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So i had some spare time today and i rigged up the endless chain and lifted off the wellside,  Now i have access to all the old rusted brake lines, ive ordered some more tube so hopefully that shall arrive soon. it also gives me a good opportunity  to give the whole chassis a much needed water blast and a spray of some underseal stuff.  

Removing the wellside

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The dirty chassis 

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Freshly water blasted 

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The cab before and after she got her first wash in plenty of years, i think the paint will come up really well with a good buff. 

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This looks so good sitting on the ground, but i cant tempt myself! this is going to be a practical car haha! 

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And were would be the best place to get brake parts and bushes? i went into bnt and repco today to replace they rear brake hose, but they couldn't get any,  they were going on about the size being m10 1.25  and that that size is really odd and not many cars had it, so were would be the best place to find a brake hose like this? 

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So i did a little bit more this weekend i removed the old rusty brake lines and my roll of bundy tube turned up.IMG_0246_opt.jpg.1985ba1294443eccc7915e1586b26db2.jpgIMG_0244_opt.jpg.8b46dbbc844d678e22a18b7d42744c30.jpg

So i painted this under seal stuff all over the chassis and underbody it came out looking pretty good and tidy then i started bending the tube to shape

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After i bleed the brakes and they were all working i went and lifted the well side back on, i also gave the well side a good clean out i was thinking of painting the inside of the tray but i think im just gonna keep it as it is.  The front seems  quite abit lower then the back so i really need to get on to bringing the rear end down as soon as possible. Im just waiting for the indicator lens and handbrake cable to arrive then i can go for a wof. IMG_0271_opt.jpg.09f4c59a559fa37af203eb4464114f5d.jpgIMG_0266_opt.jpg.2b7e94e9bb368ced0a9ba53b4ac36aac.jpgIMG_0273_opt.jpg.8b661406671db5219af254e5a320ecbf.jpg

I also decided to go for a decent drive in her today i covered about 60km, It runs and rides really well the only problem im finding is it dosent really like to go into first and second gear, you have to do it very hard and fast I noticed the linkage had alot of play in it, Would the linkage be causing these hard shifting issues? 

 

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So im still waiting around for that indicator lens and handbrake cable, so i couldent help myself, Ill be getting some spare leaf springs soon so  ended up getting the leafs springs in it reset,  just because i really dident like the angle it was sitting on, 

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I bolted them in today and im super stocked with the way it looks, its sitting perfectly even with the front now, i also gave the whole ute a good buff and the paint came up so good! the wheels also got a coat of black paint, im still unsure if i like them silver or black tho. And do i get some whitewall tires or keep it as it is?  i might try photo shop some one. 

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