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  1. Update time. Wow! I thought this would be a quick little write up but actually turned into an essay length spiel. Best you put the kettle on... So a fair bit has been going on in our little valley. I've been trying to remember to take photos but usually get carried away and have finished whatever before I remember. I did go up to the ridge a wee while back and take a pretty photo or two of the sunrise. Very nice up there. Cant wait to build a cabin for that place! Coming back down to the truck via the ridge track- Tuis playing morning tunes in the Lucerne tree next to truck. Since getting that lathe in place the shed has been getting used and sort of just evolving in doing so. Things/tools have found a place. With the winter weather it feels cosy- especially in heavy rain. Really needs a wood burner or waste oil burner for the colder days because man can it be chilly in the evening. I will make something but accept that it will only heat up a little area and be hugely inefficient trying to heat it all. Maybe something arond the main bench/lathe area would be good. One thing that we are both stoked with getting is the hoist. We could only afford it because we bought the secondhand lathe instead of a new chinese lathe. The bank balance is getting low as and we ummed a bit about spending the coin on a hoist but so glad we bought it instead of waiting because man its useful! I ordered it from trademe and had it delivered to a Nelson depot. Just managed to squeeze it in the van for a slow trip home which saved on the silly rural delivery charges. Shane came round the next day and helped put up the main structure. It went up pretty fuss free and seems fine for a cheaper chinese hoist. I can see where the costs are cut when compared to a Heshbon etc but its strong and well built where it needs to be. Currently we just plug the hoist into extension cord. Must order appropriate lecky supplies and lights then wire up shed! It dwarfs the Viva. Oh yeah- also note the steel rack we recently built. Was great to get all the steel we have found while clearing the block out of the rain and inside. Stepping away from the workshop we have been busy with many other things. First off we needed to get the ever growing piles of firewood out of the coming winter rains. Into our pile of telephone poles and old iron and we built this. I also nabbed some old wooden shed doors left outside a nelson garage doorplace. Free to take- i like. These I turned into a storage bin for all them little offcuts of wood that are a pain to stack. So now we have some storage but will need more. We have at least 50 pine trees big and small to chop down over next few years. Some in the gullies will just rot or be made into north shore style bike trails. Many we can use to keep us warm. Then that little sailing boat. The sun and the rain wont help it at all plus it was in the way- taking up space I could fill with another old car. So more telepoles and the 6m lengths of NEW iron that had been left in the bush edge by previous land owner came in handy. We built this... (turns out to be also very handy for lawnmower, old pushbikes and bike trailer storage) Meanwhile our neighbour has offered us her field which was overgrown with gorse and blackberry for the past 20 years. We wanted to clear it out so our view was nicer and had been intending to ask her if that was cool. Then she just said one day- hey how about we make it into a fruit orchard. OK ! So it was out with the scrub cutter and chainsaw and with a couple of days hard graft we had it all clear. It looks so much better and the soil is amazing as it originally had two pigs there then getting nitrogen fixed by gorse for past two decades. Next step is to plant it out but for now its just great the have a view with out gorse and masses of blackberry. Before.. During.. After... That little fence we have left up to plant grapes and kiwis on. We are both still very much newbies when it comes to growing things but no being stressy types what grows will grow etc etc Our neighbour- well shes very green fingered and will help us out heaps. Plus there's the nerd net for info. Main thing is I'm enjoying this whole land thingee and planting stuff way more that I thought I would Then there is the track up to our ridge. We had been planning to clear it for ages so a day or so with the scrubcutter and now its way nicer to walk up. Horse and Jen happened to turn up one day whikle there were up here for holiday so they got a tour of our freshly cleared track. We have now almost cleared out the building site at the top where we are planning another cabin build. Not photos of the now cleared track but I did take this one the other evening when we went up to watch the sunset and drink beer. When we got