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bunnings has finally got around to stocking the fire rope (also the flat stuff) so could try sealing the doors a little more 

or

your chimney is rather tall so id say you a drawing too much cool air through any small gaps you have, try closing the chimney damper until you get some smoke seeping from the cracks around the door and your temp should rise

the headlight wiring on ms65's broke me. negative triggered relay with no fuse. atleast on my aussie assembled one that i used to own

ive got a spare set of fc calipers if you need them

7 minutes ago, cletus said:

 

https://www.lvvta.org.nz/documents/infosheets/LVVTA_Info_01_2016_LVV_Custom_Independent_Front_and_Rear_Suspension_Approval_Application_Guide.pdf

yeah, thats going to be fun 

is there a layout to follow when it comes to doing the design approval process, I have three things that will need to go through this process(rear knuckles, rear subframe and front LCA's)

I have the basics of the knuckle drawn in cad that still needs a little work before its completed, the LCA's I could probably draw up but the rear subframe is way to technical for my skills.

obviously have to supply information on welding processes

lastly should i get NDT done before or after as all are made already and happy to add/change if requested

definitely weird gearboxes. a t50 will bolt directly to the rt40 gearbox cross member and mount and you can also put the rt40 shifter back into the t50 box with spacer plate and you end up with a rather long short shifter. tuneel needs a slight bit of love and wouls need some weird tricks to get the t50 to bolt up to the 2r. 

i can suply pics if need be. putting a 4age into my brothers rt40

sux i wasn't still around to have the joy of working on this. im glad the boys looked after you so well. after working along side them i must say they dont let anything slide. grant puts 10/10 into every job no matter what it is.

looking foward to my next visit to nz to see 

no pics to show but i have now completed the manual conversion and much to my liking it is at least 30% more efficient at burning petroleum.

in doing the swap i decided to tidy up the engine bay. removed all waste. put the battery in the boot and gave it a spray. all looks alot better. needs a few things resprayed and cleaned thoroughly like the master. pulled the steering box out and threw it as far as i could. now has a ke70 steering rack in it thanks to a donor ke70 cross member. and have also done the basic sleve kit coilovers to do the job. last thing to do is fit the 4 link rear end but i may leave that for the mean time.sitting on standard ae70 alloys till i finish my master(actually average) plan. 

pics to come when i get around to up loading them!

i hope by saying machine the spring perches off you mean cut them off with an angle grinder!

so i have continued along the nana spec theme 

I'm now supporting a sunvisor and a roof rack which i made (and because i hate buying shit)

the roof rack isn't something that enhances the look of it but it also carries my mountain bike and fixie for those occasions that i go away for a ride.

maintenance wise has been a bit of work. most things are rather worn and due for repair. the hole exhaust system has been replaced with an oem ke30 setup except exhaust manifold (which now has cracked and leaks like fuck!) 

full brake overhaul up front. shocks are gone all round so yeah (i will sort it) most steering components are gone also so i think it may get some wezgineering treatment to eliminate the steering box.

still cant get my head around how much the aussies changed when they built the darn things. box and diff are borg warner. the brake calipers are girlock. there is darn 13 and 15mm nuts and bolts alongside 12 and 14mm, it drives me crazy. even more spanners to lose while trying to work.

also test fitted a few wheels over the past few weeks

first are frowned upon but was totally amazed at how well they fitted the rear

rota grid 15x9 0

also bilbo's 14x6.5 and 14x 7.5

sucks a fat one bro. especially after our convo at burger boes

not reverse thread. they are the old style bearing with a locator in the middle so it should be done up decently tight. if doing bearings you can push that locator to the site with a screw driver then smack the old bearing out with hammer and said screw driver

there is an up close of what the back of the hub/drum looks like in this thread here

//oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/33457-wezs-kranky-carry/?hl=kranky

datsun 1200 diff measured 1300mm face to face. way larger drums then the st90(1280mm). my diff came with tail shaft to mod with mine just had to move leaf mounts a little. i ran 10mm thick alloy top hats with strut hole moved for better camber/wheel fitment. mainly because old hats were very worn and didnt want a strut in my poo hole

i had 13x 6 +13 advan a3a's on my st90 ute and i had to get a bit of hamer action up front. 2" blocks at back and as previos mentioned, take an inch out of the front top spring perch and you are away laughing. 

i swapped diff with a datsun 1200. went from 5.1 ratio to 3.9. much nicer on motorway to daily too and from work. suprisingly tourqey motors. (mine was a f8a)

bike rack is way more dangerous in my belief

Will probably do it again with just 2 straight pipes and make it a bike rack!

Dead thread i know. I drove with the star on the kp for a few months. Got away with it either by pure luck or the cop not being able to double back and catch me. Although i eventually got nailed. They couldnt do anything when they pulled me up as they were typical oficers that had no idea on the laws they enforce. Many photos were taken. I took it off right there on the spot as it was only held on by exhaust clamps. About a month later i got a ticket in the mail for "detachable object likely to cause injury" was $200-$300 from memory. And aparently if it was a permanent fixture its like an $800 fine

Pics for lols

Yes thats the harbour bridge

Also looked in place on felsy's old grande

sweet as i have just taken the wheels off the starly for a freshen up also

unfortunately the job i have taken on doesnt leave me wih a heckof alot of funds to keep the project going. sitting in storage till the day i get a payrise i guess.

have literally quit smoking to tryand atain more funds to keep the project alive. thanks chuff!

pukekohe old track. 1.14.21 semis 5psi

Ive got the same rack that todd runs in the keto, the plan would be to go power steer with a remote electric pump.

Lock im basically at my limit until i make some form of new castor arm/lca combo. Will work all this out at a later date once i recover from this toybaru over dose!