A Sunny Day

Yesterday (Mon.) saw a nice full day of sun! Got several coats of Assuan Brown brushed on to spots worn by the luggage rack and pop top, and a 2nd coat of Interlux Brightside Gloss cut in along edge of pop top. The plan was to install the new pop top seals, use as-is (canvas is WELL worn) and paint etc. later, but decided to "nut up" and get on with the canvas replacement. Ordered a new German canvas from Van-cafe late Sat. That, a new Bentley, and some odds and ends will be most welcome.

The saga of Jaco continues, and some of it has involved improving old work, but I once again see the goal of trouble free trips coming to fruition. Only once did my '81 fail me  image: failed ECU relay  after doing several + more road trips and thankfully, it wasn't an enormous failure. The only other failure I can recall was a snapped cat. Even then, not a big deal. Got that sucker welded up and continued on. We'll see if V 2.0 of exhaust holds up better.   Bunch of new exhaust pics starting here  At some point I want to improve the coolant hose arrangement in the engine bay, (reduce joins basically). This would involve installing a diesel Vanagon inlet elbow at the coolant pump which should allow a single hose between engine and long pipe. Should .....  

My '88 Westy will see an ABA of some sort at some point. Needless to say, I'll be following a more beaten path; for starters it will be mounted at 50º using diesel Vanagon parts.