piazzanoob

sweet ute!

have found that white vinegar is good for cooling system flushes. put couple litres in with water and let it run through a few heat cycles and drain it.

it surprised me how much crap came out.  

Did you get it sorted?

also is this carb or injected? 

have you considered a van over a truck?

most of the newer vans have much more space than the Japanese trucks with the likes of ford transits and Mercedes sprinters 

unfortunately don't know of any that i would recommend though. 

only thing i would look out for on the Japanese trucks is if they have a DPF system in them as they can come with there own set of issues if not cared and maintained but otherwise most modern Japanese trucks are good if they have been looked after.

   https://www.aa.co.nz/cars/motoring-blog/diesel-vehicles-and-the-importance-of-a-dpf/

this is just some info on what a DPF system is. most of all modern diesel stuff have them

Im liking the progress and where this project is heading.

when you swap the lsd diff centre over could you do a bit of a story on that as interested to see how that goes

when is the plan to respray the outside of the car?

also going to give the outside a go yourself or the usual do the jams and send the rest to the painter? 

I should really keep my mouth shut but the OCD in me can't haha

you should change your studs on the waterpump pulley to some nice stainless button head cap screws please and thanks

may not look bad with the motor in the car though just looks bad outside the car in my opinion.

also paint the end of the waterpump pulley housing black? as its probably steel and will rust but hard to tell from the photo  

14 hours ago, Nominal said:

Done yet?

motor is 90% done 

had been waiting for parts which have got now but couldn't work on the engine due to it being at work and having the workshop floors being painted. 

plan is going for beach hop and Nats  

On 12/12/2019 at 22:24, M_C said:

Pretty interested to know what is stashed in the massive shedding if you leave a Heron outside so long the cover falls appart...! 

@Ghost

for the colour choice were you thinking the candy apple red on the new mazda 6's and cx3's? if so that colour is nice.

also what did you use to strip the paint in the engine bay? looks pretty good

45 minutes ago, Toddy415 said:

Ill get a photo of it to compare when i take the wheel back off im pretty sure it was missing on one side or i just missed it. So you dont need to run the auto adjusting cable and associated parts? 

if need be you can get a ford rear brake hardware kit which includes the cable you need.

http://www.northwesternford.co.nz/brake-hardware-c-113_205_384.html

this guy is good to deal with also 

i have always phoned and ordered the parts

would be good to see this out and about again 

not that i have actually seen it in its flesh but ya know

with your ignition side of things 

in the past i have found many of the old distributors have timing skatter (not consistence) or may not have the right advance curve to see the full engines power. plus are not normally a really good strong spark.

in the past have fitted ICE igintion systems which is an Australian company to a 265 valiant with much success 

would recommend on a performance 265 not cheap too but good   

Nice job on the power steering rebuild and all the other work of course

good quality as always

have also done a few power steering rebuilds myself 

but definitely not to the precision as you have normally i just wet and dry sandpaper the plates and rotor if it needs it then reassemble it with some rubber grease to help with the first time it runs.

mine were never noisey though just leaked.

but will use your precision next time i do one though 

hope your back is healing up good 

same here would attend 

also don't currently have an OS car legal or running

On 25/11/2019 at 21:17, cletus said:

I thought @Thousand Dollar Supercar  idea of going to see that ford vs Ferrari movie was a good one

yes! 

that was a great idea and i would've gone if i hadn't already watched it 

would recommend the movie to everyone 

10/10 

Ever watched a awesome movie at home by yourself and then have no one who is at all interested to tell them about it. well here is the potential game changer mate 

And this came to mind after watching some great car films within the last 6 months and thought it would be great if it became an 0S event. to bring some like minded people together 

so my idea is that get a whole bunch of Auckland OS members together for a oldschool car themed movie evening 

and the idea would be sometime in the weekend evenings 

unfortunately can not host the event but im sure someone else could

but can provide shit sharns 

seen as OS in auckland has no other meeting events on   

let me know on your ideas and thoughts 

Cheers MATE 

16 minutes ago, locost_bryan said:

which cheeky guy would come in take sneaky a photo and not even say hi  

just do them until there is a nice clean lap mark all the way round. but you may not get the whole face of the valve seat which is fine. 

another thing to do is put bearing blue on the valve face and let the valve drop on the seat and see how much is contacting.

also valves and seats may need refacing on a machine depending on the wear.

also check the valve guides aren't too worn too 

And make sure the head/valves gets a good clean after lapping them in too 

hope this helps

personally would run penrite high zinc or the lucas hot rod 20w-50 

also work for a engine shop and use lucas with 0 issues on all our rebuilds 

Not in the waikato but could be worth the trip.

custom metal shapers in east tamaki auckland are good. did the galaxie boot floor and was happy with job and price.

or matt at tin tricks in auckland was also working out of the same place as above last i knew. and is also an 0S member 

personally if it was me i would have a metal only guy do the work as that way he can't hide his work with bog or anything 

best of luck 

On 11/10/2019 at 19:53, cletus said:

@piazzanoob

wow 

jap import?

On 08/08/2019 at 10:09, Sisu said:

Don't give up on the Galaxie. Winter is always a tough time to be working on it. 

I haven't given up. 

abit sick of seeing it sitting in the garage though. but a car cover helps hide that haha

been currently working on the engine but at 1 day half days progress is slow 

also personally would get it blasted then etch prime black then a good black over the top. 

would recommend a protec or ppg product myself 

On 22/08/2019 at 21:26, S124AB said:

I used Automotive Blasting in Pukekohe a few years ago to do a car for me.

Worth talking to as well.

Nothing wrong with Autoblast, but heard from a number of people he's bloody expensive.

yes on autoblast being expensive. 

got my car done somewhere else at half of there quote 

I work for a engine shop and all engines we build get the lucas run in oil for first start up.

we also always primed the oil system prior to starting either by a tool in the oil pump drive or pigging the system by using pressurized oil/air through a oil gallery.

And yes on once its started keep it running at 2000-2500 RPM for 20-30 minutes and have a big fan running to prevent it overheating 

and while its running give it throttle pulls every so minutes.

And you can time your engine up at this time too.

As its important to correctly run in any pushrod engine so that the lifters and cam break in well.

Also running a oil filter magnet during this procedure will surprise you how much you get through your engine when you cut the oil filter open.

Afterwards we put lucas 20w50 high zinc oil in all our engines. and have never had a failure due to oil. 

but as long as its a high zinc oil you should be good.