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  1. So he didn't look at the carb like I explained to you in the other post?

    If it's running fine on flats and fucking out on inclines that would lead me to believe, as I said before, that there's a float issue, sticking or level is incorrect.

     

    if it's the carbed version, what grade fuel are you running ??

    91 octane will pink and fart around unless tuned for it.

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    fuck, dosn't get much more basic than that............. i likey. guessing the boat is the brace or is it for ultra short distance tows ?

    looking to build similar for my Cod-Botherer to free up the super heavy duty trailer it currently on.

  3. I want brass specifically

    go to a building suppliers or joinery shop 

    was gonna suggest Scott Panel and Hardware but Felchers have taken them over and merged then into Laminex group and no longer have online catalogue but printed catalogue may still be at hardware shop

     

    what size and quantities ?

  4. if its a non-setting sticky mess you want, then we used a Sika mastic for sealing freezers panel on coolstores.

     

    if it's an adhesive sealant you want , then the panel sealant above, or Sabre SMP60 (which it what was used on my boat for gluing the pontoons on)

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  5. That's pretty bloody good!^^

    he's done a few, and is MSNZ tech.

    we got a MK2 Esky kit off him with the notation:

    ' if it dosn't fit correctly, the shell is bent',

    it didn't and it was !!

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  6. a lot of people seem to go to the ae/ke setup as above,  so you get the adjustable caster arm and easily modified lower arm setup.    unsure if there are any benefits/downsides geometry wise going to the ae/ke setup, other than the obvious camber/caster adjustment.   maybe a backwards move as none of its setup the same. plus more weight

    geometry aside, using KE/AE style struts/LCAs unlocks far better shock absorber options, swaybar options,steering arms etc

  7. Interesting point about stretching the bottom arm mount outwards KPR. I looked at that on my Kp but thought the swaybar through eyes would be unhappy? Do you use a wider swaybar off something else?

    i recall using KE70 LCA and sway bar set-up on a starlet track-car during it's build. unsure of the outcome as the main builder fucked off to Aucks to hide from his debts.

    KE70 uses bigger balljoint allowing KE/AE steering arms and struts/brakes.

    i have plenty of these parts of you want to borrow and have a mock-up.

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  8. Kia ora,

     

    Doing a rebuild on the Corona and I'm in need of some standard main bearings for my 3T. I've already tried ACL bearings, NZ Toyota, STA Parts, Cliff Bond (in Chch) and Engine Parts in Silverdale. Any suggestions on where else I can try? Ideally in NZ.

    what size are you after.......... can check my stash

  9. in my experience, the factory Safari 24->12v reducer is capable of running the factory head unit only, and as soon as you put a more powerful unit (ie more current draw), the reducer will shit itself. back then (5-10yrs) a decent reducer was around the $100 mark, but i am sure they are much cheaper now.

    i will have a dig in my electronics box later, as i believe i have a S/H one i could offload

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  10. so the ol' jigger has re-surfaced, on Oldschool.

    am currently trying to dig out some old photos and footage from early 2000's when Team Reid/Fletcher used it extensively around the south Island.

    did you get it from the Camerons ?? or did Sheldon Rush have it for a bit ?

  11. Live in mataura drive a corolla how did i get to this point lmao

    could be worse....... living in Timaru and owning house and 6 acres in the Catlins taht i can't spend enough time at, as there is fuck all work down there to pay bills.

    regarding your issue, i would ring Carter Strang (strang auto), in wallacetown. he's built plenty of them for race/rally use and should able to point you in the right direction.

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