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Hello. I'm looking for a pair of cv joints end caps like the ones in the picture. Does anyone have a pair to sell? Thank you. Regards. João

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With the steel cleats in place, after I had zinc plated and protect them with the 2k varnish, I decided it was better to place this part in place: ... and already in place. However, I suppose I will change something here later on.

When all the parts dried out and with the help of Hugo's trailer, we took them to my garage:

After some hours, they were really smooth and ready for being painted. Next day, it was time to finally push them inside the paint booth and paint them: The result was awsome:

... and I went to do this because I had already made some arrangements with André (the painter) for us to finally finish the fiberglass pop top. So, after a few months of taking these pictures.... ... I took them to where André is currently working and we spent a few more hours sanding them ...

While I was in Viseu, I decided it was time to do some other tasks. First, I had to clean some parts from a powder coat that had been damage by a torch and I also had to change the colour of some small parts that had been painted with the wrong paint. So I went to Hugo's bodyshop and with his...

Literally! :lol:

... and after this, I used the 2K varnish again. When assembled on the bus, they were looking like this:

So, I started doing another task. When I painted the front signals bulb holders, I wasn't sure if that was a really good idea, When I was mounting them on the bus, I used some transparent multipurpose grease on the bolts and some of that grease reacted with the paint, removing it. After this, I...

the new track rods are in place: ....however, on the driver's side, after installing the hub and disc brake on the spindle, I realized that the disc brake was scratching in the brake backing plate. It wasn't scratching all the time but only in a particular angle of rotation. This meant that...

I know that feeling and how frustrating some tasks can be.... That's probably one of the reasons (besides having the bus in another city, very far from my home) why I'm taking too long to finish my rebuild. Don't let these small setbacks throw you down. Relax, turn your back for a while or...

a couple of weeks later, I was able to assemble a few more parts to the front suspension: ... however, I first disassembled my calipers completely, removed the paint job I did earlier and repainted them with a new paint more effective (I hope :roll: )

Hello Mike. First, thank you... but there are a bunch of more interesting threads here. Mine it's just too long and boring :mrgreen: About insulation: welll, both! Dynamat is mostly for sound but there are some other Dynamat materials for heat insulation and I'm still ponder buying them or...

After some struggle (as usual) I was able to mount the beam in place ... My hydraulic jacks are too small for this task, especially being my bus on a small cart:

... however, the first seal I used, was a little tight and I had to use some "persuasion" to install the first torsion arm: .... which led me to have to further reduce the diameter of the remaining ones. Even so, I had to use a hammer to mount the other torsion arms:

I didn't like the idea of assembling the front suspension without dust seals so firts thing I did was to ask this forum for opinions here ...so, I bought a pair of original dust seals but I had to reduce the outer diameter:

After a couple of weeks and with the torsion leaves already cut and with new dimples, I decided It was time to start assembling my front suspension. First, I used my swivel pin kit .... .... but even with the help of my manuals and easy access to the internet .... ... I managed to...

... and finally:

When I got back to the bus, I did something else: I assembled the gear rod. Several years after removing it, finally went back into the bus. I bought this kit although it has some negative reviews but I assembled into the rod anyway.