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Cheers for the comments guy's, to be honest it's been great fun doing it but there are plenty of jobs I need to do again.
Not having my own garage at the start meant I had to get it done really fast so jobs like painting the trailing arms and spindles, skimming the drums etc didn't get done
I am slowly starting to get my garage sorted so i should be able to start doing things to a more except able standard.
Not having my own garage at the start meant I had to get it done really fast so jobs like painting the trailing arms and spindles, skimming the drums etc didn't get done
I am slowly starting to get my garage sorted so i should be able to start doing things to a more except able standard.
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New door cards varnished and ready for trimming
Whilst the interior was out the way at the trimmers I stripped down the steering column to fix the horn.
Straightened out the cover at the base of the column and shot some paint on it.
The issue with horn was a faulty new steering coupling, I have made a reimport fix whilst I wait for Heritage to get a new genuine In stock.
Whilst the interior was out the way at the trimmers I stripped down the steering column to fix the horn.
Straightened out the cover at the base of the column and shot some paint on it.
The issue with horn was a faulty new steering coupling, I have made a reimport fix whilst I wait for Heritage to get a new genuine In stock.
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I have been slowly completing a few jobs on the bus.
Dropped the engine so I could replace the fuel sender.
The inside of the bus was in a similar state when I got it so I wasn't massively surprised to find that squirrels had been living in the fuel tank bay.
All cleaned up and wax oiled
Attention turned to the tank now, I painted it and after a long wait I sourced a sender following some help from this forum. I was lucky as most places were sold out of genuine ones this was the last one C&C had and they now show as NLA !
Rust neutraliser applied and the tank painted along with new cushion pads installed.
New sender
Dropped the engine so I could replace the fuel sender.
The inside of the bus was in a similar state when I got it so I wasn't massively surprised to find that squirrels had been living in the fuel tank bay.
All cleaned up and wax oiled
Attention turned to the tank now, I painted it and after a long wait I sourced a sender following some help from this forum. I was lucky as most places were sold out of genuine ones this was the last one C&C had and they now show as NLA !
Rust neutraliser applied and the tank painted along with new cushion pads installed.
New sender
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The heat exchanges on my bus are bug ones, I looked swapping the operating lever over to the correct side but when I opened them up it requires a lot of work to do..
There is a flap that is welded to the operating shaft, this would need to be removed and then using a small grinder the tabs removing. The shaft could then be pulled out and put back the other way, the flap then would need welding back on to the shaft, as I don't have my own welder until march I decided to leave them and lock wire them open.
To try and help the heating system i looked at areas i though hot air could escape, i then used a high temp sealant to seal them and wrapped them in heat exhaust heat wrap.
With that finished I wrapped all the joints on the heat exchanger to exhaust and to the body job done and the heating is toasty.
There is a flap that is welded to the operating shaft, this would need to be removed and then using a small grinder the tabs removing. The shaft could then be pulled out and put back the other way, the flap then would need welding back on to the shaft, as I don't have my own welder until march I decided to leave them and lock wire them open.
To try and help the heating system i looked at areas i though hot air could escape, i then used a high temp sealant to seal them and wrapped them in heat exhaust heat wrap.
With that finished I wrapped all the joints on the heat exchanger to exhaust and to the body job done and the heating is toasty.
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It's now time to get ready to fit my narrowed beam and air ride. In order to do this I needed to drop the back of the bus down a bit more so I could have the bus nose first in the garage and still close the door. It's as easy job with the adjustable spring plates however I was already all the way down on the adjuster so I needed to rotate the plate a spline, again easier with adjustable plates than the standard.
I ended up moving the plate up (lowering the bus)2 splines and up 10 turns on the adjusters so now the 3rd spline from standard.
Looks like it was a spline to much oops !
The bus now has zero rake, I will see if I can get it off my drive like this and if so I will just nudge the front down with the new beam, although I guess there is a chance the drive shaft will hit the chassis rail if do then it will go back up a spline
Anyone know how much 1 spline on an adjustable front beam equates to in ride height ?
I ended up moving the plate up (lowering the bus)2 splines and up 10 turns on the adjusters so now the 3rd spline from standard.
Looks like it was a spline to much oops !
The bus now has zero rake, I will see if I can get it off my drive like this and if so I will just nudge the front down with the new beam, although I guess there is a chance the drive shaft will hit the chassis rail if do then it will go back up a spline
Anyone know how much 1 spline on an adjustable front beam equates to in ride height ?
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Really nice bus! Where do you bought the Faux roof bed? Would be nice in my bay! 
Best regards
Reto
Best regards
Reto
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Cool, thanks! Will ask him for a bed for my 72 bay.*Sam* said:
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Reto
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*Sam* said:New door cards varnished and ready for trimming
Are they MDF or ply? How was the fit, I got some off ebay (ply) and they weren't great....
Where did you get them from if you dont mind me asking?
Cheers,
Alistair
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Hi Alistair they are MDF and from JK.
I varnished them before I sent them to the trimmers to help prolong the life of them.
They fit ok although I struggled to get the escutcheon plate on but I think this caused by the amount of wadding used to trim them
I varnished them before I sent them to the trimmers to help prolong the life of them.
They fit ok although I struggled to get the escutcheon plate on but I think this caused by the amount of wadding used to trim them
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