Getting the van ready for winter and more projects. I've drained the water tank and filled the gas and will put a fuel additive in to prevent condensation.
I got the cooling system flushed and new coolant
Also took out broken and rotting door panels and used a jigsaw to cut out new panels from a sturdy fiber board.
Old Panels:
Door metal behind looks good, just needs cleaned and some wax!
Cutting out the Fiber Board replacements from a pattern of the original panels:
and testing the fit:
I cut out the center pieces and everything fit well, next step for a rainy day will be buying vinyl material and covering the fiber board!
In the last weeks I have also replaced and repaired my instrument cluster circuit board and got all my instruments working except temperature(ouch!). I knocked the needle off the gauge while doing some soldering and can't get it bact on properly or have broken the gauge. Sad day!!! I will get an aftermarket temp gauge and mount it in the near future.
New challenge- something is wrong with the drivers side suspension!
It is not sitting up high enough- maybe a spring or shock issue???
I won't know until I can get it up on jack stands, but probably not this week. Sigh...old vehicles.....always something!
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