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    Post by donivan65 Wed Feb 19, 2014 2:43 pm

    ,,,,,,other things I am doing besides spending 1000's of hours working on the guys vans out here.......1st up,,,,waterpump on my van making noise so I changed it.....


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    ,,,once upon a time I poured pads for my motorhome tires to park on,,,,,I think I need to get 100 bags of concrete and turn those pads to a slab,,,,,  



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    Post by dix Wed Feb 19, 2014 3:20 pm

    That will keep you young.


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    Post by vanny Wed Feb 19, 2014 4:32 pm

    Don, you're one BUSY guy! Keep up the great work with the vans but don't forget to make some time for your own stuff as well!  cheers 


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    Post by donivan65 Mon Feb 24, 2014 8:20 pm

    ,,,,,,,do I have a system or what??,,,,,,,,,,



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    Post by Space Truckin Mon Feb 24, 2014 8:28 pm

    You Da man! cheers 
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    Post by donivan65 Mon Feb 24, 2014 8:33 pm

    ,,,did you go get that parts van, Steve?
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    Post by Space Truckin Mon Feb 24, 2014 8:37 pm

    Negative, my 011 Ford ate 2 computers (factory ecm and my Bully Dog) to the tune of $1700 + install
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    Post by donivan65 Mon Feb 24, 2014 8:57 pm

    ,,,,,,,,a $3 set of points will cure that problem for most of the people here,,,,,,,
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    Post by vanny Tue Feb 25, 2014 3:36 am

    donivan65 wrote:,,,,,,,do I have a system or what??,,,,,,,,,,



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    Now you just need a few Fraggles to get that assembly line moving right along!


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    Post by donivan65 Tue Feb 25, 2014 1:19 pm

    OK,,,,,,them bags is gone,,,,,,,,,



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    Post by vanny Tue Feb 25, 2014 4:56 pm

    Nice Pad!


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    Post by donivan65 Thu Feb 27, 2014 2:41 pm

    So while waiting for 38 bags of concrete to dry,,,,,I got more concrete repairs to do,,,,,actually I had the rear doors open when trying to back a trailer around a corner to my dirt pile and the trailer bent the lower end of my right rear door in,,,,so I dug out the STUD GUN,,,,,,


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    Post by vanny Thu Feb 27, 2014 2:59 pm

    Don, that stud gun looks like a great tool for pulling out dents. I've got some dents by my driver's side headlight and on the passenger's door. Is the stud gun very expensive? How difficult is it to use? What other tools are needed to make this type of repair? Looks like it does a pretty nice job of straightening out the dents. Thanks in advance for any info or advise!


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    Post by donivan65 Thu Feb 27, 2014 3:44 pm

    Well,,,,,I am here to entertain you,,,,,sometimes actual useful  information gets mixed in,,,,,you don't want to slap a 1/2" of Bondo to fill in dents,,,,you need to pull them out,,,,the tool of choice is a SLIDE HAMMER,,,,they have a sheet metal screw on the end,,,,put a hole in the dent,,,screw it in,,,grab the heavy weight on the handle,,,slam it towards you to try and pull the dent out,,,,,but you get a lot of holes,,,,the electric stud gun uses copper nails that melt and stick to the dent as soon as you push the gun against the metal,,,then the slide hammer grabs the nail and you slam the dent out,,,,,,,,,cut the nail off with snippers,,,,Harbor Freight guns are like around $80 on sale,,,,


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    Post by vanny Thu Feb 27, 2014 6:22 pm

    Yeah, I was familiar with the screw type but would love to avoid all the holes. Thanks again Don for all the useful info you continually provide for us! I definitely want to give this a try cause I don't want this van to be a bondo bucket!


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    Post by donivan65 Sat Mar 01, 2014 11:05 am

    ,,,,,,Scott got a new lens for his camera,,,,,,



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    Post by vanny Sun Mar 02, 2014 6:37 am

    Makes the Chevy look Loooooonger!


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    Post by donivan65 Sun Mar 02, 2014 12:05 pm

    ,,,,,,another thing messing up my system,,,,,,,



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    Post by donivan65 Tue Mar 04, 2014 5:44 pm

    so,,,,,next is the front slab,,,,,,


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    Post by VANagain Wed Mar 05, 2014 11:32 pm

    Ha! You didn't even have to move the RV! Nicely done!
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    Post by donivan65 Thu Mar 06, 2014 8:38 am

    now it is trapped,,,,,,,,
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    Post by vanny Thu Mar 06, 2014 11:54 am

    That San Diego sunshine will dry the concrete pretty darn quick!!!


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    Post by Admin Thu Mar 06, 2014 12:19 pm

    donivan65 wrote:,,,,,,another thing messing up my system,,,,,,,



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    that's sad news indeed  Sad  one of the best systems they ever did
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    Post by donivan65 Thu Mar 06, 2014 12:20 pm

    ,,,but it aint no bargain when you are digging and moving all the dirt and all that concrete around,,,,,,
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