Last night the engine got put back together. New pistons, jugs, and heads are on. Also had new rocker shafts and new push rod tubes. All that stuff is on the engine now. Just need to connect up the last half of the new alternator and then the cooling tin and it goes back into the bus. That’s what’s going on today. Hopefully another 2 hours and it’ll be up and running.
The steering is almost done. All the old stuff got taken off two days ago and the new stuff has been going on last night and will be finished today. The swing lever got rebuilt, drag link put on, and the tie rods need to be bolted down now. I haven’t completed the ball joints and I’m dreading doing that today because they need to be pressed in and I think the whole front beam needs to come off. I’m not really sure. I hope it doesn’t.
The top got completed last night. The top is frigging sweet as hell. Gotta give it to Jason who I just said… finish the top after I had put in most of the buttons and he got it done really well. A lot better than what I would have done.
Yesterday my GPS Speedo came in. It’s a Heads Up Display, HUD, and projects on the windshield. It just projects your speed in km/h or m/h and your direction you are going. The update speed of the thing is insanely fast. Totally awesome and accurate. Gotta love a global satellite positioning system telling a piece of crap rusted out 1971 Bus what speed it’s doing.
