Well, today I started the winter TLC program for the Bus...
After waking up yesterday with wet roof lining, and a general damp feeling I had a quick chat with my Aunt's other half who runs a body shop, and ran the old gal down to Christchurch this morning. Had the devil of a time getting the roof-rack off but decided to persevere, so I could clean underneath it and do a decent job on the roof.
Now, the roof. What I originally took to be a little rust round the sunroof making the paint bubble, turned out to be a whole lot of rust, all the way through the outer skin in a lot of places, covered by a thin veneer of paint. Bashed all the rust / paint off, marvelled at just how many places you could fit a finger through the roof, then started with the grinder, then the hot air gun to dry things out a little.
Copious amounts of P40 fibreglass, then filler, and some fairly thick coats of primer later, I think I'm waterproof again. Not the prettiest job ever, but I want weatherproof, not showroom condition. Project for the next week or two will be to remove pretty much all the interior inc. roof-lining, then get under the sunroof properly with a fibreglass mat kit and seal it properly, then the roof will get a re-spray I think.
Piccies when I can find the dock lead for the iPhone.
Tomorrow, we change the oil & coolant

Jim