Well I wasn't using it and I would rather it was being used than rusting in the garage. By the way csi_will I thought your interior was excellent and its a lovely bus, my wife always wanted me to paint mine yellow. Cheers Ben
Paradox, I was just sorry that the oil filler tube I had wasn't in better nick for you for the same reason.
Thanks Ben, quite chuffed with how my DIY interior has turned out. Quite jealous of your engine set-up, yours is a lovely looking bus also, and the dog!
Well, that was a mission! Tinware came off relatively easy, however clamps attaching the exhaust to the heat exchangers and nuts and bolts to the manifold were rusted shut. After 7 hours of f*ing and blinding, mild persuasion with the tools, penetrating oil and a blow torch the exhaust is off! Now the tricky part of putting the new one on... The new exhaust seems to line up properly in all areas except for the heat exchanger tubes, they seem a little shorter on the new one compared to my old and dont quite meet where the clamps are. Anyone experienced this before?
If you loosen the nuts holding the heat exchangers so they are able to move a bit and the loosely clamp it all up with some firegum and new gaskets it should all fit ok, they normally need a little persuasion
The heat exchangers do need to slot into the exhaust and should do so with a standard exhaust. Have you tightened it to the head?
Bought new gaskets, clamps, hoses, nuts an studs today (old ones had perished) so hoping it should fit more like a glove now. I've got all day tomorrow to do some jiggery pockery. Will let u know how i get on!
Good. Loosen everything (including the front h/e bolts if necessary), fit everything, jiggle, then retighten.
Well, after a full day yesterday of jiggery pokery, managed to get the exhaust on and the bus is now purring along lovely! Only downside is that I cut my hand in the process and had to take a trip to A&E! Despite that, I'm happy with my handy-work
what make was it? the 4 tip Dudes? seems everyones against the 4 tip so i think i might have one, i painted one of these with enamel years ago and it never rusted...ehehehehh strangle my engine? nice....i like the look stock is boring...ehehehhe, hey i am the miester.
Well done, hope the hand is ok. Exhausts are always a pain to fit as all the tin needs to be removed and the nuts are always rusted! It should be at least several years before you need to do that again now too! Ben
Glad you got it sorted in the end and sympathise with the hand as I've lost much knuckle flesh over the years from rusted exhausts! Remembered an amusing (well to me anyhoo) incident when I was moving stuff around the garage and I picked up the silencer from under the bus and it sounded as though the internals had rotted through while it had been stored I thought it had been solid so had a little gripe about spending on a new one but when I shook it, expecting to see a pile of rust, I was greeted by a pile of rabbit food! Next doors garage is attached to ours and they keep a rabbit in there and it turns out mice had been nicking its food and stashing it in the silencer - could have been lol's if it had been started up with that lot inside!
