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mcdonaldneal Samba Member
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mcdonaldneal Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2021 12:17 pm Post subject: Re: 'Let's Go! Scotland-Croatia and onwards in our Kombi!' |
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On a more positive note, I had sprayed on primer and body colour on the edge of the wheel arch while the bus was masked up. It’s not a perfect job, but it’s got rid of a bit of surface rust on the bodywork for a while. I’ll try to get pictures.
Now I have unmasked the bus and I can start putting things back!
First up was the replacement brake hoses at the rear. Fairly straightforward once I found the right size flare wrench. I just need to work out the orientation of the plastic clip that secures the hard line in front of the transmission, I’m not sure whether it just clips onto the metalwork or if the inner flap of plastic has to bend back on itself! It probably only goes one way!
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richparker Samba Member
Joined: November 24, 2011 Posts: 6986 Location: Durango, CO
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Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2021 2:24 pm Post subject: Re: 'Let's Go! Scotland-Croatia and onwards in our Kombi!' |
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mcdonaldneal wrote: |
Mmmm! Very nice richparker.
I’m not sure what I would actually advise anyone else taking on a similar job. Off the top of my head, if I was doing the same again on a bus in similar condition I think I would: needle gun, wire brush, hand sand with 80/120 grit, degrease, rust treat, rust encapsulator, black paint aerosol and then probably brush on the 2k underseal or go with aerosol underseal as you did. It’s a shitty job whichever way you look at it! |
I used a 6” wire wheel drill attachment on the whole undercarriage and scraped any large areas that were flaking. Then rusty metal primer and the undercoating. Like you, I did it in sections to break it up. Shitty job, but very satisfying when completed. _________________ __________
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Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 2:58 pm Post subject: Re: 'Let's Go! Scotland-Croatia and onwards in our Kombi!' |
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I would get rid of that flimsy plastic fuel filter before it becomes victim to a rock or other road debris and causes a hot mess (fire). Use an appropriate pressure rated filter in a metal housing. _________________ All the redemption I can offer, girl, is beneath this dirty hood
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mcdonaldneal Samba Member
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richparker Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2021 2:48 am Post subject: Re: 'Let's Go! Scotland-Croatia and onwards in our Kombi!' |
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BUSBOSS wrote: |
I would get rid of that flimsy plastic fuel filter before it becomes victim to a rock or other road debris and causes a hot mess (fire). Use an appropriate pressure rated filter in a metal housing. |
I agree, I stopped using the plastic filters years ago. Better filtration and longer life out of a quality metal filter. I’m also not a fan of a filter between the tank and the pump as it could cause vapor lock. _________________ __________
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mcdonaldneal Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2021 8:29 pm Post subject: Re: 'Let's Go! Scotland-Croatia and onwards in our Kombi!' |
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We have had some positive news after the uk has managed to get the Corona vaccine rollout working. Scotland has brought forward allowing travel outside your local area by over a week, so suddenly I have a deadline to try and get on the road by Friday!
I spent yesterday immersed in wiring. I had bought heavy gauge 4core flex to take power forward in two directions from the leisure battery fuse box. Actually, it is too heavy duty, as it’s verging on too thick (14mm) to feed through the body holes but at least it will be robust!
One section runs to the cabin for radio, interior lights, two 12v sockets and a feed for Bosch fog lights which I will fit later. The other section goes to the fridge, and a rear 12v socket and will provide a feed and an earth return for the diesel heater. The heater glow plug is sensitive to a voltage drop through the wiring, so the heavy gauge wire and separate earth will avoid this.
I finished late at night, so the pics aren’t great!
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1969 signal orange Karmann Ghia convertible
1976 martini olive Bay Dormobile camper
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Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 3:37 am Post subject: Re: 'Let's Go! Scotland-Croatia and onwards in our Kombi!' |
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A nice ring strain relief on the lower collection of wires will take the pull of those connectors, and stop the, from shaking loose, too. _________________ .ssS! |
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mcdonaldneal Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 2:35 pm Post subject: Re: 'Let's Go! Scotland-Croatia and onwards in our Kombi!' |
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Abscate wrote: |
A nice ring strain relief on the lower collection of wires will take the pull of those connectors, and stop the, from shaking loose, too. |
I like the idea of strain relief, but I can’t picture what you mean, send a link if you can please!
I felt like I had a disaster today. I wanted to clean and grease the metal tubes that the heater control cables run through. One side worked perfectly, I ran a length of round 2core flex along the tube, taped som string to the end and pulled the string through. Then knotted a grease soaked cloth and pulled it through. Lovely!
On the other side, the flex stuck when I ran it from the front, so I pushed it through from the rear. A little stiff but ok. Taped on the string but it wouldn’t pull through, so tried to pull the string end back and the string snapped. So, now I only have the end of the round electric flex hanging out of the rear but it is jammed.
I have run some penetrating oil down the tube and left it overnight and tomorrow I will try to pull it out, maybe with a ratchet strap. My worry is that if it snaps, I’m buggered. I’ll be gentle, and I suppose I could heat up the tube to see if it helps. Fingers crossed!
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1969 signal orange Karmann Ghia convertible
1976 martini olive Bay Dormobile camper
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Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2021 8:02 am Post subject: Re: 'Let's Go! Scotland-Croatia and onwards in our Kombi!' |
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These heater cable tubes are a nightmare! I ended up attaching a ratchet clamp to the end of the stuck flex and heating up the metal tube and it eventually broke free. There was still a blockage though, so various sizes of wire and different bends and corkscrews on the ends eventually yielded the tape and string that had become detached yesterday. STILL a blockage, so I attached my long (coat hanger!) wire to a drill and reamed away, inside the tube until the coat hanger got stuck. Shit.
Back to the ratchet clamp and the wire finally came free with a bunch of old debris on it. There is still a bit inside the tube, but it is moving, so I’ve taken a break and I’ll try to fish or pull it out later. I’m trying not to swear!
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1976 martini olive Bay Dormobile camper
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Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2021 2:41 pm Post subject: Re: 'Let's Go! Scotland-Croatia and onwards in our Kombi!' |
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So, I’ve basically spent an entire day reaming, oiling, cleaning and fishing bits of compacted rag and dirt out of the heater control guide tubes. At one point (when the coat hanger was stuck fast) I thought I was going to have to have the heating permanently half on, or half off, until I could get a replacement tube welded in. I’m very glad I got it sorted and the tubes are intact and clean and greased.
I finished up by straightening out the inner wire of one control cable and feeding it and the new replacement through from the dash to the rear of the bus. Hope to get them adjusted tomorrow. _________________ 1978 marino yellow Bay Dormobile camper
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