The Fat Van

[Gary68]

bonus pics

gear porn

all i had was lithium grease

 

[highdesertranger]

nice. I like mechanical porn. highdesertranger

 

[Dennis]

Gary, is that indoor/outdoor carpet that you put back in the cabin? Lay down anything under it?

 

[Gary68]

Gary, is that indoor/outdoor carpet that you put back in the cabin?  Lay down anything under it?

extra new house carpet,nothing under,it was free and brown/tan,much better then the dirt pistachio

 

[Dennis]

The price is right. I have been thinking on the Bedrug liner cut to fit mat or some indoor/outdoor.

 

[Gary68]

The price is right. I have been thinking on the Bedrug liner cut to fit mat or some indoor/outdoor.

to do it proper you would want to use something like these
https://www.google.com/webhp?source...ie=UTF-8#q=auto+floor+sound+deadener&tbm=shop

coming up with your own recipe shouldn't be to hard

 

[Dennis]

Definitely needs some sound deadener put back. At some point. Thanks for the link, plenty to choose from.

 

[Matlock]

Gary, while rummaging through Febay for some reading material I ran across this item.
Don't know that you have one or not but thought I'd share.
They list several so I'll let you do the search, some are pricey.

 

[highdesertranger]

Gary's is a Chevy. highdesertranger

 

[ArtW]

The brake system is a closed and sealed system. Barring a serious leak, or an oops when checking the level, it cannot get 'dirty'. New fluid only needs added if the level gets low.

Sorry, but this is not true

Brake fluid is Hygroscopic, that means it's main hobby is collecting moisture, which it does every time you open that sealed system, and any time there is a possibility of condensation (you won't see the condensation, the brake fluid absorbs it)
if your brake fluid is brown, not only is it full of moisture, but the corrosion that moisture is causing
Replacing the fluid on a regular basis is recommended, not just by your mechanic, but the vehicle manufacturer

 

[Gary68]

Gary, while rummaging through Febay for some reading material I ran across this item.
Don't know that you have one or not but thought I'd share.
They list several so I'll let you do the search, some are pricey.

i dont have a service manual but it's a 70's chevy so it's pretty much caveman tech
did come with all the owners manuals though for the rig and all the appliances

 

[rvpopeye]

Gary
There is one of those parked (abandoned)in a corner of the local Lowes lot. (It's been there since last spring.)
I drove by it today and noticed the rear wheel isn't centered in the wheel well like yours.
It's on a Dodge chassis and the wheel is forward of center (I believe yours was behind center?)
I'm wondering if that might be a factory "fault" ?????
Knowing they were going to use two different chassis that were different wheel base , they may have decided to split the difference on the body so it would "fit" both Dodge and Chevy ????????
Just thought that might be why they are both off center. And you can stop wondering the cause...

 

[highdesertranger]

it is very common with aftermarket beds for the wheel wells to be off. yes this is so one size fits all. my service bed is off. if you look around you will find a lot of them off. highdesertranger

 

[Gary68]

yea,i'm mechanically sound so not to concerned about the wheel well,its fiberglass and can be modded
it sits level but i would like to lift the rear maybe 4 inches,in a perfect world where i crap $100 bills i would get a custom set of springs with like a 7 inch arc but i will have to deal with what i have and do one of the other lift options when its not wet and muddy

 

[Gary68]

screwed by chevy

so i got a new oil cooler but the cooler has coarse thread and my existing hard lines have a fine thread
3 autoparts stores,ace,pipe company then hydraulic place,nobody has anything to match what turns out to be a chevy specific thread pattern

so now i'm going out to do a little grinding and whatnot and see if i can hand tap these together if that dont work i will reacquire a pipe cutter and flare tool and replace the chevy compress fitting to a common one

fun,fun,fun

 

[highdesertranger]

I didn't realize you where using stock Chevy oil cooler lines. some hydraulic shops will cut those fittings off and tig weld AN fitting on the tubing, or you can just replace the whole line. I thought you were going to replace the lines anyway. do you have the adaptor that goes between the oil filter and the block? most of those use NPT for their fittings which makes it easy. just install AN fittings on the adaptor and the cooler then install standard hydraulic hose. highdesertranger

 

[Gary68]

yea,useing the stock 1/2"oil line w/adapter,the compression nut threads up front are chevy specific,dont know about the adapter
just ordered flare tool and cutter and will go to npt,i'm sure i will need them somewhere propane and needed to replace the ones that walked away

btw.that cooler looks well built and at a good price

 

[Gary68]

found this so i'm not alone

http://humboldt.craigslist.org/rvs/5887931111.html
yea,11k

one thing i am disappointed about is i was under the impression that these have wood cabinetry but mine is veneered particleboard
really leaning towards tearing it all out

 

[Gary68]

I didn't realize you where using stock Chevy oil cooler lines.  some hydraulic shops will cut those fittings off and tig weld AN fitting on the tubing,  or you can just replace the whole line.  I thought you were going to replace the lines anyway.  do you have the adaptor that goes between the oil filter and the block?  most of those use NPT for their fittings which makes it easy.  just install AN fittings on the adaptor and the cooler then install standard hydraulic hose.  highdesertranger

oh,it was the trans cooler lines that were cut,build sheet says it came with a cooler so i think the new radiator guys cut them
bottom line has a 6" hose on it,pick and pull had a couple vans but i really dont want to crawl under a van in mid winter,just a small bender away from being able to make my own

 

[Gary68]

lets see whats under the swollen particle board the battery is sitting on

trans cooler left http://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=3843696&cc=1047372&jsn=445

oil cooler right http://www.anfittingsdirect.com/oil-coolers/heat-exchanger-for-oil-p-1108.html