darrenjlobb's Adaptronic Managed Compound Blown Derv Bus Build

[darrenjlobb]

Any signs of an engine yet?

bugger the wheels, get the engine in first.

Yes what he said ^^^^

bugger the wheels, get the engine in first.

true story ; a lobb project with 8 pages with painting and bodywork is dissapoint! Lets see what engine is going in! 

Sorry I know the thread is a bit boring for the time being, but I made myself a promise and that was to sort the car out this time before I get involved in the motor, as once that happens all hope for the car is lost! And its coming on for being 20 years old now, and was in dyer need of some love, so I'm determined to sort the car out first!

Anyway there is a bit of an update, we got the roof etc back on the cummins ready for safety inspection etc, which means I was able to push my car back in the 'shop again, how long it will stay in there this time before something else kicks it out again I don't know, however its in for now, so had better make the most of it!

So pushed it in:





And proceeded to drop the beam:










Followed by the fuel tank / fuel lines / brake lines and cables etc:






Then it was time to start the fun task of rubbing down all the underside / wheel archs etc to get back to bare metal / paint, so remove all the crud / underseal etc to investigate any rust / problems:











As you can see a fair bit of surface rust around, and 3-4 places more serious, so once I have cleaned up the rest of the underside / front wheel archs, theres a few places that I'm going to have to chop out / weld in new steel, Yes I could just paint over it / leave it, but little point in burying the issue, might as well sort it all out now, so thats where we are at right now!

Thanks for reading