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Got sidetracked today but I finally finished them tonight! I like how they turned out. Re used some of the og holes. The ones that I could find. Psyched! Ready to haul some stuff! Love using this truck, this upgrade will allow even more of that ?? Makes the dove blue pop too I think. Good contrast.
I drilled holes in the wood, then sealed the wood with 4 coats of polyurethane, then I laid all of it out to make sure it lined up. I put a dab of silicone under every hole so water won’t leak in and I screwed them all down with some stainless steel screws! Gonna hopefully last awhile.
I pulled the motor this morning. I drove over to Jack Morris’s house a couple days ago and he listened to the motor and pointed out that it’s likely not consistent enough to be the fan rubbing, but you can still feel it shudder when you hold the fan shroud when it makes the noise. So I think it’s the bearings in the generator. I’m going to take the fan and generator off tonight and then try and put new bearings in the generator.
I also noticed the shock looked kind of funny when I was laying under the bus getting ready to pull it… I don’t know what happened there… I don’t remember hitting anything hard enough to cause it and never heard anything loud enough to have been that… maybe it was that way when I got it back from my uncle? I feel like I would’ve noticed it before… I don’t know. But I got two new shocks today from Bobs VW and I’ll replace both rear shocks this week as well.
Got the fan shroud and generator off. I’m gonna tear into it more tomorrow. Found more pack rat shit around the oil cooler! Cleaned that off, hopefully it’ll cool even better now? Haha!
Here is a couple photos of Jack helping me replace the bearings in my generator. They were so stuck in there we had to use his press to get them off. The generator and fan spins so freely now, like it should. So cool learning how to fix the generator with about $6 in bearings and an hour of time rather than buying a new one.
I got the fan shroud and generator all put back on yesterday morning.
Then I did a valve adjustment with the motor out still, which was super nice. So much easier. I slapped that motor back in last night and replaced all the fuel line underneath the bus which was badly cracked once I pulled it off. So I’m glad I replaced it. And that sucker started right up! Woohoo! Super excited it all went well and no more Chewbacca noise. Then I did an oil change so this motor is gonna be one happy little 1600.I’m going to replace my rear shocks this afternoon and then I’m all ready for the camping trip??
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