Vk304 Posted December 28, 2020 Author Posted December 28, 2020 The state of it, I'll be glad when I can stop mowing around these things,- holdens waiting for a driveshaft after my foot slipped on the clutch.., Van's just slowly losing parts Today put the fuel tank back in, mostly installed the clutch line and mounted it with rubber bits, quite boring work but takes time. 2 Quote
Popular Post Vk304 Posted December 28, 2020 Author Popular Post Posted December 28, 2020 While doing the clutch line this big c*nt crawled on by, right next to my head while on my back under the front of the van, scared the shit out of me... so I put him in the tree and called it a day hah . 9 1 Quote
Vk304 Posted December 29, 2020 Author Posted December 29, 2020 Went out to the donor van to look for some fasteners for my clutch line, discovered it has plenty more to give so I harvested them and installed them on my new van, nice and secure all the way to the slave cylinder 1 Quote
Vk304 Posted December 29, 2020 Author Posted December 29, 2020 I was planning on getting the intake installed today, but the van had other plans... when I installed my starter I realised I hadn't accounted for the space it took up... space my intake was occupying, well- a relocation of the idle circuit, pressure test, and it's good to go, I hope so anyway! 5 Quote
Vk304 Posted December 30, 2020 Author Posted December 30, 2020 Another vantatstic day hah, got a lot done. Had to move this guy a bit as my intake just missed it but when the throttle cable bracket went on it reminded me that space is not my friend here. No worries though as the radiator hose diddnt like the angle it was on either, so moving the water neck made better space for both. 3 Quote
Vk304 Posted December 30, 2020 Author Posted December 30, 2020 A bit of height difference here in the vans, as shown by the radiator.which used to sit in hereso made some brackets that had just enough space behind the crossmember and suspension beam, as well as intercooler mounts... That's some more stuff out the way 3 Quote
Vk304 Posted December 30, 2020 Author Posted December 30, 2020 bad angle but you get how it sits, its tilted forward at the bottom, maybe good for airflow... I dont know shouldn't matter too much 3 Quote
Popular Post Vk304 Posted December 31, 2020 Author Popular Post Posted December 31, 2020 Its alive! Idles, revs and has oil pressure (the light turns off) and fuel level sender , as you can see not much else but a good sign I haven't shorted stuff out or done something wrong, now it's just tidy tidy everything, happy new years! 14 1 Quote
Vk304 Posted January 1, 2021 Author Posted January 1, 2021 Some oddities of this van, I'll leave the camper history on it, I might turn this into a camper, not sure yet... 5 Quote
Vk304 Posted January 1, 2021 Author Posted January 1, 2021 https://youtu.be/_WJal9454qU 1st start video, no exhaust Also 1st video I've put on youtube haha 4 Quote
Vk304 Posted January 3, 2021 Author Posted January 3, 2021 Changed out the cluster to the one from the old van so I've gained a tach, 100,000 less kms and 20 km/h more top speed ..haha, mucked around with the wiring, I'm not so good at it but I guess simple 80s wirings not too bad... looks better nice labelling still managed to get a wire wrong though :/ blew up my alternator somewhere along the way, so I got a spare nissan skyline one and swapped the center out to the silvia housing (housings are different) 4 Quote
Vk304 Posted January 3, 2021 Author Posted January 3, 2021 Altenator works now, I've now got all the dash functions I need, should get some 100amp fuses for battery though as the loom never had them ?? Would explain the altenator 3 Quote
Vk304 Posted January 6, 2021 Author Posted January 6, 2021 Did some more tidying up of wiring 3 Quote
Vk304 Posted January 6, 2021 Author Posted January 6, 2021 It's now all done and working except for tach, will now just need oil for diff and gearbox, have put water in but needs a flush as heater core is full of rust, no coolant corroded everything, just a couple of things and it will drive! 5 Quote
Vk304 Posted January 6, 2021 Author Posted January 6, 2021 No where near final but my goal was to have it driving by end of holidays so it's close, of course I diddnt compromise on the quality unless I know I have to buy parts to do it, generally it's just small things that will improve, those will come later 7 Quote
Popular Post Vk304 Posted January 7, 2021 Author Popular Post Posted January 7, 2021 It drives, its ridiculously fast and unsafe, wheels breaking loose in 3rd (in the rain lol), still many thing to improve upon but I'm happy with the progress, also cleaned my shed/battled my son to put things away faster than he can take them back out haha https://youtube.com/shorts/8jkVOMLF-zA 10 1 Quote
Popular Post Vk304 Posted January 7, 2021 Author Popular Post Posted January 7, 2021 How I fill gearboxes and diffs lol, hose to bottom of the container, put a couple psi in there and watch it drain till it comes out the hole . 9 4 Quote
Vk304 Posted January 7, 2021 Author Posted January 7, 2021 One more improvement, van had one cracked plastic monsoon shield, my 'luxury' sgl datsun van had stainless shields, so polished them with some autosol and installed. I like the look. it'll tie in with the rear trim and door slides which are all stainless/chrome plastic . 5 Quote
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