| thom |
Mon Aug 11, 2025 7:55 am |
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Jailbars: another one of those "this should only take an hour or so" that turns into an 8-hour in the 105° weather projects (because my polisher is mounted to the slab outside the shop)
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| thom |
Mon Aug 18, 2025 11:38 am |
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Started on the bumper trim inserts - these are a PITF (pain in the fingers). I ended up using my parts washer to warm them up.
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| thom |
Mon Aug 18, 2025 11:39 am |
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First fill-up!
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| Pau |
Mon Aug 18, 2025 2:05 pm |
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thom wrote: Started on the bumper trim inserts - these are a PITF (pain in the fingers). I ended up using my parts washer to warm them up.
Your finger pain is our eye joy! Sorry and thank you! |
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| BarryL |
Mon Aug 18, 2025 6:26 pm |
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BarryL wrote: My '65 Standard got new tires. Off with the old. Got over 70,000 miles out of the old Michelin Agilis.
The tires are Yokohama Y365s 185R14.
On with the new.
Turns out the tire mounting job was a complete failure. But more about that at another time.
I had 5 rims from a one-owner '65 Deluxe I had cut up in the '80s'. I set up a wash station and scubbed all day to get 4 rims to have the tires switched to tomorrow.
Original paint. The tire place better not bend a single hubcap clip. |
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| thom |
Tue Aug 19, 2025 9:57 am |
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| How could mounting tires possibly fail? |
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| crofty |
Tue Aug 19, 2025 10:04 am |
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thom wrote: How could mounting tires possibly fail?
Weights on the outside? |
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| Stocknazi |
Tue Aug 19, 2025 2:41 pm |
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I've got a set of those Yokahoma Supervans and their great.
Make sure the tire shop orients them correctly so minimum weights have to be used.
https://tiregrades.com/tire-maintenance/balancing/red-and-yellow-dots-on-tires/ |
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| thom |
Tue Aug 19, 2025 2:45 pm |
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crofty wrote: thom wrote: How could mounting tires possibly fail?
Weights on the outside?
Like my ex: not so attractive, but still legit and gets the job done |
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| cdennisg |
Tue Aug 19, 2025 2:52 pm |
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| Pretty sure I could have all of those tires mounted by hand in about 20-30 minutes, no tire machine necessary. Some soapy water, tires warmed up in the sun, and a couple of tire levers. |
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| thom |
Tue Aug 19, 2025 8:42 pm |
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Got the rear bumper trim inserts done. I'm getting good at this - the rears took a fraction of the time that the fronts did, and came out better, but I ain't ripping the fronts out again.
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| EasyNow |
Tue Aug 19, 2025 10:02 pm |
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| Curious about the 'Beverly Hills Precision Motor Cars' license plate frames.... Is there a story behind them? |
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| thom |
Wed Aug 20, 2025 7:22 am |
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EasyNow wrote: Curious about the 'Beverly Hills Precision Motor Cars' license plate frames.... Is there a story behind them?
It's not related to this bus - I just grabbed one from my meager collection. My 356 came from that dealership; in fact it was the dealership owner's personal car until 1963. It took a long time to find a plate frame from there, and I've grabbed a couple opportunistically. I'm actually looking for a Norm Burruss/Grand Rapids frame for the bus, since that's where the bus was originally delivered. |
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| crofty |
Wed Aug 20, 2025 11:35 am |
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thom wrote: Got the rear bumper trim inserts done. I'm getting good at this - the rears took a fraction of the time that the fronts did, and came out better, but I ain't ripping the fronts out again.
What are you using to jack the bus up? |
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| cdennisg |
Wed Aug 20, 2025 12:21 pm |
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crofty wrote: thom wrote: Got the rear bumper trim inserts done. I'm getting good at this - the rears took a fraction of the time that the fronts did, and came out better, but I ain't ripping the fronts out again.
What are you using to jack the bus up?
Looks like a scissor lift sunk into the floor.
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| thom |
Wed Aug 20, 2025 12:50 pm |
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| Yes, it's a mid-rise scissor lift recessed into the slab. The control cable and hydraulic line run through a tube in the slab to a cabinet on the wall. |
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| crofty |
Wed Aug 20, 2025 1:31 pm |
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thom wrote: Yes, it's a mid-rise scissor lift recessed into the slab. The control cable and hydraulic line run through a tube in the slab to a cabinet on the wall.
I should done that! |
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| perello |
Sat Aug 23, 2025 12:56 pm |
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repair the roof rack after ,stupid me, didnt lift garages door enough and hit it
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| BarryL |
Thu Aug 28, 2025 11:55 am |
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BarryL wrote: Turns out the tire mounting job was a complete failure. But more about that at another time.
thom wrote: How could mounting tires possibly fail?
crofty wrote: thom wrote: How could mounting tires possibly fail?
Weights on the outside?
Stocknazi wrote: I've got a set of those Yokahoma Supervans and their great.
Make sure the tire shop orients them correctly so minimum weights have to be used.
https://tiregrades.com/tire-maintenance/balancing/red-and-yellow-dots-on-tires/
thom wrote: crofty wrote: thom wrote: How could mounting tires possibly fail?
Weights on the outside?
Like my ex: not so attractive, but still legit and gets the job done
cdennisg wrote: Pretty sure I could have all of those tires mounted by hand in about 20-30 minutes, no tire machine necessary. Some soapy water, tires warmed up in the sun, and a couple of tire levers.
I moved my reply to the "Mounting Tires" thread. |
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| thom |
Sat Aug 30, 2025 2:59 pm |
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Minor details, like installing the pretty new air cleaner
The engine lid light comes in handy
Added some sound-deadening
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