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Trailer nearly done. Looks way better. Still need to fit snubbing block and rear rollers. And brand new plate/reg today. 

Continuing to remove the blue paint, am getting there. Thought I'd remove lights etc so I can make a proper job of it. 

Well not happy with the twist and tape wiring connections, the soldered on wires inside the lights and the homemade number plate light. 

All new stuff coming tomorrow. Also going to add clearance lamps onto the taillight mounts to aid with night reversing.

Ive also got rid of the god awful pool noodle shit as the hull wore straight through it. I had mentioned this to a workmate and front up to work this morning to a couple of really good second hand rollers and an "axle" to chop up. Trademe purchase of a rubber snubbing block for the front gets rid of the pool noodle at the other end. 

NO PICS..... Typical

@Early jap nuter Thanks for the tip man. 

Got the transom corner cap home and took to it with a sanding disc, doesn't look too bad. 

Once I get trailer finished, I'll need to get a plate, register it and get it wofd. I'll tow it to work and TIG it to the transom top. 

I've been working through replacing all the (few) steel nuts and bolts with stainless items. 

They don't call him Gunner for nothing

Keep at it man. You'll have this done in no time! 

12 hours ago, Nominal said:

So much good stuff in Whanga

 

Claim to disrepute, that is or was (as he has bought a yankee Fairlane) Wife's uncles

Is that round the corner from Drillport Avenue? 

Urgh. Wire wheeling the trailer sucks. I think the pipe old boy used was a bit average to start with. Frame had a lot of popped through scale rust. So a liberal coating of silver cold galv should see that right. Pics when finished

2 hours ago, WhangareiKE70 said:

I'm keen, don't have an OS car atm, but can take my daily or jump in someone elses? Do we have an idea on a date for the December meet? So much shit going on it would be good to get it booked in early. 

I don't give a rats ass if you're not OS car, more about comradirie. As I've got a shit tonne of work to do, I'll drop ol mate @rb drifter into being the game master

Hektik F@BrIc@Ti0n

If Aaron's not too busy tomorrow I'll ask him nicely to burn it together. Once that's done I'll add a filler of 6mm into the handle and burn that in as well. 

So I googled about the transom corner, nothing. So I'm making one with the help of the engineer at work. He plasma cut this plate out (first time use) and I'm about to tidy it up

Also bought some essentials

I've also got another outboard that was thrown in the mix that I didn't realise he had acquired to pillage for bits

So, back story. Dad bought this little gem off trademe, looked good in the pics, not so good in the flesh. It had fallen off the back of a ute and broke the left transom corner cap and the rope guide on the front. It's a 12'6 Fyran, tiller steer. He paid stuff all for it and dragged it North on a car trailer. He built a little trailer to put under it using some pipe and rollers etc from the scrappies. It's not flash but it is solid. It has a 1987 Johnson 8.8hp outboard, again nothing to look at. He was visiting a few weeks back and said he wanted to sell it. He'd owned it for 3 or 4 years and used it twice, both times me and him went for a fish. Me and wifey had a discussion and a phone call was made the next night and a deal struck for my AG200 and some cash. A week later it was delivered and I pushed it around the back of the house. 

The plan is to make it look a bit better and give it a thorough going over and add in bits that will make it more functional. First order of business was some new taillight lenses as they were nearly clear

It was a pain to move so scrounge up an old jockey wheel, repaired the tyre and burned it on

Was walking along lovingly stroking the gunwale and holy shit, heaps the rivets were either missing or loose. Got jiggy with the riveter

And another damn it. This hole here

is 16mm too small to fit the release bearing carrier

On a positive the XY release bearing works with 4 speed carrier

And my XY yoke fits as well

Release bearing number for future reference

Just encountered some issues. Mr AEG Bosch can take care of it

This one here I will need to remove this stud and tap into the adapter plate. Its right where the pivot bracket is. Another trip to work with the bell housing

Only 3 days late. 

After throwing my toys out of the cot at our parts department my clutch kit has finally been ordered, 3 days later. Spewing. Oh well OS Whangarei meet tonight. 

Tomorrow peeps... I may be attending, maybe not. See how the body is tomorrow

Clutch kit didn't arrive, oh well. Pulled the stick off, pretty bloody rusty. Cleaned that up and gave it a lube, and in typical fashion the bloody e clip went flying upon reassembly. 

Gave it a wash this morning and a wire wheel just now. I'll paint it on the weekend

Not a Holden guy but I do have a soft spot for anything pre VN. Credit to you sir

Took possession of a XD 4.1 Borg-Warner 4 speed. Unfortunately it's not the fabled close ratio box, but it's supposedly as strong as a T5. I'll order a clutch tomorrow as I have the regular 24mm input spline where as the 4 speed is 27mm.

I'll also give it a thorough steam clean too, been in a speedway car for a season doesnt help in the cleanliness department. 

I'm no rotor head but that is one nice 2 coupe

Much destroy. So wow