Battling the flu this weekend…

…but was able to patch the flow-through ventilation vent and misc other places around the passenger side inside roof.

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Pinhole touchup and strengthening around passenger side top front corner

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Repair of the driver side interior door gutter

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Timing belt, clutch, serpentine belt, and water pump replaced on the Jetta this weekend…

…so not much bus stuff happened.

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Various fixes around roof exterior

The current plan is to work from the top down fixing the rot and be ready for epoxy primer by springtime. Then all summer and probably most of fall will be used to smooth the bodywork with filler, high-build primer, and lots of sanding; and have the top color coats on before it gets too cold.

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Patching of passenger side roof continued around to the side

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Roof patching continued…

…this time on the more heavily damaged passenger’s side, custom patch panel needed.

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[name of part behind engine and below engine compartment door] repaired

Splash pan will need either replacement or lots of work.

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Back to work!

If you’re keeping track of the dates, more than a year has elapsed since the last update. So I should be almost done, right?… Not exactly. Finishing off the garage had been part of the plan since we moved in and it didn’t make much sense to setup a comfortable, well organized shop after the bus was done. Also, entirely too much of the garage had been taken up by yard/outdoor stuff. So I finished off the garage, had a shed built, and completed many other other ‘non-bus’ projects in the past year. Various bus work was done from time to time, most notably cleaning and disassembly in the engine compartment, but nothing substantial… Until today. Rust holes along front of roof fixed, beginning to rebuild driver side interior door gutter, front door window frames disassembled.

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The passenger side gutter…

…is getting close to completion (this was 100% gone before). Christina cleaned up the rear bumper.

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