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Re: What Did You do To your Van Today?
newkirkinc1 #730559 December 10th 2017 1:17 pm
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Originally Posted by newkirkinc1
Bought new dual mirror mount 2foot CB antennas for both the Loveshack and Bad Influence vans,


Can you post a pic of your antenni?

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Re: What Did You do To your Van Today?
wrcsixeight #730889 December 18th 2017 9:43 pm
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Michelin tires started to come apart, after many hrs on the phone, Michelin put a new set of BFG'S on my van for free !
I did have to pay mount, bal & certs. But they put $821 worth of new rubber on.

Cause there "touring" tires are having problems.

Had Mich 225/75/16 ....now BFG 245/75/16 No clearance problems at all.

Got them 4 yrs ago. Only had put 8000 out of 70,000 miles on them.

The tires looked like they had 30,000 on them.

Maybe the drag racing I do had some thing to do with it ......lolol

The rubber compound was breaking down. Left tire marks on the road when I took off.


Way better ride ... Same tires on my red '93 but smaller.

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SUNSHINE VANS-VAN DIEGO
ADRENALIN BY THE GALLON & CHASIN RACIN
ONE FOR THE DIRT & ONE FOR THE STREETS
'93 CHEVY G30 454 4X4 SPORTVAN EXT 146" WB
'92 CHEVY G30 454 BEAUVILLE EXT 146" WB
Re: What Did You do To your Van Today?
wrcsixeight #730900 December 18th 2017 11:08 pm
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That's great they replaced them, hope these last alot longer for you.

While the dog house was off I took a look at the side mirror switch, trying to figure out why the drivers side mirror wouldn't turn left or right, found the center pin was bent, after bending it back it started working properly, easy enough, glad it wasn't the wiring.

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Re: What Did You do To your Van Today?
wrcsixeight #731340 January 01st 2018 12:50 am
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Got these for $125 off Craigslist..... They will be going on the 83 in the spring


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Re: What Did You do To your Van Today?
wrcsixeight #731365 January 02nd 2018 8:49 am
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Nice, all I did was charge the battery lol


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Re: What Did You do To your Van Today?
wrcsixeight #731704 January 11th 2018 9:44 pm
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Those look nice Vanner68, can't wait to see them on the van.

Replaced the leaking heater control valve and a few of the hoses. Amazon had a good price for a new Acdelco one. Was no cakewalk to get the rear hoses off and back on though.

I finally understand how it works, with heat on there is no vacuum applied, so the internal gate is shut which directs coolant from bottom rear hose to middle hose to the heater core which then comes back by rear top tube to the front tube back to the water pump. With heat off a vacuum is applied which opens the gate and water flows straight back to the water pump. If there is a vacuum leak the valve keeps the heat on.

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Re: What Did You do To your Van Today?
wrcsixeight #731723 January 12th 2018 8:19 pm
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The other day it was so blasted cold, I had to pull the Van battery, to jump start the car smile

Re: What Did You do To your Van Today?
whyitsdone #731748 January 13th 2018 9:48 am
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Sorry `Whyits done`
I bought the van off a guy in Calif, Imported it here to Australia.
Already had that grille on it. Nah the hood opens ok, just a little fiddly.....can u post a pic of yours.
I haven`t touched mine in weeks, I`m really keen to get it done but I just haven`t had the time... fixing up a couple of other `normal` Aussie cars I am selling, plus always on the rider mower keeping the grass down,
PLUS summers here and it was 40* (110*) in the shed today.I have fitted the electric window and central locking kits, just have to drill thru the door jamb and pillars to feed the wiring for the switches.
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL.


Re: What Did You do To your Van Today?
wrcsixeight #732083 January 20th 2018 10:45 pm
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Today I had the pleasure of undoing a bunch of nasty "bodywork" around my rear wheel wells and rear quarters that a previous owner (who apparently thought he was Michelangelo) sculpted with what looked like a stick and his bare hands. After grinding off the (mis-matching, of course) touch-up paint and a super thick layer of bondo, I started to realize there was no need for so much material. There was plenty of actual metal left and only a few minor rust spots and tiny dents underneath the whole mess.

I don't mind a little bit of bondo or whatever when necessary if it's done right, but what was going on on my poor van was beyond ridiculous.


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