tortron Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 How goods that whine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmulally Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 So I finally got around to averaging the last three fuel fillups/mileage on my 66 C20. 30l/100kms. Jeez. I don't think this Morris will have to do much to beat that. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubastreet Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Single digit MPG! Glad you've got the valve unstuck. So how do you find out the gvm? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmulally Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 13 hours ago, cubastreet said: Single digit MPG! Glad you've got the valve unstuck. So how do you find out the gvm? The tare weight is painted on it. And that is 2530. According to this grainy sales brochure I'm guessing the GVM is 6000kgs which even with a deck will get my dozer around. But I found this website which seems to suggest it is nearly the same as my GMC Sierra which also gets a COF. Mine is a 550FG. So lord knows what that translates to below. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubastreet Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 So yours has the 3 ton Axle? I remember that resto. I looked at an FG out your way about 5 years ago, and was keen but the seller wasn't motivated enough to move all the crap to pull it out of the shed. Maybe they had the chassis de- rated at the time for cheaper rego or something? I would guess the manufacturer's spec would still stand. https://vehicleinspection.nzta.govt.nz/virms/hvsc/tb/heavy-vehicle-chassis-ratings-modification-thresholds 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmulally Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 I'm not fussed about getting a cof. My local truck place are very accommodating of the shitboxes that cough and fart into the yard from my place. Paying RUC's on a petrol engine is a little stiff though. Hence farm rego. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbeam Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 I’m pretty sure for a petrol RUC vehicle you can claim the fuel excise back 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 Clean it up and braze a new bit of steel in place to drill and tap. Doesn't need to be pretty. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmulally Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 I couldn't be bothered. All for a straight 6 petrol. Therefore I'm open to ideas of where to go with this project. I do have an isuzu diesel in the shed but I really wanted that for my C20 chev. A detroit diesel would be a LOT of fun but I don't even know where to find one. Might have to browse FB marketplace to see which diesel engines are floating about nearby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nominal Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 There is always an LD28 floating around. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsspeed Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 1 hour ago, Nominal said: There is always an LD28 floating around. not sure floating is how I'd describe but you know, only a chain away 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locost_bryan Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 Diesel repower discussed in this thread https://www.trucknetuk.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=149672 Says the 3.9 petrol was shared with Nuffield tractors. Someone suggests a Landrover TDi from an early Disco. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igor Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 Nuffield/Leyland diesel tractor four cylinder might be a valid option if wanting to keep it kind of original or at least as an example of what might have been. The 3.8 as found in Leyland 384 or the 3.4 as found in Leyland 344. Not sure of Nuffield models but fairly sure most parts were interchangeable as those first Leylands were pretty much a Nuffield with different bodywork. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmulally Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 I'd like whatever is easiest. Sadly I gave away the LD28 I had clogging up my shed for free. I'll chuck a tape measure over the 4be1 I have floating about. Even though it is a 4cyl it looks bloody wide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmulally Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 Technically too wide but there is a really nice space between cross members behind the cab it would be perfect for. Which leads me to the next question...who signs off truck mod certs? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locost_bryan Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 1 hour ago, dmulally said: Which leads me to the next question...who signs off truck mod certs? @cletus? @KKtrips? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locost_bryan Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 Here's some info on the K-series 6-cylinder petrol engine. D-series was the car version, used in the 1950s Austin Sheerline and Princess, and in 4-cylinder form in the Healy 100-4 and London black cabs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_D-Series_engine 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anglia4 Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 https://www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/heavy-vehicle-specialist-certifiers/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 OK, broken housing ideas time. My vote is as follows. bolt housing into place with single remaining fastener. Take a pair of good vicegrips, use these over the housing flange and that tab of unbroken steel to clamp things together. Weld up the jaws of the vicegrips so that they cannot come lose. optional: if you'd like the repair to be more professional, once the jaws are welded solid you may use an angle grinder or gas axe to cut the rest of the vicegrips away so that only the clamped and welded jaws remain. Or, yeah i guess if you couldn't be bothered brazing up the thread and you don't have a welder then you could drill right down through a bit larger and use a longer bolt with a nut? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmulally Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 Cheers. I pinged Matt from here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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