to the ridge a huge deer went storming away from us over the gully. Quite a sight ! What is cooler was the picture on my beer bottle... Speaking of tracks.. Hannah went away on a few days trip with her sister who was visiting. While they were gone I hooked into the start of our first mtb track. We have always planned the first track to head as gently as possible up to the ridgetop- a gentle enough gradient for an easy ride or walk. I really wanted to get something done while hannah was away as a surprise. I cut, dug, raked, carted, stacked, walked, toiled, bashed a track through the Kanuka grove just behind the cabin over two days and built whole first track. I really enjoyed it and worked through till it was almost dark. I was knackered at the end of the second day. Hannah got back from the tramp and I surprised them both with my new track. Its still a touch too steep to ride up easily up so Ive worked out a path for a track that seperates off where it gets steeper and will head back towards the truck then back again. Pretty much..more hairpins = more track = easier gradient (but also = more work....) Big thing getting built right now is our outside bathroom. We have had this planned ever since first viewing the property but had not yet decided on where, what and how. The 'what' bit we have sort of picked away at since before moving here. Discussed over coffee or beer (but not both) we have gone over ideas that have come about from years of using various homemade showers and dealing with a variety of toilets. Fascinating stuff. The 'where' bit sort of just fell in place once the cabin was up in its new location. Its on a slope backed with bush which is ideal for what we envisaged. Situated halfway between the cabin and the back of the shed its in a handy location for us and the cabin and its private with lovely views. The 'how' bit is just evolving as we build. Its an elevated building over composting toilet system. For now its the well proven batch type setup with wheelie bins. Rotated as they fill with a minimum of 1 year composting in the bins before going into a seperate compost area up off the driveway for another 6 months. Then the compost can be used in places like the fruit orchard and areas we are building the native bush back up. From all the reading we have done this is total overkill as far as dealing to any pathogens but hey. No harm there. Its going to be awesome having a decent setup that has a minimum amount of moving shit about, he he, and not have to pay or worry about involving outside services like septic systems. In the future Id like to build our own 'Clivus multrum' style system, a setup that uses a sloped bottom vessel and is continuous in operation. You can buy 1 m3 capacity units made in plastic if you have a spare $4000...which is an absurd price considering our 25000 litre tank cost $2600. I'll use stainless steel to make the structure. But that still involves more pingas and time which we dont have- the latter due to the longdrop filling fast. The grey water will be treated using a reed bed system. This is pretty easy espicially on our type of land because of the clay below. The water will only go down so far and then move along. Moving water through soil is the quickest way of treating it. It does not take many meters before any nasties are dealt to. First off we dug out the bank. This did take quite a while. I had to take breaks and sit down to sip at beer while looking at the mountains. We would take turns at this after Hannah saw how nice that looked. Eventually a large 'void'? was created and funny enough a hill appeared somewhere else. Much of this hill appeared next to the graden because there's some very lush dirt with some mighty fine looking well fed worms in it. Kevin just watched or chased clods down the slope. We also had this fella stroll out of the dirt where we had sadly destroyed his underground lair. What a huge bugger he (or she) is. I released him later further up in the bush but not until Id worked out what brand he was.. Turns out he's of the 'Stanwellia' species- related to trapdoor spiders and quite rarely seen as usually underground. His burrow was massive and we had sliced right through it with the spade. See here for another one.. