Bearded Baldy

Any progress? Making a steady collection of parts here for my project bench.

Shit yeah thats not too bad at all.

Before you buy a new rarespares bonnet, have a gander at alfa motorsport in oz.

https://www.motorsportfibreglass.com.au/products/c45/Ford-Falcon-XY-XW

Stupid question. If it works on the bench but not the car, have you tried testing it with the revs up at  2.5k ish. 

Could be something stupid like the pulley size is too big, so at idle speeds it spins too slow.

2 minutes ago, ajg193 said:

Wasn't known loose but we hadn't been near that bolt so was therefore loose for a while.

I wouldn't ever drive with loose or knocking suspension.

Anyway, here is what it looks like after Andrew cleaned the area that is worse than the Titanic

Missed a spot.

4 hours ago, fletch said:

Sounds like that's always been there from factory.

Especially since it's the same colour and covered in road grime and what not from many years of driving etc

I was thinking of using rule of 'eye appeal is half the battle'.

Unfortunately since i plan on stripping and repainting the underside i can't hide it with shit.

Report him anyway. Being burned is no excuse to be over zealous.

How many other cars has he condemned that are more than likely ok?

Report with pics to nzta. Don't need people like that doing shit like that.

Question for the cert guru/s.

On the old falcons i can buy a rear swaybar kit. Ubolts onto the diff and requires drilling through the chassis in factory spot to fit the upper link mount.

Would it be certifiable to make 3mm steel mount plates to weld to the diff, and instead of drilling the chassis to weld the link mounts on?

Am trying to find a decent pic online to show the setup...

Cheers @UTERUS, you know i am too tight for that though.

443310 0340

@smokin'joe

On 02/08/2023 at 11:35, smokin'joe said:

do you have a photo/part number for solenoid ?

there is many various version AC parts amongst the donor body, that were not OEM fitment to that shell, as it looks to have been used as storage as he wrecked out other trucks

 

Been sidetracked with other vehicles. Sorry for the muck around. I will get there.

52 minutes ago, smokin'joe said:

do you have a photo/part number for solenoid ?

there is many various version AC parts amongst the donor body, that were not OEM fitment to that shell, as it looks to have been used as storage as he wrecked out other trucks

 

Oh wicky, thanks.

Will try grab a pic when i get home tonight if this rain doesn't turn into snow.

The problem.

Intake bits are back together now, have removed the alternator bracket and slotted the holes out 1/2 inch as the alternator sits high enough the lower run of the belt was catching the oil pump cover. Someones 90% effort on relocating the alternator in the past by the looks. Need to replace the earth lead on my welder so i can fill in the original holes.

After ignoring the ute for so long it feels good to be making progress. Lets see how long it lasts.

Never got around to test driving.

Started tidying up the drive belts as they were at max, then found a serious water leak from the bottom of the inlet manifold.

Which then led to me closing the bonnet until today...

Minus 3 at 7am meant i waited until 10am to go outside, took off the carby and adapter, dizzy and manifolds and started cutting new gaskets. Cleaned up a spare manifold and tapped/fitted the coolant plug again. Got distracted looking for some hylomar and ended up working on a knife project for a few hours. 

Managed to borrow some sealant from a neighbour so got 90% of it together just as it got dark.

See ya'll in 12 months for the next update.

@smokin'joe your wreck wouldn't happen to be a fridge model would it? I need an A/c solenoid for mine that is only in the fridgespec vx's.

@GregT

Regarding your tire comments in main spam. Curious to hear your opinion on the old bt45s?

I have had a good run over the years myself over frosty winters but i am not a hard rider by any means.

Offer toyota nz the first chance to buy it. At those km's they might turn it into a showroom special kind of thing.

https://vehicleinspection.nzta.govt.nz/virms/in-service-wof-and-cof/introduction/inspection-and-certification-process/issuing-the-wof-or-cof-label-evidence-of-vehicle-inspection

Read far enough down the list of bullshit.....

Nothing about upper or lower. Lower is just normally more of a prick to remove for the inspector.

I will just add. Flanges. Everywhere you can fit them.