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Hi @sparkywig I'm keen on the cab doors, mine need too much work. Do you still have them?

I'm with you on this—Butty's Bits does a wiper spindle seal kit but that's as far as my research has gone so far.

Thanks all! My order from Schofield arrived today, the panel is of excellent quality (also had to order a new sliding door handle after mine completely seized so I cut it off...) I've decided to trim the new panel along the bottom running parallel with the "bulge" leaving enough to overlap...

Cheers Earlybay1, I've got sheet steel but lack any metal folding equipment aside from some dolly hammers and girders to bend the metal around, need to keep the neighbours on board though so trying to minimize the noise where possible... I've also got an old mini I can try the seams from handily!

Cheers sparkywig, perhaps I can buy a pair of classic mini seam covers and modify them... time to put my thinking cap on!

I've finished the chassis repairs for now, so I have moved on to the final *big* job—replacing the windscreen... I think it's a wise move to invest in this quality lower repair panel, considering the wiper arm holes are also shot: Front Panel Upper Windscreen & Bulge Repair Panel, BEST...

Cheers Moseley—my EMPI bolts are all tapered, whether this is correct or not I don't know, I've covered a shockingly small amount of miles in my bus in the 10 years of ownership to notice any driving issues!

Thanks Graham—are you still at your Redditch workshop? I'm only 5 mins away so can pop over easily.

Update: I have found these via a seller on eBay...

The seller has the 19mm version too if this is useful to anybody...

I've just found them from an eBay seller, though they take a larger socket (21mm instead of 19mm): https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/275468858217?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=fIe_6mk5R8e&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=hm0UlvvKRlu&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Oh brill—I've just posted measurements of mine on this post: Wheels If yours match can I take them off your hands?

Resurrecting this thread—I am struggling to find some wheel nuts for my EMPI alloys, I need 4 to replace the locking nuts. Mine seem to be 12mm all round, but all I can find online is 14mm (M14 is 14mm, is that correct?). My bus is a 1971 with discs up front, I can't see any records in the...

Hi Johnny, I know this is a long shot being 10 years ago...but I don't suppose you have those EMPI M12 nuts lying around do you? I can't find them online anywhere!

So I've taken a closer look at the underside this weekend prior to refitting the beam, and it appears that my clutch cable routes above the beam via this stock-looking bracket: What's going on here, is this a customisation that I should revert, or, is it standard for my 1971 bus?

Brilliant thank you, I will install a fresh cable in the correct route!

To resurrect this question—should the clutch cable run through the front beam, or above it? I've got a sneaky feeling mine was pushed above the beam by a P.O. to avoid having to detach it to remove the beam, but I don't know for sure. Mine only had the handbrake cables running through the beam...

Side panel made! It was a bit tricky without any metal shaping equipment but it will look fine with a bit of filler: I decided to drop the front beam—the chassis is rusty and I can't leave it. After reading various articles and my Bentley, the instructions say to remove the clutch cable...

I spent a few days repairing the chassis, but it's always good to do some "pretty" work from time to time that you will see to boost morale—so I'm tackling the side panel. I'm making a new panel from scratch, but I'm unsure where it needs to be welded to: I've not worked on the bus floor...

Oil pressure achieved! After scouring the internet, this comment from "Spannermanager" over in the Volkzone forum seems to have solved my problem! My bus was only *slightly* inclined but as soon as I dropped it, I got oil pressure within about 10 seconds. Time to start it!