NewtoVW/tinworm - Slow restoration thread.

PAINT, PAINT, PAINT ....there, I said it

Small world, small universe more like. You used to live in galaxy road, I used to live in a galaxy far far away ....I some times go back for a visit

 

I'm now going to have to watch Star Wars again.

 

Am I right in saying that when you are fitting a new front panel it is a good idea to fit the windscreen to make sure everything lines up ok?

 

I would

 

Bugger.. I'm going to have to get a window rubber seal.

 

have you modified or repaired the inner panel?

....the front pretty much only goes on one way, as long as it lines up with the air intake/flaps bit, and the top by the A posts, you should be able to clamp the screen seal lip to the inner panel and it should be in place.

I didn't fit my screen, but I did hold it in the opening to get a rough idea if it was too far out before I started welding

 

I've replaced the inner panel with the full width panel as there was very little left of the original.

The outer panel sits nicely around the air intake.

I still have a little bit of fine fettling to do at the top by the A posts.

 

I think I went through Waterlooville in the late '70's on the way to see Bob Dylan at Blackbushe.

 

The front panel can only really fit in one place and hence the windscreen will fit.

 

Decisions, decisions. I thought a lot of new panels would just fit especially around the back end of the bus but I found myself clamping a panel in where I thought it went then clamping the next one in then the next.. Then fitting the engine hatch and rear door adjusting everything as I went just to make sure everything lined up and fitted together as it should. Same with the front arch, I fitted the door, got the gap as I wanted it, clamped in the new tub and then welded.
I guess if I had a windscreen seal I'd use it to be sure I'd got the panel in the right place.. Just for my own peace of mind.

 

Balance the screen in the aperture - it'll want to fall through at the top so pack it up 5-6mm. You should then have an approximately equal gap right round the screen and the screen will fit.

 

PS I have never been unable to fit a screen and some of the repair work I've come across around the front has been appalling in terms of shape, but they always do go in.

 

That makes sense.. Packing with maybe some 5mm thick short strips of wood. Thank you Zed

 

zed speaks the truth

....and you will be surprised how flexible the front screen glass is when you come to fit it

 

I had a couple of hours to work on the bus today so I removed the new front panel, used a poly disc to remove the transit paint on the inside of it and used my spray gun for the first time..Also sprayed the bits that I can't get to inside the front panel.



I'm fairly happy with the result, it took some time fiddling with the gun settings but not too bad?

Edit.. I've just ordered some silent coat, I'm going to put two or three sheets on the inside of the panel to take the "ting ting" sound away and replace it with "thud thud" then I'll refit it.

Edit.. Excellent service from the sound deadening shop, silent coat arrived in 24 hours.

 

Off topic a bit but my works has really annoyed me, I had been planning to go to busfest 2015 since the 2014 show but at the last minute my rota was changed and I found myself working the entire weekend instead of being weekend off. So.. I am going to book the whole week off work for next years show so it won't matter what happens to next years rota, I'll be off.

I've also decided that I will book a camping spot at the show as soon as tickets are available. That's sticking my head on the block with the amount of work still left to do on the bus. The race is on.
:dog:

 

looks good

that silent coat is good stuff

 

My friend at work bought a T5 a few months ago and used silent coat to stop the road noise inside his bus.. Works really well and when you tap his bus with your knuckles it makes a nice solid thud sound. I do think he we a bit over board with the stuff,, He used eighty 375mm x 270mm sheets of it

Silent coat also do "silent coat buffler 20".. It's designed to stop noise under a cars bonnet, I might try some of that on the inside of the engine bay ceiling and then spray the metal pepper pot covers that fit there.

 

....his van must weigh a tonne more than when he started

.....I can talk!, I did the same .....you can tell from the out side which bits were plastered with the stuff by tapping along the panels, when you get to the rear arches which don't have any (as I couldn't get in there) you can really notice the difference

......pity it doesn't quiet the engine that much though, but then I didn't do any of the cargo floor

 

A 40 sheet bulk pack of silent coat weighs 13 kg, so he's added 26 kg. I was editing my last post when you answered - Ref engine noise, see my last post