Hi guys Something I have been pondering for a while and not sure about... When we are driving along there is a cold breeze in the cab floor due to a few gaps round the handbrake and pedals. Originally where there some kind of rubbers around them does anyone know? If so does anyone know what they are called and where you can get them? Would like to retain as much heat as possible.
Well you should have a front belly pan which covers the area of floor where the handbrake and pedals are - that should cut down on the breeze if you've got one fitted.
What said + you can attach HT lead draught stoppers to the pedals under the van so the seal each time the pedal comes back up. Wear socks, you old Hippie.
Mmmm I most likey do. @zed do I? So Im not missing anything? Anyone got a pic of the hole around there handbrake? I have put duck tape around it and seems to do ok.
There should be a gaiter around the bottom of the handbrake. Look on vwheritage for part number 211-863-341/R (repro) or 211-863-341 (OG)
Mmmm You most likely don't or it wouldn't be draughty. I had two front belley pans spare. One went with the red bus and the other I sold, now I've found one was for my late project bus so I'll have to source another.
A few self tappers and one M6 at the front in the middle unless the threads gone, then it's self tappers all round (usually self-tappers with 10mm hex head).
My chassis was full of rounded off self tappers and remnants of screws with no heads in the relevant places, so Malc and I drilled them out and put stainless rivnuts in instead.
A neat solution. So is the one I'm working on at the mo. I put a blob of weld on the snapped bits and unscrewed them. Self threading screws are hardened and a bit of a pain to drill out I find + this way I don't have to spend the time fitting rivnuts, which I'm a wee bit suspicious of anyway after trying to remove sheared bolts from similar (now loose and spinning) fittings.
I've not got a belly pan and no draught with the relevant rubber bits fitted to the accelerator / brake / clutch pedals. Other odd holes blocked with blanking grommets.
^what they all said. You should have rubber seals (like spark plug covers) around the brake and clutch pedals under the floor. If you're picky, there should be foam seals around them on the cab floor inside as well. And you'll need the front belly pan... Handbrake: look at the floor mat. If it curves around the handbrake lever at the bottom, that's it. Earlier Bays had a rubber gaiter, I believe. The gaiter won't fit a later bus without cutting the mat, which you don't want to do. Your trouser legs should be breeze-free...
