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Re: 1980 Chevy Van 20
vaNsquared #773389 March 24th 2021 1:48 am
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Nice van Bow-Tie Brother chevy

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Re: 1980 Chevy Van 20
vaNsquared #773409 March 24th 2021 1:05 pm
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Front end looks smooth man. Keep it up. I've got a spare rear bumper in decent shape, but VA is a long hike from FL for a dang bumper.


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Re: 1980 Chevy Van 20
vaNsquared #773880 March 31st 2021 1:16 pm
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Thanks guys
And thanks for the offer on the bumper kursed. I'd take you up on it too if I was driving up north anytime soon.

Got a little more progress in this week with the dash out

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Went ahead and pulled the heater core. With that out of the way, I cleaned out the cowl and kick panel vents.

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This compost pile was hiding in the passenger side vent. Driver's vent had just a couple of dry pine needles, and only a small pile of dirt behind the heater recirc door.

Re: 1980 Chevy Van 20
vaNsquared #773889 March 31st 2021 1:57 pm
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YIKES! Yeah man, that's actually a pretty common nightmare spot for the junk. Glad you got it all cleaned out. Love following along with this build.


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vaNsquared #773897 March 31st 2021 3:08 pm
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Old heater core looks fine, doesn't seem blocked if I blow air through it. Was it bypassed due to a leak or something else? Had the new one on hand so I replaced it anyway. I suppose I'll find out if it was something else haha.

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Old speedometer cable out and replaced. This took a little more work than I expected. The cable is clamped to the body in 4 places, and the grill had to come off to free one of them.

On my van, the speedometer cable is routed through a small opening behind a pair of brake lines and the frame rail. There is not enough clearance for the threaded transmission end of the cable to pass through.

If I had to do this job again, I would completely remove the old cable, then feed the new cable from the bottom up, passing the speedometer end through the small opening behind the brake lines, saving the battle with the old firewall grommet for last.

Re: 1980 Chevy Van 20
kursed #773898 March 31st 2021 3:12 pm
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Originally Posted by kursed
YIKES! Yeah man, that's actually a pretty common nightmare spot for the junk. Glad you got it all cleaned out. Love following along with this build.

Thanks again for posting the dash teardown!

Re: 1980 Chevy Van 20
vaNsquared #773912 March 31st 2021 4:37 pm
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Originally Posted by vaNsquared
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YIKES! Yeah man, that's actually a pretty common nightmare spot for the junk. Glad you got it all cleaned out. Love following along with this build.

Thanks again for posting the dash teardown!

Yes sir! Glad it helped out.


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Re: 1980 Chevy Van 20
vaNsquared #773984 April 01st 2021 5:30 pm
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So I got a repop painted bumper in the mail this week. Sprayed some silver paint on it and on to fitting it up!
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Learned the hard way: Loosen the bumper mounting brackets before fitting up a new bumper. Then with the bumper carriage bolts snugged on most of the way, tighten the brackets back up. Good thing I had plenty of touch-up paint lol
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Got it all fitted and tightened up yesterday

Re: 1980 Chevy Van 20
vaNsquared #773985 April 01st 2021 6:13 pm
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Looks great!


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