Change every piece of rubber ,,,, ! Al the way to the engine ! And the tricky one on the drivers side . Engine compartment ....
So far, the only original rubber in the fuel system is that large (read £££) piece connecting the tank to the filler pipe. I need to order up a new pair of track rods, so I'll order the filler neck rubber at the same time. I was hoping to get the bus back on the road this weekend - I guess that won't be happening...no matter
Well.. a little progress. The parts I've been waiting for finally arrived yesterday, so I spent the evening completing the process of replacing all the rubber in the fuel system. Once I had the tank out (which needed to come out anyway, to replace the sender) I was able to inspect the inside which was almost spotless. Even the gauze filter on the exit pipe looked new - not bad after 40 years! Anyway, all the filler pipe rubber is now new, as are all the breather pipe joins & the hose from the tank. This evening's task will be to replace the firewall, re-fit the engine and finally to clean, rebuild & reinstall the carb. P.
2 steps forward - 1 step back ... :/ All the old rubber has now been replaced, though on actual inspection almost all of the old rubber was still good...even the inside of the tank looks virtually pristine - certainly no sludge blocking the exit. However, given the fuel these days, new rubber can't be a bad thing. The tank & engine are now back in, but after spending an hour trying to wiggle the motor back in to place & persuading the fiddly nut on the starter bold to go on, I'd found that the throttle cable is trapped in the tinware...engine off again! I wouldn't mind so much, but I was careful to thread the cable through the tinware and into the tube (through the fan shroud) specifically to avoid this happening....I guess it must have worked its way out as I was wiggling the motor home... ...guess my job for this evening, after work...good thin I enjoy all this!! P.
Day 3 of getting it all back together and I've managed to wrestle the motor off & on again, to free the accelerator cable. The carb has been rebuilt & installed. The fuel line all linked up. I managed to instigate a small snafu, though....since I was not intending to actually remove the motor - just drop it, I left all the wires attached (battery disconnected, of course. When I came to put it all back together, I found that a bunch of them had come apart - the spade terminal had popped off the blue wire for the alternator light and the +ve feed to the coil & the oil pressure switch & the reversing light switch feed wired had all come apart - a bad repair job by the PO. Needless to say, these were trivial fixes. That said, I have mystery wire left over....?! Anyway, primed the engine by turning it over with the coil-dizzy wire disconnected, until I got oil pressure then checked to listen for a squirt of petrol when manually operating the accelerator pump...all good. Moment of truth time - the dizzy was re-connected to the coil and he fires up first time!! All good...but....2 new and unexpected issues...the alternator light now stays on, just dimly, with the engine running (even if I rev the engine)...and the right rear indicator has 'mysteriously' stopped working... A couple of little challenges to look at tomorrow evening, I feel P.
