Dons day,,,,,,,

donivan65 wrote:yep,,,,I need to start seeing stuff looking pretty,,,,,,,,I guess installing the oil pump strainer on the oil pump is a start,,,,,,I guess the bolts are in one of those boxes,,,,,,I am not liking this 12 bolt, 4:11 positraction,,,,,,says 12-6-89 on it,,,,,,,It aint a 65 Chevy Van rear end for sure,,,,,,

How do you tell it's a 4-11, what other numbers are on it?

if its a 12 bolt cover, its a 3:73 or 4:11     and there are numbers on the ring gear that tell you the teeth,,,,,11-37 is a 10 bolt 3:36 highway use rear end,,,,as I pack up my tools and head for Jackes,,,,,

So,,,,,,off to Jackes,,,,,,to remove her doghouse,,,,,,I bring my tools of mass destruction,,,,,

,,,,,now there is a happy lady for you,,,,,,,,,,,,

Today i went to Pik a Part to get that 10 bolt out of it for Suzys van,,,,,Hey Vanny,,,look,,,,,its your cart!

Good old dependable Doni-mow on the job! Nice piece of work! I'm sure Suzy appreciates that...

Well,,,,,,,TV says its going to be 107 degrees here this weekend,,,,,,,how much more miserable can cleaning parts be,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,this day is going to be cancelled,,,,,,,,

Take a well-deserved break and go run under a sprinkler!!! We're supposed to hit 90 this weekend here this weekend. That's pretty high for this time of the year here.

cooled down a little bit,,,,,did some cleaning of Suzys parts,,,,,Boy that EASY OFF oven cleaner just melts the grease away,,,,,,


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Hey that looks very nice! Good job!!

Moving right along, You'll have that van back together & running soon.

Good work Suzy! Hey, Don, what's that other motorcycle next to your Honda?

Purple Rain is a 1983 Honda Gl650,,,,,

,,,,lets see whats in the bag,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Man, that looks puurrrrdy!!!

more work on the SuzyVan

,,and then there were
2 SuzyVans in my driveway,,,,,















Guess whose job its going to be to clean that rear end, lady

,,,and this one is for my good buddy Joe,,,,64chevy guy,,,,,,I used a can of Chevy Orange,,,,,the one he gave me,,,after about 3 years of having my little Honda haul cases of that stuff back to his motorhome,,,,,

so,,,,,,while the glue dries on this insulation on the SuzyVan,,,,,,I will head down the hill and see whats happening on the JackeVan,,,,,,,

Everything looks so good!! Wow that engine looks like you could eat off of it!!!

Jacke has gas tank problems,,,,,

Hey Don, those parts from Suzy's Chevy van look mighty familiar! Sorry some of them got a little rusty sitting in my driveway--for a year! I'm so glad to see things getting cleaned up, a coat of paint, and coming together!

Suzy, you've got it made in the shade there at Donivan's! Things will get done twice as fast with you working alongside Don.

Really glad to see that 4:11 getting replaced with a more MPG-friendly 3:36 (unless you were planning on doing some drag racing!). I've got the one in the middle, the 3:73, but I've also got a tranny with overdrive. I might switch to a 3:36 someday.

Some of the parts on your van have my fingerprints on them. I got that "burger fan" for my van, but your van needed it sooner (I've since picked up another). Let me know what you think of it. (Is it quiet enough? Push enough air to clear out the heat and fumes when parked at In-And-Out?)

I helped do the swap to a 2nd Gen master cylinder, and bend the new brake lines. And that's got Don's 2nd Gen sway bar too, so you don't have to cut notches in the belly pan! You can see it in this photo, dropping down to clear the longer master cylinder:



And I helped make the new wire loom for the engine compartment. We cannibalized a loom from a 70s Chevy car to get the right terminals for the newer alternator and to eliminate the external voltage regulator. The best part was replacing the stock connector with the tiny pins with a big plug from a newer car where wires pass through the firewall. Very rugged, with the same full-size spade connectors used everywhere else on the van. All the wires are crimped and soldered to those terminals. You can see one end of it in this shot:



I've got a roll of that same insulation you put in the doghouse. Did you use 3M spray mount? It's not super thick. How do you think it will perform?

so Ricky,,,,,,I take it that you never hooked up the battery to see how the van liked those new wires,,,,,heres what I am using,,,,,,,they make a general use one for lighter jobs,,,,,

I see lots of fingerprints here ,Rich,,,,,

SuzyVan stuff today,,,,,,,put the forward section of insulation and the radiator in today,,,,,,lots of parts cleaning and wire brushing bolts,,,,,,and then it time to take a break,,,,coffee,,,,chocolate long John,,,,and,,,,,,,,Deep Purple smokin Highway Star on the TV,,,,,,,,,life is good.......