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Wanting an auto-electrician. Gotta wire the SR up to the S12. Need to get engine running and ideally the factory gauges working(Rev, oil pressure, water temp etc) Hopefully someone here can, or knows someone who can do me a good deal. -Chris

She's only 18months old... And gets grumpy after 6:30pm...

Am keen. Just have to find out if I'll have my daughter or not.

Did a bit more today. Aeroquip fittings showed up for the power steering, so got that installed. Does anybody know where to get a 15mm ID power steer hose? Everything seems to be 1/2" (12.7mm) or 5/8" (15.9mm) which is too big and too small. Also made a little plate to hold the speed sender in the gearbox, and pulled the gearbox crossmember out to repaint it again. Installed alternator, and started putting on that part of the loom.

Shit I've been slack on this. Couple of days ago I put some 225/45R16 Toyo T1R's on the rims. Will look great once they're on the car. Today I finally did something with the power steering, have a couple of Aeroquip fittings coming due to having to make a right angle out of the power steering rack. Also pulled the diff apart to get the spring perches modified... Hopefully tomorrow I'll have the power steering bits finished, alternator on, and the gearbox loom in place. Does anyone have any tips for battery relocation on the cheap? When I painted the engine bay, I pulled the battery tray out. Was also considering still having proper terminals inside the engine bay some how?

225/50R15 is the smallest Falken that can go on an 8.5" rim.

Cool, thanks for that. That means the hose I am wanting to do it the low pressure hose. Is transmission hose suitable for this?

Yeah, I would definitely be interested to know. I'll do some googling and see if I can find anything. Thanks for your input! Edit/// Holy shit... Maximum pressure on the power steering pump is 1251-1337 PSI according to the FSM... So that hose definitely won't do it. Edit//// I'm pretty sure only one line is high pressure isn't it? The line that is already in the car has proper crimped fittings, and the one I'm looking at replacing hose standard hose tails at each end...

Are the likes of the 400PSI rated Ultragrip hoses or 300PSI Instagrip not suitable if I can find a decent hose clamp? Or is the hose rating something slightly different to what I'm assuming it is.

This is for my S12. I've put a S14 steering rack into it, and am trying to find alternatives to the alloy line that runs under the engine along the crossmember for the power steering fluid. Can I just complete swap this out for a reinforced rubber hose with some hose clamps at each end. I'm pretty sure it is the low pressure hose. I don't know enough about power steering and how it works to make this decision, so thought I'd ask you guys here.

I got the Tengtools Flaring kit for about $110. It's basically a better version of the cheap kits. Powerbuilt kit is rubbish. All the etching inside the bit that holds the tube is almost non-existant so the tube slides through.

I'm guessing you mean, get a sheet of copper, lay it on what you are wanting to make the gasket out of, tap it with a ball pein hammer to get the shape embedded in the copper and then trim it to suit? Your posts don't seem to make much sense?

I got BOP Gaskets in Tauranga to do me a copper turbo gasket once. Cost about $35 including return freight, and about four days turn around. I sent them my old one for them to copy. I'd definitely use them again if I needed to. Phone number is 07 5748740 http://yellow.co.nz/y/bop-gaskets

$500? I can get them for $80 a pair plus freight. I do agree with the above though. It'd be much safer with wheels that fit better, or moving the centres inside the barrels.

They can be reversed. You may lose the lip style if it's important though. Easiest way to get 50mm spacers would be to bolt two 25mm spacers together. 27mm is the maximum thickness bolt on spacer you can get certified I think. (Or it's for adaptor, and then 25mm is the thickest bolt on spacer.) Moving the centres is the safest option.

Ahh fair enough. That shroud you made is looking swish.

Looking good!!! Was there a reason for mounting the intercooler with the inlet and outlet at the bottom. Did you think of having it up the top so you could have shorter piping?

Added a new photo of it from yesterday with some new wheels on.

Put the S14 fuel pump in the S12 and took a photo of it with the new wheels on. Managed to get the S14 handbrake lever and lines set up a few months a go too. (Jeez I'm slack with updates.) Wheels are 16x8.5 +35 Weds Adula Mesh. 225/45's on front and 205/55 one rear. (Rears are due to thats all I had, will eventually get 225/45's all round) Even though they are high offset, the fronts sit pretty much perfect (due to the wider track) and the rear does need some 15mm spacers.

Argh... Was busy writing and didn't see you're next post, my bad.

Yes, these are the rules; If it has a windscreen it must have windscreen wipers. A vehicle 1992 onwards must have wipers and washers/sprayers, pre '92 just wipers. A vehicle 1960 onwards must have powered windscreen wipers, pre '60 I guess they were manual? I'm too young to know this. Source: http://vehicleinspection.nzta.govt.nz/virms/in-service-wof/general/vision/windscreen-wipe-wash Above link, is the current version of the Vehicle Inspection Manual and states what you will fail on, not what is acceptable.

I doubt a 235 will have a manufacturers spec that will allow it to go on a 10" wide wheel. Also, that sheet above doesn't have every tyre size on it. I'm going through a heap of tyre manufacturers technical data to find a 215/45R16 that can go on a 8.5" rim. Apart from semi-slicks, I've only found one brand which I'm not to keen on. Edit/// 235/45R13 Kumho V700 is specified up to 9" rim. That's the widest 13" tyre I've been able to find so far. They wouldn't be cheap either.

Go see Brett at Advance Steel Engineering on White St. He's on the corner where RD1 is. (Unless they didn't move to the old Leisure World park yet. He's not the cheapest but does a top notch job. He's done a few of the bits I've need custom made for the S12.

When it came to a wet day for me I put my everyday Michelin tyres back on. They sh*t all over the Toyo's and Kumho's in the wet.