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Dec 21, 2020 13:45:34 GMT
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I'm just glad it's all fixed and you can stop flapping now about the whole thing 🤣🤣... If your tyres fit and it wasn't so low maybe your tyres would last longer 🙄🙄🤣🤣🤣 Yah I think thats a contributing factor. Its very low with 245s on a 10j wheel don't think either help things really  |
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Dec 21, 2020 13:50:56 GMT
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Dear diary, Another day another tiny update. Finished the clutch res bracket off with some nice neoprene foam. Running out of small bits to faff with now 😂    Cheers |
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Dec 28, 2020 22:18:00 GMT
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Well because I’m not a billy bottle job today commenced the start of the manual swap. It was just one of those days. Started at 6:30, got my super Mario took box out and cracked on with my mate. Only had till 3 so just got as much done as we could. Lambda plugs are buried under 15mm thick carpet. Every cat bolt snapped or was useless by the end of taking them off. Took 2 hours to drill them all out they we’re that hard and stinkin. All the plugs are old and brittle on the old auto box cause they’re 30 years old with 75 fastners holding everything on. Auto box dipstick just in the way. BUT! We made progress, these are the only pics I got.       Handbrake is drilled and the bracket welded in for it Where I thought best (curse word knows if the centre console still fits 😂). Next time the flywheel, clutch and box will go on but we just ran out of time/steam today 🤙🏻 Roll on Friday night! |
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mat88
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Dec 29, 2020 13:51:01 GMT
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I can confirm its been a horrible job this far  not sure whose stupid idea it was  I got a few pics on the potato cam.. I think our patent pending gearbox lift is the best one of them but due to the potatoeness of said camera,pic didn't actually work (trolley jack on floor of pit, with a 3 foot length of 3x3 to support the gearbox) Can't wait to try and get it back together Friday night.. honestly can't wait  haha |
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Dec 31, 2020 13:00:11 GMT
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I can confirm its been a horrible job this far not sure whose stupid idea it was I got a few pics on the potato cam.. I think our patent pending gearbox lift is the best one of them but due to the potatoeness of said camera,pic didn't actually work (trolley jack on floor of pit, with a 3 foot length of 3x3 to support the gearbox) Can't wait to try and get it back together Friday night.. honestly can't wait haha Haha that gearbox mount/lift was the sketchiest thing I've ever seen and I helped you build the is200 Its easy work when all you did was supervise like last time  I'm actually excited now the tom foolery of 30 year old bolts is out of the way |
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Last Edit: Dec 31, 2020 13:03:07 GMT by louishavo
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Not a bottler day 2 arrived and we have more progress 🤙🏻 Gearbox mount welded and schmood in place before the box goes in.  Quick EGR delete 1. It was in the way 2. It was actually broken 🤷🏻♂️  XAT 5kg flywheel, Lexi break adaptor kit, exedy 3sgte clutch on.  Gearbox on the engine. Need to get it towed home as it is with no crossmember attached (will ratchet strap up up out of the way. The tunnel need more carefully cutting out of it for the shifter to come up more and then some 20mm spacers on it to fit and with how OCD I am I’d rather do it at home.  Fundamentally it’s 2 clutch pipes, two wires for the reverse light, a neural switch bridge and a front half of a prop away from being a 6 speed manual. Hopefully be completed in the new few weeks around work 🤟🏻 Cheers |
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Last Edit: Jan 2, 2021 12:45:58 GMT by louishavo
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mat88
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I've liked this to be polite... However I don't currently like it 😂😂 ... Being in the freezing cold unit til ten on new year's Day wasn't what I planned on doing haha.
But I'm impressed how well it's come together even if it's been a bit of a ball ache. And the top bellhousing bolts are basically inaccessible... And the box is heavy to support on your shoulder... And the pit isn't deep enough.. and we didn't have a clutch tool.... And did I mention i don't like manifold bolts anymore... and your OCD/fannying about is basically the polar opposite of how I normally work 😂😂😂
Hard works done now tho! Once we've got it back to yours should be a walk in the park. Or a roll in the snow depending on the weather 😂
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I've liked this to be polite... However I don't currently like it 😂😂 ... Being in the freezing cold unit til ten on new year's Day wasn't what I planned on doing haha. But I'm impressed how well it's come together even if it's been a bit of a ball ache. And the top bellhousing bolts are basically inaccessible... And the box is heavy to support on your shoulder... And the pit isn't deep enough.. and we didn't have a clutch tool.... And did I mention i don't like manifold bolts anymore... and your OCD/fannying about is basically the polar opposite of how I normally work 😂😂😂 Hard works done now tho! Once we've got it back to yours should be a walk in the park. Or a roll in the snow depending on the weather 😂 This is why we work so well Ill spend 4 hours contemplating the job and you'll have already started doing it. Then we meet somewhere in the middle. I don't remember my fannying being an issue when your paint was gleaming after two days on it haha more like a roll in the snow but i'm looking forward to it being the home stretch! |
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hitman
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doin a great job there mate,with mat88 help,you make a good team,whats next on your plans?or are you both just goin to enjoy the cars this year  |
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mat88
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doin a great job there mate,with mat88 help,you make a good team,whats next on your plans?or are you both just goin to enjoy the cars this year Don't be ridiculous... I'm already planning taking mine to bits again 😂😂 got my twin plate clutch to go in, then paint, chop the back arches out, move battery to boot, bigger alternator... Then it be winter again haha |
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hitman