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11307026 Then we planted four H5 treated poles set well down into the granity clay below. A thick plastic groundsheet runs up past the decking and right up the walls sealing in the treated plywood clad basement. The decking is insulated below with 40 mm thick insulation and the inside has reflective foil insulation. We want to create a heat trap to keep the interior as hot as possible so promoting a decent heat in the compost. Inbetween building we cleared out the bush around that area. When intially clearing the land last year of gorse we worked up to the bush edge and only so far in. We had left the gorse hiding within because its dying back anyway. But this area was still pretty bad so a few hours and we not only had a lovely little spot but yet heaps more firewood. Some of the old gorse was huge! So much more light into that area and on the bathroom. The pile on the left is gorse from just that little area. Above this we've built a nice solid little bathroom that measures 4 m2. It'll contain sssb - the shitter, a shower, a sink and a bench. Then we built steps using some more of the telephone poles. Its quite high up and we have to allow for our olds etc when they visit so easy to climb steps they had to be. Must build a rail soon because man I'd hate to go trippin off that ledge... We have made a little track through the bush and once tidied up will be a sweet way to walk to the bathroom from the truck. The steps come right down to this track. We picked through our pile of Rimu, picked out some possibly nice bits- possibly because you really cant tell until it goes through the planer. These became window and door frames plus some rafters. When the main shed was delivered the piles of sheets were protected some extra packing sheets in a dark grey colour. There were just enough of them to clad the roof with a decent overhang. Sweet! We still have a little left over for another wood shed too My old boss gave us a whole heap of wood leftover from his house build. All Cedar, Macrocarpa and some Douglas fir. Ideal timbers for building things with! So the Douglas fir we ripped down and planed then made doors with. They are barn style doors and Hannah has oiled them. They look nice. Photos later of them completed but heres a action shot.. Hannah painted the outside of the window frames with paint left over from the housetruck. Then I scored 4 litres of 'mist green' paint from nelson house parts. Its the same colour as the water tank and similar too the main shed. It should help the building blend into the bush nicely. I have a neat idea on an overlay method using random wood to break up what will other wise look like a tall painted ply building. I think it will work well. We will see. Here is the building so far with the primer coat on...
    19 points
  2. new page, new happenings. mainly this. Untitled by sheepers, on Flickr Untitled by sheepers, on Flickr Untitled by sheepers, on Flickr many thanks to Dan (ta63-1uzze) for the dummy engine. with it i have been able to see that the manifold i made actually fits the motor and also that i should be able to get the whole shebang under the bonnet. using science (taping a crown horn button to the front of the motor and closing the bonnet) i have calculated that i should have about 10mm gap between the bonnet and the pulley. pretty happy about this. Untitled by sheepers, on Flickr Untitled by sheepers, on Flickr other things that have come to light, i should be able to get the pulley forward enough by making a new one with a slightly different offset. i had previously thought that id have to make a new snout but a pulley should do the trick to get the belt drives to line up. gotta make an adaptor plate to bolt the superdupercharger to the manifold. I've done most of the work for this so that shouldn't take to long. excitement!!!!!
    10 points
  3. Done heaps on this, but not a lot exciting update wise. All the suspension pickup points are welded on properly, diff is finished. Added limit straps and another cross brace. brakes. Having a bit of mare with springs. tried to cheap out and use some i had hanging around, but didnt go to plan. still gotta get more springs andchange it around, but how it is below should be ok for a test run
    6 points
  4. four link from underneath hole sawing front panel to add 3" swaged holes Made a press tool at work In the press Panel done and ready to weld on
    6 points
  5. Also the tail gate got the same treatment at the same time I rounded the top edges of the tail gate with a body file and file to remove some of the sharper edges which were there from factory where the edges had been folded over. I also welded up the badge holes of the tail gate just like the bonnet. Paint Strip While the main surfaces I used paint striper on I was careful not to use or get any around any seams just incase some made its way into the seam and didn't come out till after the paint had been put on, I used sand paper, a small wire wheel and a strip disc to do all the areas I wasn't happy using the the paint striper. Then the metal prep (close up this time) again very happy with this result, I think the key was just keeping everything clean (throwing away well used water, rags and scotches etc) Here it is in Epoxy A big thanks to Hayden who actually primed this for me as he's the man at painting!
