....sounds interesting ....to late for mine though, although I do remember putting a bit of silent coat in the engine bay above the metal panels that hold the 'sound proofing'! in place
"The metal panels".. Like a 1" pepper pot holed pattern in them? This stuff is 20mm thick foam of some sort with the silver front and a sticky back to them, I'm going to see if it will squash between the ceiling of the engine bay and those panels. Like I said it's designed for under the bonnet of a car so heat should not be a problem.
My engine panels are hardboard. Metal would be a better option and also replacing the original VW insulation.
I drew up a template for these to help cut them (for those people with warped or sodden hardboard versions) although it's for a bay with an inspection hatch
Not much of an update but I have promised to add bits and pieces to this thread.. Rear left wheel arch just needs joggling on the top edge and a small patch made for the inner. I don't want to weld it in until I finished removing the PO Repair? to the sill. The repair was fixed in place with rivits,self tapping screws and a few tacks of weld but was a nightmare to remove, four hours lying under the bus but it's nearly clean now. The jacking points on that side have been fixed by the PO as well. I'm going to remove them all as the steel welded in place is only welded to the rusting metal of the original points.
I took a small risk today and bought another part that I'll need for the bus in the future. It's a rock and roll bed off e-bay. £96 posted. It was described as shop soiled, and for parts only as the box is missing and the seller couldn't garrantee that all the parts were there. I studied all of the pictures and all the main parts are present..Maybe just a few nuts and bolts missing. Sad I know but very excited, should arrive wed/thurs. I do like a bargain. Sorry... It's the first interior part that I've bought.
Seems like it's all there No instuctions so I hope I've got it right? Bolts are only finger tight.. Just to see how it looks. Seems OK..Never built a R+R bed before.. Have I built it OK?
The back pulled up into place when I tightened the bolts up, this was really just to see if it was all there and a trial run at building it as there were no instructions and I'd never built one before.. Also when I measured the width I hadn't pushed the center bars in far enough (It's an ajustable width bed) when I pushed them in an extra couple of inches, it squared it off. I'm not sure yet but when it gets fixed in the bus, I might either drill small holes in the underside where the center movable bars fit and put a small self tapping screw in or when the width is decided just weld a tack to each bar. Ref the floor.. Point taken.. If I weld it, I promise not to do it in the living room
There's a right up in this months Volksworld on how to fit a Rusty Lee bed. I haven't read it, but it may have a few helpful pics
Saturday, I offered the bed up to the bus just to see what's what.. I also had an idea of using the original front panel as the kick panel under the bed. Maybe fit some speakers in the head light bowls?
Wow, thanks for the positive comments about the bed, I'm chuffed that you like it I want to fit the original head light surrounds and maybe some of those stainless steel mesh grills to protect the speakers.. Also a VW badge in the center and then colour code it the same colour as the bus (when It's painted) Shame it's such a short panel because I was going to put in two double electric sockets where the low indicators would have been.