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Re: What Did You do To your Van Today?
maples01 #785080 November 13th 2021 7:27 am
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Originally Posted by maples01
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Back from shop, broken distributor replaced, timing set, someone had it too high, plug wires replaced, so my tuneup is complete, previous owner only changed 5 plugs, when I did them, the miss went away but I knew more needed to be done, thats when I went to change the cap and rotor, to find the distributor broken. I got a list of items to complete tomorrow, I hope to drive it home afterward.

One step at a time will have it running great in no time
Running better than ever, dad said probably didn't need a new battery, the hard cranking was timing, well, didn't want to take any chances. My nice pretty painted doghouse is finally in, gotta drill the floor and put thread inserts for the anchor points for it, passenger seats in too, only got half my parts in the wheelchair lift, the cables I ordered were too long, I had to improvise install, get the other in tomorrow, finally the wheelchair lift operates as it should, I'm closer to driving it, need to get the hand controls connected to the gas pedal next. I plan to tackle it all tomorrow to drive it home, but may wind up having to make a trip to either the hospital or clinic, the antibiotics I was given were not effective, so downhill I go. The old man and I, what a pair, both of us aren't in the shape to be working on a vehicle, this one will be our last I'm afraid, in his 70's, hes beginning to lose his ability to grip items. Got banned on fb again, so no progress photos will be uploaded there, seems a troll reported one of my photos after returning from a 120 day ban, going for a year ban.

I'm feeling that whole "getting old" thing too. Darn weather change has me hobbling around here like I'm 80 years old. lol


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Re: What Did You do To your Van Today?
wrcsixeight #785115 November 13th 2021 7:31 pm
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Only 6 months of winter left.

Re: What Did You do To your Van Today?
wrcsixeight #785149 November 14th 2021 4:01 pm
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Re: What Did You do To your Van Today?
maples01 #785150 November 14th 2021 5:16 pm
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Originally Posted by maples01
Only 6 months of winter left.

Went out an washed it in tee shirt N shorts ...

No winter here .... maybe a cold spell but no blizzards or snow ...

Except in the Laguna mts 50 miles away and up 3000 ft in elevation


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Re: What Did You do To your Van Today?
frscke1 #785151 November 14th 2021 7:51 pm
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Originally Posted by frscke1
Originally Posted by maples01
Only 6 months of winter left.

Went out an washed it in tee shirt N shorts ...

No winter here .... maybe a cold spell but no blizzards or snow ...

Except in the Laguna mts 50 miles away and up 3000 ft in elevation
Tennessee is 70 Friday, 50 Monday, gotta drive around with a jacket in the van, can change temps at the drop of a hat.
I found some wheels for my van today, I want to go get them, but not sure I have room in the van, the price is right, will be needing tires tho.

Re: What Did You do To your Van Today?
wrcsixeight #785165 November 15th 2021 1:26 am
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Tried to remove my subfloor. A few screws were a total bitch to remove without stripping the heads. Gonna be sore tomorrow. Then I realized that the storage hutch would need to be dismantled to get it fully out, so f*ck that noise. I was at least able to look underneath and there are no water stains on the bottom of the plywood. I'm gonna roll with it, so I sprayed the stained area with H2O+bleach and will let it dry a few days, then hit it w/ the Kilz. Then put in the real floor and bolt in the bench seat.

Re: What Did You do To your Van Today?
cornfarmer #785167 November 15th 2021 4:58 am
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Originally Posted by cornfarmer
Tried to remove my subfloor. A few screws were a total bitch to remove without stripping the heads. Gonna be sore tomorrow. Then I realized that the storage hutch would need to be dismantled to get it fully out, so f*ck that noise. I was at least able to look underneath and there are no water stains on the bottom of the plywood. I'm gonna roll with it, so I sprayed the stained area with H2O+bleach and will let it dry a few days, then hit it w/ the Kilz. Then put in the real floor and bolt in the bench seat.
Yeah, I own the tool for striped screws, good thing because I strip Phillips inserting them, I put down bamboo in my 73, its supposed to be tough, my accident, head on collision was so hard it all came up from the floor, was screwed and glued, guess that 302 wasn't so gutless. I can say that carpet does so much better at dampening noise, my shorty will be like riding in an empty beer can, removed the floor and dropped an aluminum sheet on the floor, nice ans smooth place to roll around in my floor now, I kind of wish I had put down some sound deadening material. I got some deck paint, thick stuff, trowel it on, was great on plywood. Hows yours, is it quiet as you drive down the road?

Re: What Did You do To your Van Today?
wrcsixeight #785177 November 15th 2021 12:34 pm
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No hand washing here. We got our first snow yesterday. Too warm for it to stick around much, but turned all the trees and lawns white.

Re: What Did You do To your Van Today?
wrcsixeight #785210 November 16th 2021 3:38 am
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I am close to driving, but I forgot the stupid seatbelt has 2 anchor points, I thought I was done until I saw the other side of the belt dangling, gotta get to a welder to have a plate put on my seat track to anchor it. I'll need thicker metal plates for my hand controls to be mounted, it gives a little, twisting effect, my other was mounted on a plate I had welded up, no such way to mount it here, this is 4 pieces of angle bolted together, handcontrol bolted between them. Dad crawled under hopefully for the last time to bolt in the angle iron that my seat belt buckle attaches, can say its bolted down hard core. My big six idles great now, steady, moderate, not too loud, nothing like my E350, I'm pretty pleased with it, hope to find someone to tune it for more power in the future. I need to get some cables made up at Home Depot for the wheelchair lift, what I bought is too long, but I was able to make it work, for the first time it lifted the bridge plate, no self destructing on the way up, dads amazed with it, he worked hard getting it mounted, was his second, not that he wants a job installing them. The doghouse needs pushed forward on the bottom, then I can drill the mounting holes in the new floor, gonna make a jig to do it, a brace with a screw jack to give it a little push, I want it placed right, I'll have to put thread inserts down. While trying to get the throttle attached to my gas pedal, the right brake on my wheelchair shattered, yeah composite, fancy name for plastic garbage, there goes $150 that could be used elsewhere.

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