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I'd be pretty bloody happy if my Dad drove that. My Dad used to have a morris minor traveller... not so cool at the time....although looking back..

Kiwi thunder- the bigfoot 4wd? wow. Your dad drove that? fuck man you would have been the coolest kid at school!!!!

cheers bart! It was bloody good to meet you guys eh! Nice to put faces to names. And show off the marlborough weather! Was hot that day. and no worries and no rush cam. We are lucky to be able to get parts from you. Yet again the value of oldschool shines Both yourself and kk are more than welcome to come and stay for a sat night bbq at the truck. We could just pick you up from picton so ya only need to get on the ferry as foot passengers.

Oh ok- well there are two up at this farm in Waihopai. Pretty solid. I'll try and get some more details for ya but its my cousin who lives up there and we have fallen out big style.

The other day when I was running wires underneath the truck I noticed a waterfall of fluid that had been running down the N/S inside tyre. The taste test confirmed it was brake fluid. Bugger I thought-- I bet this wont be plain sailing and I bet the linings are rooted. I think it has been weeping over the past year whilst sitting. Dave (avenger tiger) came over for sat night and on sun morning we started taking the wheels off. I knew it to be left hand threads on the n/s but didn't realise that after removing the outside wheel thta the stud was then holding the inside wheel in place. So dave and I were under the truck trying to kick the inside wheel off and after a couple of minutes I thought 'hang on....' Yep- so the studs hold the wheel on, all new to me, but which way is the thread on these? We tried it as a LH thread but boy it was tight so rather than stuff something we left it to ask someone else. Fortunately the mad hatters from CHCH one their way back through from the nats popped in for tea and banter. And one of them (forgot name- please remind me...) is a truck spanner twister. He confirmed my orientation for me. This afternoon Hannah and I took remaining wheel off, studs were fucking tight, and stripped it all down. All new to me- quite simple but every thing is bigger. The half shaft has to come out first.. Now this is a halfshaft... Big nut holds hub on... big bearing... Dirty... I cant imagine what the stuff on big trucks must be like but given MR Truck mechanic above told us all on monday about a mack he worked on with a gearbox that weighs 1100 kg I shudder at how heavy the drums must be . Came apart well enough and yep, one cylinder is leaking and the linings are soaked. I have honed out both and one cylinder is fine to rebuild but other (...the leaky one..) has some pitting. I have just been reading up about new linings not being good for immediate COF tests as they take time to bed in? In the past I have resurrected contaminated linings by burning the fluid off and it works fine. Hmmmmm. What to do? I don't know if there is a place in Blenheim that can rivet new linings on for me. Plus would I have to get drums machined? There is no lip on them and surfaces seem fine. And new linings would have to be matched to the drums to make sure the radius is the same? Bloody tempted to try burning the fluid off these and see how they look but any advice welcome. I actually read that some newer truck brake linings are capable of being cleaned as such due the fact that the lining will often outlast axle seals and wheels cylinders and they will work worth little difference... http://www.roadranger.com/ecm/groups/pu ... b-0109.pdf

Was this up the Waihopai valley? At Bernies? Big posh house surrounded by fields with a little old cottage next to it? If so did ya see the cool line up of old Bedford K series trucks?

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cool- thanks for that I'm really glad I'm at this point now with Viva- just some little things to do. Tinker away. Its fun when I can read other peoples builds knowing I have my own little project almost ready.

Just found this thread- read it fully. At start of build when you started to add the body kit I thought 'oooooohhhhhh nooooooooo... another one wrecked'. Really glad you got it all going! I fucking love FDs- I would have to say the only modern car I would own (of the cars I could possibly afford ie excluding supercars, lotus etc) I think FD's look best as you have it now- with NO KIT! looks great. That silver one in last photo with its skirts just looks barry boy. Looks like a hoover/roadsweeper. Vids please!

They are 185/60. Spot on as the sides are almost straight. I'm not one for stretched rubber that these young folk are all into... (its getting chilly- where's my cardigan?) Not long now but seriously run out of money. So just little things. Cert etc may have to wait.

Yeah front is a little higher than the rear so will probably have to take a coil out at front. Not going any lower than that though- It'll get used on some pretty rough roads at times. Plus hows an old man to get from his high zimmer frame into a low viva?