    6 points
  6. Our new Gt6 It came up for sale in specialist cars on TradeMe for a reasonable price. We already have a project (or two) car so why not another The Lancia Gamma was sold so we have some money and space in the driveway. The universe doesn't like a vacuum. I put an autobid on it up to $5005 and decided if it went higher than that, then I would miss out. Its reserve was $5K and I won it. I was surprised there weren’t more bids but it was listed in specialist cars and not the cars for sale so maybe not many people saw it. I organised getting it shipped to Auckland from Napier which turned out to be a hassle because it wasn't running. It would have much more fun to go down there and do a road trip with a trailer…..or even maybe getting it mobile and drive it home. I just didn't have the time to spare and the buyer wanted it gone. It arrived during the week while I was in OZ so today my son turned up and we decided to get into it and have a look. It turned out to be better than we expected. No brakes Paint is all cracked and faded Rust at the top of the windscreen. Rust in the B pillar Engine didn't start Clutch pedal went to the floor and didn't come back up Hood lining was ripped and had pieces missing Seats were just sitting loose Windscreen wiper was missing (in fact the whole mechanism was gone) Engine numbers didn't match (original engine long gone and who knows what put in its place) More parts in the back hatch than on the car No original wheels So….to sum it up……. it was perfect. So Perfect that Ethan named it Vyvyan from the young ones. First Job… Get engine running. It had a good battery so that went on charge. It had no gas so we went up the road to get some fuel (no 91 for this baby) Dropped in the battery and filled her up Cranked it over and it started after 30 seconds of cranking. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPzWs1kgZog Little worried……its only running on three. Give it a rev…….now its running on 4.5 Rev really hard…..running on some weird combination of cylinders but not all at once. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkwQRi80b1k We decided to investigate the misfire. It seemed to be coming from only two or three cylinders at the back of the engine so we tried swapping the leads and still it was there. We were beginning to worry that it may be low compression so …out with the compression tester….they checked OK….phew. So the next idea was it must be the plugs. They are BP5ES so we went to one of our other engines and checked what was in that. Turns out it had a whole mix of them but we found 4 BP6ES and chucked them in. That fixed the problem and it now runs semi OK so I will get a new set of 6 BP6ES for it and fit them tomorrow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USYK_lOpssA Time for a tea break and to look up the engine and head numbers. Turns out it has a high compression PI 2.5 saloon motor in it……..nice! 132hp stock….150 with PI and a tr6 cam. Next I jumped in and tested the clutch again. First I pulled it off the floor and pumped and push it down and lifted back. After a couple of these I managed to get it working. The only problem is that when I started it up I could hear a noisy thrust bearing….when I pressed the clutch it went away…damn. Looks like the engine will be out over the next couple of weeks. Next job….The brakes go straight to the floor. When we opened the reservoir it had that nice black oxidised fluid that a car siting for 5 years get. The best thing about a tilt front car is that we could bleed the front brakes without taking off the wheel or lying on the ground (as it had started to rain) . We bleed out all the brown/black fluid and air in the front. We couldn't be bothered doing the back as that would mean taking the wheels off and getting on the ground in the rain. Ethan said the pedal felt average but OK so we decided it was good enough to take to a drive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmRYXpeCHlw Fun…. Enough work for today…..tomorrow we will bleed the brakes better and bolt the seats in and look at the rust a little closer.
