My Dad's 88 Chevy Van/future camper. - Page 9

katoranger · 06-20-2014, 02:01 PM

Did some more trading. I sold the wheel that didn't match and took the money and bought a matching aluminum wheel at the junkyard.

Next we need to get the exhaust done.

katoranger · 07-09-2014, 07:55 AM

Swapped the matching wheel on last night and early this morning I put the tow bar on and hitched it up to Big Gulp. Ready to be dropped at the exhaust shop. Van only has two seats and I need 4 so this will have to work.

Weldangrind · 07-09-2014, 11:20 AM

I'm surprised that you wouldn't fabricate an exhaust out of used stuff.

katoranger · 07-09-2014, 01:20 PM

I could have, but the price I was quoted was pretty good.

Weldangrind · 07-10-2014, 12:23 AM

Are you keeping the cat?

katoranger · 07-10-2014, 10:37 AM

Cat is staying. I don't like the follow vehicle without one. We have the o2 sensor hook up and engine is all stock.

It should be ready for us to pick up. I didn't have any help to move it yesterday so we towed it to the shop. Old uhaul tow bar works great. The new backup camera in Gulp put me right under the coupler.

Weldangrind · 07-10-2014, 11:12 AM

That sounds too easy! I know that lining up my hitch can give me fits, since it rolls backwards after reversing and forwards after being in drive. A camera would really help.

katoranger · 07-10-2014, 10:19 PM

To stop the rolling I set the parking brake. Total costs for a muffler and reusing the tail pipe from the donar van. $72. Its too quiet now.

Weldangrind · 07-10-2014, 11:45 PM

$72 installed?

katoranger · 07-14-2014, 10:54 AM

Yep. That included the price of the muffler.

Weldangrind · 07-14-2014, 12:41 PM

That's ridiculously cheap. I can't believe you even got the labour for that.

katoranger · 07-17-2014, 02:01 PM

That is why I let them do it.

06-20-2014, 02:01 PM	#121
katoranger Join Date: May 2007 Location: Altamont, Kansas Posts: 15,103	Did some more trading. I sold the wheel that didn't match and took the money and bought a matching aluminum wheel at the junkyard. Next we need to get the exhaust done. __________________ You meet the nicest people on a Honda Clone.
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07-09-2014, 11:20 AM	#123
Weldangrind Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sardis, BC, Canada Posts: 25,977	I'm surprised that you wouldn't fabricate an exhaust out of used stuff. __________________ Weldangrind "I figure I'm well-prepared for coping with a bike that comes from the factory with unresolved issues and that rewards the self-reliant owner." - Buccaneer
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07-09-2014, 01:20 PM	#124
katoranger Join Date: May 2007 Location: Altamont, Kansas Posts: 15,103	I could have, but the price I was quoted was pretty good. __________________ You meet the nicest people on a Honda Clone.
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07-10-2014, 12:23 AM	#125
Weldangrind Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sardis, BC, Canada Posts: 25,977	Are you keeping the cat? __________________ Weldangrind "I figure I'm well-prepared for coping with a bike that comes from the factory with unresolved issues and that rewards the self-reliant owner." - Buccaneer
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07-10-2014, 10:37 AM	#126
katoranger Join Date: May 2007 Location: Altamont, Kansas Posts: 15,103	Cat is staying. I don't like the follow vehicle without one. We have the o2 sensor hook up and engine is all stock. It should be ready for us to pick up. I didn't have any help to move it yesterday so we towed it to the shop. Old uhaul tow bar works great. The new backup camera in Gulp put me right under the coupler. __________________ You meet the nicest people on a Honda Clone.
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07-10-2014, 11:12 AM	#127
Weldangrind Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sardis, BC, Canada Posts: 25,977	That sounds too easy! I know that lining up my hitch can give me fits, since it rolls backwards after reversing and forwards after being in drive. A camera would really help. __________________ Weldangrind "I figure I'm well-prepared for coping with a bike that comes from the factory with unresolved issues and that rewards the self-reliant owner." - Buccaneer
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07-10-2014, 10:19 PM	#128
katoranger Join Date: May 2007 Location: Altamont, Kansas Posts: 15,103	To stop the rolling I set the parking brake. Total costs for a muffler and reusing the tail pipe from the donar van. $72. Its too quiet now. __________________ You meet the nicest people on a Honda Clone.
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07-10-2014, 11:45 PM	#129
Weldangrind Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sardis, BC, Canada Posts: 25,977	$72 installed? __________________ Weldangrind "I figure I'm well-prepared for coping with a bike that comes from the factory with unresolved issues and that rewards the self-reliant owner." - Buccaneer
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07-14-2014, 10:54 AM	#130
katoranger Join Date: May 2007 Location: Altamont, Kansas Posts: 15,103	Yep. That included the price of the muffler. __________________ You meet the nicest people on a Honda Clone.
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07-14-2014, 12:41 PM	#131
Weldangrind Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sardis, BC, Canada Posts: 25,977	That's ridiculously cheap. I can't believe you even got the labour for that. __________________ Weldangrind "I figure I'm well-prepared for coping with a bike that comes from the factory with unresolved issues and that rewards the self-reliant owner." - Buccaneer
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07-17-2014, 02:01 PM	#132
katoranger Join Date: May 2007 Location: Altamont, Kansas Posts: 15,103	That is why I let them do it. __________________ You meet the nicest people on a Honda Clone.
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