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  1. igor
    You're most likely right there. Never even thought about running anti-freeze in an iron block iron head motor when I lived up north. As far as I know most of my mates didn't bother either.
  2. igor
    Not sure whether to post this here or in tech spam. My eldest has decided it might be fun to put the 4.1 crossflow from my rusty XC into my '51 Vanguard. Is he completely crazy or is this a sensible course of action? If by some remote chance we actually did it how carried away would we have to get with brake upgrades etc? The original drum brakes are pretty big cos 16" wheels. I'm not convinced that the Vanguard diff would be up to the job either. If we swapped in a Falcon diff we'd be sweet for that if the width was suitable. Do any of you know if Standard Triumph five stud is the same as Ford? The Vanguard isn't here for me to measure it.
  3. igor
    I have a few sets of chains. What size? I probably have both sizes. Too big and too small.
  4. igor
    http://www.trademe.co.nz/business-farming-industry/farming-forestry/tractors/51-150-hp/auction-1331113748.htm is this narrow enough?
  5. igor
    Our ones are better than that goat track. Can actually get some decent speed on many of them.
  6. igor
    Been half pie planning a route through Clutha District. Anyone totally unkeen on unsealed roads? We've got a few interesting ones in scenic places. Not winch and shovel spec, just the path less travelled sort of thing.
  7. igor
    I have an idea that backwards cross member thing is what my boss did with his 2.0 litre 5 speed Mk2 Escort. Used the factory holes all sweet I think.
  8. igor
    Are van and pickup leaves likely to be the same? Logic suggests that they might be. I'd be more inclined to add one leaf each side to improve load carrying performance than to remove one.
  9. igor
    Good that you are making some progress with this. Remember patience is a virtue.
  10. igor
    My Civic is the same as four stud Ford/Mazda. Rafaga might logically be expected to be the same.
  11. igor
    As long as she didn't have the Torrey Canyon and the Amoco Cadiz travelling in company.
  12. igor
    What even is that thing?
  13. igor
    Sounds like you are at least making some progress now.
  14. igor
    I've got an ADO16 that last ran in the winter of '96. Hasn't been cranked over since '99. Prob should check it.
  15. igor
    I say you should stick with the flat deck for maximum usefulness. Also someone was thinking pretty hard when they made that fuel filler extension. It's brilliant. Should be a standard feature.
  16. igor
    Can't complain about 24.75 mpg in a thing with all the aerodynamic features of a loaf of bread with the end sawn off crooked. It's not vastly dissimilar to what I'm getting from my petrol Falcon in daily use. If you were nearby I'd find a place to hide that horrible green thing. Might be fun for the children to play with. Five speed column change? Teach them right, right from the start.
  17. igor
    Just give it a shot and see if they notice. If it is well done they probably won't.
  18. igor
    Would a plumber's croxing tool work the same? It should if you could find a big enough size.
  19. igor
    Sure did. Just as well I wasn't driving. Might have got a bit loose on the unsealed bit. (Probably not in someone else's car.) A good day out all the same. Post merge can eat a dick.
  20. igor
    My first OS meet. A great day out. Good to meet a few other members irl and put faces to names. Big thanks to @Toddy415 and Mrs Toddy for allowing me to ride along in the wags and to @kiwi808 for shouting me chips and a beer at Riverton.
  21. igor
    I sometimes use a brace with a twist bit to drill steel thereby ensuring a slow speed that will not burn out the bit. Did a bit of track laying on a museum railway once too. We drilled the fishplate bolt holes with the same hand tool technology that would have been used in the 19th century. Pretty sure the tools we were using were older than all of us including the retired guy who knew what to do.
  22. igor
    Yep. The world's fucked mate.
  23. igor
    My EA wags would be ideal. Even has one different coloured door. Shame it's almost at the other end of the country.
  24. igor
    That'd be right. Not meant to resharpen tools nowadays. Bastards expect you to buy new stuff every time something gets blunt.
  25. igor
    Can you split the nut with the cold chisel?
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