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I brought what’s is probably the original for that made by eastwood and it makes far nicer flares than the other style you have. I also suffered with lots of slippage.

this is the one i have for anyone interested 

https://restosupplies.co.nz/on-car-flaring

22 hours ago, Nominal said:

What is really needed is a small auxiliary engine to power the water pump. 

Something like this

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/3947997315

Those tohatsu pumps were great but jesus they were the loudest thing ever during training we had to wait to fire them up until mid morning as not to wake the neighbors. This is a racecar tho it needs a wajax pump….

On 29/09/2022 at 15:58, kws said:

Can get turbo and supercharger kits from Japan if you want more punch, but the fun is in the corners. 

Tuning bits are plentiful in Japan but you need to be real quick if you want to snag any good parts in NZ. 

Mine is currently stock with only a monstersport rear muffler and a K&N panel filter, but is soon getting a rear swaybar and throttle controller. 

I did Monster sport springs that i imported from japan and an ultra racing swaybar and that made a massive difference coupled with some good tyres, the monster sport springs are progressive and ride much nicer than the stock springs do.

Hi all would someone be able to pick up a set of brake calipers and rotors hold for me?

persons in welcome bay, would transfer you the $$ as its FB marketplace and i dont really want to transfer to him direct for obvious reasons. Have a friend that can come get them just not for 2-3 weeks.

5 hours ago, myk00l said:

What about trying insurance companies?

Most of them goto a damaged auction unfortunately.

Try talking to your local scrap yards and wreckers.

pick a part here let one station cut a few up. My last station the council would call us if they had abandoned ones and my current station the panelbeaters give us some stuff to cut, up like we got a whole quarter while not fantastic practice for ramming good for cutting and spreading practice. 

If not original tops looks similar to a 180b unit with the bleeders on it , datsun ones are common in older lotus 7s because of the up and down mounts

If you are looking at selling one of the small ones I would be keen to purchase.

2 hours ago, SOHC said:

Its one with the detent spring, it came off a ml7

I could be keen on that someone has butchered mine

I came to say the same about melbar they shortened a handbrake cable for me recently and it was cheap and done in a week.

Great read , picked up an auto one month so ago myself has the recaros and hid lights. Much much maintenance needed every fluid changed, valve cover gasket, developed a missfire so i did plugs and coils and did a stereo with amped speakers. Has about 4 million stone chips and 230k on the clock but after a full cut and polish the very dull paint came back, the engine is spotless inside and gets 13.7L per k. Found gaskets and air filter ect were cheaper genuine than generic from repco ect

I have an autel vw scanner i used alot on my mk4 gti if it will work for you? Happy to sell or trade for a conventional ob2 unit.

a mate of mine has been using Matt at The FabLab in wellington for some of his rollcage bits maybe give him a try?

https://www.facebook.com/The-FabLab-546329648902355

When you email the LVVTA and get a reply from @KKtrips, Enjoy the photos of my lotus 7 !

On 17/05/2021 at 16:54, smokin'joe said:

with the 2 backlash nots loosened, the drive gear on the lead screw is quite loose,,but may some sort 'clutch' engagemeny to shaft ?

Fitted a soft shear pin in the drive gear to the lead screw shaft now works , A small rivet stem seems to work well thus far waiting on my china tooling to arrive.

4 minutes ago, smokin'joe said:

i don't believe so, appear to be tightly fitted to shaft

 

hmm interesting ill try some of the other ones i have.

can you check if the gear from the leadscrew has a small shear pin in it 

On 05/03/2021 at 21:20, smokin'joe said:

is the lock on the toolholder jammed /seized ?
will have a look at mine and see if i can find any logical reason

 

Did you ever manage to check this ?

Advice on places to purchase compliant steering universals , Kruzin customs in palmy are out of the size I need 9/16 36 spline to DD x2 to make my intermediate shaft.

Nope all seems to move free machined some spacers today all seemed to be fine.

it just has a collar with a grub screw  that butts up against it.

On 03/03/2021 at 13:23, smokin'joe said:

awesome, so that's what a tidy one looks like 

@ajg193 now remember, when you end up with mine for a repair,  i do NOT expect it to come back looking like this.

quick question , Mine isnt driving the leadscrew the gears are turning but the shaft isnt, it isnt keyed or anything for the gear is there supposed to be a shear pin as there is a hole on both sides that looks like it would suit one potentially.

19 minutes ago, Lord Gruntfuttock said:

Sweet, that's a lot of extras...

 

(few of which I know how to use)

Neither do I looking forward to using it there is a few jobs to knock out for my Lotus 7 that need custom made stuff that friends have been doing for me of late that would be nice to learn how to do myself.

Barrydom unlocked , Granville lathe about the same size as a ml7 obviously whoever had it before the guy I got it off used it for lots of stuff , came with 

3 jaw, 4 jaw , faceplate , dead and live centres, turning dogs, 3 jacobs chucks , milling attachment , end mills , selection of fixed , adjustable and tapered reamers, small boring and threading tools, a toolpost grinder (sadly motorless) , change gears , taper adapters , shop made die holder, twist and centre drills.

the only thing its missing is a fixed steady that i need for a job i want to do but im pretty sure one of the smaller generic ones will fit.

my vy 3.8 used to show 8.7-8.8 on a long trip if you were nice to it so its certainly possible with a 3.8 , Ls1 will get around 9.7 same treatment but it does have lean cruise enabled after it was tuned.