dmulally

Hi mate. It's an Austin 4 litre. 

No thermostat.

Housing with speed holes. 

This should be fun!

The plot thins!

Found this in the truck. Nothing shows on carjam though. Is it a clue that will help with re-rego or wall art?

I fired up the Imp this morning to go and get some bread from the shops. As per usual I was hit on by a couple of boomers and the Imp performed flawlessly. I did notice that the WOF is due next month and I don't think I could be bothered renewing it. I know it will pass but I simply don't drive it enough. 

Time to put this thread on hold for a while whilst I clear out some more pressing projects. I already have a new motorbike engine for it (VTX1300 V-twin Honda) but frankly it works perfectly fine as it is. I always thought I'd blow the engine but in the thousand or so miles I have put on it over the last year it really hasn't skipped a beat on the road. The fuel economy is criminally good. 

Anyway, please enjoy a couple of pics before it goes for a long sleep and thanks for stopping by. 

14 hours ago, cubastreet said:

Probably. Is your chassis in a state? I was mulling an EV conversion but I've heard certs for commercial vehicles are a ballache.

Nah I'm just bored. 

I haven't heard anything about truck mods. I want the path of least resistance. 

Yep. Reckon the cab will fit on that Isuzu of yours? 

Right then. So I have an old Morris cab over from the 60's. Minimal paperwork. Rego long since dead.

The goal is to get it onto farm rego as I only need it to scoot to the quarry and back and between my two properties. I would like it to go through at least one COF for my own peace of mind and the guys at the local truck place are really helpful. If I can't get the current engine to run (Straight 6 petrol) I want to swap it for an Isuzu NPR engine and box I have floating around which is a similar HP but a lot more reliable. 

I understand how car LVV works but have no idea about trucks. Which order/sequence should I look at tackling things in? 

1 hour ago, cubastreet said:

Is it for sale? The dead motor is a 4.3l. 4hf1? Or something like that.

Probably not but if it gets you on the road etc. I'll give you a ping. 

32 minutes ago, cubastreet said:

If you can find me a new donk for my elf for a reasonable price, you can come grab it when you need it @dmulally

Cops around here don't seem to care about that licenses and rego etc, never know when that will change though.

I have a 4BE1 and MXA 5 speed in the shed as it happens. 

Yeah stuff that. I'll get another dozer thanks. 

Or maybe I'll get a project truck and by the time I get it on the road in 30 years the rules may have changed. 

Do you need a TSL even if lugging around your own crap? 

I'm looking to get a tipper or flat feck on farm rego to haul my 3T dozer. If I need a TSL maybe I should just get a second dozer and chain it up. 

On 13/01/2023 at 20:42, HumberSS said:

Best way to do this is buy a whol leaf so you don't get scalped on batteries. They have some good power, and even better once you add the openinverter.org board, which you need anyway to do the conversion. I daily a leaf, and man it's quite shit but it's got this awesome whack of midrange and always surprises people. They weight 1600kg too, just as a shit unknown fact.

Blimey. My 66 C20 is only 100kgs heavier than that and sports a truck diff. 

Changed the solenoid with a spare I had in the parts bin and nothing doing. So took out the starter and it has a nasty crack on the case. Time to find a new one. 

Also spent a couple hours sanding off the topcoat. Starting with 360 grit and work my way back up. Few weeks left to go on that one just to get back to where I started which is nice. Lots of imperfections to tidy up along the way so not all bad. 

I do have other projects I really would rather be doing however. 

So I mentioned that painting in Spring was fun. 

I have a very small window of which I can paint in before the wind and humidity get out of hand. It's usually between 0700-0800. Today was one of those days where everything was going too well until I pulled the trigger. Thankfully I had only just started so it will only mean not having to rub back the whole car. I did get a nasty run too so I'm using this as an opportunity. 

And as these things go, it stopped raining after about 30 seconds. It was just one of those fuck you's from the skies. I'll probably paint it inside I think and just deal with the dust nibs and overspray over everything. This should have been a 20 minute job. Ahh well shit happens. Let's hope I have enough paint left to finish it. but I'm willing to bet I dont. I'll try again next week when I'm not so down on it. 

It's the starter. Might need a bigger hammer. 

So have got the imp in primer. The paint was about 2 years old so had to thin it right down. Which is good because it means less sanding. By less I mean none at all. I went out to hit it with some colour and half the sticky tape has blown off and it's just too windy. Too windy for Johnny Cutcorners himself. 

Also looks like the starter solenoid has shat itself too. Just a single click when hitting the tit now. I had to get back to work so I'll pop out later with a hammer to negotiate with it. Lucky I have a hill so can clutch start it.