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How about this?

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/car-parts-accessories/ford/interior/listing/4511573754

12 hours ago, igor said:

If this is accompanied by a corresponding reduction in the excise tax on petrol it could be a very good thing, especially for boaties and other non-road users of petrol.

Considering we already pay GST on a fuel levy I don't think they'll care. 

4 hours ago, locost_bryan said:

King Charles’ plans for electric car charging points at Windsor Castle may be blocked - NZ Herald

King Charles’ plans to fit electric car points to Windsor Castle may be blocked.

The eco-campaigning monarch, 75, is planning to install the charges to the royal residence as he continues to use electric vehicles to do his royal duties, but experts have warned the scheme could affect archaeological remains.

They really should have thought ahead when they originally built the site. Morons. 

Ended up getting it machined locally. Frustrating but what can you do really.

Can anybody let me know if the rear main seal is the correct way round please? I'm second guessing myself. The hollow part faces the front of the engine.

1 hour ago, square said:

Would the 2.8 4cyl cummins be an option ? like the fotons etc have, there was some spud that put one in a hotrod sort of a thing here and they are popular with the offroaders in the US

I havent really considered it as it looks like it needs an ecu. Ill have a look. 

Edit: they have quite a large front sump hump which would foul the crossmember sadly. 

Im open to anything excluding the 6.2/6.5 detroits. 

Some homework. The 6cyls will need some mods to fit. The 6bd1 is the length from the current radiator to the fw as it is. Would be great for towing but I dont tow as much these days. 

I hope you wore the brown undies that day!!

I did a bit of research and it looks like the mechanical pump is from a 2.4 with some mods required to increase fueling. 

Still looking up 2wd manual gearbox options.

This is fantastic feedback thanks @square. The last Hilux I had was the 2.4d and it was painful so I didnt even think about a later hilux engine.

How did you go with wiring the 1kz with a mechanic pump and were any sump mods required? 

How did you find the a340? Did it need it's own controller to run like the 4l80e?

The cummins stuff is so overpriced and oversized it didn't seem worth it. A 6BD1 could fit with some minor mods but will weigh similar to yours but with far less power. 

Hi All,

Im a couple months away from taking my 66 C20 off the road to convert from a 350 with 700r4 to diesel. Mainly for fuel economy and reliability. I have all the stuff for an LPG conversion but Id still probably have to rebuild this engine and switch to a manual. 

I love the sound of the V8 and the power is quite adequate if not limited a little by the diff ratio of 4.56:1. 

I have a 4BE1 with a 5 speed box and a 4BD1 non turbo waiting in the shed. Both are pretty gutless but reliable. Ive looked for turbo bits for them for a while with no joy. 

Before I go down this path of no return, is there another non electric diesel engine worth looking at that isnt an LD28? The M57 has the dream specs but looks like a wiring nightmare and a lot of things to go wrong. 

I just sold my GMC 6.5td which had ok power but is another wiring ball ache. 

A detroit 353t would be fun but too rare. Also the size looks daunting. 

Open to ideas. 

13 hours ago, Nominal said:

That sort of adaptor uses countersunk screws normally don't they?

Most of the force on the gearbox would be torque/rotation so the mounting bolts will be loaded in shear so should be fine.

How much power will you be transferring anyway

 

So old mate fucked up and forgot to counterbore the mounting holes.

Ffs. Im one stubbed toe away from this being put under a car cover and put in the big shed at the back. 

This is how it was supposed to be done but I guess he forgot. 

2 hours ago, Thousand Dollar Supercar said:

Too expensive for a parts car, too expensive to restore for what it would fetch... All the XJSs on TradeMe are always listed for twice what they'd actually sell for, and that's why Jaguar Workshop just relisted the $5k car for $6k after it didn't sell. 

Does Jaguar Workshop still have a 3-month waiting list? It would already be too late for me to get any work done there before Nats, which is a nuisance cos he's the only game in town. 