    5 points
  7. safe as mate just dont get under it getting it up onto the rotisserie was a bit of a mission, was probably the sketchiest thing ive done in a while. jack it up as high as possible, stands under it, make extension for jack, jack up as high as it goes, attach ratchet tie downs to roof of shed and pull it up last 100mm, bolt rotisserie on, all the time ready to bolt in case it all came crashing down
    5 points
  8. Hey guys Welcome to my escort build thread. So I've finally got my A into G and I'm going to get my escort back on the road(It's been a few years). I have purchased all sorts of new goodies for her which I hope to show you over the next few weeks as things progress. I'm a panel beater by trade and have take two weeks off work to get some serious work done on her. during those two weeks I have permission to have my car at work which makes things a little easier for me. I also have a week in between my two weeks off where I will have the car at work and will trying to spend some extra time there to get some more hours on her. So with the two weeks and any overtime hours I can sneak in I'm hoping to get a good 100hours to spend on her. So lets start with some not so exciting images of my bare metaled bonnet and tailgate. Bonnet after being paint Striped. Super Lucky to have a bonnet this straight, there are a couple minor imperfections that will require a small skimds but over I'm stoked with it, you may have also noticed, I welded up the badge holes. Don't get to angry at me please, I kept the badges so If later I decide I want to run them I can but at the moment I'm not planning to, I also keep the heat right down while welding so there is almost no distortion, also please note behind the badge holes is where the worst rust of the panel was in both cases of tail gate and bonnet. Bonnet after Metal Prep First time metal prepping in years, so careful to keen everything uber clean and pretty happy with the result. Bonnet in Epoxy primer Discission Thread
    4 points
  9. So.. Bike is complete.. For the time being. Off to see Jonny next week to tune her up + Pick up Rickees old Yamaha F5 to add to my collection.
    3 points
  10. All 4 silicon joiners in place and that's the air system all sorted from air box to intake manifold.
    3 points
  11. Doing an engine swap on the capri today, pickup the motor at 3... plan to test drive it tomorrow to the meet.
    3 points
  12. So what was in the boxes... IMAG0203 Now I just have to find time to start some real work on it.
    3 points
  13. no shot gun with it but me and tom testament spent last night peeling the shot gun hole stickers off it hahah. classic old boy "makes it look tuff as" shit lol
    2 points
  14. Got the replacement motor, nearly in.... The rain has beaten me today. Another hour or 2 and its a runner.
    2 points
  15. I like the way your whole car has come in the post pretty much!
    2 points
  16. Unfortunately no, as it would have been a wonderful death I did win an award which was pretty sweet
    2 points
  17. Diff case almost done. just need to sort out a bump stop setup and make some caliper brackets. Then i cut a hole in it Welded up hole.. Have gained just over 20mm ground clearance. Doesn't sound alot. but its pretty much the same difference as going from 33" tyres to 35's. should have done the same to front when i had it apart.but didnt want to cut that sweet chrome. . Also, Someone in another thread awhile back, was saying how triangulated 4 links bind up with rose joints. Yeh nar nar nar.. only thing its binding up on is the ground.
    2 points
  18. I managed to reverse the explosion and it goes Excuse the jumpy wife when something falls off the bench in front of her
    2 points
  19. this is the billet supercharger manifold all finished. well, needs a bit of fettling here and there but as you can see its pretty much there. Untitled by sheepers-ra28, on Flickr Untitled by sheepers-ra28, on Flickr Untitled by sheepers-ra28, on Flickr Untitled by sheepers-ra28, on Flickr Untitled by sheepers-ra28, on Flickr
    2 points
  20. This little pick up must feel like driving a Ferrari after the dually. Does it have a three fiddy?
    1 point
  21. Was surprised to see that it was not a '83 Crown Wagon conversion to a C10 /shouldofgonetospecsavers. Cool truck though. Needs gun rack and Banjo.
    1 point
  22. C10 Chevys are all the rage these days. Good score!
    1 point
  23. Ay bay bay bei. I live off welcome bay rd bei
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  24. cleaned up a treat you will have to bring it bak to pigeon valley for a trip
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  25. The plan/s ok so some things I hope to get done... Full bare Metal strip of the outside of the car Rust Repairs (so far known are left door, left front and left right guard, the RHS looks pretty good atm) Other panel repairs (serious known so far left front guard and front panel, lots of other smaller repairs aswell) Epoxy car Fill car paint car Other repairs find out why the car is always tilted and why the gap between the rear wheels and guards is differnt on each side(this scares me) Install 5 speed gearbox Convert brake booster over to a remote booster Install brake upgrade Sort wheels tidy up engine bay possibly look at getting a new starter/sort out battery cca issue Fix passengers seat Fit GT dash and crash pad Fit more/better sway bar system Sort out interior of car update: get new starter(hopefully a gear reduction one) fix hand brake put oldschool sticker on window
    1 point
  26. Shit this thing rules my face hole! How would you feel about a set of these bad boys? Already wrapped in a set of mud/snows with a shit ton of treads left in them.. 13 x fuck knows (maybe 5?) tyres are 155/80's.. Was going to give a polish up and use as spears for the wag, but i'd say race car is a far better fitting home.. Let me know if your keen
    1 point
  27. I know this is quite late but I really like that headliner. Might have to come see you sometime for something similar in the e28.
