Aircooled VW South Africa

Used the panel to drive around compost yesterday, thats the first time I ever used the kombi to do work.

Started with the insulation today.

Getting the floor down,





Started getting some of the panels back in

Cool to see you are back on track Donovan. I've often wondered about insulation in a bus. Are there any other options, that stuff is pretty itchy if I remember right. And the stuff on the floor, is that more for noise dampening ?
Cheers

jolas wrote:Cool to see you are back on track Donovan. I've often wondered about insulation in a bus. Are there any other options, that stuff is pretty itchy if I remember right. And the stuff on the floor, is that more for noise dampening ?
Cheers

Yes that stuff is real itchy. I tried to completely cover myself before working with it but I can feel it.
Im sure there are a lot of other ways to insulate. The parents got the pink aerolite stuff for the roof, and they had some left.
Its very thick compared to the dynamat and the sound deadning stuff. Its 100mm thick and to push the panels in place is proving tricky.
The stuff also breaks apart easily so I cant just stick it down.
Its the same stuff all around, they say it can be used as sound deadning aswell but Ill have to see once everything is done.

jolas wrote:Cool to see you are back on track Donovan. I've often wondered about insulation in a bus. Are there any other options, that stuff is pretty itchy if I remember right. And the stuff on the floor, is that more for noise dampening ?
Cheers

That Think Pink insulation is hideous, but it does work. There is also Isotherm which does not itch so much. Normal foam or under carpet velt works too.

You should pop some mothballs in as well. I suppose the most important factor is that there are no leaks where water retention can occur. Your bus being black - I'm keen to hear your opinion in summer (on a hot day )

sean wrote: That Think Pink insulation is hideous, but it does work. There is also Isotherm which does not itch so much. Normal foam or under carpet velt works too.

Drove the bus today and that stuff makes a real difference. Only the floor is done ,still have to do the rest. But wow !!
Looks like the bus is going to be grounded for a while. The engine's had it.
So its 2 engines and a gearbox that needs sorting

Getting the bus back tomorrow
I took the new exhaust over on Saturday and after being told the bus will be standing inside while working on the engine I arrived to see the bus ouside and loads of rust on the safari's, bumpers and roofrack and ladder. Also plenty of water under the safari rubbers

My moto is: If you want something done right, do it yourself.

Unless you can find someone that really cares about your car the way you do, and not just about your money.

My 2c. Hope the damage isn't too bad.

Got my bus back on Wednesday and boy what a huge difference. Its such a smooth ride. Im a bit dissapointed that I did not clean out and resprayed the engine bay.
Everything is balanced with new pressure plate,camshaft and some other stuff I dont know about (Im clueless with engines). By the sounds of it the previous engine was made up of bits from all years, the screws were out the heads and that was the reason for blowing. I got a new exhaust and it sounds great, its nice and quiet inside the cab with a nice sound from the outside.
And not one drop of leaking oil



Started with the interior again, sanding everything down, staining it and then getting everything back in. The look will be something different than the normal camper. Well I hope to achieve that.
Had to pull some wires around for all the lights and now trying to refit everything and hiding the think pink stuff, and all the other parts that should not be seen.
Removing the front safari rubbers tomorrow and giving it a wash along with clearcoating the bumper and safari frames.




Staining the cupboards





Fitting some down lights in the roof cupboard







All pics taken with phone, will take better pics tomorrow

Sick stuff dude!!!!!

Are those LED downlighters you are using Splitz?

If they are they are the way to go. I have them in my baywindow and there power consumption is less than 1w versus the halogen downlighters which are 50w.

sean wrote:Are those LED downlighters you are using Splitz?

If they are they are the way to go. I have them in my baywindow and there power consumption is less than 1w versus the halogen downlighters which are 50w.

Yes they are LED's.

Looking good all over, does the floor insulation raise the floor a bit or do you squish it down flat? Like the LED downlighters - too luvverly. Are they easily available or is it a specialist iotem?

CooP wrote:Looking good all over, does the floor insulation raise the floor a bit or do you squish it down flat? Like the LED downlighters - too luvverly. Are they easily available or is it a specialist iotem?

Hey CooP, the floor insulation did raise the floorboard quite a lot, I halved it and it seems to push it down nicely, so I dont have to modify the interior to fit in.
The LED's are easily available , any light shop will have them. I got mine from Brights

Hey thanks, just love your project