365 weeks...

[JB]

What to do when is cold and raining outside??? Scissors, cardboard and tape of course... Will take this in to get made and consists of both my overflow bottle and the wiper washer fluid separated by a void to stop one from heating up the other.






And an update from the dog.  

[Damo58]

Jase i dont think the radiator is going to work real well
great work mate keep him up

                          Cheers Damo58

[JB]

How did you know it wasn't full of water yet.. 

[FCRB26]

Have you got all the bits to make  it?

 i getalloy  radiator snouts from the local bloke and just weld them in.
I did a XT falcon washer bottle and radiator overflow last month came up awesome 2mm alloy mirror finish.

He sold the car a week later wish i had not helped him now.

[JB]

Hey Pete,

Haven't got any of the bits to do it or the Tig welder either. Was going to take the cardboard box to a fabricator that I know here and get a quote to do it... Could be expensive but I don't really have much of a choice. Only so much I can do with an angle grinder and a mig I guess.  

Apparently this guy does stuff in stainless also, so will have to find out probably in a couple of weeks.

Cheers
JB

[FCRB26]

Send me the templates PO Box 1 Broke 2330 NSW


Ill do em in alloy if you want ..

I have 9 workers now so have a bit of time up my sleeve. well this week anyway.

[JB]

Pete, thats awesome!!! I will get onto it.

Will flat pack it, and put in the washer motor as well.

Cheers
JB 

[hrpremier]

Jase.  Hows life in wet Melbourne treating you.  Been to many Hawks games since making the move?

Enough small chat. 

When you made the adjustable trailing arms, where did you source the bushes and red housings from.  I read the remark from Brett_F regarding engineers and preferences to self made options so will look into that before committing.  Looks like your build is going great guns.  Mine on the other hand is going nowhere at the moment.  I thought moving back to SA where family was would allow me more time to work on the car but with the bride working most nights and weekends (Chefing) Im no closer to commiting time than when I was in Cairns.  Oh how I appreicate how the HR came together before kids came on the scene.  Anyways would not be without them.  Stay safe and chat soon.  All the best

Jason

[JB]

Hey Jase,

Been away to Singapore with work. Have seen a couple of Hawks games and yes its gets cold and wet down here... hate the cold!!!

The upper and lower trailing arms were from a VS commodore, and after working out that the upper ones weren't long enough I made the inner part on a lathe with High Tensile steel thread on the inner to make it adjustable. I cut the original upper trailing arms in half and then welded in all of the pieces together. This gave me the original bushes which can now be replaced easily if needed.
Hope this answers your question.
It was a long 12 months when I couldn't work on the ute... So happy to be back at it again, so I know what you are going through.

Cheers
JB

[JB]

Pete,

I have sent the box away to you today. You should have it in the next 3 days or so. I think the bolts will need to be a little larger than I described in the note... Let me know what you think.

Question for anyone...

I need to mount the clutch master cylinder inside the firewall, and  the first attempt that i had was very crude to say the least. Is there anyone that specialises in this sort of application that I can look at and get a set up working behind the instrument cluster?

Cheers
JB

[FCRB26]

I ran a toyota corona one very tiny or what about a cable from a falcon manual??


I have a few ideas for one should be pretty easy just make a 90 degree pivot on a plate with cylinder bolted onto bracket ill draw a mud map tommorow PM me your email and home and ill send a pic i can cut your pivot arm and bracket no charge just to try it out...




Pete

[FC427]

JB take a look under the dash of a 1980 something BMW at the wreckers when these cars were made in the factory from  left to right hand drive they had cross over mechanical linkages to operate the brakes they would be easy to adapt to your pedal to give you a side ways mount for a  under dash master cylinder  they contain  hyme joints and clevis yolks and direction change linkages all the things you need .....FC427......

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Not the best picture  but .....This is my set up I made for the Rod you could also do some thing similar hope it helps

[FCRB26]

What about toyota hiace van what clutch set up do they run i know they run a side ways mount set up for the brake?

[JB]

Thanks guys, all of the ideas are well worth looking into.

Pete, my email address is jhblanchard@live.com

My address will get to you in about 3 days 

Just let me know what I owe you and will transfer it into your account.

Cheers,
JB

[weddo]

JB

I don't know if these pics help at all. They are from my son's 180sx drift car build, reverse clutch mechanism and he installed a remote resevoir.
















regards

Weddo

[GOA350]

Have you thought of mounting them under the car and have the pedal arms going through the floor?

[JB]

Thanks Scotty,

Have thought of it but only briefly as I had a little trouble with water into the cab of the van that I couldn't find, and it really pissed me off. So this time I definitely want it water proof and should be able to sort the problem out behind the dash.

Cheers
JB

[JB]

Haven't had a chance to get to BMW for the clutch bits but it's high on the list!!

Hard to get motivated in the cold but decided that I needed a stool for the shed to sit on and would help with the handbrake stuff I want to do next.
Which leads to a question for the pro's
Handbrake cable and the best way to run one.










The original handbrake mount fits fine, and I have to thread the cable through the upper and lower trailing arms as shown.

What is the tightest bend in the cable that can be made with it still being effective?

I am looking at making a mount on the lower trailing arm to locate this end and then either having a floating mount maybe on the body for the support of the rest of the cable. You can see the floating plastic mount in the second photo.

Maybe when I get the cable shortened then it wont need mounting on the body, just have the forward and rear mount to make it work.

Cheers
JB

[FC_fer_me]

Gidday Jase, I used a standard VS Commodore hand brake cable matched up to a Hyundai Excel hand brake mechanism, works well. Have a look at my build under My New Project. That,s a mighty fine birds nest of wiring under your ute, are you sure ther's not a couple of plovers under there ,I hear they are nesting this time of the year!
Cheers , Jack

[JB]

I am glad to say that the birds nest is now safely tucked away... In an Esky at the moment as I had no other space to put the left over cables.

I have both ends of the brake cable sorted, original VT to VS diff end, but I only have a small connection between the 2 for the cable, so was after the best way to do it without pinching the cable now or further down the track.

At the moment I am thinking about a bracket on the lower trailing arm for the spring end and then having a look at if the cable needs supporting in the middle somewhere.

Cheers
JB