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Re: What did you do to/with your van today?
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 4:51 pm
by LiftedAWDAstro
Opened the rear end up again and re-set the backlash and preload. Ran it up on blocks and found it is as loud or louder than before! ](*,)
Re: What did you do to/with your van today?
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 6:07 pm
by infinite.chris
Did tons oh stuff with the goodies from the junkyard. Swapped taillights, center console and dash. I know everyone likes pictures here so...
Changed over my glovebox, a little dirty, but some spit polish and it'll be good as new:
Just need more grey stuff to match the color I'm going with in the future (Dark Navy ^^)
Got a new / different radio console. Can't really tell the diffference, but it fits tighter now.
Didn't get my headlight / markerlight toggle swapped but I also found my dimmer switch had shorted out:
Switched tails, old ones got hit by sprayover by previous owner
And it's worth mentioning, here's my catch-all in the front:
Got a couple more center hub covers (now have four)
And le toys (the Ford 8n is my dad's):
Two thoughts: any time I'm going hunting in a junkyard in the future, first thing I'm looking for is a seat cover. They make great "shopping bags" and two.. I need to make sure to fill my pockets with tiny goodies. the washers with nuts attached, fuses, etc etc. that stuff is hard to find, and also a b*tch to lose when taking things apart.
Re: What did you do to/with your van today?
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 9:58 am
by ruecifur
Not today but over the past week I installed S10 3+1 packs in the rear, added helwig rear sway bar, 2" body pucks, cranked up the torsion bars, new shocks all around, new idlers, new driverside hub unit, changed the t-case fluid, oil change, alignment, mounted the safari rack from my old jeep, mounted an arb awning, and ripped off all the body molding.
Re: What did you do to/with your van today?
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 1:28 pm
by LiftedAWDAstro
NICE!
Re: What did you do to/with your van today?
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 5:42 pm
by Cobra
crossed 360k kms (something like 223k miles) today, van just keeps going energizer bunny just can't keep up
Re: What did you do to/with your van today?
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 4:02 am
by LiftedAWDAstro
Nice! Your oil pressure is kinda high...like 275 psi! Must be one of those high pressure pumps.
Re: What did you do to/with your van today?
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 5:32 pm
by Cobra
my gauges are special
Re: What did you do to/with your van today?
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 10:25 pm
by Mr_Roboto
Got loose at about 25-30mph test driving the van tonight. Needs a ton of tuning still, but is coming along finally. Oh yeah installed the crossmember bolts.
Re: What did you do to/with your van today?
Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2012 8:45 am
by safari kev
van is in the bodyshop getting worked on
also, the cadillac runs. still needs an exhaust system though. Its just a wee bit loud.
Re: What did you do to/with your van today?
Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2012 10:14 am
by LiftedAWDAstro
Installed new backup lights...
Re: What did you do to/with your van today?
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 1:55 pm
by markmitchinnh
I lowered the 1995 4.3 V6 into my 89 Astro RS motor mounts bolts are in and two trans to motor bolts are in, I will resume this in the morning.
Re: What did you do to/with your van today?
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 1:42 am
by Mr_Roboto
drilled some holes in the adapter plate for the single plane conversion. Need to cut out the big hole. Thinking jigsaw. We'll see how it does on aluminum.
Re: What did you do to/with your van today?
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 8:27 pm
by safari kev
swung by the body shop. my van is almost ready and looks better than when I bought it.
Re: What did you do to/with your van today?
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 8:17 pm
by H2OJoe
Looks good. Did you have an accident?
Re: What did you do to/with your van today?
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 9:19 pm
by safari kev
H2OJoe wrote:Looks good. Did you have an accident?
yes...about a month ago. some guy came off a entrance ramp and changed lanes across the front of my van. it destroyed my fender, bumper, cracked the grille, and took about a foot off the front of the running board.