71 Westy tintop Update 29th October Going to Auction

[rallye dale]

Cheers , the problem is when you do one thing it makes the next bit look shit ! and on it goes

Need to start looking at getting the bodywork professionally painted now

And i need one of them vintage speed exhausts

 

[68_early_bay]

And i need one of them vintage speed exhausts

That's the first thing on my shopping list when I my new engine in next year lol :lol:

 

[rallye dale]

This is the next job, will get the shafts painted tomorrow, kept hold of the old spreader plates off the old cv's, think they were og vw, opened the boxes of the new ones and seen that the new ones dont come with them, so thought happy days, put the old ones back on, but no the raised bits on the boots wont let them sit flat , not happy about not using them but might end up trying to make them fit yet

Done a bit of cleaning behind the dash with a few cans of oven cleaner , some bloody sharp bits of metal behind there and the oven cleaner stings like.... :!: in cuts

 

[89Rallye]

Looking good dude,

Never heard about using over cleaner, nice trick but is that not a little harsh on the electrics etc back there.

I've just done my cv's, the boots look the same as yours and I must admit I didnt check mine so it will be first job in the morning.

 

[rallye dale]

The oven cleaner is a mousse type, seems fine

Did you paint the drive shafts then :lol:

 

[89Rallye]

The oven cleaner is a mousse type, seems fine

Did you paint the drive shafts then :lol:

Of course, would you expect anything less?

 

[rallye dale]

Painted the drive shafts

I then started to renew heater cables, pulled the passenger side one out no probs, then drivers side, pulled it about an inch then it got stuck :x , ended up rocking the bus and wrapping the cable round me work bench to pull it out, took ages ,but it came out eventually
Only problem was when i went to put the new one in, it only goes in about 2 foot and get stuck, something but have got stuck in there
Left that and put a new accelerator cable in then ready for the new carbs

 

[rallye dale]

Not tacked the heater cable yet !

Built the drive shafts up

Couldnt leave the air filter stand in so starting to remove this next

Got some more bits powder coated

Bumper brackets

Battery clamp and thermostat bracket

 

[89Rallye]

Powder coatings looking good Dale 8)

Are you doing Bus Types this weekend?

 

[rallye dale]

Dont think so, going to Bolton to watch the match tomorrow :msn4: , and my little lads going a birthday party sunday

 

[Barkafer]

Fine work you're doin there. Your bus is gonna be clean!

 

[rallye dale]

ENGINE :mrgreen:

 

[dubscum]

8)

 

[rallye dale]

A couple more

 

[rallye dale]

Had a bit of a nightmare with the air filter stand :evil:

Could'nt get it off wthout tearing the metal , made a mess of the arch, had to weld it up , but its all done now except for painting the arch

While blowing all the muck out the engine bay i thought i would stick the air line down the hole to the left of the fuel tank, got half a beach out of there :shock:

All ready for painting now

 

[rallye dale]

I hate bodywork and painting :evil:


I painted the area with etch primer from an aerossol but didnt quite have enough so decided to buy some for the gun , i then painted it with the new etch primer and it went tits up, it reacted badly in most places so had to strip it all back off :roll:

Took me ages to get it all back smooth again

Anyway its mostly done now in colour, still hate painting though

Its not perfect a the minute, a few little runs but its a nightmare to get into the sides, i'll get there

 

[rallye dale]

Getting there with the paint now, nearly done :evil:


Anyway a few engine pics

1641 Mahle b & p's
Scat C25 Cam
Scat ratio rockers 1.25 : 1
Std heads with a bit of porting
Twin 36 Dellorto's
Facet fuel pump,pressure regulator
CB performance inlets, air filters and linkage kit
Bosch blue coil
Bosch plug leads
Pertronix elec ignition
Schadek oil pump 30mm gears

 

[rallye dale]

A few updates,

Gear linkage bushes done

Front linkage powder coated

 

[rallye dale]

Due to vintage speed group buy disaster , going to re use the original exhaust which was a nos one, cut the pre heats off, put a bolt in and welded em up , dont need em now due to twin dells

Painted it with some vht paint

It will do for now until i get a vs one

 

[rallye dale]

Started repairing the wiring from where it had be repaired from before, they only used about 3 differant coloured wires

soldered together and heat shrinked, only took the two pics, phone battery died then :roll:

Then sleeved the lot to the same as og

Got the over gearbox rubber in and all the grommets through the bulkhead