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I've got one spare too, with a cap and angled lower adapter. No mount though. PM me.

In electrical terms, a few more cm of copper wire is going to make SFA difference to the overall resistance of the wire, provided that it is properly connected to the original wiring.

Seems like bollocks to me. Lots of hot rods use aftermarket gauges, or something from a different vehicle.

I used two willwood ones. I think I used some hoses from a Hiace van, as Beaver notes. Biggest pain was making the fitting to go into the master cylinder. I built two of these and had them cad plated.

Can probably help. Have Morris Minor experience. Send me a PM.

Maybe. Holden is current tired after visiting Nelson/Takaka/Totaranui with camping gear. It always annoys me that they charge the car owners for these sort of events. After all, without the cars there wouldn't be much of a show. I 'displayed' mine for free at the Totaranui camp.

Thread dredge! Paddock thing is still alive/hasn't killed anyone yet. Gets used mostly as paddock tractor but still good for skids. Boy has been downgraded to mighty Sentra as less likely to end up dead.

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Yep. good get-together. No cops this time. Typical 'warm' Welly evening out by the sea!

Have Holden in town, so should be there. Possibly Vivaspeed will take the long way around?

As seen on FB https://www.facebook.com/jonni.kelly.92

Even cooler if you were riding in it

Be cool to get an on-the-road shot of it on a truck (or train?)

How's it going?

Cheap kits are a complete fail to use imho. I couldn't flare for shit using one. I eventually picked up an older used set from The Toolbox in Petone. Don't think I have had a fail since. This is the ducks nuts, but I couldn't justify the spendyness http://www.mastercool.com/pages/flaring_tools.html

Wow, excellent. 2.9 diff - what's your projected top speed at 9000rpm???

OK, so much googling later (how can it be so tricky to find holden head photos?), a typical 186 head looks like the pic below. The hole that I have missing goes down through the head gasket surface to meet the small hole on the water pump face, which is the low pressure side. I'll have to see what can be done about it.

There's nowhere for the flow to flow though - the lower hose port goes nowhere as the channel is completely sealed off by the head face. Am I missing something

In anticipation of summitting the Takaka Hill while towing a trailer of camping gear, I'm doing a bit of maintenance on the Holden's cooling system. Radiator was recored about 10 years ago, might need doing again. I also pulled the water pump and thermostat. It has a coolant flow to the inlet manifold via a couple of hoses routed from the lower thermostat housing. I pulled these to check them, and found a lot of grungy rusty water, despite all my flushing. So, here is the lower thermostat housing. The inlet manifold attaches to the two ports on the left of the pic. The top port joins the main flow below the thermostat. The bottom port goes to the channel at the bottom of the housing. Fine and good. Here is the where the housing attaches to the head. Main flow is fine, into the head. However there is no connection for the channel. WTF. I don't know the history of this motor - it came in a car I wrecked. I'm ass-u-ming that the head is for a different application. Anyone know if this can be sorted by a bit of drilling? If not I'll just block the lower port somehow and do without the manifold coolant flow.

umad bro?

I wish we could get Astro's that don't crack and fail!

"LVV Certification is always required for any hub or axle-related modifications unless specified below: - Diff Ratio Changes (in existing housing) - Axle housing replacement (direct bolt-in only). "

Is my wedding anniversary, so will likely have to do something more, uh, romantic, than an OS meet (if that is even possible).

More bleeding required - it shouldn't require multiple pumps. I find my Morris the worst for brake bleeding. I find it takes two complete bottles pumped through the system. I made (hacked) an air-line adapter so I can put 20psi air to the reservoir which makes it slightly easier. With new shoes and what not it should be acceptable.