"newshound" gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:
I'd be _gobsmacked_ if they didn't.
You may be surprised. It's gotta be worth a call.
"newshound" gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:
I'd be _gobsmacked_ if they didn't.
You may be surprised. It's gotta be worth a call.
We have run several Daf 45's / Road runners.
The airpipes and power steering steel pipes indeed like to rust for fun if not kept coated with grease. Daf use captive gland nuts with the pipes flared at each end, which rust internally. When you try to un-do them, twists the pipe off. :(
I've used hydraulic hose & fittings made up by my local agri parts shop to replace the pipes entirely. Certainly ok for oil, can't see why not for the air compressor.
Can you access the compressor at all with the cab down?
Tim.
The cab should be able to tilt. A luton I drove many years ago had the floor panel of the luton head loose so it could lift up to enable tilting the cab. Of course many horse boxes are backyard conversions and this may not be the case here.
Just on the off chance that you have a BH postcode, there's an excellent place in Poole called Thread and Pipe, I recommend them.
Steve
Basically, if they can't tilt the cab, they're going to have all hell on to try and do it.
I had wondered if this might be the case, but I suspect not. The luton has "fitted carpet" and it looks to me like the steel framing would get in the way even with the floor out, but it's difficult to be sure without trying. Also, the cab tilt/release mechanism has been disabled in some way that I havn't spotted yet, but while I am grovelling around underneath I will have more of a look around. Apart from the cab issue it looks to be quite a good quality conversion. If the worst comes to the worst, I could always take an angle grinder to the luton because we are not that likely to be sleeping in it.
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