what do people do for preventative maintanence

[restoreid]

By the way Ben that little black cab chassie you have the  same wheelbase as SWB van If I live long enough I would like to get one put dual wheel diff & make a fifth wheel rig & go live in it Cheers Reid

[ben]

nice idea..
ben

[restoreid]

Hey Craig that soap trick I dont think it works on this new unleaded fuel i tried it on mine & it wouldnt harden up I know it worked on the old leaded fuel but I couldnt get it to work on this new stuff Cheers Reid

[westy12]

gday i know this is an old thread but ive got some catching up to do!!
well weve just done over 34000kms which is further than around the earth!!
all i took was the toolbox, spare fanbelt and hoses,accelerator cable,speedo cable,indicator switch and thats it. didnt need any of it besides the speedo cable.
got two batteries fitted so wont ever run out, only took one spare and never got a flat.
was running hot in 40 degrees around adelaide so had to get a 3 core radiator fitted. problem solved!
had to change the dizzy half way but it still ran, just rough..
wouldnt have broken down once if i didnt drive thru a 150km dust storm! still made it to the next town but the dizzy seized overnight. after that i did a wheel bearing so i shouldve had a spare and i wouldnt have got stuck on the highway.
didnt even have rac assistance.
i have complete faith in the old holden engines and i made sure everything was sound before i left eg. spark plugs, leads etc.
old holdens never die!!!

[ben]

yeh i guess so ay.. there are always people that can send you parts if your in no hurry..

[booga]

all of that sounds good, except the speedo cable, whats it matter if your speedo is more that 40kms out at 110 lol.

i found the gps is the best guide unless the van is set up correctly.

on another note while i think about it, if someone has messed with the wiring in your van
(or if you have) its worthwile checking to make sure the earth and pos are in the correct positions as this seems to affect the gps chargers so badly that they cease to work
also not good for phone chargers but they dont seem so sensitive.

just a tip, my brother went through 2 chargers before bringing the car in so i could have a look. still got warranty tho 

[able]

rust prevention...

i was welding up the little rust holes behind the back tires when my cousin poped in....

he had a look at where the rust was and i showed him it was on both sides and also showed him a hole that had started at the back of the wheel well that i discovered when i was blowing air to remove old bog and dirt before welding....

anyway he suggested to me after i told him that bedies have a lot of rust issues with that back corners that i drill holes underneath and out of the sight so i can spray fish oil once a month inside those back corners and fit rubber bungs into the holes so that i have easy access...

what do you think? have any of you guys done this on yours?

[Brett]

I use lanolin. I was told the old hotrodders used to smear oil over everything.

[JOE RYAN]

I have used fish oil and plain engine oil in doors sills etc for over 20 years both work well the benefit on fish oil is that it forms a skin and stops leaking eventually. Engine oil while it will stop the rust it will continue to weep and seep for years especially after hot days in my experience the rust definately does not reappear ir it is removed correctly in the first place

Cheers

Joe

[autocat21]

Many years ago when i was much younger i worked for a short time as an apprentice panel beater. Did only to years and wasn't much good at it so left the industry.The Boss at the time took on a job,it was a VW Kombi Van. Was un usual as the Boss didn't do bog jobs but that was what this one was and it became my job ta fix it.The bloke didn't have much money to spend but talk about rust there wasn't much left of the bottom of the van.After I had finnished bogging it  we filled it full of Fisholene ( Fish Oil ).Several years later although the van lived opposite the Ocean still looked fine.