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Today I managed to make a start on the a/c repair. First order of business was to remove the radiator to gain access to the a/c compressor and belt tensioner. The good news is that the idler pulley for the tensioner runs true and is pretty smooth. The bad news is that there is heaps of sideways play on the compressor pulley and it feels pretty rough when spinning it. So in summary I reckon my a/c guy was correct with his diagnosis. The Toyota Landruiser HZJ series use the same compressor so luckily my local a/c parts supplier has a replacement compressor on his shelf. With a bit of luck I can pick it up from him early in the new week. I'll replace the receiver/drier at the same time.

While I have the radiator out I thought I'd remove the defunct power feed for the thermo fan. Some of you may recall that I ran a new feed earlier this year, but recovering the old feed meant unwrapping the wiring loom which is a helluva lot easier with the radiator out. Spent the rest of the morning removing the power lead and rewrapping the wiring harness, just to appease my OCD tendencies.

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And now ready for the bin:

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Just before morning smoko I got a message from Jeremy to say that my new a/c compressor was ready for pickup, so after a quick cuppa I saddled up the Moke and moseyed on through to his place. Returned home with this pack of goodness:

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Much bling:

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In my last update I mentioned that I was battling with my a/c belts which seem to stretch to the point where I run out of adjustment. I popped one of my usual "advice needed" posts under general car chat and @440bbm suggested that I replace the notched belts that I have been using with a solid belt. I've got one on order which will hopefully pitch up sometime over the next few days. Hopefully that will solve my issue.

In other news I've just sold the last of my HiAce automatic gearboxes to a guy in Tassie. Gave it a clean before I wrapped and strapped it and I'll be dropping it off at my local courier depot tomorrow morning. I originally had two autos in stock in case I wanted to go down that path, but I'm happy with my 5 speed manual and these were just taking up valuable storage space. The last one went to Western Australia, so looks like these boxes are sought after items.

 

 

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A few weeks ago I ordered a roll of sound deadening so that I can make a start on lining the old Thames. I'm hoping that it will make the van feel less "tinny". Anyway I had good success when I used this stuff to line the Mustang, so I figured I'd give it a go:

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Made a start today by doing both back doors.

Pulled the door cards off to reveal loads of nothing:

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Slapped on a bit like so:

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While I had the panels off I  gave the rest of the cavities a liberal dose of fish oil to keep old man rust at bay.

Each side has 3 separate panels. I pulled the first one off for a look see and discovered that someone has been here before, but with some really cheap and nasty stuff:

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I'm thinking I'm going to have to remove that before replacing it with the quality stuff, but I'm just not sure how I'm going to deal with the old adhesive, so I'm going to give that some more thought before I proceed, but at least I've made a start.

Thanks for looking.

 

 

 

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The old Thames is still going strong with no major issues at the moment, but the other day while driving into town I had a close shave with a little hatchback that was tucked into my blind spot. It left me a bit rattled so I figured a remedy was required.

My first thought was to add one of those small blind spot stick on jobbies to each of the mirrors, but I soon realised that I didn't have enough real estate due to the factory mirrors being pretty dainty by modern standards, so a more cunning plan was needed.

Upon browsing the shelves at my local parts place I came across a 95mm diameter blind spot mirror, which was just a few mm shy of the size of my existing mirrors. Figured I'd give it a try, so I grabbed one.

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Did a quick peel and stick job in their carpark. What an improvement.

So, I immediately ran back in and grabbed another. 

By this stage it had started to rain so I held off fitting the second mirror until I was back home and the van had dried out.

Photo of the final result: 

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Hopefully near encounters with small hatch backs are a thing of the past for me.

 

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