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  1. Thanks gents, yeah I had it at rangiora, it's epic for that sort of thing, Any more than a few nights in it and I'm over it. There were heaps of cool vans at Rangoon, the vanners display was outstanding
  2. IVe had a good few months blasting round in this brick, every day for a couple of weeks, went away at new years and up to goon, good times. Its driving good, I added a temp gauge for trans and bolted some fucked hughes 500 blades to roof coz. Ive been messing with springs trying to get ride a bit better, ended up going much softer ( 19mm dia c10 coil vs 25mm G30 coil ) which has sorted it right out, missos cans happier too. I did get some banging going on under it on way back from goon, I was very very dusty and not in the mood. I got under it and found sway bar attachment on one side snapped. So I strapped it up and we got home ( 6 hours ). the mount where it went is doubling as my limiting strap mount, Im guessing when I was running the heavy springs it topped out and cracked it so I juts glued it back on and will keep an eye on it I also only just got the cert details loaded onto LVV site. I didnt have a good run with certifier and 3 months after he said he would process it all I had to get LVV involved. They were very helpful and getting it sorted but I didnt like having to tell tales on the certifier. Anyone considering getting a car inspected in Gow st Mosgiel just dont, message me if needed. anyway here it sits, over winter I need to drop trans to sort a leak and find a way to lock 3rd gear with a snazzy valvebody, trans temp gets up towing boat up hills, otherwise its good
  3. Also, make sure those spindles are 2 piece with a chromo axle, cpp did make a 1 piece version which is no good for cert On mine too I sectioned the saddle tanks by an inch so they weren't hanging below the sills
  4. That thing looks like a solid start, they are a breeze to work on. And yeah you'll want to recenter the wheels with it low or they look goofy as. Once you get it down you also might want to trim an inch off the bottom of the rails at the front, there's a section that hangs below the rockers. So yeah I've skinned these cats 2 ways, first time I sectioned the front crossmember and raised the arms up, it worked fine for years. Bag plates on the lower arms and a bit of.messing with steering and you're way. I got scared away from Zs due horror stories. 2nd time I threw plenty of money at it and went porterbuilt both ends with hydroshox, it drives great and I've done a heap of miles in it. The bagged one I had rode ok with bags on the diff and a 4 link. There's plenty of room for long bars which is good for pinion angle stability but you loose triangulation which these things need, the frames are noodles.
  5. Finishing jobs on this, got the cargo tray back on and put some temu led spots on the KC covers like a real tightwad, the sales figures were some astronomical lumen value but anyway they are bright and will probably never get used I also mounted an old Cessna kevlar wrapped oxygen tank up top for water, it'll hold 25 litres or so, I haven't been game enough to actually drink out of it yet. Drilling into it was scary. Then I took it in for a wof which was triumphant. The only.issue being the steering box bolts were loose which I assume was from when someone who wanted to look at the mounting has pulled them out and out them back in hand tight, not ideal and lucky the wof guy found it. Now woffed and rego and ready for a beating this weekend And also just in time for the next ballache which I picked up today, 79 Plymouth trailduster with a new very grumpy stroked 360 in it.
  6. Omfg big day yesterday. Towed it to Mosgiel due to paranoia about issues on the way, 3 and a bit hours. Sat in truck working for 2 hours waiting for certifier to finish whatever he was doing. Checked off the list, road-test it and steering is good, brakes are not. Get back and rears are cold. So the stupid cuntofavalve I changed doesn't like the cruiser drum cylinders or something and was shutting off the rear brakes due flow being to high and it thinking there's a break in the line. I messed with it for an hour then started swearing. Old mate finds an old residual pressure valve meaning i might be able to bypass the combination valve. Fittings weren't right, but BNT is round corner, but it's 4:45 , BNT doesn't have right fittings. Anyway cobbled it together, had to drill out a fitting and redo a flare in the engine bay, which actually sealed, and got brakes working, and passed brake test. Then I got to tow it home, got back at 11pm. Way past my usual knockoff Goodness me
  7. I got the last couple of cert jobs done. Stupid muffler which actually makes it sound way more pleasant Another run to spotlight for bottom a bottom shelf polyester rug to redo the floor And changed the chev prop valve. I put an adjustable one in as well but didn't end up needing it. These GM ones are a pain in the hoop. It has a flow stop shuttle in it in case of a line breaking which makes bleeding them tricky. Vacuum bleeder wouldn't do it so had to do it slowly on the pedal. But the new one works and the residual pressure valve is doing it's thing too so I kept the 1" bore chev MC in the end. It won't quite lock the front but is stopping good. It has a powerboost unit which hydraulically boost brakes from power steering pump which works a treat. Recheck Thursday , it's steering and braking better so hopefully it'll get through.
