Cunning Bus

[Cunning Plan]

Fuel flap sorted.









Locking chrome cap was damaged in the post, picking a new one up from the C&C boys at a show (helpful dudes).

Hatch catches done:





Rear hatch on and aligned. It isn't perfectly in the middle though which is annoying me, but it is as good as I can get it. Might take it to Dubs and Classic's Jason to apply his skills on when it is back on the road..

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Rear hatch glass in.

[Andy]

Lookin' good fella!

How 'out' is the rear hatch?

[Incursus]

Quoting: Andy

How 'out' is the rear hatch?

Indeed, looks ok in the pic.

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It looks alright there, but I think that is the camera and lack of depth, so you can't see the detail. However, it is 'sitting' more to the left than the right, you wouldn't spot it straight away, but if you were looking for an even gap all the way around, you wouldn't find it. There is a bigger cap on the right, say 3-4mm compared to the left which is about 1-1.5mm.

[Andy]

Hmm, that's a bit of a bugger!

Can't you leave it a d say it's period original?

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Deck lid on.


All new fittings - new prop here.


New hinges and stainless fixings.





Sneaky look at some new stickers  8)

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Cleaned up the inside of the right cab-door before fitting properly with new fixings.
















Not too worried about over-paint in some areas as I would rather have a solid door to paint when I've saved for a proper paint job when the bus is on the road than rust everywhere again.




Got to love fresh fixings.


Put the right cab door quarter light in - WOW, fiddleist job, EVER.  :|  Not enjoyable at all. looks good though. Just need to tidy up the scraper positioning.


Old wiring loom is out ready for me to use it as a guide to build a new one.


Decided I will run the new loom through some existing holes in the chassis box-section rather than through the chassis legs as it was before as it seems extremely hard to run the wires through without stripping the plastic from them or damaging them in general.


Made up a spacer for the rear hatch alignment wedge to help get the hatch to sit more in the middle.


Works well.

[Andy]

Would put some grommets on those holes if you're running cables through them.

Very good though :) top work

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Quoting: Andy

Would put some grommets on those holes if you're running cables through them.

Yup, good point

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Old headlining all out..

[art b]

lookin good ....

wheres a good place for bay panels in the uk....

how much is the tax on a 1600 bay ...[my mates squabblin]

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Quoting: art b

wheres a good place for bay panels in the uk....

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Quoting: art b

how much is the tax on a 1600 bay ...[my mates squabblin]

If it's tax exempt, nothing.....

Otherwise, it will be the normal pre-2001 prices, so on engine size, £220 for a year?

[art b]

cheers big ears...

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Finished the right-front cab door window and quarter light:

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TransporterHaus Adjustable Lowering Spring Plates arrived, they seem like great quality!

[art b]

shiney an interestin...

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Still taking each door off to recondition and put some protection paint down on vulnerable areas.

Slider off:












Will clean up components and refit. I have an upgraded slider bearing kit ready to go on:







Left cab door:

[art b]

good work again...  :mrgreen:

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Nothing too exciting at the moment, taking parts off to restore / repair and putting protection down on vulnerable areas.

























Working on the sliding door at the moment and I didn't realise how many little parts go into making the oor work.  :o

[art b]

mrgreen

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Quoting: art b

mrgreen

Now you're on EarlyBay.com you know who mrgreen is

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Following from RK's loom conversation, in-case anyone has any ideas:

There are issues with my bus wiring as I am making a completely new one with modifications for heated front / rear screen, auxiliary lighting, leisure battery etc, but the biggest issue is wanting to use toggle switches, it seems surprisingly complicated.



Everything seems to run through the switches, which I am replacing

So, I'd like to run headlights, wipers etc from toggle switches, but how? I thought about scrapping the original diagram and just using a generic one from a kit-car and using a series of relays, but again, it is pretty hard to find a generic loom to copy.

[art b]

there have been looms for sale on late/early bay or vzi, have a search,

they were used but may help for a pattern