j.e.d.

30 minutes ago, d.p.n.s said:

some more buts arrived...

now thats what I'm talking about

15 hours ago, spac3 said:

Hi mate

Is it easy to flip the shackles? Mine are facing the wrong way. Wanting to get them back correct way so it drops the rear slightly

Any info or step by step way to flip would be appreciated 

Sam

 

 @j.e.d.

Hey man, can’t remember an exact process unless I wrote it in a post.. I used a short crowbar between the shackle mounts of the body and leaf spring and levered them back, just can’t remember if I needed to drop the nuts off the bottom of the shock to give more range of movement. It wasn’t a tricky process at all though, just gotta jack it high enough to give the crowbar room to rotate as you need good leverage. My crowbar is only 600-700mm long.

Hope that helps

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On 08/06/2022 at 05:44, sheepers said:

Can you get me a contact for the seller please?

I can't access marketplace for reasons I haven't discovered yet. 

I noticed the same thing on my FB just the other day.. it disappeared from the bottom of the screen.. it had moved into the Menu (bottom right)

screenshot of the vid for ya.. crikey

Or re-arch yourself homeboy style

I have a tendency at times to research certain things to death.. except when it comes to car purchases, that's purely impulsive.

I recently bought an Escort Max 360c along with the Escort M1 dash cam as they integrate well together.. I've been thinking about getting a radar detector for a couple of years now, I don't normally speed excessively, but about a month ago I got pinged for doing 82 in a 60 as I was daydreaming/meditating.. not the fine so much as the demerit points that hurt. Not keen on losing my license again.

I was deciding between the Uniden R7 & Valentine as they both gave direction indicators and are top of the line for my budget (around $1200) but couldn't decide between them. Uniden had built in GPS and looked pretty but I've never been a fan of the brand for a lot of years, Valentine is tried & true but the design is dated & you need to pair it with your phone to get the best out of it (updates etc).

By chance the old man was talking to a guy at the Hyundai yard in Blenheim & he has experience with both brands, but recommended the Escort 360 as being far better than the both of them so I went with that.

So far I'm happy, has a GPS speed reading to glance at if your car speedo isn't accurate, can set a max speed warning, tells you the direction of the threat & also the amount (worked well this morning letting me know a cop car was about 500m up the road and around a corner in a 50kmh zone, and showed he was behind me when I passed) plus other cool stuff.

The trick is to always be aware though.. I've read that no detector will alert you of a speed camera van until you're right up to it, and the cops vary whether they have their radar on or not. I've been told the younger cops have their radar on a lot of the time, but the older cops don't want the hassle of paperwork pulling over every tom dick & harry so keep it off most of the time.  

I got mine hard wired into my daily but it still comes with the cig lighter connection to put in my other cars.. the installer said the ducks nuts is the redline model that @sidewaysickness has, but I couldn't justify the leap.

Very informative as always & a pleasure to read.. adding reversing lights to the list of things to fix?

On 16/05/2022 at 16:57, rivalrx said:

All good here mate - thanks for asking

I want to sell all my cars and pursue my dream of getting another XY Fairmont.... for that to have a chance of occurring, I need to sell the XE and my WRX Type R that is lurking away in the background.

Game on now I guess

Fair call.. I'd do the same to get myself back into a Torana hatch but they're hellishly expensive when they rarely pop up. My mate has a XY project that's been on the back burner for a number of years at a panel beaters shop.. pretty sure when he gets it back home (once I clear his garage of the mustang I bought off him), he'll work out what he wants to do with it.. big project though, better getting something already on the road I reckon (says the guy who has just bought another project).

See it thru man, make it happen before they're all out of reach

That’s a shame.. hope all is ok at your end 

Sounds like you’re on to it.. I got a box of door hinges that the old man stumbled across while cleaning the garage out.. you’re welcome to have them if they’re any use to you

On 15/01/2021 at 06:28, j.e.d. said:

Ahhhh the memories.. I did a XD that looked just like this on 12 slots way back when you needed to take your camera roll in to be processed.. mid 90's I think..  it was painted primer orange & had XF Fairmont doors so I could have central locking & electric window & mirrors.. lowered front springs, reset leafs by Archers who are still around today.. if I find a pic I'll scan & upload it.

Great direction you're heading with this

Took a while but stumbled across some old photos of my XD.. no nice ones unfortunately, coupla early pics showing a ding in the front where I must have hit something 

Yea not like me.. paid a visit to my Uncle in Te Anau while tripping down south in January.. he had a late 90's Jeep GC sitting on his driveway and before I realised I was buying it off him with no easy way of getting it up here.. always wanted one, price to good to pass up, all the usual excuses really. Now gotta plan another holiday to fly down there and drive it back. I do enjoy a good road trip though

Lol.. don't worry, this is normal behavior.. denial til the next great deal comes along.