redgaz54

Yes mate and something about the internal lock too but I can’t remember what. And here’s the buffer, Ozziedog,,,,,,,,ex panel van

Few pictures with a clip of the cruise to Barryfornia in a ride with Ozziedog. Great day with the early bay guys.

Thanks for that. I'm getting good at planning the 3>2 on slowing down, you can kind of feel it drop in, but the couple times i messed up...

We had a ride out to Goathland village of Heartbeat & Hogwarts fame, in the North Yorks Moors on Saturday. It was unusually quiet with...

Ah nice! Thats really helpful, thanks. I’ll try replacing the gasket and see how it goes. I’ve driven it 5 miles this morning and...

Here's another better pic showing the filler neck, breather and the drain tube from the filler flap. I think your spillage is coming...

That little nozzle to the left of the filler cap is the tank breather, early buses do suffer from fumes as this is open to atmosphere...

Whilst driving, I’ve been smelling petrol for a little while but only inside the bus. I’ve been stopping and looking in the engine bay...

Interesting 🤔. My van was a panel van, didn't know door mechanism was different, must have a deco.

Don't know why this didn't post earlier, but the panel van latch plate is part no. 21 and the buffer sits against this. Window van has...

That buffer only fits buses that were originally panel vans, they had different sliding door latches than windowed buses.

Ok so these arrived today. Can finally loose the adaptors on the rear and give the rear brakes some overdue love

Spot on there Gaz old buddy. I think you’ll find that aftermarket guages are purposefully set a little higher than the stock items...

Go easy with the Bakelite pedestal, as they can break easy. If the rod is freely moving up and down and the correct length I’d be...

Surely the best gauge/ gauges to have are c.h.t.. It's often said that by the time oil starts showing hot it's to late !.