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I drove 650km on that wheel!!! I have some 14X6 in the container that will fit. I can't remember what they look like, probably don't suit it. I'd need tyres, don't think they have legal tread. It's possible I will be changing the brakes to something bigger eventually. So 14's or 15's would be better.

Left the calipers at MP Autoparts this morning. They have disassembled them and the pistons are fuckered. They will clean the calipers and supply seals, pistons and new pads. I'm getting new hoses too. I took the rear drums off tonight, they look okay, same goes for the shoes. The wheel cylinders are fucked as expected. I have two new ones to go on. One of the E-clips for the wheel cylinders broke, so I need another. When I took the rear wheels off... Shits fucked yo. Only one wheel is cracked. I expect it is beyond economical repair?? It has a spare steel wheel.

Off the top of my head.... Front anti roll bar and the bits to attach it from an S? Is there such a thing as a dash that is not cracked? Mine is more like cracks with a bit of dash on it.

So true

Are all the dash's the same size? There is a PI one on trademe, but it looks much wider than mine... I'd like to replace the clock with a rev counter. The clock is also drunk, when the hour hand is on the hour, the minute hand is on half past.

I thought it might be, but it didn't seem to make any difference. I will try again when it is dark.

What does that knob near the clock do? Need another brake master cylinder. Mine has been sleeved before, in brass which makes it harder to sleeve again. Also, I damaged the piston trying to remove a circlip, so that would also have to be sleeved. Woops. Removed the front calipers. Needs new pads, they are super crusty and very worn. Needs new caliper pistons, they are rusting on the exposed bits and the chrome is coming off. Needs new brake hoses, they are not cracked, but look real old. I ordered a fuel pump repair kit and a new speedo cable from Chris Witor. I got some new rear wheel cylinders, need to take the drums off to see if they are oversize before ordering new shoes.

Not even au. Just cruised down in 3rd and let the engine slow me down. Had to give the brake pedal some thrusts to slow a bit more near the bottom. Fortunately, the force was with me, and I didn't need to try stop at the bottom.

But it was okay, cause I just drove it with almost no brakes. Like a fuckin boss.

How Quick is quick? Yep, that one. Paid $2500 for it. I didn't get the parts car too, didn't really want it, or know how the hell I would get it home. Mine has a manual rack, I thought they were all power steering.... The steering wheel is super manky, it had a horrible sticky gungy Type S cover on it. I've pulled that off, but all that's left is the foam bit which is loose. I'm going to try split it and glue it back on then wrap it with bike handlebar tape or something...

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Discussion thread Started doing some work on this after getting it yesterday. I think it's not been out in the rain for years. It's dry as a bone, but I've found many holes that water will come in because of perished or missing rubber. Little sign of rust. Found that the LARGE battery was doing double duty as an engine steady against the alternator. Replaced the old alternator belt with a shorter one so it didn't hit the battery. The fuel pump is one of those with a glass bowl on top. The rubber seal for the glass bowl is split and leaking. Where can I get one??? Removed the brake master cylinder. It's a dual circuit one. I don't know if these are meant to come apart... Circlip #1 was in 3 pieces. Then a tight fitting nylon washer, I had to drill holes in it to remove it Then a rubber seal, also had to mangle to remove. Then a kind of springy washer. Then another Circlip, way deep in there. The circlip pliers didn't quite reach but I got it out with some wangling. It was filthy, full of gunge. The cylinder doesn't appear pitted. It almost seems sleeved in brass?? Taking it to MP Autoparts tomorrow to see if they can get a kit. I'll probably replace the rear wheel cylinders and rebuild the calipers too. And I found the fan switch! It was the knob I thought was the choke.

Did it get hot enough? I used the oxy acetelene when I did mine.

I'm here, I'm here! Did someone say my name?

Pics? From your description, it sounds like the problem is with the 'new' gearbox. Can you shine a light and look down between the seal and output shaft? Or poke a pokey thing down there to feel for an obstruction?

Four months later.... Progress?

Yeh au, White paint, for the win. It looks basically done! Race against the STARVIA!?!

Supercheap had a sale on Saturday, so I got 5L of Penrite 85W140 LSD oil. I drained out the old stuff. Filled it up with penrite. Then ran it in 5th while on axle stands. Then drained that oil out. It was all foamy, like mixed with water. Then filled it again, ran it in 5th, drained it. It not as foamy. Then filled it again and decided that was enough. While running it on the axle stands I could see that the gearbox output shaft seal was leaking and spraying the underside of the car with oil. Yay. Burnt gear oil smells great. So I'll need a new seal. I'm sure I've done this before.... I hope its not a problem with a bearing or something that's causing the seal to fail prematurely.

What LSD oil are you using? I need to change mine, but don't recall what I was using. Was Castrol something AFAIK...

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Mine shuts off nicely, if I believe the hour meter, it's done about 710 hours.

I made a bonnet, to try cut down some noise, or at least reflect it towards the ground. I made it from rimu. LOL. The awesome finish is from the flap disc on the grinder. And on concrete, it cuts down almost, possibly, absolutely NO noise at all. WINNING!

Best I can do. This is where it stopped the second time. The engine starting "hunting" and then stopped. I pulled the pipe off the pump and cranked the engine, pump seems to work... I pulled the fuel pump apart and the diaphragms looked okay... So I put it back together and it would run kind of okay, but I had to have the choke out all the way. And the engine was "hunting". It would just die if I put the choke in. I suspect some dirt in the fuel line/carb. I did replace some fuel hose, but just blew out the inline mesh filter with compressed air instead of replacing it. I'll get a new filter.

I checked that the deck was level this morning. The blades are about 50mm off the ground at the lowest setting. I buzzed the grass strip down the drive. It looked okay, so I did the verge too. The rear steer is a bit loose. I have to overcorrect the front wheels to pull the rear wheels straight, then straighten the front wheels again. So doing a tight turn is a bit involved. The rear steering is actuated with a pushrod that has a lever and yoke that runs in a smiley mouth. The yoke looks like it's worn so much that it's a loose fit in the ....mouth and the steering has to be turned loads to move the pushrod. Will take it over to the new section tomorrow and mow my lawn.

My system is: Cut it out. Weld in patches. Paint repair and any remaining traces of rust with POR15 following the documented prep steps. Overcoat with any other paint if the repair is exposed to sunlight, because POR15 changes colour when exposed to UV light.