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Did a wee bit of work on this today. Still not 100% on what I'm doing with it but regardless of what I decide it needs to at least be rolling as it'll be pretty hard to sell if it's stuck in the garage! 

The whole reason I took the parts car when I bought the second VL was for the disc brake LSD rear end. Today I decided to make a start on getting it ready to go into the Royale. I removed the control arms, panhard rod and brake calipers as they were surplus/in need of a rebuild. Once I'd removed the seized calipers I noticed the axles were turning in different directions...

I then popped the cover off to make sure the teeth weren't showing any damage or abnormal wear.

Now I could be wrong but that looks to me like a 28 spline, four spider, open differential. There's no second ring of bolts on the crown wheel and upon closer inspection the ID tag is the same as the open VP diff I bought off dr.wylde. Bummer. 

After a bit of googling and becoming fairly certain that the diff isn't a limited slip unit I decided to remove the hubs so I can swap them onto the VL housing. I tried to use the old discs as a hori slide hammer and when that didn't work I bolted them up and gave them a belt with a hammer.

It was at about this point that I decided to call it quits before anything else went wrong. 

I've already got new cylinders and shoes for the drums but I think discs are the logical thing to do for now and then cross my fingers and hope to find a limited slip diff down the track.

There ya go 

https://trademe.co.nz/1498513355

Workshop supervisor's F100

I'd quite like to reproduce the pattern on the Zephyr door cards but realistically it's probably too expensive/there's a million other things to do first.

Those patterns are awesome! I imagine they'd be prohibitively expensive to make for a car with less demand for interior parts though?

He's on the phone according to the receptionist so I shall pester him via email.

1 hour ago, Adoom said:

o-rings?

http://www.nzefi.com/product/fuel-injector-service-kit-nissan-r32-rb20det-rb25de-rb26dett/

 

Or these guys. http://www.cdlautoparts.co.nz/media/product_range/cedele/EFI Injector Components Catalogue - April 2012.pdf

 

 

I have a feeling that there's something different with the 20/25 injectors but I'll have to double check. The cdl catalogue looks promising though.

11 minutes ago, AllTorque said:

Have you checked Nissan?

No I haven't bothered with Nissan, figured it'd be too old for them to have anything available anymore.

Does anyone know of anywhere that sells fuel injector seal sets? Haven't had any luck on google except for one place in Aussie. The seals I need are for the RB30ET injectors. Could possibly match them at DSL etc but would rather just purchase a set if possible.

Edit: Already spoken to Appco/BNT who don't have listings.

Pleased this has stayed in the OS family! Pined hard but sadly no money or space for it. Shagpile carpet and a disco ball plz

Thanks man I appreciate that. I've only driven it briefly four months ago so I might get stoked again once it's running and not in a million pieces all over the place.

Bought a set of wheels for this a couple of weeks ago, the absolute legend that is @Threeonthetree collected them for me and dropped them off at Mainfreight.

They are 15x7" E34 alloys, they have centre caps as well but they don't fit over the nuts I have/are BMW caps anyway. I personally really like the look of these wheels on the car but my earlier suspicions were correct about these wheels. They certainly aren't going to fit under the stock guards with the wider LSD diff so they can stay on my daily for a while longer. I've considered staying with the open diff and doing a disc brake conversion as well as going to something like a Ford 9" which can be narrowed so that I can have the wheels I like as well as an LSD but in all honestly I don't think it's going to happen. My mental health/personal life isn't that great currently and for the last couple of months I've just felt like I'm pissing my money away on this thing, I have no interest in finishing or driving it anymore. Things may change but at this stage I'm just aiming to get it running and rolling again so that I can move it on.

He's looking for a hunting truck so unfortunately VG's Hilux is missing a front diff and about 4" of tyre sidewall.

The fuel filter and spark plugs seemed to have fixed the issue. I've driven it a couple of times since they were replaced and the clutch seems fine. The car will be up for sale shortly anyway as he's looking for a Hilux.

Thank you I'll have a squizz at it!

Which program would you guys recommend for a total newbie to 3D modelling/printing? I am planning my N gauge railway layout and I feel that some HQ's, MK3 Zephyr's Falcon 500's etc would really set the scene but these don't seem to be available in N gauge (1:160/1:148). I am hoping that I will be able to model these cars and have some 3D printed? Any advice would be appreciated!

Middy's car has failed a wof, one of the last things left to do is the wipers and washers. I've fixed the front but the pump for the rear reservoir has been sitting in water and is shagged. I don't really want to spend $93 on a new pump, can I just remove the rear wiper arm and washer nozzle?

Yeah giving up on the car. It's really tidy and I know that I won't get another A8 but my heart just isn't in it. I'm too indecisive to finish anything and I'm sick of toing and froing over what to do with it.

The remains of the parts car went to the scrap yard the other week. Don't think I'll part another car out again as it's really just been a pain in the bum although the sale of the motor and box has offset the purchase of my daily somewhat.

Tonight I pulled a few more bits off the Royales motor. I had my suspicions that the motor hadn't had antifreeze in it for awhile and judging by the condition of these pipes I think that's the case.

The pipes are pretty nasty but most of them will still be ok with the exception of the bypass tube in the idle control valve. I cleaned the inside of it with a .30 calibre rifle cleaning brush and it came apart. The big flake is paper thin, I think my best bet may be to cut the tube off and tap the housing for a brass fitting unless anyone has any other ideas? I still need to remove the exhaust manifold and turbocharger as I figure I may as well clean out the turbo coolant lines while I'm at it. I've got the inlet piping off the turbo so far, how much play is acceptable in a turbo? As much as I want to get everything done properly I've been agonizing over the wider LSD diff and the wheel choice before it goes for cert for awhile now and tbh I'm pretty keen to get this thing running and rolling again and throw in the towel.

Man this thing is lush. Do want.

Good man! This isn't the one that was for sale on facebook and then at Turners is it? 30E manual?

@Beaubot What have you done? That'd work for me. I've got this if it's any use, pretty sure I've got the wiring for it somewhere too. 

I don't want it looking too bogan haha, I'd love to put the meshies I've got on it but they're a bit too wide.

I feel like the Hankooks and Globe reps would be more at home on an HQ or something! What are the 18's like? Keen to stay with 15's on this car but options are pretty limited in 5x120. What do you want for the scoop?

Haven't done anything to the Royale in the last month but I've been busy stripping the parts car. Not too much more to come off that and then the shell can go to the crusher. Dad and I measured the width of the V8 LSD on the weekend, it's 40mm wider than the original Royale diff. Stupidly I didn't try the wheels before I removed it from the parts car so tonight I used some wheel nuts to simulate the extra width of the new diff and test fitted a couple of wheels.

The nuts are 19mm deep so close enough.

There's a set of E34 alloys on trademe currently which are local but before I go bidding on them I want to ensure they'll fit. 

This is an E34 alloy borrowed from my brother with a 225/60R15 tyre. I think it's sitting slightly higher than normal in the photos but it looks like it's going to be bloody close to the guards. I'll be running a 205 tyre which will hopefully fit, I could probably run a 195 if the 205 is going to foul the guard but then that seems to defeat the purpose of having an LSD?

Worse case scenario I can just run the cop steelies and get them widened/offset changed to suit as the 15x7 steelies still seem to have plenty of room.

Hopefully these E34 alloys will fit as it'd be nice to have a disc brake LSD rear end without having to roll the guards , bit unfortunate the diff can't be narrowed really!

Well done man! Been super cool seeing your progress on your build!

@ajg193 I'd better remove the Bosch electrics and replace it with some quality Lucas parts!