Some further rebuild work over the last week or so.
These bits are off to the blasters this week for a clean-up, so should be back on the van soon:
Blasted, zinc primed, epoxied and top coated the engine hangers, rear bumper irons and gear shift rod:
And the same treatment for the driveshafts, clutch and brake pedal arms, gearbox mounts and shift cage, instrument panel bezels and steering box mount:
In between all this I’ve started to get the wiring back into the van. I repaired the main loom a while back and it’s been sitting in the garage for a while all labelled up ready to go back in.
I’ve run the main loom under the van. I didn’t weld in a new guide tube for this between the cross members, instead opting to run it through some convoluted tubing clipped to the chassis rails. Conveniently there were two perfectly sized holes in the rails to bolt it to:
And reconnected to the cleaned up fuse box:
I’m now sorting out the front loom, which on the whole is in good condition, but has a few dodgy repairs which I’m addressing before re-attaching.
With all of the above bits painted I can finish rebuilding the majority of the running gear over the next few weeks.
