Popular Post sheepers Posted May 31, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 31, 2019 yea cool so 1 month later and ive managed to get the fuel tank acid dipped and cleaned, put a liner in it and paint it. such progress, much wow. still not complied. 2019-05-28_03-45-30 by sheepers, on Flickr 2019-05-31_08-22-55 by sheepers, on Flickr 2019-05-31_08-23-03 by sheepers, on Flickr 21 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepers Posted June 8, 2019 Author Share Posted June 8, 2019 drove it the 15 odd Ks to the compliance center this morning. went perfectly. heater on and the AM radio playing Indian pop music. changes smoothly and drives very nicely. needs a wheel alignment but apart from that its mint. compliance next week. might throw up some issues, i know the brake light switch needs adjusting because its not turning off properly every time and i forgot to connect the hand brake warning light. lets see what happens. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted June 10, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 10, 2019 fuck me, so they've done the compliance check all ready. failed on park brake warning light not working ( i stupidly forgot to plug it in) and rear brake imbalance. all the rear brakes are new so i should be able to fuck around with adjusters and sort it out. that's it. i am fucking stoked. i really needed some good news and this will do nicely. the other thing that happened is that Alex who runs Western compliance tried to buy the car off me, which is a complement i suppose. so ill go pick it up Wednesday night and take it from there. 37 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted June 19, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 19, 2019 2019-06-19_01-30-25 by sheepers, on Flickr 2019-06-19_12-40-53 by sheepers, on Flickr 2019-06-19_12-40-43 by sheepers, on Flickr 49 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted July 6, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 6, 2019 so yea. legal as. and now that is legal again it time to start doing all the illegal mods to it that i want to do. first up was installing an adjustable brake bias valve because i wasnt happy with how the brakes were before and im going to be putting a disk brake diff in it soon and ill need it for that. second was installing a smaller steering wheel. 2019-07-06_05-04-31 by sheepers, on Flickr then it was time to lower the front a bit because i wasn't happy with how it looked so the front springs got a mikita haircut. now its sitting much better. 2019-07-06_05-04-40 by sheepers, on Flickr 2019-07-06_05-04-49 by sheepers, on Flickr 2019-07-06_05-04-58 by sheepers, on Fl next will be painting the hood lining i think. its a fucked grey/mostly stained colour now so i think ill dye it black. 22 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted July 7, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 7, 2019 painted the hood lining and associated trim bits today. the pictures are all shit but you get the idea. the black came out really well and it looks mint now. 2019-07-07_01-17-51 by sheepers, on Flickr 2019-07-07_01-18-00 by sheepers, on Flickr 2019-07-07_01-17-25 by sheepers, on Flickr 2019-07-07_01-17-35 by sheepers, on Flickr 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted July 8, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 8, 2019 Drove it to work. It did not blow headgasket 35 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted July 9, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 9, 2019 Day two. No asplode 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted July 10, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 10, 2019 Parts haulin.... 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted July 13, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 13, 2019 Just hanging out, being cool. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepers Posted July 22, 2019 Author Share Posted July 22, 2019 have begun the process of installing some sounds. got the head unit mounted. next will be figuring out how im going to mount some front speakers. 2019-07-22_08-52-56 by sheepers, on Flickr 2019-07-22_08-52-39 by sheepers, on Flickr 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted July 25, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 25, 2019 this took WAY longer than it should have. i decided to mount the speakers as flush as possible. both Celcia's have sticky out type "pods" with the speakers in them and i have knocked the shit out of them getting in and out of the car with my big work boots on and the speakers have taken a hammering because of it. and i kind of wanted to cause the least amount of disruption to the look of the door cards as i could. so i did it like this. 20mm spacer which has black carpet on it but ill probably put some matching red vinyl on them eventually. while i was in there i ran wires for the central locking and put some sound deadening in the doors. now i need to run a power feed for the small front amp, mount the crossovers and finish the wiring. all the wires are run to where the amp and crossovers are going to be so that should make life a bit easier. i'd also like to get the power steering installed this weekend but we'll see how we go. 2019-07-25_09-12-23 by sheepers, on Flickr 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted July 27, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2019 made a thing to mount the little front amp and the crossovers. it goes under the parcel tray which is above the passengers feet. its all installed and working. 