Dynafari 30k running report

[BlownCorona]

it reminds me of a Pinzgauer which are also awesome.

 

[flyingbrick]

He needs to fit another axle out back.. good idea.

[ThePog]

Stop putting ideas into my head bitches.

[ThePog]

Funnily enough I watched this a couple of days ago;

 

[BlownCorona]

Does anyone remember what that computer game where you off road old Russian military trucks is called? 

I suddenly have a desire to play it again 

[johnnyfive]

Potentially this? 

[kyteler]

There's a newer version of it too. 

[BlownCorona]

Yes it was spintires. Excited to hear there's a new version. 

/spam 

 

[ThePog]

So yea, knocking it out like a schoolboy.

I have a cert man now, very excited.

Bent some laser cut profiles and glued them together

Tacked the xmember on for positioning purposes

Sealed up where I cut the old xmember out so water didn't sit in there and rust it

Looks strong enough, it 5mm plate.

Tacked in place, I will weld it with the chassis turned so I get a nice weld all around.

Then time to replace the temporary front mounts

Cut off the old mounts for reuse.

Glued some shit together. Might yet plate either side for extra strengths, it is probably strong enough though. The old mount is welded to 65 x 5mm box section, so all of the weight is going through the weld. There is a fat bead but still.

Mounted the clutch line. Does anyone know the logic behind the secondary bleed that comes out of this block? I would have thought it was unnecessary. I will fit something but I am guessing it needs to be higher than the clutch master...?

I pilfered all the brake and clutch stuff off the dyna chassis, and have had success straightening out the lines with a vice, then rebending where needed. I am using rivnuts into the chassis or existing mount points if convenient.

Had to drop the power steering pump 50mm to clear some vital cab related stuff, just made an adapter plate. I might brace it up a bit.

Modded the adjuster plate to match the 50mm drop.

Modded the throttle cable mount as this is literally all it needed to hook up the Dyna cable setup.

My solution for the steering is pretty much sorted and been ok'd, I just need to set up the original box and check the bump steer limits, then set up the new system and check again. I want to fix the castor first though as this will have a slight effect on things. I measured the lift accurately with the cab on and it is a fraction over 2". This means that drop boxes are pretty much overkill and will mean more castor than factory, so i have ordered some castor correction bushes which should bring it back to factory spec. The pitman arm is currently getting modified to suit my new tierod end, the boys were disconcertingly vague about the possible cost of this.

Next I will sort the brake and fuel lines, this should be piss easy. The fuel lines need to be 570mm shorter, but i may just route them with a bit more flexi.

Handbrake will be making up a pivot bracket to connect the two cables and correct the pull ratios, this should also be trivial.

Hopefully have sorted an engine, I just need to find a couple of hundy more $$ from somewhere. No doubt I can just sell dick pics to desperate fembots, again trivial.

Also I bought a hilux rear driveshaft. PCD of the mounts is very close to the Safari front shaft ones. It has a hangar bearing so I will make a chassis mount and get it shortened so it can mount the front shaft.

That will do for now.

 

[Mof]

Dowels at opposite corners.

And unfortunately it's missing the lever to shift across neutral, could you fabricate one of those? 

[ThePog]

Shit it even looks like it might fit...

I am sure I can come up with something.

[Beaver]

That block on the clutch line may be a damper, apparently nissans often have them (my gloria did but was a different shape. it also has a bleed nipple).

 

[Mof]

Re: damper

I believe the idea is if the master strokes further than the slave, then the release fork would try and push further than the pressure plate can handle. Putting pressure on the crankshaft, thrust bearings, gearbox etc. The damper takes the extra fluid/pressure when the pressure plate bottoms out. 

So there can be a bit of a void inside the damper that could catch air. Should only need to be bled once when you first put fluid in it, or if the master ever gets empty. 

[ThePog]

Look what arrived, looks like @Mof gets a gobby.

[ThePog]

There are gears now, after a fair few evenings involving head scratching.

It was pretty straightforward really, I just reinstalled the Dyna shift mech, remounted some pivot stuff, extended some linkages, bent some others, and made some missing bits.

There is a lot of adjustment there so i can mess with the lever throws, it feels pretty good already.

Also the low range lever linkage is 75% there, the last pic shows its position on the floor beside the drivers leg. I need to cut a bit more floor and move the mount over about 25mm so its in the right spot. Once finalised I can connect it to the rest of the lever mech.

O and there is a handbrake now as well.

Also the interior stuff at the front all fits with no mods at all, this is good. It has a pretty skanky bench seat + drivers seat at the front, I will probably end up with a two singles although I will need to find seats that have a very skinny back and small hinge mech.

[BlownCorona]

2009ish Dodge ram rear seat be what you want?

if your ever in chch im sure i could score you one out of one of the wrecks at work. 

[ThePog]

On 26/03/2019 at 20:55, BlownCorona said:

2009ish Dodge ram rear seat be what you want?

if your ever in chch im sure i could score you one out of one of the wrecks at work. 

That might fit in the rear but I meant the front, it has a separate drivers seat and then the thinnest 2 seater bench seat possible. My wife would probably refuse to sit on it so I need a set of fronts. I have looked at recaros and MX5 seats, but the most likely to fit will be something out of a Hiace van I would imagine.

[HighLUX]

Recaro fishnets fitted my 80s hiace fine, so would be an option in a what would be a similar cab layout of the dyna

[BlownCorona]

Ahh I see, thought it was just two normal bench seats. 

A couple of decent high back seats would be the go in that case. 

[KKtrips]

Awesome man, who's doing the cert? Julian?