    1 point
  28. woo. got a randum plate. and some $100 buck custom cam gears off a FB page. And my Focus Racing Spokes's split and new lips. 14x8/9 A type specs. woo. Going to face the centre and get the centre mirror polished also.
    1 point
  29. It's ALIVE! After sending the Z to Speedwell in Hamilton to get the carbs looked at, she's purring like a kitten. The old boy said all the needles were gunked up from stale fuel and the slides were stuck. Looking all snazzy in the fresh air. Also gave the radiator a proper flush and got a nice tray of gunk out. Might have been helpful to jack her up to get the tray under a bit more... Tinkle time! I really like this photo haha a little accident. To do list: -Shocks -Windscreen rubber -Exhaust and muffler -High stop light? -Sort out slow voltage discharge
    1 point
  30. motor has started making a knocking noise.... bugger. just brought another pinto from trademe for $200. will chuck it in this week for the next meet on sunday. i need a bigger shed....
    1 point
  31. Look what was waiting for me when I went to leave for work this morning! I wonder what's inside? IMAG0197 Straight to my door - do not pass customs - do not collect $$$ - score! Very good service 13 days door to door
    1 point
  32. I have 1x couch if you need it Michael. Cullen can sleep in the garage. I'll get him a water bowl.
    1 point
  33. I LOVE THOSE WHEELS WAY TOO MUCH WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME
    1 point
  34. Has been a fun filled week! Volk rims and RB26 arrived The engine is almost assembled and ready to go back in, fabricated a T3 spacer for it 2x T3 flanges and 2 sections of SCH40 straight cut, and joined together. Shit load better than the shitbox ones off eBay etc. Speaking of eBay, I ended up selling the HX40 turbo and bought a Holset HE351CW, same compressor but has a smaller turbine wheel and 9cm2 turbine housing, 4" V-band downpipe. Also some ARP headstuds, 2 of the studs I had were pretty fucked and good chance they would have snapped. Awesome weather today so rolled the guards and fitted the Volks with new tyres, 205/55 on the front and 215/55 on the rear. Sits nicely!
    1 point
  35. The remaining lawn is barely big enough to put a car on anyhow. Wouldn't be practical. Front yard remains unchanged though. However. Excessive car storage will not bode well for relationship.
    1 point
  36. EXCITEMENT! sheds are the best. way better than houses.
    1 point
  37. Update. Because people have been asking, and sending facebook photos is getting inefficient. What we started with: Garage and attached sleepout. More on the sleepout later. We knocked them down Then we made lots of mess Sandpit! Lots of polystyrene and steel Concrete! 15.5 cube worth... And yesterday these guys turned up and started to put bits of steel together. Yay!
    1 point
  38. bit of an update. My steering is so flippen stiff!!! probably should have aloud more clearance but its slowly wearing itself out. makes the valiant feel like its got power steering i also think the vw is broken or its got no oil in it cause after driving it around and parking it up for the night it only left these few dots of oil :/ and i also got a bit busy and done some more upholstery before it looked like this down the back it had these so i broke all the spot welds off and gave it a grind up i had a mate match up some pate for me in a rattle can, i then painted the blue and made it look some what better then i stitched a crap load of diamonds then glued a crap load of diamonds to the roof i also made the vw quieter. were the heater rails are they were just going strait to the back and going no where (cut them off ages ago) so to make it a but nicer in the cabin i did this cut the can in half and grabbed a couple of hose clamps i then did this. MY GOD!!!! thing is so much quieter!!! its amazing!!! um thats it for now i think.......
