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[Heath]

Loving this thread!

[turbo76lx]

Picked up a VDO electronic speedo yesterday at the Ballarat swap meet for $5 so i thought i might have a go at converting the

 

speedo. The bouns will be the R154 gearboxi'm going to use came with a speedo sensor.

I'm just using a set of standard guages.

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Speedos pulled apart.

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Filed the odometer on the original speedo to match the VDO one. Sanded the top of the VDO to fit and cut the rod for the calibration button off flush with the face.

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Cut the back out of the VDO speedo and glued it into the instrument cluster and filled the tube for the high beam with fibre glass resin and drill a 8mm hole for a new high beam light.

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Modified the needle and wired a remote calibration button that i will mount under the dash. All done.

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Edited by turbo76lx, 22 October 2017 - 11:28 AM.

[Neils LX]

Nice work on the dash cluster. Much better with the factory dials.

[turbo76lx]

The Dellow bellhousing turned up last week, had i problem with with the spigot bearing being 5mm to long. Also got the new clutch and pressure plate.

Had a 9" centre left over from my panel van build, a 3.5 LSD with a broken hat and worn clutches, done a quick rebuild using a 4 pinion single spinner.

Finally got the car off the rotator and back on its wheels, finished the last of the body work and got it in primer/filler.

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Edited by turbo76lx, 22 October 2017 - 11:29 AM.

[turbo76lx]

Finished rubbing the body back with 400 dry, the plan is to put some paint on it next weekend. The 31 spline axles turned up last week so decided to put the diff together,

but found a problem with the axles, so need to make a phone call on monday. I gave the brakes a clean up and set them up

You can see the room i have with the shock mounts moved to clear the calipers.

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Edited by turbo76lx, 22 October 2017 - 11:30 AM.

[turbo76lx]

Got some paint on the engine bay, the colour is "the lone o'ranger". Should get the rest of the body painted tomorrow.

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Edited by turbo76lx, 22 October 2017 - 11:31 AM.

[Stinga]

nice colour choice!

[turbo76lx]

Adrian, just going the full color.

Got the rest of the body paint today and pulled the old sub-frame out and put the sub-frame in.

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Edited by turbo76lx, 22 October 2017 - 11:32 AM.

[notna]

Got some paint on the engine bay, the colour is "the lone o'ranger". Should get the rest of the body painted tomorrow.

That's a Leyland Mini colour right? I love orange. Looke awesome! Well done.

[turbo76lx]

It's an LJ and HQ colour, paint code 13135.

[TempesT]

Dude i love lone o ranger,


Aside from that what shocks are you going to run with the new mounting points on the diff? Did you weld them on yourself? I will have to deal with the same issue myself. Also im impressed with the speedo. I have never seen that done before and think its a fantastic idea!

[turbo76lx]

The shocks are HQ with the VN bottom eye crush tube push in the bottom eye of the HQ shock.

[notna]

ahhh yea... the Mini colour was 'Home On Th' Orange'

[turbo76lx]

Got a few more things done, brake booster and master cylinder, fuel lines, front brakes and fuel tank in.

I cut the filler neck off the tank and fitted a VN filler only because i hate the way the original filler leaks fuel with a full tank when you nail it.

Also you can see where i am running the fuel return line from the surge tank.

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Edited by turbo76lx, 22 October 2017 - 11:33 AM.

[rodomo]

I cut the filler neck off the tank and fitted a VN filler only because i hate the way the original filler leaks fuel with a full tank when you nail it.

Good thinking!

[turbo76lx]

Got the motor and gearbox in, it was a bit of a battle getting the gearbox in because the motor is moved forward the back of the motor wouldn't tilt down far enough

because the sump was sitting on the cross member. So had to sit the clutch and pressure plate on the input shaft then lift the gearbox in. Also brake, clutch and accelerator

pedals in, front brake lines. Made a gearbox cross member and gearbox adaptor to use a holden gearbox mount.

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Edited by turbo76lx, 22 October 2017 - 11:36 AM.

[turbo76lx]

Well found another diff builder i will not be using again. Ordered 31 spline axles from Geelong diff services, spoke to him twice to confirm the order,HQ stud pattern and sipgot ( where the centre bore of the wheel mounts) with VN offset to run modified VN discs with HQ pattern.

When they turned up the spigot was 70mm not 71.3mm (HQ), so when i phoned him he said take them to a local machine shop and he would pay to have a sleeve put on the spigot to bring it up to 71.3mm.

After chasing around getting prices to have this done i thought i should ring him and make sure he was going to pay the bill.

He started whinging that the quote was to much and send the axles back and he would do them straight away and send them back the same day.

Sent them back on Thursday 31/3, Wedensday 6/4 i phoned him but he wasn't there, i was told that he would ring first thing the next morning, 10am the next day he still hadn't phoned so i rang him and was told the axles were in the lathe being done as we spoke. Finally the axles turned up today. Not once did he say sorry.

Now next time i want a 9" diff i'll go back to cutting the housings down myself and order parts straight from the USA.

So sick of being stuffed around by so called diff experts.

Edited by turbo76lx, 22 October 2017 - 11:37 AM.