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doin a great job there mate,with mat88 help,you make a good team,whats next on your plans?or are you both just goin to enjoy the cars this year Don't be ridiculous... I'm already planning taking mine to bits again 😂😂 got my twin plate clutch to go in, then paint, chop the back arches out, move battery to boot, bigger alternator... Then it be winter again haha haha,it never ends mate,but we love it,louis asked me when he was laid under the spares car takin the power steering pipe off at 8pm outside,do you ever grow out ov messing with cars?well for me its a no,49 this year an no intentions ov giving it up,4 projects to go,should keep me goin till I'm about 134 years old way I'm progressing |
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Don't be ridiculous... I'm already planning taking mine to bits again 😂😂 got my twin plate clutch to go in, then paint, chop the back arches out, move battery to boot, bigger alternator... Then it be winter again haha haha,it never ends mate,but we love it,louis asked me when he was laid under the spares car takin the power steering pipe off at 8pm outside,do you ever grow out ov messing with cars?well for me its a no,49 this year an no intentions ov giving it up,4 projects to go,should keep me goin till I'm about 134 years old way I'm progressing Haha I hope you get them done before that cause I’m going to have to come and repay all these favors I owe you when it comes to getting that 1UZ in the surf! So don’t forget to call then in when the time comes 🤙🏻 |
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Collected my 9 billion boxes of over preparedness today and managed to get the barge back home with no hiccups 🙌🏻 Matt towed it and my mate with the jzx100 watched from the back. Made it home safe and sound 🤙🏻 Trans tunnel needs trimming more, gearbox oil needs putting in, neautral switch and reverse lights need wiring, two clutch lines to run and then a prop making. Wish me luck but I definitely feel like I’m on the home stretch now!  |
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Last Edit: Jan 3, 2021 21:38:46 GMT by louishavo
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haha,it never ends mate,but we love it,louis asked me when he was laid under the spares car takin the power steering pipe off at 8pm outside,do you ever grow out ov messing with cars?well for me its a no,49 this year an no intentions ov giving it up,4 projects to go,should keep me goin till I'm about 134 years old way I'm progressing Haha I hope you get them done before that cause I’m going to have to come and repay all these favors I owe you when it comes to getting that 1UZ in the surf! So don’t forget to call then in when the time comes 🤙🏻 think transit is first mate(after i get CROWN sorted)hilux just keeps plodding on(and rotting away)  |
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Haha I hope you get them done before that cause I’m going to have to come and repay all these favors I owe you when it comes to getting that 1UZ in the surf! So don’t forget to call then in when the time comes 🤙🏻 think transit is first mate(after i get CROWN sorted)hilux just keeps plodding on(and rotting away) haha you've got some pretty cool projects so I suppose it doest matter which one gets finished first. I do reckon the transit and the CROWN needs to see the road and upset a fair few people In newer flashier things |
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Don't be ridiculous... I'm already planning taking mine to bits again 😂😂 got my twin plate clutch to go in, then paint, chop the back arches out, move battery to boot, bigger alternator... Then it be winter again haha haha,it never ends mate,but we love it,louis asked me when he was laid under the spares car takin the power steering pipe off at 8pm outside,do you ever grow out ov messing with cars?well for me its a no,49 this year an no intentions ov giving it up,4 projects to go,should keep me goin till I'm about 134 years old way I'm progressing The way Lou fannies about. Hel be 134 by the time he finishes this 😂😂 (I'm joking you know we love you really).. I've come to realise I'm not growing out of it.. my toys are just getting faster/more expensive haha |
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Tired my best to cut a nice hole out to give me enough room for the shifter tower bracket and shifter itself to come through. Some careful dremel work and I’m left with this. I need to mask a small boarder and seam seal all the outer edge all the way around anyway because it’s two skins so it’ll have a neat seam of sealer anyway 🤙🏻  ill probably look at getting a stock is200 rubber boot/under gaiter to block off the outside world or something from rubber sheet I can put 4 rivnuts into the body and seal down. A bit like my mates Microsoft paint attempt 😂  with there its sat here it’s nigh on bang level with a few double checks of the phone spirit level. cheers |
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Only a small update again today I’ve been working out what I actually need to finish things and having to order them now instead of nip out and get them. Masked, etch primed and sealed the two layers of the trans tunnel up so curse word/rust can’t start in the gap.  as that was drying I relocated the curse word and tilt control box for the auto adjustable steering column under the dash as there’s not a clutch pedal where it used to live and it was getting cluttered. Fits pretty much bang on to be fair and wiring routes super nice 🤙🏻  Ran out of light tonight so I’m going to run both clutch lines tomorrow and get the clutch fully plumbed in for good while I wait for my hardware for the gearbox cross member you turn up 🤙🏻 Ones that’s in a checked for level ness again I can take my prop parts to the prop shaft place. cheers |
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Another update 🤙🏻🤙🏻 Decided to pull my finger out of my  and plumb the clutch in seen as the pedal took me so long to make (and actually looks half decent). Slave in and plumbed 🤙🏻     Hole drilled for the engine bay mounted clutch res too.    Filled the hole with some black paint and left it to dry in my -2 oven (outside). Fingers had died a death by this point too. One rubber line to run and the unions to nip up and I’ll have a working clutch 🤙🏻 Prop left to measure and she’s done ✅ Cheers! |
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Dear diary 📔, Still slowly chipping away. Got the reservoir pipe routed through and clipped up (I am a major ocd faffer, if I can have a clip/tidy it will) 😅.    Checked the fitment of the handbrake bracket we welded into the car. Turns out I’m pretty good at guessing 🙃   Went to see my mate Nath at ND auto repairs and he welded it up properly for me in the 5mins he had spare before finishing.   He also popped the pin out of the plug for the handbrake cause the heathen who sold it be had pulled the wire out of it 🤦🏻♂️ Soldered/crimped some new wire on and I can solder it to the ls400 plug end in the car for the warning light to work 🤙🏻  Cheers guys 🤙🏻 |
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not sure whose stupid idea it was 
haha
I'm actually excited now the tom foolery of 30 year old bolts is out of the way 
