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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.

And get some big stick on pointy ears. The USS Viva....

Pretty cosy. Man you wait till you see the cool little coffee table we just built!!! Made from Rimu, Miro and Macrocarpa. I have always wanted to build a sweet coffee table and so we took our time and really enjoyed making it. I'll post up some pictures tomorrow as the first coat of varnish has only just gone on.

Yeah I found one mitsi switch listed that might do the job. Yowser looks like he has come to the rescue with a cool Jaycar kit that includes a lcd readout Cool- along with the Innovate lambda gauge I want to get in future I could have a whole star trek panel thing going on under my dash! I'll have to set them all into a red vinyl panel of course

yeah i cant stand constant fans. Just the noise alone. The fans cant last long either. What radiator was your rotor van running? At least you had no worries over heating!

Cool- thats a nice option too- cheers. Hey do Jaycar sell cheap digital temp gauges with separate probe? Like what is built into multi meters.

Nah I don't want the fan on all the time. Only when I stop etc. I have had fans on a switch under dash- you only need to forget and walk away once and......melt down. Shgwag- 82 sounds good to me. Not too hot. Not to cold. In fact....just right Mjstar - yeah most fan switches are up high. It seems only a few cars have em down low? Anyway I agree- it could be way too late by time fan switch reacts- unless its a much lower rated one. But I dont know what rating to fit without knowing how much my rad drops the temp. Unless I start mucking about with temp probes in top hose and bottom hose -and i only have one of them anyway. I think I'll get a bloody adjustable one and then I can set it properly. Anyone else know of a source for the adjustable ones- cheap- in NZ?

yeah your missing something. My cars got a thermostat and hopefully thats fine. (not test driven yet...) Hopefully while driving temp should be about 85/90 ish. But what I'm wondering here about is the fan switch.

Like this.... http://shop1.actinicexpress.co.uk/shops ... ontrollers I have used two in the past and they are great. This time round with my Viva I decided to solder a location in bottom of rad for a standard fan switch. Problem is that most available in m16 x 1.5 are top mounted with ranges like 90/86 or higher and fan will turn on too late for. I want to keep my 12A around 85 to 90 - no more. The old Mazda race manual says 70 - 90 is the best range. 90 is more fuel efficient and closer to 70 is better for power. I spent last night trawling through the intermota fan switch pages and came up with 2 switches that may work; part numbers 50420 (hyundi lantra), 50434 (mitsi colt and lancer 1.3). These are 85-80c with two wires. Zac- can you get these cheap? Or anyone else? If they switch on at 85c reading from bottom of the rad then the engine may still be running hot because I don't know what the temp drop is from the top of rad/engine to the bottom. So engine may reach 95+ before fan switches on. Any idea on what a typical radiator temp drop is? I'm now thinking that instead of spending money on another switch I should just fit the adjustable type. But I sort of wanted to avoid them this time as I end up with an ugly box with a knob on it sitting near rad. If I do go for adjustable can anyone on here get them cheap? I have found Supercheap list davis craig ones for $71 but I'd like cheaper... http://www.supercheapauto.co.nz/online- ... ab=reviews

Keep in touch so I know when to put the kettle on!

ferry departure time change gives the convoy more time to sample my housepatality and coffee! I pinky swear to bring Viva next time!

Hannah and I would both love to go! But looking at our budget its a no go (start sad music)....... Neither of us have jobs, our savings are getting low and we have some pretty bloody big bills coming up to get truck cof'd, licensed, rucs then the Viva costs too. Once I'm working in Nelson and have saved up I'll be able to go to next years. Plus a job has popped up in Nelson I want so the rush is on to get truck on road so we can shift our house over there! 4 days off from finishing truck is too much. WHAT I CAN OFFER IS... cups of tea/coffee for the team travelling up to Picton if you can spare 20mins. We are in the centre of Blenheim about 1 minute from the route you take through Blenheim on way through. I can PM address if needed to you Bart or an easier idea would be that I could meet on southern outskirt of Blenheim and pilot you to our pad for a hot cuppa in the housetruck and then onto Picton. Offer is there. This way I get to have my own mini OS meet..... alex

Yeah cool- pm me ya number and I can pop round for a look. cheers

Cool- cheers zac. Its m16 x 1.5mm. I'll do a hunt around local places too and see whats on offer etc and by how much they want to rip me off.