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Original exhaust was rooted, munched, and full of rust... so in spare time between xmas away time I pieced together a bling bling boomer. It's installed with a few little issues.. with fuel lines being too close plus it hits the tunnel in one spot so a little tweak there is needed. AdrenalinR race muffler

Slow n steady work - but drag day wasn't a go 100% dedicated in making it to Toyotafest in March

Sandwich plate made and in the process of being stuck to the manifold with gaskets/RTV. If this doesnt stop the leak, nothing will

It Runs Started, ran, revved ok without the previous knock knock noise - but wouldnt idle. Inlet manifold was still leaking like a sieve so I called it a win and shut it off. Drained all the water. Removed the inlet manifold again and i'm fabbing a sandwich plate to resolve this issue.

Copper weld through primer - cans that retail around the $50 mark tend to be far more useful than cheap alternatives. Prepping the weld as you normally should and removing paint/crud where you weld - only spray the back/between items you cant get to afterwards. Also

The ignition gremlin may have been discovered.... When the dash was out I pulled all the wiring and tidied it up. As part of that..The ignition key switch had seen better days with wires soldered, cut and shut, terminal blocks, and splice connectors and the whole catalog of DIY auto sparky thrown at it. And busted locking tabs too. Cue raiding the parts stash and a tidy one acquired + fitted to the car... A few years later and here we are The replacement switch had the same colour wires, same pin-out pattern, and same length wiring BUT the actual switching inside works completely different to the original one. Parts stash has been raided again and one with the original switching pattern has been found... Fingers crossed for fire-up very soon.

Gremlins in the ignition system have prevented it running... for now. #1 spark plug was Doo Doo out of the box with the insulator loose once it was tightened down. Never seen this before. MSD ignition wasnt doing what it should - seems that the voltage is dropping under 8V when cranking so this is being investigated.

Not started yet Leaks seem to be my issue currently. Filled it with plain water and found a leak around the temp sender unit, and then the inlet manifold also developed 2 leaks. Gaskets, thread tape, and goop have sorted them. Then the sump plug also developed an oil drip. I am yet to remove that and replace the washer (suspect that's the issue) 5 litres of oil may drain out in the interim Hopefully starting this weekend

Long time, no update... Screwed my back and have had months and months of therapy. Its coming right now so ive got stuck into this again. New radiator - old one sprung a leak Driveshaft sorted for the W55 Carbs vapour blasted and rebuilt New MSD ignition with limiter Engine turns over, has spark, good compression. Just the fuel system to sort and a list of 1000 other little things. Hopefully skids by Monday.

It didnt work out that well so the idea was dropped and I returned the motor back to timing chain. It may get picked up again in the future.

Sheepskin rugs - with 570°C burn temp they would be mint with a Mig

As Clint said - there IS a cert system for the heavy vehicles and it seems like that COF place is taking the piss or not following the rules.. I used to be a heavy vehicle certifier up until 2004 and we did many certs for repowers/turbos etc back then. https://www.nzta.govt.nz/assets/resources/heavy-vehicle-specialist-certifiers/heavy-vehicle-specialist-certifiers-list.pdf

Yes - The 2-4psi low pressure one for carbs - that is the one i have mounted on my engine block in the factory mechanical pump position. My car has a factory return line. Runs mikuni twin side-draughts no problem

Its typically best to mount a pump to something solid close to the tank. however I have replaced my factory pump with a facet steel electric one mounted to the engine block and have had zero issues in 13 years of operation. It only gets a little rowdy when idling at the lights for a long time. I'd steer clear of a plastic pump too - i had one split and it sprayed fuel all over the engine bay - very lucky the car didn't flambe