A restoration for Iris

That is inspired, good trick.

 

I thought everyone knew it; the only problem is removing the grease from the caliper once the piston comes out.

 

Driveshafts all built up tonight with fresh GKN Lobro CV joints and boots. What a messy job! Finally got some proper circlip pliers as I was getting nowhere fitting the circlips with a normal pair and a screwdriver.

 

james your going to have to invest in 2 great danes , because when this van is done you l be afraid to let it out off your sight , great dane front and back lol

 

The mighty schnauzer is pretty fierce! He could bark your ear off.

 

i like them good german breed

 

Can't go wrong with german stuff right?!

 

too true your van is going to be a show winner

 

If your old boots are not split I would keep hold of them as the new ones don’t seam to last very long.

 

I kept the two good ones that came off the joints for a rainy day. Is that true of the new lobro boots then? They seem decent quality but I guess only time will tell.


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Does anyone know where I can get a new lock washer/plate for the steering box drop arm?



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Just make one from 20 gauge steel thats all they are..

 

Good idea!


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Ave you got one to copy or can take a pic tonight of my old one to copy

 

Yeah the old one is there bar one of the tabs which snapped off.


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Steering box off the bench, and back onto the van:


Turning my attention to the cab and dashboard area as there’s a fair few bits that need painting before I can rebuild the cab. As seems quite common someone in the past has had a go of fitting a single DIN radio into the dash by persuading the aperture open with a club hammer:


I hammer and dollied the aperture back into it’s original shape as best I could:


And then carefully marked and cut the aperture properly to take my new Alpine stereo. It’s a nice tight fit:


Much better:


Cleaned up another batch of bolt on bits in the blast cabinet:


Everything epoxied and high build primed:






Every time I paint bits I have to push the van out into the yard. She’s definitely the cleanest thing there!

 

Looking good James, have you put the throttle hinge back on the cab floor yet as i need some measurements?

 

I’ve not yet no. I’ve already fitted the weldnuts for the hinge though. From memory I just fitted the linkage and played around with the pedal until I was happy with it.


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I couldn’t say no to this in VW heritage’s Friday sale with £100 off it!
I’ve dropped a big box of bits off at the powder coaters this week too so shouldn’t be far off putting the engine together.


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