71 Early Bay (formerly known as Superdry)

Mr Scoops wrote:

And Yes I know, I need to get some weedkiller on that bloody drive.
It's all being lifted and relaid again soon.

its your fault then, 12-15 caravans in behind the new pub at the motorway junction   

Nah, gonna lift the bricks myself and have a pukka fella lined up to relay them

Our drive cost a bloody fortune to be re-laid after it was fucked up by a smart repair company.

So, after much thought I armed myself with a can of this....


And made a start on this

Other side done this evening.

saw this 'in the flesh' today.. My opinion is that I prefer it like this..

Yeah, I got nothing but good feedback of the 'new look' and more than one person said I'd be mad to sell it.

Well, yes, apart from maybe for a certain green oval   

Shorty wrote:

saw this 'in the flesh' today.. My opinion is that I prefer it like this..

Ass licker   

Wow, that's drastic but it does look really really good. don't sell it

So, I've finally got round to making a start on it.
Had to get the garage try first.
Now that's done it was up on stands, and bumper etc off.


Engine lid seal out, valance off and VS Exhaust off.


Another mod that needs doing is I need some additional clearance from the engine support bar for the exhaust. I'm going to ask around to see what other people do but it may be a trim with the grinder and then get a plate welded in.





Also found a couple of holes in the battery tray, so will get one ordered and get the rotten section cut out. Hopefully won't have to do the whole tray as I don't want to have to bugger about with sorting the paint on the outside corner.


That was it for this afternoon. Need to collect an engine stand and get a ratchet strap to support the gear box. Hopefully get them tomorrow and then do a bit more one night in the week.

good work

good work, crack on!

Was a bit stuck today as I didn't have a ratchet strap to support the gearbox or the engine stand I want to bolt it to to change the heads and do the pushrod tubes etc
Also a bit puzzled as to why my exhaust sits so close to the moustache bar.
Bit of research required methinks.

I don't think it is unusual, mine is the same as yours...

I surprised nobody has manufactured a more 'low-profile' engine support bar to be honest

i got a spare ratchet strap knocking around if you need it.
also got the bn4 fired up today but still need to get the relay for it if you still want it?

Yeah, still want it mate.

Had a little dabble this evening.
Went through everything methodically to disconnect.
Fuel pipe, throttle cable, wires to alternator, heat exchanger cables.
Popped the air filters off.
Popped off the lower engine to gearbox nuts.
Then it came to the upper ones. Ferck me!!
I managed to get right hand bastard off in the end by using my old inspection mirror.
Then I removed the engine support bar, but I have one more to undo, but it was getting late and I ran out of time.
So I'm here at the moment, hopefully get back on with it in Sunday morning as I'm busy all day Saturday.

Nice. Keep it up!!

Not out there tonight. If Will's match is off tomorrow I'll have another pop tomorrow if not, I'll be on it Sunday morning. Just that one bloody bolt left.

Wizpop came round my gaff this morning to give me a hand for 15 mins.
Turns out the final bolt was missing, that's why I was struggling to locate it!

Anyway. The engine Bay now looks like this....



And I've got the engine on the stand I borrowed back off Nomates.



Going to drop the fuel tank out in the morning and hopefully make a start on cleaning up the engine bay.

So some more work done today.

First job was to drain the fuel from the tank. I thought it was pretty empty but there was about 7 or 8 litres in there still


Got this as the dregs from the tank......think I need to replace the tank filter


Once the firewall was out I hesitantly got the tank out




I was relieved to see it was nice and solid.

With the tank out there was evidence of a some previous lodgers






Out with the dustpan and brush and got this little lot out of just the fuel tank area.


It looked better with just a brush out


Looks even better once I'd hoovered it out.


My next step will be to give it a proper clean up in there, with a dose of wax and then some wax oil to give it some protection. Odd that the shiniest part of the bus is the bit that will never get seen.

I have to confess, I did make a big cock up in getting the firewall out, I missed the fact there were 4 lower screws and thought it was stuck in place with sealant and bent it all to buggery getting it out.
A lesson learned. Gutted though that I have to get a new one as I creased the pressing so it's fecked.

good work dude,

That engine stand is very handy.

nice one buddy

looking good.. just remember how it all goes back..