1969 Portugese Panel Van

[61 stu]

Nice socks mate.

you should see his trainers! :shock:

:lol:

 

[sparkywig]

:lol:

 

[Grazy]

Prep and etch primed cab floor

Top coat , needs another coat but weather needs to dry up :roll:

Trial fitted Wolfsburg West Over arch mats ,

NOTE to anyone buying these mats , don't cut etc before trial fitting as my seatbelt hole was about 3 inches away from where it was on the mat !!!

More soon !

 

[roland]

Nicely done! Good work...

 

[Grazy]

Thank Roland !

 

[ZedBed]

Nice socks mate.

you should see his trainers! :shock:

I would have thought sandals would be better with those socks?

 

[Grazy]

Had a problem with the brakes on my van , Was losing fluid , and it pulled to the left when breaking ,

So my first attempt at work on the drum brakes was needed ! :shock:

Believing a leaking wheel cylinder to be the culprit i ordered all the parts required to do the overhaul , I got these from GSF and took them home ready for the weekend ,
Saturday came along and off to work on the van i went , Stripping the drum off under instruction from Mr Haynes and K@rlos off here , So after a while in the sun i got to this stage - Happy i was

Not major , but for me it is !

So after a cuppa and feeling great i got to stripping the shoes off , took out the adjuster stars off and finally the cylinders , Cleaned up the hub and got the new parts out
:shock: :shock:
Stupid woman in GSF sold me all the parts for the rear , FFS ! :evil: Not Happy

So put it all back together :roll:

Got all the FRONT parts this time and got everything sorted :mrgreen:

Having changed all 4 cylinders on the drums , I notice none of them were leaking , so i checked master cylinder and it was weeping - Bugger !

So van was like this for a week

I ordered a M/C from Machine 7 , for a 68-70 ( and 71-78 non servo ) It turned up and me and Karl set about fitting it

Turns out my master cylinder is different to the one i got , but with no time to loose , it had to go on so with a bit more brake line ALOT of swearing and a 'T' piece it was in !

Here is the old one ,, Is it a 68 only item ???

what a way to spend your Jubilee weekend ,

Thanks for the help K@rlos , Thanks for nothing Mrs GSF

At least it's in one piece for Alive N Vee Dubbin


Even done a bit on interior :msn4:

Teaser

Cheers G 8)

 

[67panel]

if your m/cly had the brake light switches fitted to it then its late 68-71 unlike mine that has them fitted to T pieces under cab seat area :shock:

 

[61 stu]

good work amigo

 

[Marriedblonde]

Reading these threads is very much love/hate. Love reading them but hate i dont have more info on my van

Great thread, great van

 

[Slammed]

Nice work Gra, knew you'd get there. See you soon. 8)

 

[dubscum]

nice work! Send Karl my way

 

[mattd1984]

Nice work, alway satisfying doing a job for the first time, 8)

 

[tintintin]

Geezer, nice to see your progress son - looking as sweet as ever

catch up soon

W

 

[Olskoolchris]

Bus looks awesome, love the new rims.

 

[Grazy]

Thanks for the props men , Had a great weekend away in it , Now a few more jobs to do before Stanford hall

 

[Grazy]

At Alive N V Dubbin

Done a few bits pre MOT !

Old tyres off

New on

Graham L pointed out i had a NOS fishbowl in my headlight !! So that needed sorting

Tap with a rubber mallet :shock:

All sorted

Off for an MOT !
:roll:

 

[sparkywig]

8)

 

[K@rlos]

nice work! Send Karl my way

:lol:

 

[Grazy]

After a few issues , i managed to get the van MOT'd 8)

Thanks to my mate K@rlos for fitting electric washer system , and Nick Rackham for sorting rear lights

Also picked these up !