    1 point
  39. Glad you have seen the light, looking forward to the updates
    1 point
  40. My engine exploded! IMG_4030
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  41. The spare shell came pre-installed with low 2015-02-08_02-26-05
    1 point
  42. i don't usually go into much detail about how i do things because, A ) aint nobody got time to fuck around taking pictures of everything all the time, and, B ) see point A. but tonight i thought id show a bit more of the detail in what i consider standard practice. i needed to replace the power steering hoses because the old ones were cobbled together using whatever i had lying around at the time and they leaked. so, new dash 6 fittings and new high pressure hoses throughout. sounds easy right? well, firstly the threads in the PS rack are M16x1.5 on the inlet and M17x1.5 (no shit, M17) on the outlet. problem number one. you can't buy dash 6 fittings with an M17 thread. M16 or M18 are your choices. so the thread in the rack had to be enlarged to M18. given that the PS rack is a very difficult part to source and replace this is something you don't want to fuck up. how? i collected a 16mm drill and a 16.5mm (tapping size) drill and made a guide to allow me to get the drill perpendicular to the hole. i also made a steel "stop" to sit in the bottom of the hole so the end of the drill didn't touch the bottom and damage the seal face. the stop was made from a washer that i machined down the OD on to fit snugly in the hole. once id drilled out the hole i then used the same guide (with the ID drilled out to 18mm) to guide the tap, as per this photo.. Untitled by sheepers-ra28, on Flickr then i took the guide off and finished the thread as far down as i could. Untitled by sheepers-ra28, on Flickr here you can see in the bottom of the hole the step left by my washer/seal face guard. the step is not an issue for how its going to work. Untitled by sheepers-ra28, on Flickr i filled the flutes of all the drills and taps i used with a cutting compound i use which is a bit like lard so all the swarf stuck in the flutes. what didn't i vacuumed out. there is air flow between the two ports so it was pretty easy to clean out any crap that was left behind. so, now we've got the right threads lets move on to the dash 6 fittings. you can't but dash 6 fittings that fit the toyota PS system so you have to modify whats available. i didn't take a photo of these before i machined the ends (even when im trying to document the process i get it wrong) but the had an O ring on the end and a shoulder right on the end to hold the O ring. i machined the shoulder off down to a minimum cleanup on the smallest diameter. Untitled by sheepers-ra28, on Flickr then i made copper "washers" that fit onto the spigots left on the end of the fitting (which you can see in the image above). i should point out that the hole inside most toyota PS fittings that takes the brass taper seal is 8mm, the spigot on the ends of these fittings is 7.9mm and i swear that was a complete fluke, i just machined them until i got a cleanup all round and they all came out at 7.9mm. so then i trial fitted the dash 6 fitting with the washer and found that the washer was a bit thick and i could machine a them thinner to allow more thread engagement of the fitting. given that this seal relies on crush the more thread you have engaged the better so i machined the washers down to about half their thickness. (image missing). why are there three fittings? one of them is for the pump. why is one steel and two aluminum? the steel one is the M18 one and its just what the supplier had. but pre thickness reduction they looked like this, Untitled by sheepers-ra28, on Flickr once the dash 6 fittings are fitting and (hopefully) leak tight then making the hoses is childs play. the fittings on the hoses are re-usable and they screw together. easy. so this is the finished (can't finalize the hose lengths until the motor is back in) hoses. Untitled by sheepers-ra28, on Flickr so thats a snapshot of the 4 hours i spent in the shed tonight. with bits missing. i had to go through all this with the crown but I'm pretty sure i didn't post anything about what it took to "install new power steering hoses" so yea, might be interesting? undo, tomorrow i do more.
    1 point
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