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How much space is in front of the engine? Can you rip the heads off first, and try turn the motor over with a big fucking bar on the crank bolt? (Slip a bit of pipe over the power bar, and jack the truck off the ground off the end of the bar.

I actually thought they'd begun enforcing wofs over there? My mate always told.me.it.was because the roads were so rough. My mate had a ruff as.front tug Toyota. (It died it's final death halfway through my stay there) none of the seat belts would pull out. My mate reckoned the jiggling of the grave roads fucked the inertia reel mechanisms. And all.cars did it after a while out there.

Jay is a GC. He and I did a lot of really dumb shit back in the day. He's fairly mechanical too. It's suprised when he said many people down there had no clue about motors. I would have thought it'd be a neccesity if you lived somewhere like that. What's your mates name?

I wonder if my mate would have some shed space you could use? I've actually been meaning to ring him.up for a yarn for a while now.

Which heads were you thinking of running? I've been reading good things about the new trick flow 190's.

Never say never Ben! Winkface.Jpeg.

Those magnums are 1.755 from memory. And depending on the year of the engine, stock is 1.725

KB167 are a flat top piston with fairly tall compression height. (maybe 1.8 inches?) They say you get zero deck with just a clean up of the decks. They're hyperutectics though. so they love extra ring gap. And the frequency of vibration of a nitrous oxide detonation will shatter them.

Ive driven a digger. And ive worked with guys who know how to operate. There's a long way between where I am, and where an operator would sit.

I'm not an experienced operator. I eat cornflakes. And got my R, W, T endorsement from the bottom of the packet. But an operator make me.that does not.

That's what I mean.

I don't mind using rust converter on super cunty areas. Getting it as clean as poss and giving it too coats. Followed by two coats of brush on Body sealer. Has to be better than doing nothing. And creates a waterproof barrier between the steel and any moisture. I saw a ute chassis that had been done in rust converter. It lasted close to ten years outside, with only a shit tarp partly covering it.

I dont know if anyone does that type of coating. I've always used the VHT one in a can. Maybe hit it with two pack clear afterwards? You can get hammertone powder coating. I've often wondered if there might be a wrinkle powder caot too? Middy's B16A needs the wrinkle finish on that redoing too. So I'm all ears if someone knows.

For him or me? My next project is getting an Eaton blower. Will's has been off the road too long.

I've done one on a flex.plate. but I've flipped them on flywheels before. No heat required to get them Off. Just a fat pin punch and a heavy hammer. They go back on easier with a bit of encouragement from the hissing spanner.