Finally got some van time The plan was to fill a hole in the chassis top rail then look to put the top pieces on that hold the rubber around the engine so started to clean up the hole: Started to weld it in: After welding it in then ground them down: Gave it quick rust proof and then the heavens opened so that was all I did
A few hours yesterday and today. Wanted to sort the area where the fire panel goes as I had to butcher the area around there, where the electric cables go through so I can put the panel on top of the chassis that the battery tray connects to. Fabricated a piece to go in. Not brill but a start... Then put it up withe the lower panel in. Decided to cut a retangular hole to feed the wires through. Will create 2 halves with the holes cut in and then screwed down. Thats the plan anyway. Once cut got thd old spray cans out and dusted everything down with some etch primer and top coat. Outside. The other bits... Started to weld it in but ran out of welding wire A bit more done then :mrgreen:
Minor update. Noticed some rust blisters on the root near the gutter and thought I would better look at what was lurking underneath: Ground them back and not as bad as I thought it would be: Painting some rust converter on them - later on today will dust with some paint and have a proper fettle next spring/summer when the weather is a bit warmer Cheers
Primed it and put a top coat on but the weather has started to turn with a few spots of rain and the light is failing so............... Hopefully keep the rust at bay over winter :roll: Cheers
Wasn't going to do this but thought what the heck: Has a tarpaulin underneath it as it doesn't stop water ingress (it is 9 years old!!)
A mini update. Due to work, life and everything else not managed to do much regarding the body work :cry: Started to clean the gearbox up with plenty of elbow grease and starting to look more presentable. A few pics of before and during: http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a...015/Van 01-30/20150130_124206_zpsc13d25bc.jpg (WARNING - Shaky picture...) (WARNING - Shaky picture...) Hope to finish it off this weekend - then ready for a lick of paint and new oil. Cheers
Spent another 4 hours cleaning again (seems to go on forever....) Bottom of the gearbox: Top: And the end: Just needs a full degrease and will be ready for some paint - not sure which colour to go for though - what do you reckon (van is read so thinking going for the same??) Cheers.
Seems an expensive product to use to paint a gearbox I used tractor enamel £10 for a liter and it goes a long way I did the gearbox,heat exchangers and all my tinware and had some left over