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Popular Post f100_dreamin Posted August 17, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 17, 2020 Well with being back in lockdown has provided some time (when I’m on my off shift) so I got the engine almost repainted and assembled new gaskets, frost plugs etc Hoist earning its keep again Messed around with a couple of ideas on the rocker covers settled on engine coloured with black fins Ended up with this, still have to do the other rocker cover to match, just waiting on some more paint, I ended up getting VHT early Chrysler blue, it’s a bit greener than I what I was planning on using, but I’m actually happy as with how it has come out! not a bad use of a day off 20 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f100_dreamin Posted September 24, 2020 Author Share Posted September 24, 2020 Well rear quarter panels have been ordered and should hopefully be on the way to my shipper in the next week or so. ended up going for Goodmark panels through getallparts.com after a recommendation from an American mopar site I’m on (FABO) so far they have set me back about 790 NZD shipped to my shipper in California, so once he charges me the GST and freight, I think I’ll still be pretty happy with what they cost me. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post f100_dreamin Posted January 18, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 18, 2021 Rear 1/4 panels have arrived, shipping and GST was $950, which is more than I expected, to be fair I had nothing to base my expectations on so not a surprise haha. sat one of the panels on the car, they look good and the lines seem to line up good so I’m happy. the side marker lamp hole at the back of the guard is different because these are technically earlier year Dodge Dart panels, not that it matters as they will be getting filled in anyway, 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post f100_dreamin Posted June 8, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 8, 2021 Thread dredge….. aside from scraping more under seal there’s not too much I can do to the body for now, so I’ve been working on the Ford 8.8 I pulled out of an explorer. everything looks good inside, so that’s a plus I wrapped it up to limit the stink, Because there isn’t much that stinks worse than diff oil haha I drilled out the 3 bungs that hold the long axle tube in and took the diff housing to work, with a bit of persuasion from the 10t portapower and the gas plant I pressed the axle tube out, tomorrow I’m going to work at our Drury branch where the engineering department is so I’ll use the drop saw to knock 3” off the axle tube, and then work out how I’ll press it back in so i can weld it up, then I’ll be one short axle and spring seats away from a shortened super strong rear. feel free to discuss here 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post f100_dreamin Posted June 18, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 18, 2021 Took the axle tube to work and cut it down, then when I returned to our Wiri site I used the press to push the axle tube back into the housing luckily it just fit then I welded it back up, I plug welded it where the factory used plugs to hold the tube in, plus I also welded both tubes to the centre as with it being a press fit it’s not unheard of them seeping. Bloody handy having these tools at my disposal at work. I’ll order some spring seats soon and make a jig based on the old diff to weld them on, not a huge amount of progress, but better than nothing. 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post f100_dreamin Posted August 16, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 16, 2021 More small jobs have been done , I’ve cut all the old brackets off the diff housing now so I just need to order some spring perches for it now. Has anyone got any suggestions of a local supplier to save me having to source them from the US? I also put my big boy pants on and started cutting the rear 1/4 panels off as marked by my metal guy (so that the inside structure can get blasted too) Before (you can see the lines drawn by my metal guy): after: No more rust than expected, which is good I suppose haha, one side down…..one to go…….. 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post f100_dreamin Posted May 24, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 24, 2022 Had a delivery from Rockauto a couple of weeks ago, Diff rebuild kit and Rear wheel bearings for the explorer 8.8, Engine mounts and a new water pump for the 318, Started with the water pump today, which then let me fit all the ancillaries, cleaned up the engine mount brackets and put the new mounts on. I was originally planning on ditching the AC and running a set of gilmours, but I can’t make them work with the PS, and I’m not willing to ditch that for now. So I figured if the PS stays then the AC may as well too! still need to get a new harmonic balancer, and I’m taking the belt pulleys to work to run through the turbowash, I’ll get them cleaned up, painted and mounted so I can work out belt alignments etc. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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