my 68' bay

[68_early_bay]

Sticker brought by the postman this morning 8)

Cheers Paul 8)




Been busy this morning/last night 8)

Finished cleaning/scrubbing/de-greasing then sanded

Bloody cold this morning though :shock:

So.........

All etched

All ready for top coat 8)

STarted on the fill neck

The rubbers A little bit cracked :? So going to invest in a new filler rubber, but that's easier said than done.. The usual suspects only stock the short one for later buses so going to buy a metre length of Fluoro Carbon lined silicone hose

Cleaned rubbed down and etched

And so is the breather loop




Finally feel I'm getting there now, once I've got some top coat on the engine fit is fast lay approaching :mrgreen:

 

[gninnam]

Grand work 8)
Engine bay will soon be ready for the engine.

 

[68_early_bay]

Grand work 8)
Engine bay will soon be ready for the engine.

Cheers Andy 8)

 

[68_early_bay]

Bit of paint 8)

Not the best but a million times better :mrgreen:



Before

Now 8)

:mrgreen:

 

[68_early_bay]

Not managed to get much done lately, sons birthday last week and work is busy still :?



Managed to drop the tank in today, and strap it down going to fit the new fuel filler hose tomorrow, re-fit some wiring, and re git my firetec hopefully :mrgreen:

Sorry for the quality of the pic, I found out this week my iphone doesn't like being dropped down a toilet :lol:

:mrgreen:

 

[sparkywig]

You're ahead of me Shaun.

 

[68_early_bay]

You're ahead of me Shaun.

Cheers si :mrgreen: i still bet you'll have yours up and running before mine :lol:

 

[Mr Brightside]

:mrgreen:

That's a HUUGE oil cooler you have in there!


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[68_early_bay]

:mrgreen:

That's a HUUGE oil cooler you have in there!


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:roll: :lol:

:lol: well I suppose it has oil in it :lol:

 

[68_early_bay]

Been a productive day :mrgreen:


Welded the the little patch I found under the rear arch, jenolite, etched, tiger sealed then stone chipped the arch, and under both battery trays

Then moved onto the tank

Being an early and only short filler hoses being available, I sourced some fluro carbon lined silicone hose, same as shorty, but as I had to buy a minimum length I've got some left over so will be cutting it to length and will be putting them up for sale

Also re-fitted my firetec, fitted the breather hoses, re-fitted the rear lights and wiring too, and fitted the tinware seals ready for the engine to go back in 8) only got the fuel hose to pop on :mrgreen:

 

[gninnam]

Looking very good is that 8)

 

[sparkywig]

Damn you, I thought I was catching up after this afternoon...... :lol:

Looking good though Shaun.

 

[68_early_bay]

Looking very good is that 8)

Cheers Andy 8) it's getting there :mrgreen:

 

[68_early_bay]

Damn you, I thought I was catching up after this afternoon...... :lol:

Looking good though Shaun.

:lol: :lol:


Cheers si :mrgreen: I'm happy with today


There's still plenty to do though I doubt I'll get anymore done before Xmas now, that was my last man cave day before Santa comes :? :lol:

 

[Dirty Harry]

Nice work 8)

 

[68_early_bay]

Cheers Harry




As I settle down for the festivities I thought I'd make a 'to do list' of what jobs I've got to do for my bus to be back on the road, and tick them off as I go

Fit fuel hose
Fit fuel pump
Fit new throttle cable
Fit throttle pedal
Fit buttys throttle linkage
Re fit pedal belly pan
Fit engine
Alter and fit wiring to engine, new pump, and gauges
Mount oil filter
Mount oil cooler
Have oil lines made
Fit oil lines
Refurb rear valence
Mount oil temp gauge and wire
Mount aspro's tacho and wire
Finish paint on n/s arch
Re-fit n/s door
Fit all front rubber mats
Run up engine
Wash, polish and take for mot (come back and start next list :lol: )

Proberbly forgot a few bits and will add them, but at least it's quite a small (ish) list, and hopefully I'll knock a few of them off over Xmas

 

[sparkywig]

As I settle down for the festivities I thought I'd make a 'to do list' of what jobs I've got to do for my bus to be back on the road, and tick them off as I go

Fit fuel hose
Fit fuel pump
Fit new throttle cable
Fit throttle pedal
Fit buttys throttle linkage
Re fit pedal belly pan
Fit engine
Alter and fit wiring to engine, new pump, and gauges
Mount oil filter
Mount oil cooler
Have oil lines made
Fit oil lines
Refurb rear valence
Mount oil temp gauge and wire
Mount aspro's tacho and wire
Finish paint on n/s arch
Re-fit n/s door
Fit all front rubber mats
Run up engine
Wash, polish and take for mot (come back and start next list :lol: )

Proberbly forgot a few bits and will add them, but at least it's quite a small (ish) list, and hopefully I'll knock a few of them off over Xmas

Be finished by Boxing Day then.

 

[68_early_bay]

As I settle down for the festivities I thought I'd make a 'to do list' of what jobs I've got to do for my bus to be back on the road, and tick them off as I go

Fit fuel hose
Fit fuel pump
Fit new throttle cable
Fit throttle pedal
Fit buttys throttle linkage
Re fit pedal belly pan
Fit engine
Alter and fit wiring to engine, new pump, and gauges
Mount oil filter
Mount oil cooler
Have oil lines made
Fit oil lines
Refurb rear valence
Mount oil temp gauge and wire
Mount aspro's tacho and wire
Finish paint on n/s arch
Re-fit n/s door
Fit all front rubber mats
Run up engine
Wash, polish and take for mot (come back and start next list :lol: )

Proberbly forgot a few bits and will add them, but at least it's quite a small (ish) list, and hopefully I'll knock a few of them off over Xmas

Be finished by Boxing Day then.

:lol: :lol:

Yeah I wish :lol: no man cave time til prob the weekend now, time to get drunk and be merry for a few days :msn4:

 

[68_early_bay]

Christmas is done for another year time to crack on


Finally got my garage back from being santas grotto, :roll:

And on the big day my 4 year old prefers to play with the boxes :roll:

:lol:

Managed to get a few hours down in the man cave this afternoon :mrgreen:
Had a really good clean out as it was looking a **** hole :lol: and then got the front end right up in the air, to change the throttle cable, refit the pedal pan cover and fit my buttys kit,

But I also found this :?

A broken steering damper wondered how I hadn't noticed it whilst driving, removed it go find strap marks in the muck on it, so looks like the **** of a recovery truck driver had put the strap round it when he winched me on the tow truck back in July ****, so another thing added go the list :lol:
One step forward 2 back ......

Fit fuel hose
Fit fuel pump
Fit new throttle cable done
Fit throttle pedal
Fit buttys throttle linkage
Re fit pedal belly pan
Fit engine
Alter and fit wiring to engine, new pump, and gauges
Mount oil filter
Mount oil cooler
Have oil lines made
Fit oil lines
Refurb rear valence
Mount oil temp gauge and wire
Mount aspro's tacho and wire
Finish paint on n/s arch
Re-fit n/s door
Fit all front rubber mats
Run up engine
Wash, polish and take for mot (come back and start next list :lol: )

Replace steering damper

 

[68_early_bay]

Plenty done :mrgreen:


Started by fitting my buttys throttle kit

And the pedal pan, then the fuel hose
























And finally ....

:mrgreen: happy days :mrgreen: