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Post by mitchy965 on May 20, 2015 10:02:20 GMT -8
black rejects heat,polished or shiny retains heat
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Post by PICTUP on May 20, 2015 17:41:26 GMT -8
Ah yes, blackbody radiation It was more like "redbody" radiation today as I had to deal with the rear marker lights. Seemed simple enough, take the aftermarket bulb holder and plug it into the body after connecting the wires. Right? Wrong (thus the "redbody" ). The clips that come with the bulb holder look similar to the originals(that have been broken on every bus I have owned) but with one small difference…they don't do jack sh*t in keeping the light secured to the body. So as usual I ended up securing them with stainless machine screws. Of course one can never find the size one needs at the parts store, so out came the grinder… And the lens cheaps out and does not come with screws either. It is just into plastic so they can be normal stainless screws…..with philips heads which is not super easy to find in Canada. Either go to a marine store or get them at Lordco and again get out the grinder, lol! Inside. Assembled with a dab of thread locker Outside…look ma, no holes! Almost finished all the varathaning. Just one more coat on the side headliner pieces. Soon everything will start going together….unless I can't get out of my impending jury duty
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Post by PICTUP on May 22, 2015 19:57:43 GMT -8
just remember its someone elses rig now and ya gotta leave them with some things to do. Sage advice. Thanks Mitch. Work does bind us closer to our rides. I just realized that interestingly, the VW Taiga Green is often referred to as Sage Green
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Post by PICTUP on May 23, 2015 18:51:50 GMT -8
Got the drivers door window assembly in today. Made some more notes on the instal post above The rear bumper and valance on too Trying to kill the backside hubcap rust. I am glad I didn't do this during the Olympics…I may have drawn the attention of the Olympic "snuff" committee
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Post by PICTUP on May 25, 2015 19:03:30 GMT -8
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Post by mitchy965 on May 25, 2015 19:09:50 GMT -8
no no Don! looks awesome(as usual). most guys would just pop those rusties back on,very few take the preventative measures.
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Post by PICTUP on Jun 5, 2015 18:50:01 GMT -8
no no Don! looks awesome(as usual). most guys would just pop those rusties back on,very few take the preventative measures. What? You don't need more work? lol!! Thanks Mitch. Just seems like the right thing to do when all this effort has gone into everything else. Here are the fronts after a bit of polishing( I haven't tried Clay's trick yet) Look okay, but the owner may want to hunt for better ones if he is intending on showing. They're good for drivers though. Fixed the holes in the roof. I dremeled them out from above and after taping the bottom, I put some epoxy in the holes, but not to the top of the gelcoat. Then I put some new gelcoat stuff that comes in an expensive small tube to fill it to the top
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Post by PICTUP on Jun 5, 2015 19:05:14 GMT -8
I attacked the mould on the underside of the fibreglass top with a product I haven't used before. The spray directions say to put it on and leave it to do its job. I found with the fuzz on the surface it didn't allow for the product to do its job entirely. So for the second application I resorted to a soft brush when it was still wet. Seemed to do the job and the fuzz is mostly still intact. Tools of the "trade" The problem(the worst concentrated area) After a couple applications and some lighter scrubbing
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Post by PICTUP on Jun 5, 2015 19:25:00 GMT -8
The vinyl strip that dresses up this support often gets wrinkled up. So I removed it and used the trusty heat gun(gingerly!) to flatten it out. The support: The vinyl on the bench. I used a putty knife to help coerce it over the metal, then a bit of heat to settle down any lumps from prying it back into place. The holes didn't line up either, but a bit more gentle heat and it stretched into place just fine
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Post by PICTUP on Jun 5, 2015 19:36:22 GMT -8
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Post by PICTUP on Jun 6, 2015 18:45:38 GMT -8
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Post by Brenticon on Jun 6, 2015 20:36:25 GMT -8
Wow .... I started to heat gun that plastic strip and said, screw it. Great job, the head liner looks efin gr8
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Post by PICTUP on Jun 14, 2015 21:03:26 GMT -8
Worked on the side/rear seat surrounds. Of course they don't make reproductions for the Westfalia style swivel seats, so I had to scavenge some material from the old surrounds. First was to make sure all the old remnants were out and the whole thing was cleaned Open up the tabs along their length that the upper edges of the rubber sit in Mask off where the glue gets sprayed I found starting at the outside edge to be the method that best allowed me to get it properly into its place Scrape off the glue and foam off the old piece Tape off the area again and spray the contact cement on. Used duct tape because the blue or green would not stick to the rubber. Not sure I like the contact cement method, but it was all I could find that seemed like the right stuff given the materials. Set it into place
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Post by PICTUP on Jun 18, 2015 22:16:15 GMT -8
Been chipping away a bit at this lately amongst all the other stuff going on…Seems like dealing with the details is never ending. The OCD doesn't help Cleaned all the old grease off the swivel seat contact ring and seat base. I hoped to cure the hard to turn, grit filled operation. That old grease was fun to clean off, but the results were worth it. Smooth operation now! A little grease More grease then assembly Door panels were next. I just left the original plastic in place because it was configured for the vent properly. Those rubber grommet plugs were a pain. I eventually settled on stretching them into place with a blunt rod, the back end of a drill bit to be accurate. I wrapped it in tape too late After sorting out the clips on the door panel I installed it. Looking better all the time Put the bed in place Front floor mat too
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Post by PICTUP on Jun 18, 2015 22:35:25 GMT -8
Also got the rest of the headliner bits into place, along with the vinyl trim(after a good cleaning!). Then the curtains and trim pieces. I spent wayyyyy too many hours on trying to come up with solution to fading on the curtains, but was totally defeated. This is when OCD can result in going to a bad place. But eventually just decided to live with it (it won't be me living with it anyway ).
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