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19 hours ago, NickJ said:

How hard is it to specify the #poles? just throw in an even number and see if it looks about right

  Not sure. Some things I’ve read have talked about taking the pulley and fan off the alternator and have a look that way. Others have talked about the amount of teeth on the flywheel, others have given specs on commonly branded alternators. It’s quite confusing

Matt

Hey team,

A while ago I bought a Veethree rev gauge to wire into my hilux and I’ve just sat on it for ages and decided i would look look at it now whilst I have some time off. It’s an alternator driven unit that works off pulses per engine revolution. The paperwork it comes with says you need to work out the number of poles on your alternator and then work out the pulley ratio and then add some magic and you are ready to go.

i can’t find any info on the poles etc and it’s quite confusing for a simpleton like myself.
 

is anyone able to shed some lite in things for me?

https://veethree.co.nz/product/tachometer-diesel-black-dial-black-bezel/

Weather was good today so I cleaned down the tray frame and the started with the underseal and man it looks so much better. Ran out of underseal so the mission will continue tomorrow.

 Then took the passenger guard off and knew there was rust underneath as it had come through the skin into the engine bay.

And swapped some parts between the other utes I have too. Swapped the one inch blocks out of the Chop Shop Ute and put two inch blocks in from another Hilux I got from Seedy haha. Bought this (left one in the photo) with the intention to strip it but it’s too complete so it’s up for sale 

Matt

Pillars have been touched up at some stage in the past so we are all good on that front ... for now. And yah my mate doing the welding etc is a fabricator by trade so safety is paramount for him which is great to see

Matt

Hey team...

Post comments and advice / criticism here!

Matt

Landed some mirrors from a fellow Oldschool member @WLDRX2 and was told they were off an L200. Need to workout how to mount them properly but I like the look of them so far! Ute only had a drivers mirror that flapped around in the wind a bit so as of no use at all really.

Matt

After a big recent downpour I noticed a fair amount of water in the drivers foot well so I went investigating. I took the guard off and found some rust holes. Then we took the inspection plate off near the wiper panel and noticed a bunch of really wet leaves piled on a bracket so then made the decision to make a bigger inspection hole and found that the rain gutter had rusted through and water was going through to the cabin right above the pedal box. Next thing to remove is the steering column and pedal box so we can sort the rust.

Matt

replaced the rear 75x 40 and 40x40 as there was that much rust that it had bowed the 75x40 so the rear tray panel didn’t fit well.

EDIT> Whilst the tray was off we cut the mounts for the tail lights off as that sat 120mm inside the frame and I found I was nearly rear ended a few times as people couldn’t see my lights well. We then rewelded the mounts 70mm towards the back of the tray so they were more visible.

Hey team,

was originally just going to use this for business purposes but I couldn’t help myself plus it needed some work. I picked this up from Seedy Al in December and she’s been a great little Ute in that time. 

Seedy had mentioned that a couple of the wooden boards were loose but it never phased him so I stripped the timber off and found some rust so that has been cut out 

Would they have come 14x7? That’s what they look like at an educated guess

Matt

So really they would suit me using them as steelies then. Not worth anything to sell it seems!

Matt

4 hours ago, RUNAMUCK said:

Those are valiant charger/pacer wheels 100%.

Some may have different widths depending on the model

Any ideas on what are they worth to sell? 

Matt

Hey team,

i picked up a hilux yesterday and the guy thought the wheels on it were off an old Valiant of sorts. Anyone know what they are? They will be up for sale soon as immwrecking this Ute for some parts.

Matt

Haven't updated this for a while. Car is on the rotisserie at home in the garage and nothing new has really happened. I did receive my individual throttle manifold from @evil_si (Simon at Max Fabrication) and to say I'm happy is an understatement. Looks awesome on the engine! Need to get it in the engine bay to see how much room I have for trumpets. 

This manifold uses the standard 2jzge intake runners. They have been cut down and a 10mm plate was CNC'd. All throttles needed no modifying at all. Quite effective and didn't cost me the moon. 

Where did you end up sourcing you clutch fork? I will need to get the same for the Corona

Wagon is on its way home today. Really happy to have it all done and dusted and then it will head off to the Cert guy in a few weeks. Towers are a bit bigger then i had expected given the suspension isnt too big 

Well when i got my 2jz it didnt have a water pump pulley and i had wanted to get the silver ones through driftmotion but the freight was going to be about $88 on their own so i got these ones from Aliexpress 

And here is an update of the S13 rear subframe conversion. Chassis rails got the cut to be able to build the strut towers

Front mounts made and tacked in

Welded in and chassis rail notched

Rear Mounts folded up and in place

Discuss here