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1970fun Samba Member
Joined: August 24, 2008 Posts: 209 Location: Holland
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Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2021 1:18 pm Post subject: Re: 'Let's Go! Scotland-Croatia and onwards in our Kombi!' |
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Oof i think i leave my underseal in place |
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mcdonaldneal Samba Member
Joined: June 13, 2013 Posts: 2648 Location: Gullane, Scotland
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jaket3 Samba Member
Joined: December 26, 2018 Posts: 125 Location: UK
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Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2021 2:25 pm Post subject: Re: 'Let's Go! Scotland-Croatia and onwards in our Kombi!' |
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That looks great.
I think you could just paint POR15 directly on top of that and it would be fine.
Will look great when you've done it. Planning to do similar on my Bay window but might wait for some warmer weather! |
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Slip356 Samba Member
Joined: July 26, 2006 Posts: 394
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Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2021 4:23 pm Post subject: Re: 'Let's Go! Scotland-Croatia and onwards in our Kombi!' |
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78 Westy purchased in Canada 15 yrs ago. It was Zebart type rust proofed apparently since new.
Once per year put it on my lift and scrape off the flaking undercoat which shows clean painted metal underneath. Wash with lacquer thinner, let dry and spray with 3M rubberized undercoating from spray can.
Works well for me, but do it once per year or water will get between flaking undercoat & body metal causing rust. |
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RalphWiggam Samba Member
Joined: February 02, 2018 Posts: 906 Location: SouthEast
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Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2021 6:28 pm Post subject: Re: 'Let's Go! Scotland-Croatia and onwards in our Kombi!' |
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I would highly suggest looking at masterseries silver paint as your first coat. I've tried all the rust paint's and it is by far the best. 100x better than por15. |
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mcdonaldneal Samba Member
Joined: June 13, 2013 Posts: 2648 Location: Gullane, Scotland
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mcdonaldneal Samba Member
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1970fun Samba Member
Joined: August 24, 2008 Posts: 209 Location: Holland
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Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 10:56 am Post subject: Re: 'Let's Go! Scotland-Croatia and onwards in our Kombi!' |
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Nice work Phil, that is a great tool wich makes it a lot easier than scraping by hand!! |
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mcdonaldneal Samba Member
Joined: June 13, 2013 Posts: 2648 Location: Gullane, Scotland
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mcdonaldneal Samba Member
Joined: June 13, 2013 Posts: 2648 Location: Gullane, Scotland
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2021 1:30 pm Post subject: Re: 'Let's Go! Scotland-Croatia and onwards in our Kombi!' |
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Sadly, almost as I was on the last section of the whole underneath, I discovered the only really serious section of rusted metal. I guess it is a water trap between the two skins of metal, at the upper edge of the outer wheel arch.
I’ll cut out the damage, but I’m not sure what to do from here. It might be I could get a mobile welding service to weld a patch, or I could complete the underseal project and separately take the bus to a body shop some time next year. There is a restoration guy I have used before a couple of hours away, but we are in lockdown just now still, so it’s pretty academic!
You can see the rest of the under wheel arch is pretty solid once the old underseal is off.
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1976 martini olive Bay Dormobile camper
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jaket3 Samba Member
Joined: December 26, 2018 Posts: 125 Location: UK
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2021 1:52 pm Post subject: Re: 'Let's Go! Scotland-Croatia and onwards in our Kombi!' |
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Looks great. Nice to see nothing lurking underneath.
I'm going to do similar on mine in the spring. I'm so bored with lockdown this actually seems like fun.
I think I'll just leave mine painted and not underseal it. Currently my underseal is so flakey that it just holds moisture.
If I just paint it then once a year I'll just jetwash the underside, then take a look and touch up as required.
Did you look at electric needle de-scalers? I don't have a compressor. Maybe time to get one.
Cheers, Jake |
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RalphWiggam Samba Member
Joined: February 02, 2018 Posts: 906 Location: SouthEast
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2021 6:51 pm Post subject: Re: 'Let's Go! Scotland-Croatia and onwards in our Kombi!' |
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That doesn't look too bad. Do you see any bubbling on the other side of those holes?
I could be wrong but I think the only way water can get to that point is down from a leaking side window seal.
Looks good otherwise. Congrats on all that work. |
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jaket3 Samba Member
Joined: December 26, 2018 Posts: 125 Location: UK
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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2021 4:21 am Post subject: Re: 'Let's Go! Scotland-Croatia and onwards in our Kombi!' |
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Sorry in my last reply I hadn't seen those last photos. I think if that's the worst bit then you have done alright really. How many hours in total do you think it took with the descaler? |
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Abscate Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 22641 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2021 6:08 am Post subject: Re: 'Let's Go! Scotland-Croatia and onwards in our Kombi!' |
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How’s your weather in Bonnie Scotland? I think we have you in the snow department.....
First part of my projects will be finding them.
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mcdonaldneal Samba Member
Joined: June 13, 2013 Posts: 2648 Location: Gullane, Scotland
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deepcflea Samba Member
Joined: June 06, 2006 Posts: 150 Location: Sumter, SC
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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2021 6:17 am Post subject: Re: 'Let's Go! Scotland-Croatia and onwards in our Kombi!' |
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Oh man... I recently finished removing the undercoating on my 78. I wish mine was as easy as that. Mine was all gooey which required scraping it off.
"pneumatic needle descaler" when I was in the Navy... we called them "needle guns"
P.S. Not sure if you did that descaling with your wife present, but mine almost killed me after using mine. It is so loud and she was working from home and it was driving her nuts. She couldn't wait to get back to work. _________________ 1978 Bay Window Double Cab (1600cc) - Marilyn
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=...005b041ddd
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1983 Westfalia
1956 Oval Ragtop
1967 Bug
1970 Ghia
1969 Buggy
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mcdonaldneal Samba Member
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MorkC68 Samba Member
Joined: December 23, 2015 Posts: 610 Location: Nottingham, England
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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2021 2:29 pm Post subject: Re: 'Let's Go! Scotland-Croatia and onwards in our Kombi!' |
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Damn
Have you thought about contacting someone like FBI VW see if they have a wheelarch tub cut off any buses they have broke? _________________ Major; 1977 Westfalia Campmobile
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mcdonaldneal Samba Member
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mcdonaldneal Samba Member
Joined: June 13, 2013 Posts: 2648 Location: Gullane, Scotland
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Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 2:35 pm Post subject: Re: 'Let's Go! Scotland-Croatia and onwards in our Kombi!' |
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Slight change of subject. We’ve had a spell of freezing weather, and an eBay package of goodness arrived, so I investigated that.
On the advice of Samba member 1970fun, from the Netherlands I have purchased a Chinese made 2kw, aluminium bodied diesel heater. They can be bought incredibly cheaply, this was £125, and I was keen to get a good heating system into the Kombi for camping in the spring.
The heater comes pretty complete, but some things will need to be replaced or upgraded:
The 10 litre diesel tank is too large, I will go for 5-7 litre
The heater itself is good and pretty well put together. The aluminium casing seems robust. The fan spins very freely, which can be an issue. The fittings like fuel line clamps are better than basic quality.
I will upgrade the air inlet filter, the exhaust hosing and the fuel filter, maybe add a quick disconnect, so I can take the tank out to refill, and a priming bulb as these are much better manually primed to save wear on the pump.
I will use a full turret plate to pass the inlet and exhaust pipes through the floor of the bus.
The heater body fits snugly in the locker under the sink, and I think I will run the outlets under the rock and roll bed.
Anyway, pics...
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