Progress Pics - Dormobile X-Over

[mattyd72]

Looking good.

Get back on it :mrgreen:

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[gninnam]

Cheers Matt

 

[kevinhall]

Nice job. Need you to come and do mine... it's been sitting on the garage floor waiting for me to do that for nearly 3 years!

 

[gninnam]

Nice job. Need you to come and do mine... it's been sitting on the garage floor waiting for me to do that for nearly 3 years!

Thanks Kevin
Will be round after to start on yours

 

[gninnam]

Spent another 4 hours cleaning again (seems to go on forever....)

Bottom of the gearbox:

Top:

And the end:

Just needs a full degrease and will be ready for some paint - not sure which colour to go for though - what do you reckon (van is read so thinking going for the same??)

Cheers.

 

[cunning plan]

Nice work on the cleaning! arty0021:

Just needs a full degrease and will be ready for some paint - not sure which colour to go for though - what do you reckon (van is read so thinking going for the same??)

Cheers.

A darker version of the red for the bus would be good as a light colour will show all dirt and make the underneath look worse, unless you regularly clean it.

I considered painting a few chassis components yellow, but then decided against it after thinking about dirt. I think red should be fine though.

 

[Pellwood]

looks mint, great job, you are putting us all to shame.

I only noticed how dirty mine was when i fitted the reversing switch last year, I must have a go myself.

Regards
Pete

 

[gninnam]

Nice work on the cleaning! arty0021:

Just needs a full degrease and will be ready for some paint - not sure which colour to go for though - what do you reckon (van is read so thinking going for the same??)

Cheers.

A darker version of the red for the bus would be good as a light colour will show all dirt and make the underneath look worse, unless you regularly clean it.

I considered painting a few chassis components yellow, but then decided against it after thinking about dirt. I think red should be fine though.

Thanks - think your right - might go for a dark read then.
Another question though - heat resistant or not?

 

[gninnam]

looks mint, great job, you are putting us all to shame.

I only noticed how dirty mine was when i fitted the reversing switch last year, I must have a go myself.

Regards
Pete

To be honest, it being dirty will not affect how it works and you very rarely see it, but I thought while it's out (oh err missus) and I can't do the body work, may as well do something..

Once this has been done, will start on the engine (scared - not been used for at least 5 years............)

 

[gvee]

That's some serious elbow grease!
Did you really just use a manual wire brush?

Not sure it's worth heat resistant... the closest source of decent heat source is the heat exchangers, right? And I reckons that is far enough away not to bother!

I've got a fair wedge of spare engine bits, so give me a shout before spending some pennies on parts

 

[cunning plan]

Another question though - heat resistant or not?

Not sure it's worth heat resistant... the closest source of decent heat source is the heat exchangers, right? And I reckons that is far enough away not to bother!

You have done so much work there, you would not want to do it all again, so I would choose heat resistant on the basis that it should be more durable to stone chips than normal paint and in the middle of summer on hot tarmac when your bus has just finished a long drive, I would guess that it would be fairly warm. :msn4:

Either way, keep the pictures coming.. oke:

 

[gninnam]

That's some serious elbow grease!
Did you really just use a manual wire brush?

I've got a fair wedge of spare engine bits, so give me a shout before spending some pennies on parts

A little bit of mechanical help was involved

And cheers for the spare engine bits - hoping it will be good but you never know......

You have done so much work there, you would not want to do it all again, so I would choose heat resistant on the basis that it should be more durable to stone chips than normal paint and in the middle of summer on hot tarmac when your bus has just finished a long drive, I would guess that it would be fairly warm. :msn4:

Either way, keep the pictures coming.. oke:

Cheers mate.

Was thinking of THIS to paint the gearbox with - what do ya think??

 

[cunning plan]

Was thinking of THIS to paint the gearbox with - what do ya think??

I have not seen that before! :shock:

Depends how kinky your wife is I guess... :lol:

:whip:

 

[gninnam]

Depends how kinky your wife is I guess... :lol:

:whip:

you sick puppy... :lol:

Not seen it in use but have been aware of it for some time and like the idea of it (was thinking of spraying the van with the paint as I wouldn't need a perfect base to work with..........)

 

[mike202]

Not sure about the rubberised paint.

I'd quite like a nice light grey paint if I was doing mine.



There's fifty shades to choose from :lol:

 

[gninnam]

Not sure about the rubberised paint.

I'd quite like a nice light grey paint if I was doing mine.

Why not the rubber paint?

I have seen a gearbox done in grey and it looked OK, but I want to jazz up the underneath.

There's fifty shades to choose from :lol:

Fifty shades to choose from my arse :lol:

 

[mike202]

I would have thought that any damage to the paint skin might result in water and dirt getting held underneath the surface against the metal. As opposed to normal paint just chipping.





Not that I'm an expert on rubber or anything :lol:

 

[gninnam]

Not that I'm an expert on rubber or anything :lol:

Who is :lol:

Understand your reservation.
The website has plenty of vids of the product and they reckon that it grips well and should stay on indefinitely.
Is a bit expensive but might be a good choice as with it being rubber, it should be a good way of protecting the van and also supposed to be easy to patch any nicks...

Still a while before I will be at that stage so

 

[gninnam]

Started to work on the starter motor - very rusty but solid.

The piggy back module (forgot what it's called :lol: ) cleaned up and ready for some rust proofing:

Start of the proofing:

The main unit cleaned up and the proofing added:

Ran out of etch primer so hope to tart up tomorrow (plus allows the proofer to do it's job better.

Turned my attention to the cleaned up gearbox. After a few coats of etch primer and normal primer:

Hoping tomorrow to finish of the starter then check it still works.
Then get some VHT paint for the gearbox and give it a few coats.

Cheers

 

[Myvanway]

Awesome job on that there gearbox. 8)