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Just finished making this brazier today, it was a commission so already sold witch is good.

Whats a good gearbox oil to use in a Mk4 zephyr zodiac 4 speed box? the book says EP SAE 80, would that be a GL4 or a GL5 rating? People say a GL5 will eat away or wear out syncros and or make for shit gear changes, dose this box have bronze syncros? And also a mid 1970s JAG XJ6 diff oil should that be a GL5? rated oil? Cant seem to find any info on the net,

It could be arranged.

I do enjoy making extractors, everything i drive I make a set for, I am not relay good at making things nicely like the other people on here,

Here is a cople vids I made a wile ago

Here is my home made blacksmiths spring hammer I built a cople yers ago, I use it for my art work, forging, tapering and dwaring out steel bars etc, Its all made from scrap steel.

looks like it has a rear tire on the front, from personal experience this makes things intresting.

A guy I know had a Buick with a flathead straight 6 he sed he got a set of pistons that didn't fit so he filed them to the point they would slide down the bore, but the thing would seze up at every hill to a screaching halt, he gave it the jiff treatment witch fixed it

Fuchs Titan dose a straight 50 weight oil or that penrite 25w70 Or you could make some kind of bong system and bubble the exhaust through water in the boot.

Its a sedan, I used those adjusters on the backs to wind the pistons in but didn't relise they had to be wound back out with the new pads lol

I will give that a go then as the handbrake is only just holding when its fully up, cheers for the info, I was about to start looking under the car for the adjuster.

I think it need a bit of that too, they may not have any adjusters?

Thanks for that, I thought they would set themselves when i used the handbrake, I did what you sed and it worked.

Non oldschool question but I am relay stuck, I wound the pistons back put everything together and now the handbrake leaver pulls up and dose nothing.

wireing up the EFI sounds like a bit of work unless you can use some of the old wiring, I am going to wire up my charging system as it uses heavy wire then think about a kit.

Thats good to know, your making me what to get one now.

Found something, they were trying to use a Bosh regulator with a Lucas generator, the Bosh solidstate regulator is the one i fount on trademe http://mgaguru.com/mgtech/electric/et231.htm

Did you have to do much probing with a test light and shit like that?

Also can anyone understand the instructions for my distributor timing tool? I have spent hours trying to set the points and carn't get it even close, the instructions are vague is fuck http://www.flatheadsrus.com/download/file.php?id=1717 BTW its a 1939 ford v8 motor, if anyone in Auckland could show me how to use this tool I would highly appreciate it

I probley would get one of those kits if I didn't have all the wire and components, You installed one on your Buick ay?

Someone was saying they can work but only if the field coil isn't grounded to the body inside the genarator or something?

Yes those are the connectors I was after, do they sell them in nz? I couldn't find them for the last project and spent hours unpicking them off a Bedford.

I have an aliexpress account, they are very nice to deal with, I realy want the old style ones you have to crimp in 2 spots,

On to the last job on my ratrod witch is the worst job, I HATE electrical crap, those wiring kits are not relay suitable for this car and I can not afford, but I have heeps of new automotive electrical wire, I need some kind of fuse box, what is a good car to get one from? something small, I will only have headlights + taillights, high stop, incinerators, and any other stuff for a wof. Where can I get proper crimp connectors witch support the wire by the insulation as well as crimping round the strands, those supercheep and repco one suck. Going to use the 12v DC 2 brush generator as it supports the fan and has been reconditioned, can I use a Solid state regulator with this? I am sick of polarizing generators and having batters boiled dry because I don't know how to tune a mechanical regulator.

Cool thanks for that, Waitemata Hydraulics is quit close to me, they are funny old bastads