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[YELLAcakeu308]

not 100% sure if the early commodores have that plate too judgelj. Plan is to get the pwr steer rack & new lengthened 1 piece shaft in. & if no dramas there il stick a running 308 in to test to see if the bellhousing & clutch happy with there new home

[rodomo]

VB Commodore

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[YELLAcakeu308]

thanks for the pic rodomo, what are ya plans for the vb? Heres a pic showing the air vent for the rear passengers to keep their strodels warm. This car will have A/C eventually, i like the compressor setup of vn/vs v8s as they are mounted low & should be opposite side of motor away from turbo

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[rodomo]

thanks for the pic rodomo, what are ya plans for the vb?

http://www.gmh-toran...winton-or-bust/

[YELLAcakeu308]

picked up the new 3inch 1 piece tailshaft. Hurt the wallet but it fits.

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[YELLAcakeu308]

thank god the tailshaft has bolt on flanges. I had to remove the input shaft off the tailshaft (4 bolts) insert it into the back of the gearbox, then slide the tailshaft into the rear suspension tunnel/craddle thingy, then bolt back up

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[YELLAcakeu308]

Pwr steering rack out of a vh sle finally here. Had it rebuilt 2/3 years ago by pedders

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[YELLAcakeu308]

There was only a handful of Directors fitted with IRS, & this was the Opel unit as per the Monza. This is different to the later IRS in the Australian Commodores/Statesmans. I've never needed new bushes, so can't help on that one. Sorry.

hey monza1 heres a link to monza forum "TURNBRIGDE WELLS OPEL MONZA APPRECIATION SOCIETY" lol takes ya breath away abit, found the link searching through a commodore forum: http://www.twomas.co...&t=339&start=15

[YELLAcakeu308]

ok so ive pulled me finger out recently & removed the steering column out of the monza. Once the steering box is removed there is only 3 nuts that hold it in place (remove the 2 half way down either side of column 1st, which gives u more room to the last 1 near the firewall you need 15mm socket with a legal size bara worth of extensions bars 2 get it) all the wire terminal clips disconected easy & no need 2 remove steering wheel, indicator stalk or ignition barrell

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[YELLAcakeu308]

the monza steering coupling thingy at the end of the column is rectangualish on shaft side & round spline on the box side. Early commodores have round spline intermediate shafts, none that i have found fit (hole isnt big enough). So i removed it. If i lived closer to a city i would of tried searchin for a splined yoke that might fit, but i threw it away as far as could hopefully the dog doesnt bring it back

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[YELLAcakeu308]

left is a vl comy intermediate shaft (from what ive heard vb to vn are all round spline at the column) . On the right is a vp/q intermediate shaft. With the monza coupling in the centre

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[YELLAcakeu308]

the column end of the vp/q intermediate shaft slides on to the monza column shaft perfectly.

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[YELLAcakeu308]

but the vp/q shaft wont mate up to a vb /vn pwr steer rack cause its to long . Il have to modify 2 shafts by removing the column end of the vp/q & put it on to a vk pwr steer shaft (pictured). i think this mod is reversed when they put later model (vp/vs) engine/kframe conversion into early comys?

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[YELLAcakeu308]

the vk pwr intermediate shaft was modified by putin a VP colum end onto it so i bolted it to the monza column & put the column back in, then looked in the engine bay & its about 3-4 inch's short haha.. should of measured 1st . thought VK shafts were the same length as VH

[YELLAcakeu308]

a VC SL/E steering column showed up the other day

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[YELLAcakeu308]

i bolted it in & its about an inch & half to short .... The saga continues! Any one got a vh pwr steer intermediate shaft loitering around the shed theyd like to sell?

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[YELLAcakeu308]

shaft is in. Vk shaft with vp/q wheel end, with the rack end lengthened 75mm.

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[YELLAcakeu308]

ugly as it is at the moment, all that we did was remove brake thingy bolts that hold it to the passenger strut then bend the lines a little to clear the 308

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[YELLAcakeu308]

heres the next challenge.. The pedal end of monza clutch cable is diferent to commodore. I dont really want to put a commodore pedal assembly in (as i dont have one)
maybe i can get the monza end put on the commodore cable?

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[YELLAcakeu308]

sweet!