LEAKOIL Forum

Thanks for the photo Ted and for the suggestions Bill. Did some research online and looked at a lot of photos. Seems that the majority of DC's after 71 are secured with fasteners that look like the ones that secure the rear hatch panel in a bus (chrome button head). However, there also appear to be ...

I do have a question. Does anyone know what if any special clips are needed to attach the rear panels. There are some round holes which appear to be the same as those in a door that accept a grommet etc... However there are oblong holes too where I would expect to see round ones. If they do require ...

Picked up a couple of muffler gaskets from Larry's Off Road today so I could install the heater tubes. The Double Cab sounds like a Volkswagen again, amazing what a difference a new muffler can make. Wanted to keep working but did not want to get too deep into anything as it's getting late, it is a ...

Had limited time to work on it today but wanted to get something done. I had finished cleaning and lubing the lock mechanism and my new door panels came in, so I decided to install the cargo door panel. Worst part was putting in those rubber grommets until I remembered to use a Ball End Allen Wrench...

That is really coming along. Man I wish I could weld!

We will definetly see you at Kelleys Island but will be in our Westfalia!.

Painted and mounted a new front emblem. I know it is not stock for this year but I think it looks pretty good.

Just a top photo of the exhaust.

Bill, thanks for the tip on the reducer stud. The bolt that had been used in place of the stud turned out to be a 10m X 1.50. My local hardware store had a reducing stud from 10m to 8m with a 1.50 thread. Ran a tap to clean it up a bit and put them in. They are slightly longer than the stock studs b...

Test fit of the new muffler looked good. I was not 100% sure it would fit because none of the part catalogs listed this for a 74 Bus. Looks like everything will clear just fine.