Stu & Clare Present Murphy - Aircooled Campout 2020 Pics

[Airtime]

Nice photos again!

 

[Haveacamper]

Great photos,
Although to start with I thought you must have forgotten your camera was on black and white film

 

[StuF]

Well after an awesome weekend at EarlyBay Campout - thought I would post some pics of the event for those who were not able to go.
Was a great event and we ended up with 65 buses lined up in age order! No mean feat!
Right on with the pics

We cruised down from Lincoln with Adam, Hannah and Penny although he 67 managed to keep up fairly well

We arrived

And got set up

Few more peeps

Beautiful site

First evening consisted of playing fire Jenga with Ozziedog around the fire pit! And some alcohol was involved!

Saturday morning

Who said Tin Tops werent practical for families!!

One of my favourites!!

Epic Turbo Scooby Engined Scooby 5 speed gearboxed bay with Porsche running gear!!

Rolands crew drove to the campout all the way from Belgium!! EPIC! 8)

And then the some pics of todays fun

8) 8)

 

[matty74]

Great pics [emoji106]


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[67westy]

Good trip again mate, one we got of your van on the drive down...

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[Myvanway]

Quality weekend, cheers for pics Stu & Clare.

 

[gas1man]

Awesome to see you guys again and great pic's as usual.

J & P

 

[StuF]

Today was the dreaded MOT - I always mean to get it done at the start of the season but never manage to get round to it.
Was booked in for 11am this morning

Another clean bill of health! No Advisories for Murphy again! Well happy with that

8)

 

[Myvanway]

Nice one bud.

 

[mike202]

Always nice when that's over for another year! [emoji41]

I got mine a couple of weeks ago.


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[StuF]

After speaking to Graham at Stanford and the EarlyBay campout we discussed improving my braking, ive been used to a very firm pedal and some pretty robust brakes having a CSP disk kit upfront and freshly adjusted drums at the back however when fully laden with stella and camping gear the approaches to roundabouts and downhill stretches can sometimes be a little "hairy" especially if a car decides to nip infront at the last minute.

Ive done thousands upon thousands of miles in all sorts of terrain through mountain passes in Europe to the steep hills in Cornwall and with future usage in mind a remote brake booster seemed to be a good idea to make the most of the equipment I already have installed.

So today was a good day out in the bus - I attended my appointment at Midland EarlyBay for some brake BOOST work!
Set off at 0630 from Lincoln to make the 110 mile trip to Grahams unit.
Arrived at 0900 and he cracked on.

Here come the pics!!

Just incase I forgot where I was going!

Pic of the booster on the table - substantial bit of kit!

Sorting out the problematic carb takeoff for the booster to function correctly - not easy with empi manifolds as the takeoff can foul the HT lead

Some of the buses I was sharing the unit with today!

Carb work done

Pic of my rear suspension travel!

Gratuitous *** shot!

Hiding in the corner like a naughty panel van!

Pic under the cab of my disconnected heater blower motor!

Underbody shot

Finding a decent place to mount the booster - in the chassis rails out of harms way

OG Belly Pans - factory fitted as far as we can tell, certainly welded on!

Booster vacuum pipe being positioned

Booster mounted

Engine to front shot

One way valve installed

Brake lines being installed - Graham decided to take a shower in my brake fluid, think he likes the smell!!

Installed

After driving the 110 miles home - wow is all I can say!
Brakes function like a modern car with a progressive pedal and very responsive yet not grabby action.

Wish it was something I had fitted years ago - can approach roundabouts faster and brake later without fear!

Cheers Graham - very happy with the installation! Highly recommended

 

[mike202]

Glad you are pleased with the results, what surface is the servo mounted, its difficult to tell from the pics?

 

[StuF]

It's tucked up between the two chassis rib sections and bolted to the front and rear section - not easy to see, will take a better pic or have a look to see if I have omitted one.

 

[Graham L]

It was a pleasure to see you and Murphy yesterday Stu, glad you are pleased with the results

 

[StuF]

Also forgot to add that the bus drives so much nice now there is grease in the beam and steering idler!
Its stopped all the crashing and banging - so peeps if your bus has become a little hard on the suspension and lost its compliant road handing ways get your grease gun out and go crazy. Thanks again Graham - cracking day out!

Have to take Adam out in the bus now to demonstrate the difference!

 

[StuF]

Well it looks like photobucket have stopped all 3rd party image hosting without paying for their premium service
Guess I will be editing every post and will have to find another site to host my pics!!
What an arse!
Any recommendations - im thinking of going with imgur.com?

 

[Marshy]

I use Tapatalk now, uploads pics straight from my iPhone, much easier


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[StuF]

Did some small jobs on the bus this weekend ready for our trip to Silverstone, Cotswolds and then to Dubs@TheCastle - 2 weeks away living the dream.

Nice little oil change, replaced the cracked fuel pump pedestal and also the oil filler neck securing nut with a fresh item and new seal.

Have a small weep I think from the oil cooler that will be getting sorted when I next remove the engine. Got new gaskets for it but didn't have the time this weekend to drop the engine. It's a tiny weep but I like a dry engine.

Onto the pics

Small crack in the pedestal- was glued but wanted to replace it

All back together

Nice fresh oil all ready for our trip!


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[K@rlos]

I'm slightly disappointed.... the title added boost, I was expecting a turbo charged motor....

 

[StuF]

I'm slightly disappointed.... the title added boost, I was expecting a turbo charged motor....

Haha - nope just a brake booster!! Sorry