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[Uncle Chop Chop]

Aerostart also has 24% ether.

[hawk]

Thanks will try it after work.

I have found 2 wreckers with the bellhousing I need but no clutch forks. Will the 6 cyl clutch fork work?

[Bigfella237]

Nope, same story with the clutch forks, the V8 one is longer.

[hawk]

Bugger oh well

Played with the leads and dropped some fuel down the carby and it started for a couple of seconds then died. Did that a few times but still not getting enough fuel. BaTt ran outa charge so will try again in a few days.

[hawk]

Well a big thanks to mick74lh. I owe you big time. Picked up the gearbox over the weekend.

I have found a bellhousing locally at the wreckers which is $90 so ill grab that in the nxt week if its still there.

Sadly it doesnt come with the fork so I will have to get one through dellows which is 18518$185 including post.

Will get the clutch ball and spigot bush from rares.

Then all I need is a flywheel and thrust bearing and ill have a complete box.

Other things to do are:
Make heater hoses
get coolant/water in there and check for leaks
change the oil again
some misc wiring under the dash.
bleed the brakes and get them working

And I think thats it well I hope anyway

[torana_nick]

Keep chipping away Mate you will have it done before you know it.

[hawk]

Here it is

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[hawk]

Got the bellhousing, spigot bush and thrust bearing today.

[Ice]

How much are they gunna slug you for the clutch fork

[hawk]

$165 + $20 postage

[hawk]

What fanbelt do I need every one I have tried is either just too big or just too small. Tried about 10 from work now.

Other thing I noticed is I cant get all the adjustment in the bracket because the alt hits on the fuel pump.

Edited by hawk, 27 May 2015 - 10:13 AM.

[hawk]

Ill get pics when I can.

Has rares alt bracket
standard crank pulley and standard alternator.

I have 2 different size pump pulleys and currently have the larger one on there. Might have to try the small one

[Uncle Chop Chop]

You do realise that the smaller pump pully will make the water pump spin quicker, which could lead to aeration or cavitation. Neither are good things.

[hawk]

Well im out of ideas the 11a belt is way too long

[EunUCh]

Leave the v8 pulley on,what you can do is fit the alt. bracket on the passenger side head,it sits up of out the way (and not so much wire changing) and there will be a belt to fit,can't remember the # but it was 11A..... did it on the LH way back.  

 

If you leave the alt. in current position get a smaller belt,they come in a variety of sizes.

[hawk]

As I said ive tried a lot of smaller belts and the are all either still too long or too short. I wanna keep the rares bracket because it cost so bloody much

[EunUCh]

11A1145 ? sounds odd that one is too short and one is too long ?... yes they are not cheap

[hawk]

11a is too long even with the large pulley.

[Bigfella237]

From memory the "11A" part is the cross-section, as in an 11A v-belt is 11mm across the outside width, a 13A would be 13mm wide.

 

The second part of the number is the length (in millimetres), so if you find an "11A-1145" is too short and an "11A-1165" is too long, then you need an "11A-1155", I'm pretty sure the length is measured around the outside circumference of the belt.

 

There are some calculators online where you enter the pulley diameters and centre distances and it will tell you the belt length too if you want to get technical.

 

The problem you may have is trying to compare belts of two different cross-sections, obviously a thicker v-belt will sit higher in the pulley and so appear to be longer.

[hawk]

thanks that makes more sense ill look into it tomorrow

[LXCHEV]

Cool thread hawk, I've just read through all 33 pages over the past couple of days! Stick with it, you'll be cruising to the sweet burble of a V8 in no time!

[hawk]

Thanks brett im sure theres a fair bit of dribble in there haha. Hope to be at the maroondah dam cruise later in the year If the car is ready.

And thanks jason will sort it out tomorrow iif I can. With planning the move I dont have much time to work on the car right now. Hopefully next weekend ill have a day spare.

[hawk]

Ok had a look today what I got was an 11a1155

I got the 11a1145 and its still too long. The next size down is 11a1130 so ill try that tomorrow.