What tickling might your car possibly get? I've heard you can get free power out of the AJ6 by moving the crank timing pickup to advance the ignition timing, and that you can get less-free power with better cam profiles. Something about Jaguar designing the engine based on conservatism and guesswork.

Before Christmas, the automatic transmission place where I went for an evaluation made an adjustment to the cable that runs from my throttle linkage to my transmission. Apparently the adjustment reduced the fluid pressure in the auto. Shifts are nicer now. I'm still nervous about letting the car rev out under hard acceleration though. I will do it again before the booking on the 3rd to make sure the problem's still there.

Yeah there is a wait. I booked it in ages ago. 

I was lucky that old mate who runs it was driving past my place on holidays and saw my s type outside and popped in to say hi. 

Not sure what tickling but will see how much effort is involved for the head gasket and if budget left over can see what else can be done. 

It was either that or put it to the back of the project queue for an engine and manual gearbox swap. 

Such a lovely car to drive. I miss it. Especially after driving a rattlely chev ute everywhere. 

42 minutes ago, Nominal said:

That sort of adaptor uses countersunk screws normally don't they?

Most of the force on the gearbox would be torque/rotation so the mounting bolts will be loaded in shear so should be fine.

How much power will you be transferring anyway

 

Every one I have used has always been countersunk. This one isn't. 

I'll do a quick check for low profile screws/bolts but if nothing doing Ill just grind them down until it clears. 

So having a bit of a drama fitting the adapter plate for the VW gearbag. The bolts that attach the plate to the block are fouling the flywheel. Am I missing a trick here? 

The holes aren't counterbored which would have solved that problem. I went to my normal bolt supplier and their low profile cap screws are the same height as a normal hex head at 5mm. Countersunk screws I'm not sure will have the surface contact area I need. 

I'm unsure if a button head screw would be too high a profile also. Google brings up space saving bolt head items from places in Asia which I'm not interested in as it'll take three months to arrive. 

Any ideas? Torque the bolts down and grind them lower in situ? 

5k for an XJS with low kms and it didnt sell! 

Blimey. I might have to keep mine. It goes off to the Jaguar Workshop in a couple of weeks to get the 4.0 head gasket done and possibly tickled. 

Ta. I have plenty of space to tap into it so it should be sweet. Cheers. 

Hi All,

Does anybody know if I can take t piece and stick it in the hose line for vacuum advance to the dizzy in order to plumb in a smiths vacuum gauge? 

Engine out. Now to refit the VW box so I can sort the shifter and measure up the half shafts. Which might be tricky with no engine in there so that may have to wait. 

4 hours ago, Nominal said:

4BT swap should sort out that dieseling issue.

I have a 4BE1 ready to go into it when I knock a couple of projects off the list first. I'm reluctant to make a finished project an unfinished project. 

I think the first thing I need to try and rule out is electrical back feed. I have twin spal fans, a gearbox cooler fan, and a really cool Kenwood amp and I really can't recall how I installed any of it and if they even have relays or not.

I'll be putting the same amp in the Imp. What it does is do away with the head unit. It is bluetooth from my phone and is hidden tucked away under the dash. I thought about getting those retro looking head units but couldn't decide which one. This way I get to listen to sweet tunes without having a crap neon flashing abomination blinding me at night with the wrong time. 

It's the size of your hand. 

Blimey. The dieseling is worse. Might have to put my thinking cap on with this one. 

Took a bit of a break from the Imp whilst waiting for parts and more of a care factor to work on some other stuff. 

My daily driver chev has had some dieseling on shutdown so I figured the timing was out. It was waaaaay out. Ill test drive it into town tomorrow to see how it shuts down but it is running much smoother. Sounds more boring but hopefully will get better fuel economy. 

For those who enjoy a high tech heads up display pic.

The other win I had this evening has had me stumped for months. Embarrassingly though. On my 340s I haven't been able to get it to fire off at all. New dizzy, plugs, and even rebuilt the carbs...twice. 

Turns out it was stale fuel. It was 18-24 months old but it will need to be dumped. Both tanks full too. Bugger. But chuffed it finally started.