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Nominal

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  1. The Slam Specialties bags in the Mercury have been in for several years now with no issues. They seem to last well.
  2. I really liked this bit in the project thread
  3. LD28 swap should sort it, +T if you are feeling frisky
  4. Die-cut threads will be weaker than rolled threads (which a proper stud would have I expect). It depends on how much stress/tension is on a stud.
  5. Took the spring apart (had 49 R stamped into the bottom leaf so I presume they are the original set), and gave the top 4 or so leaves a bit more of a bend. Unloaded they are about 25mm higher, so hopefully will work out at the 10mm I need. Then reduced the size of the mount hole a bit Back together, it looks better, will drive it a bit and re-check. Still need to do remove and clean up the other spring and fettle its mount. Main hassles were putting the spring back in back to front (I'd made a note but got it wrong), 'losing' one of the nolathane bushes that were already there, then after a search realising it was still in the rear shackle mount up on the chassis (duh) Also stress tested the UE Boom as a jack stand - oops.
  6. Part of the reason for the banging is that it has always had a bit of a lean down on the drivers side. A bit of measuring pointed the finger at the leaf springs. Also the WOF man had mentioned that the front spring mount pin looked a bit loosey goosey So, got some new U-bolts made (the threaded part was quite bent from some sort of ground contact on one side), cost about $120 from Archers. And some new pins/bushes from the USA. When they arrived though they were made in China and didn't look as good as the Ford ones, so that was money wasted.
  7. Things got a bit clunky out the back, might have been the extra wine? When we got back I found that the rear exhaust mounts had sheared off on one side, and nearly on the other. The design wasn't too good as the mount was in shear (would be fitted vertically compared to this pic) and bound to fail again, even if I could find an exact replacement. So I made a couple of different ones using these common hanging mounts - I think they are a Commodore part Holds the weight vertically in tension so shouldn't be an issue again (I hope)
  8. Did some tiki-touring up Hawkes Bay area at Anzac weekend Visited a winery or two We stayed in the Ormondville Railway Station near Norsewood, made use of some of their luggage. Plenty of quality reading for in front of the fire
  9. Nice work on the pipe fabrication, those look great.
  10. Probably should hoard it - gonna be worth heaps one day!
  11. It’s free for 10l or less at Porirua tip. My wof man/mechanic lets me dump it in his big tank so long as I take the containers away.
  12. I was worried when you turned the corner by the Mustang Then I realised that it's only Mustangs that crash on test drives.
  13. Saw one of those for a Harley somewhere on the net recently, but couldn’t find it again to put here. /long
  14. Is the car dereg, or do you have reg on hold?
  15. It's an aftermarket dash panel? Would it have been digital originally?
  16. A couple of turbos up high would make the routing easier I reckon
  17. Shrappys Originals (Shayne Morgan) is in P North or nearby Shrappy's Originals | Palmerston North | Facebook
  18. Can you press the shaft/flange on the water pump in a bit?
  19. No manufacturer specs it I guess.
  20. There you go, you read it on the hinternet so it must be true
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