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Re: What Did You do To your Van Today?
Wizard78 #573761 July 12th 2012 8:08 pm
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Limo tint on the slider and rear doors
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Re: What Did You do To your Van Today?
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Replaced 6 year old Possessed Sony Head unit with a New Sony Head Unit.

I got tunes again!

Now time for a safety break and a Little Persian Caravan



Give it at least 30 seconds to get the groove going

Re: What Did You do To your Van Today?
wrcsixeight #574052 July 14th 2012 6:39 pm
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I FINALLY got around to replacing my broken grille. If you can ignore the busted fiberglass on the hood (another project for another day), it looks pretty sweet.


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I also did my yearly rust-check on the body: I found all the tiny spots--mostly in the door frames--that were starting to get rusty, and attacked them with a wire brush and WD-40, cleaned them, then hit them with primer and spray paint. Luckily the stock Rust-Oleum white matches my van exactly. Not the most glamorous fix-up, but it has to be done. The chassis may be a lost cause, but I'm not letting the body go without a fight.






Re: What Did You do To your Van Today?
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Re: What Did You do To your Van Today?
wrcsixeight #574073 July 14th 2012 10:20 pm
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Leon. On your next inevitable rust battle:

http://www.ospho.com/directions.htm

It treats and preps rusted metal beautifully for primer with minimal effort.

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Today I assembled an adjustable fan from various parts.
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I bought the Vector adjustable voltage ciggy plug 6+ years ago for my MP3 player, but it has been unused for a few years now. Here is a similar product as I cannot find the exact one online:
http://www.pinecomputer.com/restcarvoco.html

There is a little keyway to adjust the voltage dial. I superglued in a piece of flat plastic so no tool is needed to adjust speed/ voltage. It is capable of outputting 1.5, 3, 4.5, 6, 7.5, 9 and 12 volts.

I bought this Fan a while back.
http://www.amazon.com/Vantec-Tornado-TD8038H-80x80x38mm-Performance/dp/B000234VZK

I was going to make a cold air tube for my alternator, and stick this fan inline to force feed it air, but decided that I did not have THAT much spare time for something that is not really needed.

When fed 12 volts, this 80mm fan is LOUD and pushes a dense, narrow column of air across the Van. It claims 84 CFM. Lots of these muffin fans push air out at much wider angles with hotspots of higher velocity. This fan is like a spotlight

The Adjustable voltage ciggy plug works as a speed control. Note it will not start the fan spinning on the 1.5v, 3v, or 4.5v settings. It will run nearly silently on 3 volts but after starting the spinning by a higher voltage, or by blowing on the back of the fan.

Right now it is on 3 volts, aimed at my chest from 4 feet away, and I feel a light breeze, only on my chest. Cannot even hear it.

At 3 volts, it draws less than 0.1 amps. At 12 volts, 0.9 amps, and the draw is not linear.



The adjustable arm is from a 120 volt incandescent spotlight I no longer needed hanging around in my storage unit. The width of the attachment points matched perfectly to the width of the fan. I pre drilled some small holes, and took some tiny machine screws that I salvaged from my former Sony stereo to hold the adjustable arm to the fan.

The 2 inch spring clamp cost 1$ at home depot

A couple of crimp on connectors and some heat shrink, and I've got a powerful, tiny fan I can clamp anywhere in my Van, plug into any of my several ciggy plug receptacles, and adjust the aim, the speed, and noise to an acceptable level.

Re: What Did You do To your Van Today?
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Re: What Did You do To your Van Today?
Uncle_Leon #574108 July 15th 2012 9:27 am
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Originally Posted by Uncle_Leon
I FINALLY got around to replacing my broken grille. If you can ignore the busted fiberglass on the hood (another project for another day), it looks pretty sweet.


Before:
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After:
[Linked Image]

I also did my yearly rust-check on the body: I found all the tiny spots--mostly in the door frames--that were starting to get rusty, and attacked them with a wire brush and WD-40, cleaned them, then hit them with primer and spray paint. Luckily the stock Rust-Oleum white matches my van exactly. Not the most glamorous fix-up, but it has to be done. The chassis may be a lost cause, but I'm not letting the body go without a fight.




Once a year, usually in the spring, I do the same thing. I know that the chassis may be a tougher nut to crack, it's tougher to get to, and you may need various wire brushes and types of paints (spray, brush ) to get at all the problem areas. But it's sort of necessary. That's the foundation of your van, just like a house. You can have a great house, but if the foundation is bad the house collapses. Take your time, when you have it. It can be tedious, and never ending, but after your done you'll be glad you did. It will look better and you'll have a more solid and stable frame.


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Re: What Did You do To your Van Today?
wrcsixeight #574109 July 15th 2012 9:48 am
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Originally Posted by wrcsixeight
Leon. On your next inevitable rust battle:

http://www.ospho.com/directions.htm

It treats and preps rusted metal beautifully for primer with minimal effort.


Thanks for the tip. I had no idea. And nice fan!




Re: What Did You do To your Van Today?
Sweet_Spot #574134 July 15th 2012 12:11 pm
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Originally Posted by Sweet_Spot

Once a year, usually in the spring, I do the same thing. I know that the chassis may be a tougher nut to crack, it's tougher to get to, and you may need various wire brushes and types of paints (spray, brush ) to get at all the problem areas. But it's sort of necessary. That's the foundation of your van, just like a house. You can have a great house, but if the foundation is bad the house collapses. Take your time, when you have it. It can be tedious, and never ending, but after your done you'll be glad you did. It will look better and you'll have a more solid and stable frame.


Sweet Spot, I would love to take on a project like that. But how do you get underneath your van? Do you use drive-up ramps? Given that I can only work in the street, and have running boards, I'm a little limited.




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