2019-07-27_05-45-31 by sheepers, on Flickr this is the stuff ive used for the soundz 2019-07-27_05-45-44 by sheepers, on Flickr in other news i got the power steering sorted. with parts from @JustHarry and @Yowzer i got all the bits i needed to make it work. i had the pump and the box (which i got rebuilt) but i was missing the brackets and pulleys and shit. all installed and working fucking mint. 2019-07-27_05-44-36 by sheepers, on Flickr heres a tip for anyone doing a manual to power steering swap. the shaft that comes out of the end of the column and bolts to the rag joint is longer on the manual cars. to shorten it you can take it out of the end of the column (a cunt of a job to get it out, it has a swaged over lip that you have to fold back and its fucking difficult to do) once its out you can very carefully drill another hole approx 40mm further down the shaft and move the pin down to shorten it. then cut the end off. job done. the picture should explain this better. 2019-07-27_05-45-10 by sheepers, on Flickr also made a sub box today. i dont like the carpet stuff i used so ill re-do that. 2019-07-27_05-44-50 by sheepers, on Flickr 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted July 28, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 28, 2019 today i drove took the car for a decent drive, first drive since power steering install. fuck me, its a different car. the old steering box was fucked which didnt help but man its a different car, both in carparks and on the motorway. so much better! and during the night time i decided i wasnt happy with the sub box i made yesterday so i made another one today. its much better, sub faces forward instead of sideways and the box fits into the car better. the internal volume is closer to what i was trying for as well. every body's a winner! 2019-07-28_04-20-39 by sheepers, on Flickr 14 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepers Posted July 29, 2019 Author Share Posted July 29, 2019 thats better. also it works. 2019-07-29_05-40-57 by sheepers, on Flickr 2019-07-29_05-41-07 by sheepers, on Flickr 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepers Posted August 2, 2019 Author Share Posted August 2, 2019 That did not go according to plan. The converter is stuck on the flywheel and I couldn't get it out. Anyone who has removed an auto trans from a 60 series crown will know that getting the box out with the converter still attached is truly the closest thing to impossible on this planet. Somehow after 2 hours I got it out but the converter is still fused to the crank. Note the screwdrivers I've used to strategically bend the flex plate. 2 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepers Posted August 2, 2019 Author Share Posted August 2, 2019 Morning all. So this morning when everything was cold the converter came out with out too much trouble. I had to hit it pretty hard but it came out. So a quick measure showed me this flex plate won't work with the new trans. The offset if the mounting face is wrong by about 4mm. In the picture the measurement is 11mm. I need a flex plate that will measure 7mm. @Yowzer do you have anything? My guess is anything 80s M series will probably work Help a brother out if you got anything please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepers Posted August 3, 2019 Author Share Posted August 3, 2019 today went better than last night thank fuck. the super good cunt @Yowzer has the flex plate i need and im going to go down the the ham tomorrow and get it. i spent most of the today measuring things and modifying the shift linkage. i made a new detent lever because i didn't have one and i shortened the shifter arm. the bell housing clears and there seems to be enough room for that part of the trans. i will need to mod the end of the shifter lever that pokes through the floor to clear the back of the box. also need to move the gearbox cross member back about 60mm which shouldn't be a drama. 2019-08-03_04-11-29 by sheepers, on Flickr 2019-08-03_04-11-38 by sheepers, on Flickr 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepers Posted August 5, 2019 Author Share Posted August 5, 2019 @Yowzer had the flex plate i needed so i went down to the Ham on Sunday and got it. so that should be everything major. the driveshaft is with Aiden at Drive Inn services to get shortened. Ill get a new gearbox mount because the one i have is fucked and ill replace the front and rear seals in the gearbox as well as replacing the rear crank seal while im at it. ive still go to make a system for the kick down. old one was rod operated and the new one is cable so ill need to do something there. what else? the threads in the box for the oil cooler feed and return are a fucking weird size with an oring type seal and i dont have the proper fittings. however its close enough to 1/8NPT that i can run a tap down the hole and bring the thread out to take an NPT fitting. easy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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