71 Westy tintop Update 29th October Going to Auction

[rallye dale]

Some more engine pics, nearly all done now

 

[68_early_bay]

Some more engine pics, nearly all done now

That's looking really good

 

[Marriedblonde]

Nice

 

[rallye dale]

Petrol tank back in

Bought a new bottom connection, came with a plastic filter, decided to bin this and reuse the og one as i couldnt see how the new one would seal against the tank, the og one goes inside the hole and the plastic ones supposed to sit against the face :?

 

[rallye dale]

Bit more done

Put a new conduit in to run more cables for gauges and rev counter

Then where i had to chop a section out of the heater cable conduit , i put a 15mm one over the top

Then put the heater cable in at last

The front is the next to be started after the engines back in, beam will be of paint underneath like the back and powdercoat everything in sight!

 

[rallye dale]

Then after that will get on with stripping the centre section of underseal and crap where the conduits are and paint, took the lagging jacket off the heater tube, looks pretty good, slight bit of rust on the front bit

Front at the minute :roll:

I like white by the way :lol:


Put me wheels on the front

 

[rallye dale]

Got the fuel pipe and filter done and pipe through to the engine bay

Started stripping the old underseal on the centre section, got about half done at the minute

Got some waxoyl down the section thats been done at the rear

 

[rallye dale]

Finished stripping the underseal :roll:

Wired the battery up and connected up the fuel tank sender, put about 15 litres of fuel in it, turned the ignition on, nothing on the gauge,then a bit of a little bounce of the needle, so checked the earth, was ok, so went and got some more fuel, 20 litres more in, still nothing on the gauge

Checked all the wiring and everything was fine

Did a search on here and found if i earthed the sender out and if the gauge then reads full , then the senders ******, yep thats what i've got :evil:

So just ordered a new sender from Heritage and got to drain and remove the tank again

 

[rallye dale]

Heres the pile of underseal not including the stuff that went in me eyes :msn4:

Repalced the sender, tank out

On a slightly happier note , the engines in

On the downside i had the starter reconned when i took the old engine out, it worked fine before but i thought while its out may aswell get it done :!:

What a waste of time that was as it now dont work at all :shock:

So never got chance to start it



A few more shots

Next job is to do the wiring for the Alternator, coil , oil press switch and guage, and the fuel pump, prob will wire this through a relay

Also got the breather box to do :roll:

 

[Heebee_GB]

Stunning work dale.
What did you use to get the underseal off?

 

[68_early_bay]

Nice 8) 8) 8)

 

[rallye dale]

Stunning work dale.
What did you use to get the underseal off?

Cheers Gary

Metal decorators scrapers from aldi, its hard going in places lying on your back, hard plastic ones may work but just be careful not scrape the metal through the paint

 

[rallye dale]

Thanks Shaun, I keep going in the garage and looking at it, its that long since I last seen the engine in there :lol:

 

[Lordain Volley]

Superb effort. Your hard work is paying off. A wise move sorting out the fuel tank and replacing all connections. I can never understand new bus owners that never do this when a bus is 40 years old! :shock:

You must be well chuffed.
8)

LV

 

[rallye dale]

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Here's a link til i sort how i want it to be like in the post :?

 

[rallye dale]

Turned the bus round so i can start on the front end

 

[rallye dale]

Done a bit more

 

[rallye dale]

Started stripping the beam ready for getting it off

Few spiders webs in here

Nice

 

[rallye dale]

Thats it for now

 

[ibérico]

Amazing thread! Just read all of it..so inspiring!
Keep it coming please