The horn is back to how it should be now. I ended up ordering a coupling from both VW heritage and C&C: Both of these couplers correctly isolate the bolt holes, compared to the one I originally put in which must’ve had a metal core: Wiring all connected up: And working like it originally would’ve:
A few further electrics tested this week. Rear lights are working: As are the indicators (front ones are yet to go in): Not so much success on the horn front: I’ve traced this down to a dodgy steering coupler. I’ve a new one on the way from heritage, and if that doesn’t work C&C have […]
Because I’m a careless moron the bottom third of the poptop was covered in grinding dust. I couldn’t remove the dust with a fingernail so went over the affected areas with some wet and dry, followed by 3000 wet on the DA over the whole roof (first time I’ve been brave enough to machine colour […]
Hopping around jobs this weekend. Stripped the steering wheel of its peeling paint job: And gave it a coat of etch followed by a few coats of high build. I’d repaired a few cracks in it with some epoxy putty. With some primer on, there are a few further hairline cracks I need to fill, […]
Both front brake calipers installed now and hard lines made up: My Hella spot lamps arrived too which look ace. I initially trial mounted them using the existing holes in the bumper: But as I’m mounting a spare wheel to the front I’ll need to move them. The spare wheel will foul them: So I’ll […]
A much overdue update! I’ve had three days off this week, following New Year’s, to try and get a move on with the van mechanicals. First up a nice easy job, fitting the gear shifter. This is the Scat shifter I took out of the van, I’ve had the base powder coated (of course!) and […]
My yearly Christmas roundup of van progress.
Starting to cut and polish the paint work. This is the unpolished O/S corner straight out of the gun: And the N/S which has been polished: Got the rear light cluster back in too:
Starting to get the ol’ lawnmower engine ready to go back in the van. It’s just getting a tidy up and I’m reinstating some of the bits that were missing or wrong. Thus far I’ve started to degrease the block, have fitted the cooling flaps to the fan housing (these were completely missing). and reattached […]
Front windscreen in thanks to this little lamb. It kicked up a fair old fight but we got there!
