

i also fitted the mud gaurds after finding it was terrible for spraying mud up the side, we live in the country side so the cars get dirty easily. its better with them on, but not a lot.

now to the part ive had the most fun from

first of all, i fitted my new tweeters. at first i planned to fit them in the same clip as the origionals, but they were to tight. so i modified the covers so they slide on from the front.
first i drilled the clip off the back which is held on by 3 plastic "rivets", then i cut the grill out using a stanley knife, with a gardian beside me of course .
and tada, it looked a bit like this, but not fitted

the tweeters came with passsive crossovers so i mounted the crossovers behind what was the tweeter cover, right at the bottom (black sqaure), useing self tappers.

and with it all back together it looks like this, im pretty chuffed.

so, next i fitted the amp, completely ignoring kenwood who said to fit the speakers first, because this is the bit i was looking forward to, you can fit speakers any day, but this is my first amp install .

so first off i removed the seat and gave the whole job a good clean and hover.
then i made a stencil out of cardboard in the shape of the floor. i used a jigsaw to cut the wood, 15mm ply, for the amp to sit on'




next was to run the ignition live and the live, i removed the sill trim, part of the b pillar trim and the a pillar trim under the dash on both sides of the van, but realised afterwards i only needed to remove the passenger side trims.
first i ran the main live (big red wire), i passed it through the cubby boxs behind the seats.

then into the flexible wire channel behind the b pillar trim,

after this i ran it along the sill (again through the wire channel) and up under the dash and into the wire box behind the glove box.



its a right pain to remove the lid of this i found out  youve got to remove the trim from under the windscreen and then slide the battery over and undo the lid.
then i ran the wire into the fuse box and back out through the gland underneath,

i then mounted the fuse holder, i mounted it on top the wire box lid, using a small amount of sealant to stop water getting in. heres a pic of it back together.

ive left the fuse out of it for now until i get the speakers in. i also plan to get some sheathing to protect the wire from the metal edge.
i ran the ignition live the same way and put it to an ignition live in the fuse box as i couldnt find one at the back of the radio, again this is currently disconnected until the speakers are in..
for the earth i used the threaded hole in the cubby box which i think is normally used for holding the jack. you can just see the end of the bolt in this picture just behind the amp.

with the trim on.

and the seat in.

i plan to stain the wood black at some point. gonna be a while until my next update as dads got the van for the next 3 days so i might just put a pic of the sub up so you get the idea
thoughts, ideas and opinions welcome.
cheers, Brian

Right, now to take out the bulkhead. should have been a 10 minute job but it turns out the ply floor in the back was covering a couple of mountings  so i had to take that out.
pic of the bulk head in.

then i took the bulkhead out and the floor, and after a bit of a clean i revealed a fantastically straight floor

then i put the floor back in, heres a pic with the bulkhead out.

turns out the bulkhead is to small for the sub, i could make it fit with some modification but im looking at several different ways, so im gonna have a think first.

Cheers, Brian

thanks chaps:)
just bought this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kenwood-DPX-404U-CD-MP3-Car-Stereo-Double-Din-Tuner-USB-Aux-iPod-iPhone-/330707398333?_trksid=p5197.m1992&_trkparms=aid=111000&algo=REC.CURRENT&ao=1&asc=14&meid=1717924768284517011&pid=100015&prg=1006&rk=3&
and this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/170844867684?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
now for the long wait for the delivery :coffee:

just a small update,
fitted the new plug, went 8 pin in the end, mainly cause it was the only one the guy had, but it has its advantages, in case i ever fit a dual voice sub woofer



cut it into the box to make it look tidier, held in with 2 screws on the back. looking for a rubber boot to put over the external wires now, no rush, hopefully i'll fall on one 

and thats about it, apart fro i gave it a really good clean and put a temporary sheet across, to stop the noise coming through before me and a mate went to see nickleback.

as usual, thoughts, ideas and opinions welcome
cheers, Brian

did the hover test on my sub box the other day (blocked one breather on the 6x9 breathers, and stuck the hover over theother one) and couldnt belive how much it pulled the sub in. so i siliconed it up the other day
Before:


After:


I did every edge, including in the 6x9 boxs, i also put some p tape around the sub section for where the rear lid sits.

also found out that it was the tweeter bracket rattleing, so removed them and have plans for remounting them in the front


As usual, thought and ideas welcome

   so, sunday morning came, and i started to strip the back of the van out. first off, the floor came out and all the lower trims.
   

    then decided to fit the new jack mount and first aid mount, the first aid mount is made from some of the funkiest stuff ive ever come across  like little bit of plastic pipe squished together.


    can fit these behind the rear panels now cause they have removable covers :cool:

    the jack mount


    if anyone knows where the breaker bar and towing eye goes that would be awesome.


    then the first aid carrier


    then i cut the floor out, the worst part was removing the actual floor, there were so many spot welds  its safe to say GM didnt want it to come out. once i got the floor out though the space frame underneath came out easy
http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a523/UnimogclubUK/IMG_0207_zps6e655045.jpg

    bit of a clean out then the carpet in, again they gave me it with the seats


    then fitted the new b pillar trims, the old ones had cut out for the bulk head to mount to, so i got the trims from the other van.

    before


    after


    then noticed that the handbrake mounting plate was rusty, so dintrolled it

    before


    after


 so fairly chuffed with how its going so far, all needs a good clean out.
went down to megavaux again today, fortunatly i was already heading that way. spoke to them and straight away they sorted the job, got the backrest mount and floor extension. also got the door cards as they have a little "arm rest" molded into them plus a rim for my spair tyre, dads of to get the imp motd tomorrow so i'll ask him to fit it for me whilst hes there.

As usual, thoughts, ideas, and opinions welcome

cheers, Brian