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 Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2024 2:44 pm Post subject: Re: HERE WE GO!! .... 1990 Tintop! |
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Well Saturday dawned cloudy and chilly.
38° with a slight breeze.
Mr weatherman said mostly sunny morning with highs in the upper 40's......
OK ....... let's do this!
As I left it last night.......
This photo shows how greasy and oil soaked everything is.......
I moved the transaxle out into the yard where the water will drain down and away from it.
Easy to move, just a hand truck and off you go!
I used Simple Green and a plastic brush along with a small wire brush. Imused an old screw driver to dig grease out of the nooks and crannies.
I don't have a power washer but I do have a high pressure nozzle for the garden hose.
It took HOURS picking at that transaxle unit digging out the grease and stones. Scrubbed it with brushes and dug some more.
I used about 1/2 gallon of Simple Green on just the transaxle!
I dug out the hose from Winter storage and got to hosing off the debris.
Despite my attempt to stay dry, you cannot do so. The stream of water always hits something and comes right back at you!
Just began to rinse ......
All finished!
On the engine I just sprayed Simple Green on multiple times while I scrubbed the transaxle.
A good hosing off and it is acceptably clean!
This took way longer than I had planned.
The Sun never did show its sunny face but the temperature did creep to 52° for a minute.
It was good getting this done.
By the time I finished and cleaned up time had vanished and I didn't get to the other projects.
The transaxle is in the garage, warm and dry.
Tomorrow calls for a cold rain all day turning to snow.
I brought in kindling and a stack of firewood in preparation.
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| Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2024 5:32 am Post subject: Re: HERE WE GO!! .... 1990 Tintop! |
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Well, it was a beautiful Day!
I crawled under and removed both axle shafts that were just hanging there after I pulled the transaxle.
Once removed the greasy axle spindle is subject to dirt and contamination.
I simply folded up a paper towel and mushed it into the grease completely covering it and keeping it clean.
While I was under the Van I noticed that the shift cable has some serious boot rot.
I'll need to see if I can locate a replacement boot for it ......
I also noticed up in the transmission hump more rust. I've resigned myself to the fact that this unit is going to be a never ending project of cleaning up rust and treating it.
The rust will never be gone, I'm just slowing down the inevitable decay of the chassis and body.
This is the rear seat belt reinforcement plates and the frame in the area of the rear swing arm inner mounting.
I laid under the Van wire brushing away this rust as I was on the phone with Duncan.
He finally asked "What are you doing?" 😂
After I told him he let me know how much easier that would be if I had his transmission area access!
After we hung up I finished the rust scale removal, cleaned the area well and brushed on some Rustoleum Rusty Metal Primer being sure to soak any hollows and rusty pits with it.
When we get another warm dry day I'll seam sealer these plates to keep out air and moisture, I'll then put a top coat of paint on this.......
Dave
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| Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2024 8:28 am Post subject: Re: HERE WE GO!! .... 1990 Tintop! |
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Dave, what's going on here? A crack which grows in width with what looks like a tear in a weld doesn't look good. Hard to tell in the photo. Can't tell what the parts are, but at the very least, couldn't road crud get in there and create more rust and a problem?
Or is it just a shadow from the light source?
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| Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2024 4:08 pm Post subject: Re: HERE WE GO!! .... 1990 Tintop! |
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Today was Sunny and Warm ..... sadly I also had to work until 1pm.
I had parts waiting to be picked up at BusDepot so the Wife and I took off through the Pennsylvania farmland for BusDepot.
While I understand why BusDepot moved...... their old location was much more fun. Funky location, a more enjoyable and scenic ride too.
I picked up my parts, always polite and friendly and we went out for lunch.
After getting home the day was largely gone....... I crawled under the Van and painted my rust repair areas.
I know it is a sloppy drippy mess but I really don't care, it is the bottom of the Van and the rust has been delayed.
Happily the rust repair that was made easy by not having a transaxle is finished!
I'm ready for reassembly.
I do like these PreVal spray units, they are wonderful for quick touch ups. I top coated with the Single Stage paint I used on the exterior.
The photo has a bottle with epoxy primer in it.
I've another bottle with thinned top coat paint in it.
Just unscrew the spray power head, put it on the bottle you wish and paint
My unit had the rear heater deleted by a PO.
The PO had just used so thin plastic hole caps and they liked to work loose.
I picked up two 1" rubber expanding freeze plugs. These won't ever fall out!
Removing the engine I had broken a nipple on the original thermostat housing, I picked up a new one from BusDepot.
Interesting, the aluminum ones are the same price as the plastic ones now.
But....
To use the aluminum one you need new screw in senders.
My senders work well plus I have spares already.
While I dislike plastic cooling bits...... I decided to stay with plastic for now....
I picked up some extra ORings for my travel repair kit.
I needed a new differential oil pan gasket too. Plus the front transaxle mount was shot.
And just for fun, I blew $20 on His & Hers keychains.
We had these with the 86 but passed them on to my Brother.
Although it appears that I left chaos and nurder in my wake upon leaving BusDepot!
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| Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:09 am Post subject: Re: HERE WE GO!! .... 1990 Tintop! |
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Wow, even the rust is invisible! Good job, Dave!
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| Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:23 am Post subject: Re: HERE WE GO!! .... 1990 Tintop! |
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Congratulations. I assume no fluid leaks. Good job well done, Dave.
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| Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:24 am Post subject: Re: HERE WE GO!! .... 1990 Tintop! |
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did you use the Prius to tow it 
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| Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:44 am Post subject: Re: HERE WE GO!! .... 1990 Tintop! |
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| Awesome news - love to see a successful end to a project. And a beautiful weekend it was in the northeast, hope you got some good cruising in. Congrats! |
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| Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:17 am Post subject: Re: HERE WE GO!! .... 1990 Tintop! |
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It goes without saying that there were bugs to work out.
It amazes me how mystifying we as an owners group have made filling and bleeding the cooling system.
Mines all bled, no pumps, no bongs, no steep angles...... just follow the directions.
I had horrible electrical problems with my lights.
I had one rear turn signal, one brake light, no tail lights and no reverse lights.
I popped the bulb holders and found one broken bulb and one burned out bulb.
I started testing each bulb but even with good bulbs and clean contacts I still didn't have everything working!
I was beginning to pull my hair out and finally noticed the issue.
I had a helper putting the Van back together after paint. He had screwed in the Right tail light on the Left and the Left on the Right.
The plugs plugged in and some lights worked..... some didn't.
I swapped them around and Bang! All the rear lights work!
My new Mercedes Benz LED side markers are sweet, highly recommend.
My idle sticks about 2,000 rpm when I let off of the pedal.
This isn't new, the throttle body is worn.
I'm going to order a new one, probably GoWesty's version.
I figure the throttle body not returning to fully closed is killing my gas mileage fir the injectors aren't cutting off on deaccelation as designed.
Leaks?
Sadly just one.
ATF out of the back to back seal weep hole.
I'm hoping the new seal will seat soon..... but I fear I'm just dreaming that it will stop.
Having the accelerator pedal cable and rod adjusted properly certainly delivered a few extra top end ponies! It is noticeable. The ball socket on the transmission lever was rusted on solid. I had to use a cut off wheel in a dremel to carefully cut off the rusted on shell in multiple pieces.
Having full cable and ball/socket movement probably didn't hurt the better performance either.
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