sleeektoy

@8ball have a yarn to your local hoist repair and servicing companies. A friend does it and they are regularly ripping out near end of life hoists from workshops and replacing them. I'm sure something would come up if a box o brews is involved.

Edit: they should also know the history of the hoists so knackered ones can be avoided.

As mentioned previously - the solex bikes can be registered - i havent bothered with this one but may do it at some point. 

I have ridden past police many times and typically get looks of awe from them rather than a look of them going to pull me over. TBH i could just hit the de-compressor and kill the motor whilst cycling on and they probably cant do much about it. 1960's E-bike   that does 200km/litre

This should get everyone their self brought christmas pressies!

On 24/09/2019 at 21:32, Geophy said:

 

^ turns out technology is not for me, pic should work now. Next challenge is a pic of you eating at least a triple scoop icream with your old car (sponsored by the heart foundation).

@64valiant  ICE CREAM!!

5 hours ago, Geophy said:

Fuck I live in Hamilton, what are these "hills" you speak of.

Just simulate it on the hospital carpark top level 

Celica Motors used to exist in Dunedin. A flag from there ended up in my shed ...

this isn't in the wild though so i'm not going to count it!

try this - not sure if its still valid
117773113110568785

20 years and the diff hasn't been touched apart from brake shoes and wheel bearings. I decided to give it a birthday.

Before..

Acid dipped

Painted..

Eyechrometer calibration complete...

It may be a mirror image  but I'd say filling and drilling a few holes is easier than cutting and reversing a whole sump

2T gasket

4Y gasket

It could be a wild goose chase but looking at a 4Y oil pan - its almost identical to a 2T/3T toyota oil pan but backwards.

It may be worth buying a 2T/3T sump gasket and trying it on the 4Y

4Y oil pan

2T oil pan

32 minutes ago, GuyWithAviators said:

@sleeektoy cruising down the Southern on Sunday.

Such a nice day, it was a crime not to go for a cruise

http://www.sasgroup.nz/

I used these guys years ago - not sure if they still rebuild them now. They may know who does it.

2.5's are nice cars to drive. My parents have a NZ new one and only 2 things they were warned about :

1. keep a regular check on the oil level - some tend to burn a little oil all the time so levels can drop to critical between services
2. keep the fuel tank topped up at least above a 1/4 tank - the fuel level sender electrics prematurely wear  when fuel is low and plays havoc with the sensors for fuel.

40 minutes ago, slopez said:

For cleaning with phosphoric acid its easiest to do small sections at a time, as mentioned here

The stuff from Resene had the highest phosphoric acid content that I could find otherwise Bunnings etc in the paint section as mentioned.

This stuff also has a high concentration and works wonders on rust.

https://www.mitre10.co.nz/shop/quik-rust-remover-500ml/p/239274

+1 for steel cuts on odd size items

1 hour ago, Lord Gruntfuttock said:

Looking awesome. Mate had one and got it going ok, but cos he was a 130kg unit he still had to pedal with the motor going, so arrived a sweaty mess everywhere... 

The French race them and you can get a big bore cylinder/piston and hi comp head - good for a lot more torque and top speed. The pedal gear ratio is a bit crap and takes a lot of work to pedal without the engine so i fully understand the sweaty mess situation. With the engine running it is fantastic for 30+Km/hr and still being able to pedal (albeit rapidly)

Popped up on the Roaring Season Facebook post

1987 Wellington street race

1 hour ago, Mr Vapour said:

Dave's brother?

Yip

I'm stoked at how good the tank turned out. I painted it last week and finished it over the weekend.

5 hours ago, Ashkellybarr said:

New Lynn yesterday. Super tidy, bonus points for the cage being colour matched and black plates

@Ash Kelly barr This was built by a very good friend of mine - it has a 1950cc race motor and close ratio box - he recently moved to Aussie and sold it here as the cage and other equipment doesn't meet the Aussie classic car racing regulations   

Good to see it out and about