Very nice, did you sand and paint the DH and then add the vinyl cover. Where did you get the cover?
Bob
No, didn’t sand or paint it. Just left it as I got it. Used finish washers and 3/4†sheet metal screws, and drilled a small pilot hole for each screw. Seems like it’ll hold up well. I used a leather punch to knock out each screw hole in the padded cover, to avoid any tearing.
Got the cover from Wilson’s custom upholstery, I found them on Instagram at stitchin_wilson - I’m very happy with the cover. They did a great job, good communication, and a great product.
Got the cup holder/organizer from a cat at the nationals swap meet - I had been looking for one since getting the van, with no luck. Big score on my first day at Nats.
Wasn’t today, but last week, I finally got off my butt and fixed a vibration I have had in the driveline of my van. Any time I got to 55mph, I got a vibration in the floor/seat of my pants and was not sure what it was.
I checked the u-joints, and they SEAMED tight, so I kept looking with no luck. I finally decided screw it and pulled the driveshaft out. As I did that I found the front u-joint to be bad and fixated on that, repairing it and put the shaft back in the van. Upon test driving it, I found the vibration was better but not gone, so out came the shaft again to inspect the rear u-joint, and it turned out to be bad too. Off to the parts store to get another u-joint and replace it too. Now the van runs as smooth or maybe smoother than the day I bought her. YAY ME !lol
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Got the speedo cable installed and now have both a working speedo and odo, YAY ME TOO.....then got to thinking about the non-working gauges while I was in there. A few of the contacts on the back were long gone, and probably crumbled without me realizing it when I first took the cluster out. More money throwing at parts...
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