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[S pack]

Hey Bat,

 

I'm assuming you haven't noticed this little problem that needs fixing so the rubber boot will seal properly in the firewall.

 

 

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[bat 53]

thanks for that dave 

i'm heading back next week with all the locks so will have a close look 

and i'm trying to remmember , but can't recall ever seen a problem there

[ the panel beater is a 100k's away ]

 

cheers  bat

[rodomo]

That hole looks about right for a cable clutch conversion?

[S pack]

thanks for that dave 

i'm heading back next week with all the locks so will have a close look 

and i'm trying to remmember , but can't recall ever seen a problem there

[ the panel beater is a 100k's away ]

 

cheers  bat

Hopefully then it's just a low spot of black paint but it does look sus.

[bat 53]

as far as i know and when i striped the car it was all original 

[S pack]

Sorry, I'm not implying there is anything sus about the cars originality just it looks like someone has enlarged the pushrod hole at the bottom for whatever reasn.

[bat 53]

it's ok never took it that way

[71xu1]

Good to see the progress Bat, looking good.

Cheers Dave

[claysummers]

I’ll second that bat
Cheers
Clay


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[bat 53]

thanks for the encouragment     

[dascind]

Certainly a journey. Well done.

In my humble opinion, the 173S is I believe a very rare engine - basically only from around July 71 through to Dec 71 approx.

I wrote an extensive article on this engine (GTR) in a Hunter Valley Torana Club Newsletter quite some time back.

Keep posting the updates.

[bat 53]

thanks for your comments

as my posts state mine is a june 71 all aussie 

so am still unsure when the first ones were built 

 

cheers  bat  , would love to read the article 

[dascind]

Send me a PM.

Mine was a 26 June 1971, making it almost the last of the 161S engines.

I had always thought the 173S was first up around 3 July, so yours must be one of the very first of the 173S.

[bat 53]

yes bit confusing 

plate states 6/71 master list states 9/7/71

[bat 53]

G,Day all
Been to the painters today nice trip
Discussion of the hole in the firewall
Well must have looked during the day ( not the night)
Because the hole is notched on the bottom

So can’t understand why
So do I fill or leave?


Cheers. Bat


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[S pack]

Fill it in. It shouldn't be like that. It left the assembly plant with a nice round hole for the pushrod boot to fit into.

[claysummers]

As rodomo said bat, cable clutch conversion. Yech! Nearly as bad as rat trap.


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[S pack]

Cannot be the result of a cable clutch conversion. That is where the brake booster bracket mounts. The hole aligns with the brake pedal and pushrod.

Edited by S pack, 19 February 2019 - 09:15 PM.

[bat 53]

ok will notify the beater to make it round 

thanks dave 

any ideas why this would be sloted

 

cheers  bat

[S pack]

Check your brake pedal to see if any modifications have been done to it. That cutout is like the pushrod clevis pin has been lowered on the pedal so the hole in the firewall had to be clearanced to prevent the pushrod from fouling. 

Or perhaps the booster mounting bracket or relay levers have been modified.

 

There weren't any extra electrical wires, cables or hoses running through there when you stripped the car down?

Edited by S pack, 19 February 2019 - 10:13 PM.

[bat 53]

no no extras going through there

being thinking about why 

could be because the rh rail was 20 + mm back 

whitch could have kicked the front of the booster up 

maybe      

 

cheers  bat

[bat 53]

g'day all 

been a while trying to organise all the diecast for croming 

how do i pull apart the latch for the rear flapper windows 

will try to put photos up 

 

cheers  bat

[bat 53]

These are the ones so how do I pull the handle out so they are in two pieces

Cheers. Bat


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