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- Mon May 21, 2018 8:27 am
- Forum: Past Events
- Topic: Pre Ypsilanti Campout May19th
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Re: Pre Ypsilanti Campout May19th
We have an event tent? Fancy!
- Thu May 17, 2018 7:34 pm
- Forum: Members Projects
- Topic: 78 westy
- Replies: 45
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Re: 78 westy
Thanks Chuck, could not figure it out. Got a yuuuge 360mm convex Broadway mirror to clip over it tho' so I can see all the way to the B pillars.
- Wed May 16, 2018 6:50 pm
- Forum: Members Projects
- Topic: 78 westy
- Replies: 45
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Re: 78 westy
Yes Josh, here's pics with it epoxied, and some of the PO's ghetto repairs, previously covered in tons of bondo. In the last picture, notice how Chuck's yellow tape survived sandblasting! I didn't have the heart to destroy his work :P image001reduced.jpg image002reduced.jpg image003reduced.jpg image...
- Tue May 15, 2018 8:16 am
- Forum: Members Projects
- Topic: 78 westy
- Replies: 45
- Views: 9305
Re: 78 westy
They used sand but the guy was skilled, no warpage. As for condition, If you zoom in the side pictures you will find a bunch of riveted repairs. But overall plenty of solid metal left. As for deadline I need it running, in my driveway, by Aug 2nd at 9am, for Colin (air-cooled itinerant) to tune. Hi ...
- Mon May 14, 2018 8:24 pm
- Forum: Members Projects
- Topic: 78 westy
- Replies: 45
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Re: 78 westy
naked bus is naked
- Tue May 01, 2018 7:25 pm
- Forum: Members Projects
- Topic: 78 westy
- Replies: 45
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Re: 78 westy
Finally, with weather getting good, sh*t starts going down
- Sun Feb 11, 2018 2:14 pm
- Forum: Past Events
- Topic: Amskeptic Visit 2007
- Replies: 4
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Re: Amskeptic Visit 2007
I am signed up for this year's itinerary, if you want to see him swing by my place in mid-august and he did ask me about Don and Sean
- Mon Feb 05, 2018 11:01 pm
- Forum: Members Projects
- Topic: 78 westy
- Replies: 45
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Re: 78 westy
Fridge test all hooked up to power! nothing blew! 24.jpg temperature at start of test 25.jpg temperature after 20 minutes 26.jpg right about now I had an epiphany and realized that I might burn my basement down, so I quickly unplugged the fridge. this is how the heating element wire was routed by t...
- Mon Feb 05, 2018 10:54 pm
- Forum: Members Projects
- Topic: 78 westy
- Replies: 45
- Views: 9305
Re: 78 westy
Next is wire cleanup. I installed a 20 amp inline fuse and extended the temporary test lines to the fridge. 19.jpg Figuring out the rat's next under the thermostat took a while; I could have hooked up the heating element directly to the transformer and call it a day, but I wanted test the dial knob...
- Mon Feb 05, 2018 10:51 pm
- Forum: Members Projects
- Topic: 78 westy
- Replies: 45
- Views: 9305
Re: 78 westy
Testing the 12V power supply 9.jpg remove the transformer cover 10.jpg it's supposed to look like this 11.JPG instead, I got this mess - see below - so I snipped both 12v wires 12.jpg 13.jpg 14.jpg 15.jpg The breaker box supplies power to the transformer. 16.jpg I removed the cover and inspected ev...