  8. I also ditched the rod for the shifter and put a cable in, it's of a 6 speed Levin and works much better I added a goofy u bend to tuck the exhaust up a bit better and still clear the water tank and now have room for a muffler out back. And remade front shock mounts to beef them up a bit
  9. I'm back into this thing, certifier finally looked at it and got a list to me. I towed it to Mosgiel which was no fun , of course it rained and snowed. So for the list : - head pad next to back seat on pillar - add muffler ( wof issue not cert but whatever ) - rear brakes locking before front ( will add prop valve and change mc etc ) - steering not returning to center. I added 5 degree caster plates to rock diff back, shit of a thing to install. I had to move sway bar mount, jerk around with steering again and adjust panhard - add tabs and bolts to radius arm mounts. Astonishingly pointless but whatever. How does another bolt add strength to an already welded mount ? Why not add gussets ? Anyway I do what I'm told I got it on the hoist better too so I can move around under it a bit more. Still an awkward height
  10. I've been driving this a bit, I'm pretty happy with it, it's goes and stops good, no steering feedback or anything. It's got a knock up front somewhere which I think is a shock hitting the cross member so I'll whip them back out at some stage and notch where needed. I hated the dash, it epitomises shitty rhd swaps. Theyd cut up the LHD one then used a combo of builders filler, glass and what looks like grout to put it back together, then laminated over it with faux walnut duraseal or something. No Bueno. It also had a few spare holes. so I found an NOS one on eBay and chopped that up to move guages across. It started like this Then cut and glassed the back Then filled and applied faux woodgrain again and it came out like this Which is much tidier. Edging need tidying but it's way more better. I also made some pockets for the lower springs to retain them a bit better, they were moving a touch and making noise every now and then, the ID of the Chevy springs is slightly over that of the cruiser pads at the bottom. So slapped these on, no more noise
  11. Van tune is good, I took it up coronet the other day, temps held steady at 700 egt preturbo ( fuel pump guy tells me I'm good for 850 ) at 13psi which gave me 50 kph all the way up which ain't bad, not too much smoke either. Plenty of scope for more if I add a cooler. I've set max boost at 15. I was still not keen on the ride quality with the new shocks ( nor the missos funbags ), the 3am drunken brainwave looked like this : So I did this But it came out looking like this So extremely aesthetically anticlimatic but it's sorted the damping. The boat rock style oscillation test with me hanging off the roof went from 3 rocks to under 1. So perhaps mathematically 2 x shocks = 3 x more better.
  12. Sweet cheers, I'm not sure on the pin profile, they say it's their own design. Is the delivery screw the one on top ? Sensor is pre turbo I need to go climb some hills and see where the temps settle but they are higher than if thought for sure, with the install being tight on the sides I'm keen to avoid an intercooler if possible.
  13. Welp, I got the pump and injectors back, old mate said 3 were leaking and nasty, the pump is a work of art, not sure what got reused. Anyway slapped that all in and timed it with a timing tool i got off eBay, man what a rig, much better than trying to hold a dial indicator while turning the crank The difference in performance is major with the new pump etc, it pulls straight away and got up to 100k no sweat, egts were getting up there so pulled the boost back from 17 to 14 or so and will try that. I also put an exhaust temp gauge in, I got a combo one that matches the dash. I also found a NOS dash for it to replace the shit one in there Also had a win with the slow start, after a ton of braining I ended up putting the meter on the fuel cut solenoid power line and sure enough, voltage dumped when it was cranking, like to 0 dumped. So traced the harness back and pulled fuse block out etc found a pin pushed back on the plug into the column that goes up to the key, happy days. It lights on the first bump of the key now like it should.
  14. I've been getting some miles on this pig, it needs more power, it hates wind when towing and it was undershocked something wicked. Anyway did some camps over new years Twas good, wanged some adjustable ranchos in up front which dampen bumps out great, it still dives a bit but I'm guessing that's just lifted van life with a bit of travel and me sitting over the axle. But towing boat home today the power was really pissing me off so I whipped out injectors and injector pump. Pump will get overhauled and output pumped up via a reshaped metering pin, and injectors looked spectacularly nasty so I'll get them up to trundles this week for some lovin too, hopefully this makes a big difference. Also steering lock is shit, I hadn't checked the stops properly and it's not hitting the hub ones, just the box limits. So I've got a longer Pitman arm blank coming and will get it machined for a ball joint, itll be 15mm longer which should cure my problem Still no word from the certifiers, I'll start hassling them again next week to try and get it looked at.
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    Would the 2.8 4cyl cummins be an option ? like the fotons etc have, there was some spud that put one in a hotrod sort of a thing here and they are popular with the offroaders in the US
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