FCRB30 Wagon

[EffCee]

Pedro,

Well done, good to see you are making good progress, it is always a good feeling when you get a particular job done and are able to move onto the next.

Keep up the great work.

Keith

[jack_fc]

Good on ya, Pedro - one step closer  :) :) :)

[GOA350]

Nice work Pedro, good to see some more progres being made. Just another thing you can put a line through on the list of things to do.

[Old_Mt_Isa_Boy]

Nice job on the fuel tank Pedro. Looks like you sorted the clearance issues. Well done.

Regards Wayne

[pedro]

Thanks guys feels good to be finally getting somewhere, fitting the steering column was a different experience, finally getting to do something that is meant to fit together and just bolts up ;) :D :D





Made a mount and fitted the charcoal cannister under the guard.



Just found this anyone got any idea what it is for.
        Pedro

[steamman]

Thats a vacum chamber used for opening and closing vents and the like,its something that would probably make vacum wipers work better as well.
Cheers
Deano

[zulu]

Excellent progress Pedro, good to see it all coming together!

[pedro]

Thanks guys, I don't think I'll be fitting vacuum wipers though Deano by the time they cross the windscreen once I'll be in the next suburb ;) ;D ;D
                  Pedro

[DN2168]

That's a float out of a cattle trough. :P ;D

Dean.

[smithy]

im missing one of those from my toilet ;D ;D ;D

tanks is looking great pedro and the cannister fits nice and snug there doesnt it ;) ;)
shame about the jap engine though, at least it will probably run :P :P

keep it up.

how you going with the weather up there?

dean

[slack one]

hi pedro nice work .how did you relocate the dipstick into the sump.thanks gary.

[pedro]

I haven't done that bit yet Gary, I haven't mentioned it yet (coz I'll probably cop a bagging ;)) but when I made the sump I forgot to allow for the fact the engine sits on a slant so it was just a waste of time and effort ::), you can just see it in the pics, apparently the sump off a GQ patrol with the RB30 engine fits with only a small amount of modification so I'm going to get one this week and try it, I'll let you know how it goes.
                                       Pedro

[FCRB26]

Pedro if you need any help just e mail i can send you pictures as all mine is ripped out dipstick takes about 5 minutes to change there is a bung in the block just nock it out and swap it over put the bung back in the existing hole.

Cheers Pete

[slack one]

hi pedro no prob. im putting the same engine in my fj holden i am going to reverse the sump  patrol sump are very high priced.thanks gary.

[FCRB26]

If you get stuck for a sump i modified standard VL and pickup in about 3hours can take some pics if you want i was going to sell off my whole conversion front end sump tank and wiring but i figured if i find a half decent FE to EK ill just drop the whole lot in and double my money.

Also PEDRO make sure you nock out the blank for the dipstick with the sump off or your gunna have trouble getting it out.

[EffCee]

Good to see that you are making progress still Pedro, at this rate you will have yours finished long before mine ;)

[pedro]

ripped out dipstick takes about 5 minutes to change there is a bung in the block just nock it out and swap it over put the bung back in the existing hole.

A very usefull peice of info Pete, I was wondering how i was going to solve that problem, fitted the wiring up to the engine yesterday, easy so far as there is a seperate harness for the engine, I'm just about to ring the wreckers and find out what a sump is worth I was told they were pretty cheap as most people rip out the RB30 and fit a bigger engine, I'll let you know Gary.

at this rate you will have yours finished long before mine

Depends on the finances Keith, so far I'm doing all the jobs that don't cost much, have you finished your rust work yet.
         Pedro

[EffCee]

have you finished your rust work yet.
         Pedro

No, but I am working as fast as I can while I have a borrowed mig. I am still hoping to have all the rust repairs completed in the next few weeks

Keith

[pedro]

anyone for spaghetti
  Pedro

[JB]

Hey Pedro,

Thats only the entree size mate!!! Where the main?? lol