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#51 76lxhatch

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Posted 10 September 2014 - 08:55 AM

The other side of the master cylinder lid for those interested

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Posted 10 September 2014 - 02:34 PM

cheers thanks mate, do you have a pressure gauge in this set up also?


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Posted 10 September 2014 - 03:32 PM

You can see it in the first photo green thing hanging out the left side of the bottle

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Posted 10 September 2014 - 06:00 PM

I did a similar thing on a HR Holden plastic reservoir when I was a youngster.

 

Stuck a compressor fitting into a lid and screwed it on.

 

The plan was to pressurise the cylinder with air and push the fluid through.......

 

Hit the air and blew the whole thing to bits....shit puckin everywhere...

 

oops........


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Posted 10 September 2014 - 08:39 PM

This is nothing new but I've just used it for the first time today and its magic - pressure brake bleeder made from a $10 weed sprayer and some bits and pieces I had laying around

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I had one of those but I used it to pump gear oil into the aussie.

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Posted 11 September 2014 - 07:18 PM

Anyone made a decent valve spring compressor ? I made one that bolts to where the rocker arm bolts but its to awkward to put the valve seals in .


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Posted 29 September 2014 - 05:24 PM

Made this out of shed debris to remove and refit the outrigger rubbers in the hatch. The big silver bit is a piston out of an LX caliper.

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Posted 29 September 2014 - 10:24 PM

Home whittled spigot bush removing tools.

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Posted 29 September 2014 - 10:40 PM

Hammered in with grease in front?


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Posted 30 September 2014 - 07:58 AM

Wet news paper works ok as well.


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Posted 30 September 2014 - 04:37 PM

The spanner used for getting at those ever so easy to get at top bell V8 housing bolts when just lifting the

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Posted 02 October 2014 - 01:37 PM

Hammered in with grease in front?


Yep. Scrape it up and put it back in the "dirty" pot for next time. Using grease seems to help with the wood staying intact compared with the wet newspaper.

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Posted 08 October 2014 - 07:38 PM

This is more like equipment but there home built. 

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Posted 08 October 2014 - 07:53 PM

I like this wheel stands. Very sturdy!!

 

How does the spigot removal tool work? What is the newspaper method?


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Posted 08 October 2014 - 08:01 PM

Grease and rolled pieces of newspaper forced in behind spigot then a drift used to push through the bush centre.

Hydraulic pressure pushes the bush out. Easy and effective.

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Posted 08 October 2014 - 08:37 PM

Hammered in with grease in front?

Instead of using grease you can use wet paper  make like a pulp it is very effective and not as messy.

Also have used a sllde hammer to remove the bushes as well.


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Posted 11 October 2014 - 05:35 PM

Im not too sure if this counts as a tool but I whacked this together as a way of moving the shell around the workshop with an earth mover with tow ball attachment.

 

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Posted 11 October 2014 - 06:27 PM

You can use bread instead of grease and paper too...just so you know

 

I made something similar for moving the hatch about

 

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Posted 11 October 2014 - 09:50 PM

torana hatch tricycle, love it mate,

just need a motor and some cables to the bars,


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Posted 28 October 2014 - 05:27 PM

I made this offset measuring tool for when I worked out the wheel offsets for the hatch.

 

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I was pretty nervous while the wheels were being made, but it worked well. :D

 

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Posted 28 October 2014 - 05:38 PM

Like Button for you Paul,

 

we did see your work earlier, but now is great too.

 

 

I made this offset measuring tool for when I worked out the wheel offsets for the hatch.

 

I was pretty nervous while the wheels were being made, but it worked well. :D

 

Cheers Paul.

 

 

 

Just wondering if you accounted for spring compression as well?


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Posted 28 October 2014 - 05:43 PM

I also made this rim splitter for when I widened some 13" Torana rims.

 

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I'll have to show you the end result, it's only fair. :D

 

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Posted 28 October 2014 - 05:46 PM

That apprentice is earning his money...

Great jig.

Cool looking wheels.

How did they balance up?


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Posted 28 October 2014 - 05:49 PM

Just wondering if you accounted for spring compression as well?

 

On the rear, no, but on the front I did, all I did was take out the spring and move the hub up and down making sure it didn't clash. :)



That apprentice is earning his money...

Great jig.

Cool looking wheels.

How did they balance up?

 

pretty good, Craig, nothing a little lead wouldn't correct. :)

 

That Apprentice is my son Stephen and he is a tradesman, but was all good, we had a play day. :D   


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Posted 28 October 2014 - 05:50 PM

The wheels or the apprentice? lol


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