Reviving Barry

[Jock]

Well it's been a couple (maybe a few?) years since good old Barry the Bedford has seen the road! He has been sitting in the elements and has aged a little but he is still up for some reviving!

Thought I better start a thread on the revival process so I can look back at the before and after shots and say "...ahhhh that was worth it!.."
Here are a few pics.

Up on the hoist and ready for some love!


Diff came from a SWB model, have now welded new spring mounts and refitted the diff.


Still have to fit the rear wheel cylinders (brake slave cylinders), tracking them down this week:


As you can see old Baz is very cob webby and dirty underneath, under all the mud and grime he is a good old thing!


More to come, need to eat some dinner now!

[Jock]

Has anyone got a spare handbrake linkage?

[Jock]

Not far from having the rear end sorted then it's onto the front end, thinking of running the XB master/LJ booster setup. I would prefer to run the original Bedford master/booster but after reading a few posts I think this may not be ideal because I will have disc front and drum rear....

I have the disc front end on but I think I may need some new discs/rotors and some new calipers. These ones look like they have seen better days...

[Jock]

I need to run new hard lines across the diff and get a T piece and some bits and pieces to mount the brake lines. Does anyone have some photos of their rear end brake line routing etc so I can see how it's meant to go?

[Rogue Trooper]

Take your calipers into a brake specialist and get them to clean them up and put new seals through them. You'll be amazed at how they come back and it's not all that expensive. Well mine weren't anyway.

[Jock]

Take your calipers into a brake specialist and get them to clean them up and put new seals through them. You'll be amazed at how they come back and it's not all that expensive. Well mine weren't anyway.

Thanks Rogue-boy.

What about the discs?
They are covered in surface rust. Should I get them machined or should I just get new ones?

Cheers

Jock

[Bas / NZ]

Should be able to be machined, had mine done $40.00 NZ about a year ago.

[Jock]

Time for an update on Barry's revival. No more pics but will get some this weekend.

Fitted new rear wheel cylinders:

Brand: IBS Brake Parts
Part number: IBS-P5096
Cost: $44 for the pair



Once they were in I ran brand new brake lines and T piece for the rear end, borrowed a double flaring tool from a friend and bought some brake tube - too easy.

Next I had to elongate the mounting holes in the firewall for the LJ Torana brake booster, I did this with a round hand file. Once that was done I elongated the holes in the XA Falcon master cylinder so that it would fit the booster - again with a round hand file.

Next step was to shorten the push rod that goes from the front of the brake booster into the back of the master cylinder. I cut 30mm off the rod, re-tapped the thread and reinstalled the push rod. I now have the booster and master installed and the rear lines in and all connected.

On the weekend I am going to run new lines to the front end and the brake upgrade will be complete!

While I was working on the van I decided to remove this ugly dash that someone had butchered into the van, man what a job that was. It was welded in like fort knox! I couldn't believe that someone had done such a dodgy job on it. There was so much fibreglass and metal it took ages to cut it all out! The completely butchered the original dash in an attempt to install a stereo head unit, once they realised that the heater/fan ducting was behind where they cut the hole they must have given up on the idea of mounting into the dash so they built a monstrosity of a dash. I found a shed load of electrical wires with a fuse box attached to them that had been fibreglassed in behind the monstrosity, if any of those fuses ever needed to be replaced guess what - they couldn't be because they were inaccessible behind the monstrous structure! hahahahaha





So I will be going with the original Dash which now needs some love but the cabin space is back to how it should be and that's the way I like it!

I fashioned up a linkage to join the handbrake cables out sheet metal and the handbrake works a treat. The rear drums took some adjusting, man those adjustment bolts (square type) on the rear drums were near impossible to move, once I got them moving I sprayed them with some rust penetrant but I don't think they had been adjusted in 20 years! It was back on with the wheels and a couple of victory laps of my cousins work yard once she was rolling again, was good to have the van semi-running - forgot how much I loved the old girl.

Each week we get closer and closer to roadworthy. I'll update with some pics shortly. Take it easy fellow Bedd-ites.

Jock

[Marky]

nice one Jock....

[Jock]

nice one Jock....

Marky,

Thanks for the pointer with the push rod, got it sorted in the end.

Cheers

Jock