Thought I'd got them all. but here's another - I was about to replace the front pan and noticed the webs. Carb cleaner disabled it so I could knock it to the floor and stamp on it.
Hi Zed Was this bus imported? If I found a spider like that I would run a mile! My wife tells me that there are lots of "false widows" in the UK......I wouldn't care to find out! That has to make a restoration far more scary! Looks great by the way Cheers Ben
Time for an update and a suspension re-cap. I haven't had much time to spare recently but I've been settling the rear down a bit. I started with this - random tyres and one odd 15" wheel... ...went down to here with flipped spindles and one notch at the back... ...but the rear tyres were too small for my liking, so I got more standard sized ones. Then of course the nose was too far down (or the rear too high) - I prefer them more level, so after much calculating of inner and outer splines found it would be about right on the wheels/tyres I like just doing 2 outer splines. I had planned boomerang plates, but when I mocked it up I couldn't get my wheels on even though the springplate was on the bottom stop, so no chance of crow-barring the suspension down. My fault - I like big Tyres. I used a brake piston compressor to wind the suspension down and get the wheels on. I pray I never have a flat! I do have a cunning plan for this, but I'm giving it some more thought before lacing into it in case it's not as cunning as I think. :? And one of the back So here's where we are now. Not radical, but as far as it'll go without chopping up the chassis which I'm not doing (yet?).
I always shudder when I see one of these chopped out - who would do such a thing? And why? :-[ This seemed the best solution. I don't want to waste inside space having the heater under the rear seat. I want a leisure battery in the tray. I might want to fit an engine with twin carbs. I can't get the back wheels off in a hurry and on the side of the road it would be difficult, any way and the fronts are a different size, so not much point having a spare - Tyre-weld for me then. More room in the back as well without a spare. I made a cover from my trusty stock of 1.5mm shelving. I removed the unused remote oil filter fitting and rubber mounted the pump using one of the holes left. Bracket made from a jubilee clip and a seatbelt bracket. I'll plumb it another day with hot/cold air througn the bulkhead, exhaust through the battery tray, inlet from the air intake and T off the petrol under the van. Much neater all round than the big heavy box it was in for mounting under the seat. I kept part of the box attached to the heater and trimmed it down for a mounting bracket. All in all quite pleased with myself. And yes - it does need a good clean in there before I fit it permanently! The one not-so-good-as-it-could-be thing is that the warm air outlet points backwards away from the cabin. I fitted it the way up it was in the box, with the writing/label the right way up. Does anyone know if I could have fitted it the other way up?
I showed this to my missus & she told me the spare wheel dip is a pain in the arse, she'd prefer it flat inside the wardrobe. I'd like to remove mine, if I drilled all the spot welds out would it just lift out? I could then re-weld in another flat plate.
Yes it would chris though it could be tricky getting the spot welds near the edge nicely. Mine wasn't worth saving - it'd been a pond for some years. I left the top inch for strength (and to bolt the heater to), but it doesn't need it really. Also leaving this bit provided more meat for the self tappers. I would have welded it on, but it will make good access to the heater if I need.
