Today I removed the headliner, ran the engine for a while, and attempted to remove the old rusted side bolts. Thankfully, the vinyl headliner came out with little trouble. We are going to replace it with something like this eventually, but right now the fabric smells and I want it out of there. – Oh and if you like the linked picture, definitely check out Bumfuzzle’s blog. They have done some crazy stuff, and their VW bus looked amazing. I’m going to try not to copy everything they did with their bus, but it’ll be hard because it looks so good! – As I was pulling the headliner down, a big metal thing came flying at my head. In keeping with the randomness of everything that happens around this bus, this replacement oil drain plate somehow found itself up in the ceiling… crazy bus.
I posted a video of the engine running this weekend, and I’m really hoping that everything is fine with it. I ran it for about 10-15 minutes, and it just didn’t sound that great by the end. I have John Muir’s book, and have been studying it in detail. I’m feeling a pretty strong sense of foreboding that somethings not right in that there engine, and will have to get my hands dirty sooner than later!
I also started prepping the front door hinges for the new side mirrors. I need to remove the old rusted bolt from the previous mirrors, but I soon found out that this is actually an almost impossible task. After reading online, it sounds like all I need to do is either bang away with some kind of pneumatic air press, heat up the steel with a blow-torch, or drill it out with brute force… I’ll just leave it as is for a while!
