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Nice and clean!

Been a busy few weeks but fit some more progress in


A big POR-15 smudge got on the dash when it was in the garage :P Saw someone on a Jeep forum use Rustoleum then satin clear to re-do their dash, and it looked surprisingly decent. Figured why not give that a try using the exterior dark green paint. Will take some better pics once installed but I think it came out all right

That looks pretty nice and the bumper came out clean. Coming along nice. I have so far to go on my 74'.

WHAT A CLEAN JOB .... KUDO'S

I have 2 more for you to do ... LOL

Awesome van. I'm definitely a GM guy.

Love the green of the dash and doghouse. Coming along really nice man.

Looking GOOD!

Now the brake adventure as promised @blkhawk611.

Went to do the rear brakes and the lines were fused to their fittings with rust. Time to replace some hard lines!

Slightly bent out of shape original line next to pre-flared NiCopp line slightly longer than original. Bent them into a close copy of the original and made final adjustments with the lines mounted up

NiCopp is not too bad to form by hand but it definitely comes out cleaner with help from a tubing bender. This was for the driver's front caliper.

All new hoses too. This was the rear brake hose.
Replace the calipers and greased the front wheel bearings while I was at it.

Bled the brakes, went for a test drive around the block. All seemed well so I decided to take the van on a little three mile spin to grab some takeout.

Accelerating from a stoplight on the way back and suddenly loud tapping from engine. Uh oh.

I'm thankful for all the encouragement you all have shown me. I know we'll get it sorted out one way or another!

Rocker arms out of adjustment?

Brakes lines came out nice.