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mtnhome 
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MsTaboo
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 Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2024 2:42 pm Post subject: Re: License Plate Door Prop |
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| mtnhome wrote: |
....It is mounted with 3m HD Mounting tape. Mainly make sure it won't interfere with the coolant reservoir. Either above or below the reservoir cap....
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Don't forget about using the oil filler, may want to mount to the extreme right (folding to the left) or extreme left (folding to the right) 
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Sodo
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| Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2024 2:50 pm Post subject: Re: License Plate Door Prop |
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You can kinda tell if a van is an oil-drinker or a coolant-drinker by the chosen location of the door prop
One that fits down in the hinge area and doesn't block access to either fluid would be ideal I think.
Careful with adhesives that become gooey in the heat. And getting those hinge screws out can be a problem.
License pl;ate screws are pretty easy but are far from the hinge.
Maybe drilling a lower license plate mount hole.
What about the coolant reservoir screws - do they get stuck too?
Bolt-on, no mods no drill is a crowd pleaser for vintage vehicles.
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mtnhome
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mtnhome
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| Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2024 3:15 pm Post subject: Re: License Plate Door Prop |
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| Sodo wrote: |
You can kinda tell if a van is an oil-drinker or a coolant-drinker by the chosen location of the door prop
One that fits down in the hinge area and doesn't block access to either fluid would be ideal I think.
Careful with adhesives that become gooey in the heat. And getting those hinge screws out can be a problem.
License pl;ate screws are pretty easy but are far from the hinge.
Maybe drilling a lower license plate mount hole.
What about the coolant reservoir screws - do they get stuck too?
Bolt-on, no mods no drill is a crowd pleaser for vintage vehicles. |
The tape is made for outdoor, in the sun use. I've got other stuff mounted in the engine compartment with this tape.
Because this was designed in pieces, you can pretty much make it work for your own use.
None of the screws are blocked by the location I'm using.
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jimf909
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| Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2024 3:46 pm Post subject: Re: License Plate Door Prop |
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Neato.
Is that sound deadening material on the door? A heat barrier? What is it and why?
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mtnhome
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| Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2024 4:04 pm Post subject: Re: License Plate Door Prop |
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Neato.
Is that sound deadening material on the door? A heat barrier? What is it and why? |
Sound deadening. After I did my conversion, I was getting a strange vibration noise and finally tracked it to the door. First tried making the spring tighter, then added some foam tape to eliminate any play but it seemed to have a resonance at some speeds/rpm’s so threw some pieces of Kilmat on and noise gone. I must have had the perfect setup to generate that noise.
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borninabus
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| Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2024 6:15 pm Post subject: Re: License Plate Door Prop |
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i guess this is for people who don't know how to use the oil cap?
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kamzcab86
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| Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2024 6:47 pm Post subject: Re: License Plate Door Prop |
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| borninabus wrote: |
| i guess this is for people who don't know how to use the oil cap? |
Or coolant cap.
They're clever ideas to be sure (and a  for ingenuity), but "props" are basically built into the vans from the factory.
P.S. The black stuff is rubber from the Stant pressure cap seal.
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zerotofifty
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| Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2024 7:14 pm Post subject: Re: License Plate Door Prop |
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| borninabus wrote: |
| i guess this is for people who don't know how to use the oil cap? |
Or coolant cap.
They're clever ideas to be sure (and a for ingenuity), but "props" are basically built into the vans from the factory.
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very pretty blue color. Mine is all faded. |
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kamzcab86
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| Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2024 7:57 pm Post subject: Re: License Plate Door Prop |
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| kamzcab86 wrote: |
| borninabus wrote: |
| i guess this is for people who don't know how to use the oil cap? |
Or coolant cap.
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That trick will come back and bite you Kam.
I used to do that before the paint stick.
The cap slipped, fell through a crevice and took me 20 minutes to locate and retrieve, NEVER AGAIN! |
Fourteen and a half years, not a problem. To each their own. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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| very pretty blue color. Mine is all faded. |
Thanks. Well-cared-for Orly Blue Metallic.
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ppiche
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| Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2024 8:26 pm Post subject: Re: License Plate Door Prop |
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Well me too I always use the caps, but djkeev is right, what a fail the day we drop it in a hole  |
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do.dah
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| Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2024 9:33 pm Post subject: Re: License Plate Door Prop |
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| My van has, what I'm very sure of, a factory rubber kinda gasket(?)/filler(?)/apron(?) attached to the underside of the top of the bumper and seals up to the body. Stuff doesn't drop into the bumper. |
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Jake59
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| Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2024 12:22 pm Post subject: Re: License Plate Door Prop |
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I have always been a "water cap" or "oil cap" finda guy, but the other day I found a new even simpler solution. Now I didn't know if this is just a fluke for me and the manner in which my "Twin Peaks" bumper are mounted but I'll take the win.
The pull tab just hooks on the bumper just over the 2" receiver hitch. Granted if I have our bike rack in the hitch this will not work and I'm back to the "filler cap" solution.
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Ahwahnee
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| Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2024 1:07 pm Post subject: Re: License Plate Door Prop |
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I use a wooden block (with an idiot string):
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Jake59
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| Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2024 3:13 pm Post subject: Re: License Plate Door Prop |
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I use a wooden block (with an idiot string):
File these under: Cats, ways to skin. |
I love your oil change schedule location. Again simple wins!
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DanHoug
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| Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2024 6:09 pm Post subject: Re: License Plate Door Prop |
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It's pretty customizable. |
putting the Westy access doors in back is super cool! i'm lookin' at YOU trailer lights!! but they seem happy for now on an umbilical stuffed in the plate space.
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mtnhome
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| Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2024 7:18 pm Post subject: Re: License Plate Door Prop |
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putting the Westy access doors in back is super cool! i'm lookin' at YOU trailer lights!! but they seem happy for now on an umbilical stuffed in the plate space. |
The hook-up box is for an onboard air compressor mounted behind the taillight.
Made a thing to keep the trailer lights wire in place.
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