Citroën AK400 Van

The diary of the restoration
of SEE 881T, a 2cv van

My name is Colin and I live near Bedford in the UK. This a record of the restoration of an AK400 van.

(The descriptions and photographs are a record of what I did and are not offered as advice or recomendations. Please see disclaimer.)

2nd March 2001	Purchase	01
17th March 2001	Collection	02
18th March 2001	First assessment	03
24th March 2001	Assess front brakes	04
1st April 2001	Assess rear  brakes	05
17th April 2001	Remove rear brake cylinders	06
22nd April 2001	Removing the suspension units	07
4th May 2001	Separate the body from the chassis	08
5th May 2001	Remove the body	09
11th May 2001	Remove the engine	10
12th May 2001	Remove the suspension arms	11
20th May 2001	Welder	12
28th May2001	Chassis inspection	13
3rd June 2001	Removing chassis top plate	14
9th June 2001	Remove chassis bottom plate	15
10th June 2001	All the chassis rust	16
21st June 2001	Removing front suspension arms	17
23rd June 2001	Strip dashboard and remove glass	18
5th July 2001	Remove kingpins	19
8th July 2001	POR15	20
15th July 2001	Rear brake pipes	21
18th July 2001	Rear Brake Adjusters	22
19th July 2001	Body on side	23
29th July 2001	Rear brake cam adjusters fix	24
5th August 2001	Repair front edge of offside wheel arch	25
10th August 2001	Repaired sills	26
16th August 2001	Repaired Toeboard	27
26th August 2001	Repaired left front corner van box	28
9th September 2001	Repaired front of side floors	29
29th September 2001	Made new outriggers	30
3rd October 2001	Rear Door Pillar Lower Repair Panel	31
7th October 2001	Repaired front cross beam	32
20th October 2001	Top plugs of kingpins	33
28th October 2001	Fitted front and rear cross members to chassis	34
10th November 2001	Repaired right front corner van box	35
18th November 2001	Move indoors	36
30th April 2002	Start to repair bonnet hinge	37
8th May 2002	Spotweld bonnet hinge brackets	38
16th May 2002	Made new battery compartment	39
21st July 2002	Spotwelded and brazed REP22 Panel	40
21st August 2002	Brazed repairs to windscreen surround	41
24st August 2002	Brazed repairs to top of rear panels	42
26th August 2002	Painting the Wheels	43
8th October 2002	Paint inside roof	44
27th November 2002	Moving the steering wheel hole	45
3rd December 2002	Front pillar to sill	46
24th December 2002	Spray undercoat on scuttle	47
1st February 2003	Bolt body to chassis	48
22nd June 2003	Repairing holes in body	49
9th July 2003	Sprayed undercoat	50
26th July 2003	Sprayed top coat	51
16th August 2003	Start renovating parts	52
26th August 2003	Painted and fitted vent shutter	53
29th August 2003	Fitted dashboard and windscreen	54
27th September 2003	Strip engine	55
2nd October 2003	Clean Machine	56
8th October 2003	Fitted new barrel and piston set	57
10th October 2003	Replaced output shaft seals	58
14th October 2003	New brake pipes	59
24th October 2003	Fitted fuel line	60
27th October 2003	Refurbished shock absorbers (dampers)	61
28th October 2003	Started engine	62
7th November 2003	Adjusted front brakes	63
14th November 2003	Repaired seat backs	64
4th December 2003	Started to paint front wings and bonnet	65
9th December 2003	Finish painting front wings and bonnet	66
25th June 2004	Started painting doors	67
26th June 2004	Finished painting doors	68
1st July 2004	Refitted Doors and Wings	69
6th July 2004	MOT test	70
15th July 2004	MOT re-test	71
25th July 2004	Test Engine Breather	72
30th July 2005	Sold Van	73

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