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If the brakes are backed off then the drum should come off without too much hassle. (I presume the drum rotates freely?) But if the locating hub is damaged then heat ain't going to do shit except make it worse by fucking up the drum, If the hub is damaged then push/whack the drum back on, then carefully file/grind off any burrs or ridges on the hub. Once the hub is clear of burrs then spray a dose of CRC around the locating hub and drum face. Also clamp off the brake hose on the side you have the drum off (or put the drum back on) and whack the brake pedal a few times to centralize the drum. Then give it a solid whack with a decent club hammer (a sledge may damage shit so be a bit careful with that) I would hit it about as hard as energetically hitting a nail in home - perhaps a little more but not running up and swinging spec.

Good shit Amy-san-hoe. Time for some foooly seeek 90's graphics?

Post some pics of what you call excessive oil.

Ka-pai Beave. Setting the bar high for other vanners at Wagnats.

Running in normally takes 5-600 miles

That goes hand in hand with a VW Kombi motor/transaxle transplant.

But think how much easier it will be getting into bed after a few ales if its that much closer to the ground? Perhaps a crane will help.

Hey Beave Slammed this bitch yet?

All good - if it is induction noise then look at chucking on a factory ECOTEC airbox and it should shut it up a bit - they make horrific noises with a pod filter. (I'm just casually assuming its not a factory airbox)

Sweeeet. FYI - those V6 Holden motors are meant to be fairly smooth so would check that its not got something bung. They harmonic dampers delaminate and eventually fall off. If that has started shitting its pants it could be the reason for harshness. Also chuck a set of plugs and leads at it. From memory they are vunerable to excessive heat and fail readily too.

Roof Chop is epic and awesome! Bring to Nats next year.

I had ribs there for my birthday - was overwhelmed and nearly passed out from excessive meat. Now I know how Steebs missus feels twice a year.

Do hiring cars for filming come under commercial use and therefore your insurance is invalid and you may require a COF?

Jam harder you vegan. Fix up the metal and rivnut.

If I'm imagining right what you are saying then jam a screwdriver down there and wedge the tip between the rail and one of the hex flats of the nut then undo the screw..

You sure its the fan making all the racket? I'm pretty sure those 4 bladed jobbies would be barely audible at 50mph in a landy with all the other noises going on.

Yeah Volvo - Dimensions is HUGE as fuck. Something tells me it is 600mm diameter.

Mechanical fans are noisy - those steel bladed ones are FUCKING noisy. Those 4 blade fans are relatively quiet. I would go electric.

I heard you like vices yo - so you put a vice in a vice - that's some inception shit man. LOL (PS - vice looks SWEET in resplendent blue) I am also liking where you are going with triple carbs.

Also the spacer should also be sandwiched between the pulley and the fan.

It's not the cutting or swapping of parts that is illegal. It is the reassigning the paper trail of one vehicle to another. I understand what you say you are trying to do but there is a law that says you cannot just do it without going through the correct process. The reason you want to make the change is probably entirely different to the reason the law is there but its still the law. You can still assign the paperwork and identity of one car to another but you have to jump through some hoops to do it.

It's not rocket science man and it's not at all conflicting But just to answer your questions - even though I'm not sure if you are trolling or genuinely a bit confused. Yes swapping vehicle identities is 100% illegal. Why? It's illegal because you don't want the bro down the road to pinch your Subaru with a good motor and take it home, then switch the identity of his Subaru with a fucked motor onto your old Subaru. Because then he could legally own your car by the fact it has a VIN number that matches his ownership papers. I was on a jury for a court case where a guy bought bank cheques worth $5 and managed to erase the pen on the cheques and write his own amount in there to buy the cars. He then transferred the cars into his name and the cheques bounced some time later. The insurance company would not pay out because he had legally bought the car - even though he had bought it with illegal cheques. It's not the same situation but it proves that a technicality like that is a fuck up. Not allowing jokers to switch identity plates willy nilly is a loophole closer. For the hard proof... https://vehicleinspection.nzta.govt.nz/virms/in-service-wof-and-cof/general/vehicle-identification/vin-and-chassis-number edit - beaten by Clint while I fucked around writing my post and eating dinner.

Get a shifter cable and make it fit the linkage on the other side of the new trans - it will be a fuckload easier. (Mercury used different bellhousings etc at least in the V8 - not sure if they did with the I6 though) They are a straight linear movement so a simple push pull cable will work fine. PS - C3's are a SHIT transmission because fuck all parts are available for them.

What parts you need?

ALL the midlife crisis's in one foul swoop.