Bearded Baldy

And for those that like a little dish at dinner time.

Clearly that was going to be too big for the vacuum line so on to plan b.

Drill out hole to 4mm, flare a piece of 3/16 brake tubing, turn down end of tubing with mini lathe (cordless drill in reverse and a file), smear with brush on electrical tape (cannot find my shellac anywhere), and tap into hole with greatly oversized hammer.

Et Viola

Did not really want to swap manifolds again so had a good look through the spares, this 1/8 npt threaded plastic elbow was the closest i could find.

Headgasket arrived today so head is bolted on and ready to go...or not.

Started swapping brackets between the still fitted engine and the replacement, turns out one of the pressed in vacuum fittings has been snapped off the manifold.

Beer o clock then time to go through my brass fitting collection and see if i have something to suit.

On 03/04/2020 at 14:42, tortron said:

yeah mine was out by about that for 20 years from when it was certed

 

these were sold as dodge ram 50's / d50s in the states. so cheap parts off rock auto

 

www.mightyram50.net if you haven't seen it yet

Have been lurking on mightyram for the last month or so, that is where the long term turbo swap idea stemmed from.

Will definately check out rock auto too.

ProZac re the wheels, i usually do not go for white writing on my tires, my 4x4s i have the tires showing blackwalls. But this ute just seems to suit it so will get similar when they need replacing.

Good info on the starion gear, when this lockdown is over i will put the word out amongst my suppliers. I have a suspicion a local-ish one has some early 80s stock hiding in a far corner of the yard.

Beauty cheers Tortron, has a 4.875 in it at the moment.

Coupled with the low and wide 14s it puts the speedo out by around 15km at 100.

Ok guys n girls.

What diff heads will fit in the old turd?

I am guessing any of the l200/pajeros up to the mid 90s, when all the platforms changed.

Ideally want a 3.9 lsd.

Ready and waiting. Maybe tomorrow

Idea bouncing area for the mitsi in

One of my projects for the lockdown.

Bought at the start of march possibly the biggest wof list i have ever seen. Have been over it and can only think they were trying to drum up work. Failed every joint and bush in the steering, so i replaced the idler arm bushes and presto only a smidge of play left in the pitman arm. Failed all leaf/shackle bushes for 'cracking' but only actually needed shackles so replaced them.
They passed the visible smoke coming from the motor however, not sure how as it is toast. With the help of some thin rope i replaced the valve stem seals on a wing and a prayer. Did not change f all.

Scored a 4g63 sohc to drop in that needee a headgasket, pulled head and checked over, clean enough for a slap together build. Waiting on head gasket to turn up so have got it jacked up waiting on me to remove the control arms for a sandblast and paint. Can't rush these things though.

Name : Mike

Location: Taupo

Cars you own: 1978 XC Falcon, 1985 L200, plus a couple of non classic cars and bikes.

Mods to them :

Falcon : 4.1 ironhead, ported head, roller rockers, kelford cam, mahle pistons, 10.6:1 CR, balanced, 500cfm Holley, 4 speed floorshift, billet flywheel.

Cragar S/S rims, low springs in front, nolathaned rear springs, whiteline sway, lsd.

L200 : lowered, deep dish 14 inch steelies, engine that burns more oil than saddam.

How you found out about oldschool: been lurking on and off since the early days, figured it was about time i signed up.