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    Coop
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    Post by Coop Sun May 04, 2014 2:57 pm

    My van pics
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    Post by Twinpilot001 Sun May 04, 2014 2:59 pm

    NICE COOP!!!!!!!!!!!!! Really NICE!!  cheers cheers cheers 
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    Post by Coop Sun May 04, 2014 3:05 pm

    Twinpilot001 wrote:NICE COOP!!!!!!!!!!!!! Really NICE!!     cheers cheers cheers 

    Thanks, I'll post some more as I get into fixing some things that need att. I did the turn signal switch this weekend will try and post pics tomorrow (I'm at work  Mad )
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    Post by Coop Sun May 04, 2014 3:07 pm

    I'm not sure why my pics got cut off (to big maybe  confused confused )
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    Post by Twinpilot001 Sun May 04, 2014 3:17 pm

    when posting use 640 wide ------------------- cheers 
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    Post by Coop Sun May 04, 2014 3:19 pm

    Twinpilot001 wrote:when posting use 640 wide ------------------- cheers 

    Thanks, I'll see if I can fix it
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    Post by vanny Sun May 04, 2014 4:44 pm

    Outstanding 2nd Gen Coop! Love It!!!


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    Post by vanner68 Sun May 04, 2014 5:04 pm

    Puuuurrrrrty!
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    Post by Coop Sun May 04, 2014 5:37 pm

    Thanks guys  Smile 
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    Post by diamond dave Sun May 04, 2014 8:21 pm

    great looking van.
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    Post by Big W Sun May 04, 2014 9:38 pm

    That's a great looking van you have there.
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    Post by Nightmoves Sun May 04, 2014 10:23 pm

    Dang ! Thats slicker than a peeled onion.Nice van !
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    Post by Coop Tue May 13, 2014 5:53 pm

    Ok so I have been slacking on the pics will try and post some this week of some of the work I've done to the van so far.

    1. I now have turn signals. One of the POs must have stripped the screw that holds the lever to the switch so he just glued it in and the last PO broke the whole thing off. At least he kept the lever and sent it with the van. I got a new switch and it's working good.

    2.Oh my god affraid  one of the POs had no business playing with wires must be 30 to 40 splices under this dash. Like all he had for wiring was a bunch of very short pieces of wire of different gauges to work with and bad crimping job to boot. He would have been better off just not touching it. No wonder only 2 out of 6 gauges worked and it wasn't the oil gauge that line to the block was busted off and the oil was just aloud to piss out of the port where the line should be No Just glad he didn't attempt to hook up the new dolphin gauges he put in the dash. I was a little upset to find he didn't even give the last owner the sending units or anything for the new gauges, not even the 6 pin plug was in the back of the quad gauge Mad Well I got them from the Co. and wired them up really nice and cleaned up a lot of the mess under the dash. I spent a day on this and I'm still not done. I'm taking my time and doing it rite all new wiring the rite gauge and soldering all my conections Smile and now even my turn signal lights on the dash work cheers 

    3. I installed some new weather stripping on the side door that the PO sent with the van. It is holding up well so far Suspect
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    Post by Dawgboy Tue May 13, 2014 6:53 pm

    Nice van! Wonder if the PO with the wiring "expertise" was repairing the "Auto Ammeter Delete" feature so many of these vans have had? my Under dash harness was melted together into a blob.
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    Post by Coop Tue May 13, 2014 7:02 pm

    Dawgboy wrote:Nice van! Wonder if the PO with the wiring "expertise" was repairing the "Auto Ammeter Delete" feature so many of these vans have had? my Under dash harness was melted together into a blob.

    LMAO Laughing maybe and thanks Very Happy 
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    Post by Magic Bus Tue May 13, 2014 7:07 pm

    Well it sure looks good, every van has its own character and issues, ENJOY!
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    Post by Coop Wed May 14, 2014 5:33 am

    Magic Bus wrote:Well  it sure looks good, every van has its own character and issues, ENJOY!

    Thanks, and they sure do. Not that I don't have a s-load of other things I should be doing(like working on the house) but it's good to make a little time to do something I enjoy doing. Even if it's not as much as I'd like lol! This is going to take me a good bit of time and $ to get it where I want it. So stick with me and I will keep you all posted and thank you all for your kind words and help cheers I will post some pics as soon as I can find out how to get the pics from my old ass crappy phone to my computer scratch
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    Post by Guest Fri May 16, 2014 2:11 am

    Great looking van. Yes...more photos please  bounce 
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    Post by Joe Van Fri May 16, 2014 11:18 am

    I Agree GREAT Looking Van..!!!.. cheers ..More pictures.. bounce 
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    Post by jersey joe Wed Dec 03, 2014 6:20 pm

    Wow, she's a beauty!
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    Post by GMman Wed Dec 03, 2014 8:26 pm

    I love that color. Great looking van. Sounds like your doing a good job with the re-wiring. It can be a pain sometimes. I need to go through my van's wiring and redo a bunch of it, especially the tail lights and backup lights.
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    Post by Coop Wed Jul 29, 2015 2:10 pm

    Sorry that I haven't been around for a bit. On a sad note my engine blew a rod on the way home from the 42nd Nats  Sad . Lucky for me I had another 250ci I6 sitting in the back of my shop that I took out of my Nova 12 years ago with 103k on it. It ran good in the car but I figure that I should give it a rebuild before putting it in the van. I also scored a 4L60E that will be going in her as well. Other things I am doing/done over the last year. The P.O. lowered the van way to much for NY at least and she drove like crap. The front springs were just about riding on the rubber stoppers and the rear was not far off either. I scored a set of G20 springs off Kooky. He sent me the front ones before my trip to the Nats so I could strip them down, clean them up, paint them, and install all new bushing. So while I had it on the lift I also did the kingpins, tie rod ends, drag link, the sway bar bushings, and end links. KK sent the rear ones with someone to the Nats for me to pick up. Lets see if I can post some pics.
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    Put her to bed for the night with a friend.
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    Post by Coop Wed Jul 29, 2015 4:17 pm

    To be continued. I'll post more tomorrow.
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    Post by Twinpilot001 Wed Jul 29, 2015 4:33 pm

    Hey Coop= looks like some really Cheap = swill ---there in the floor of the van !! Do yourself a favor & Upgrade that beer!! Twisted Evil cheers lol! lol! lol!
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    Post by Coop Wed Jul 29, 2015 5:44 pm

    lol! Good to see you again Twinpilot001, I hope all is well Smile

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