Yep! I finally got my widened steel wheels sorted. I finished painting them the other day.. ..and then got the tyres swapped across by a local tyre shop friend who has a lovely series 2 rx7 and admired my car I put the wheels on today and I reckon they look great. They just set the car off perfect. I'm very happy! To most people I think they'll almost look standard. When I had the front wheels off I adjusted the camber as it was set with loads of negative. The top ball joint can be moved in or out via two sets of holes. But I think now I could do it with a little negative camber back in as the wheels are close to the arches. I will slot out between the two sets of holes and make it so I can fine tune it. I will also roll the arches and do the mod to the front of the arch as per Vauxhall sports part manual as the now wider wheels just touch the front bottom corner when turning. The carb started to flood again the other night. I checked the float bowl and there was some small bits of metal in there- they must have come from the little fitting I had made to hold the gauge. I cleaned it out and put carb back in place. All good now. Must order a filter. The little Jaycar 'electronic LCD temp gauge + adjustable switch' kit arrived from Yowser. Cheers man. Will look to building that tomorrow night. Hopefully my soldering skills will be up to it! I can just see me building it then all the tellys in the neighbour hood change channel or something when I connect it.

i.ll look for a photo of the setup. I have an exploded diagram of one too i think. Will have a look....

one shall be put aside.

Hannah's gonna make some cookies for the Chch visiters. Sent ya a PM Bart- I need a number so I can check on progress- or give me a ring when you go through Seddon sop I know when to be ready to meet ya'll on outskirts of Blenheim

sounds good- like a real car should.

My 1800 axle handbrake cables were all buggered- rusted through. I used some old viva clutch cables and made up new ones by really carefully building up weld on the ends to form the little balls. Worked a treat. The cable hinging mechanism on top of axle is quite an odd affair.

We have a coffee table! I have always wanted to build one so we took our time on this one. We selected some really nice bits of wood including Rimu, Apricot (our old fallen tree) and Miro. It had to fit a dvd player and we build a little drawer for remotes etc. Making the drawer we tried a new neater approach using the table saw to cut grooves like a router and this made it much neater. We even had one last peice of rescued Rimu 4mm ply for the drawer bottom Hannah has given it loads of varnish and it looks great. We love it! Very happy and proud. I can now chill out, listen to music with somewhere to lay my feet and plonk my cup of tea on! Heres some sexy staged coffee table shots... We have also finally finished the little fresh water tank under the back stairs. We got an really nice old tap in england ages ago and brought it over with us knowing it would come in handy. The space for the tank was tall and narrow. We just couldn't find a container to suit. In the end we got two cheap ($10) swing top bins from the warehouse and chopped 2" off one then rammed it upside down into the other. With loads of silicone they are stuck together and sealed well. I had hole sawed into the top one for a little submersible pump. There is a flexible pool hose for filling via the back window. Heres the tap. It just for drinking water which means we can keep the main tank for shower water only enabling us to fill up from rivers etc and not worry about nasties. Also built these tiny little drawers for phone chargers etc- annoying little items that always seem to be in the way if left in big drawers! In fact apart from the rear lights, placing the last of the lexan over the leadlight windows and a small issue of a leaky rear wheel cylinder it ready for for a COF. But for now while its raining we'll continue to have fun moving our stuff in and making little storage cubby holes for all the little items. And in the evenings chill out- the lighting from the car bulbs is much warmer than the bright fluro tube. Last night it poured down outside- we felt so cosy. Oh - and we have a new little friend..Kitten 2. She is actually mum and dads but we have kidnapped her. She was great mates with Kitten 1 and looks almost the same except she has little grey patches on her here and there. Very chilled and very naughty. Very cool!..

dave (avenger tiger) is coming over from motueka on thursday morning to get his old car fix with my viva. He's looking forwards to meeting more car nutters. Joker- Picton is only 20 minutes from blenheim. That chick can meet them at my place then take the spare seat offered to picton. If so then pm me so joker and i.ll get ya my address for her.

Cool- cheers for the link.

I've just sent ya a pm with details Bart. See you lot on thursday for tea/coffee. I'll escort you through the wild streets of Blenheim in my sisters old baby blue sentra. alex

good idea!

I looked at your build thread greg and shit- there aint much room for a normal servo is there!

i think with a vh44 remote servo you can only have the one circuit. So its a no go.. I was going to use a remote cv one point but yeah- it won't work with twin circuits. Some cars like old alfa romeo's use twin remote servos. Best you keep the twin circuit too as its a good safe backup. Can you fit a servo in between firewall and master? You'll have to make new lines anyway which is easy and quite satisfying. Btw if your pedal feels hard using new master with drums in the back it'll soften/get more travel a bit when you fit rear discs. This is because most calipers require more fluid to move and your leverage ratio will go up.

Yeah the thing I'm trying to do is just keep it at a nice steady temp when its idling about town. Not go up and down like some old cars I"ve had. Plus once its set up I should be able to forget about it. Fan can click on and off happily. I wouldn't as anal about all this if it wasn't a rotary but it is and I wanna keep it nice, happy and in the zone. My fan is off some V6 Audi from a scrap yard we visited just before leaving Blighty- it rocks compared to some 'good aftermarket' electric fans I have used in the past off ebay etc. I got two of them. I'll see how one goes but may fit the other in later on.