My turquoise eleven window bus

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Cheers Steff, I can't remember the brand names of the stuff I've been using, next time I'm at the shed I'll get some pics.

started hookin into this ugly bog monster. I checked the cargo door hinges out for about an hour, measuring and comparing them to the other door to see if I could find find anything bent. but everything measured up good, aside from a little slop in the lower hinge (not enough to be causing the tight gap). so I checked the hinge carrier and I think I've found the problem.

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So I drilled out the hinge carrier to inspect it. Pretty invasive but the thread retaining plate had rusted through and the whole thing looked pretty rooted. I took some photos of it and I can only assume it should look a lot straighter. Anyone know if it should look like this or all the bends should be pretty much at 90 degrees/right angles? Any help/advice appreciated as I'm probly out of my depth.

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TIP/Note to self: don't leave your wank spanner behind where your drilling.
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Ha ha ha...wank spanner :lol: Top work as always Josh. Loving this thread 8)
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This is the stuff I've been using Steff, R-10 rust convertor, White Knight rustgaurd epoxy enamel, Anchor anti-rust primer.
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So I made up a new hinge carrier bracket and bent up some sections to make a new "C" pillar and mocked it all up to see how it looks
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But before I got too carried away I wanted to have a go at re-pinning the lower hinge on the rear cargo door. It had a lot of slop in it, probably due to the door gap binding up when closed. So after lots of searching for info on how to re-pin them, and finding sweet fuck all, I decided just to practice on a spare engine lid hinge I bought off a fellow dsk member (you may recognise the colour :wink: ). I tried using a centre punch to knock out the old one but it would not budge. So I drilled out the old pin with a 5mm drill bit, and and graduated up to a 6.5mm drill bit which is slightly oversize to suit the new roll pins I bought (6.71mm)
Tapping in the new pin was a nice firm fit, used plenty of grease. All the play is completely gone but the hinge was a little stiff. So I plan on knocking the new pin back out and lightly filing out the section on the left so it moves a bit more freely.

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So I did the same for the cargo door hinge except after a bit of drilling I was able to knock most of the old pin out. Welded some scrap to the bench so I could sit the hinge up and have the door off the ground while I knocked the pin through.
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You can see the worn sections on the pin and the hinge halves also slightly out of round
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Drilling the hinge sections out with 6.5mm drill bit, I gave this side of the hinge a very light file with a round file, so it is slightly bigger than the other so the hinge won't be to too stiff.
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Knocked in the new pin, no play and not stiff just perfect! I'm stoked, gonna do the two others that need doing.
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Also did the last bit of welding on the narrowed beam I built for the bus.
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Might be ready for some paint I reckon.
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Good work on the hinge - well thought out and executed. Where did you source the roll pins from Josh
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Nice looking beam good looking work!
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Thanks guys, I'll have to ask my dad where he got the pins from Graham, I think it was a lawnmower repair shop (he's a greenskeeper).
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Very common
Get them at any coventrys
Supercheap had an array in a box once of different sizes
Maybe even repco as well.
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fuck nice work mate quality as always. I'm glad your moving along nicely on this bus and concentrating on your own project. :wink:
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Nice work on the beam too!! You cut the side plates out your self?
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As always mate I admire your skills. Keep at it, it won't be long now.

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Too good to paint Josh. Chrome that front beam.
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deadkombi wrote:Too good to paint Josh. Chrome that front beam.
Oh i was wondering if you were still alive :lol:
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awesome Josh.
love the beam... yeah dont paint it. it deserves something special... top work mate.
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Cheers Ian, kind words indeed. Niko me and my mate hoodwink designed the sideplates on CAD an sent them out for laser cutting. Cheers to Matty n Mozz. Paul your a cheeky bugger I don't know if ya shit stirring or not hahahaha but I do know "chrome won't get you home" hahaha.

Jumped back onto the front while I waited for my dad to rock up and gimme a hand to hold the cargo door steady while I knocked out and re-pinned the top cargo hinge (thanks pop). It went as well as the bottom hinge. I got it hung and with both hinges done the gaps are looking heaps better (didn't get pics yet).
I got some pics of the lower outer panel going on and all welded, painted.
Epoxy enamel on the inside before welding on the outer.
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I cut off the flaps at the end of this panel to get it sitting right, so I then had to make up some angled pieces to weld back on the attach to the "A" pillars turned out neat enough.
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