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A bit of work on the old steed on the weekend. .
Gave the chassis a good clean with the Karcher, looking a bit more respectable now. .
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Woops pressed send before i finished. . .
Installed the boss coil tower braces. Everything was going too easy and i thought i was a right smarty pants by hooking the back up to the block & tackle undoing the shock & sway bar taking tyre of and droping axle down- worked an absolute treat. Started undoing the bump stop bolts, was a bit tight then thought I'll get the rattle gun onto it what a great idea. . . Then snap! bugger!
Tried welding the bolt back on, was real right but tuning thought i might get it then snap sgain, couldn't get it to work after that. Didn't like the idea of drilling but didn't have much choice so drilled out the old bolt & re-taped and came up pretty good to my surprise.
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Did a bit more cleaning and started painting chassis with a brush as much as i can get too, looks pretty sweet.
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Had a great idea to use the 50mm body blocks for the mounts under the cargo floor where the body sits on. . . They work perfect☺ kinda needs them as one of the rear mounts on the chassis had a crack which i fixed.
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Also took some more pics & stared at the shiny engine bay in the sunshine. [emoji6]
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Can't believe you let that shell get wet outside...
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Well it's not like i can put it in the house . . . Oh hang on a minute just gotta try something [emoji6] . . .Quote:
Originally Posted by Winnie
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Hehehehe you need to shoot a nice vid panning around your sexy engine bay mate.. lol
Yeah the rear bump stop bolts are a bastard. I snapped 2 on the hi and had to drill and tap a larger thread. Was a bastard. Might even have had to use a helicoil in one of them.
Yeah it was at that point i thought better rear the instructions, and there it was. . . "Take extreme care and pre lube bolts to avoid snapping in the captive nut as this is common" Ah bugger ! !Quote:
Originally Posted by MudRunnerTD
Manged to tap it to the same thread and was pretty good, although wasn't game to reef on it to hard doing it up but was holding pretty nice. .
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Love your work Rossco , envious to say the least , it's a massive job you've undertaken .
Going to get mine back up to scratch then sell for a 2.8 or 3.0 litre GU , now that I have permission from the boss for a Duramax conversion .
Only might be a couple of years off for the conversion but it will give me a chance to add the stuff I want .
Cheers mate, yeah really enjoying it to be honest, big job, but so far seems to be going to plan. Got one more week then taking a week off work to work on the thing, can't wait. Also lucky the panel beater is close to work and patrolapart is close to home, they have both been really great. ☺Quote:
Originally Posted by GQtdauto
Ooh duramax noice ☺ ☺ . . .
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Yeah but your project is one I will remember , the duramax is drive in drive out where as yours will give you so much more I reckon .
I hope your not using the company that is in lilydale for the conversion. Thats if they are still there.Quote:
Originally Posted by GQtdauto
No idea still sussing out which motor LBZ etc and which box , Allison have some problems I hear .
Rossco, pls check PM
Cheers Phil, silly tapa. .Quote:
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1" 70mm body blocks arrived today- much better. And and got some new body mount bolts to go with the new mounts. . . Shiny bits ☺
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Bonnet is ready to be painted, drop that of tomorrow and pick up a couple of doors, then just gotta do the barn doors. .
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Have a feeling mine need changing Rossco , are they buggers to do .
They're not too bad, probably take half a day i recon. Just gotta watch the rear ones, they're captive in the body and loctited in, if they break free & start spinning need to butcher the floor to get them out. A bit of a pre soak & heat 4 sure to get them out.Quote:
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Barn doors are ready, drop those of today and grab the other 2 doors. .
Yay no more body work to prep, just need to get the guard done again i scratched. 😕
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Also picked up the speedo from patrolapart which they fixed as it started to do the spin up to 180 then go back down randomly thing just before it was off the road. May as well fix it now. . .
Question; seem to remember someone on here doing a thread on adjusting the reading by turning a variable resistor on the speedo somewhere, just wondering if this will work. . . Don't want to bugger it without knowing what I'm doing. . .
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@mudnut, is this something you would know about?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rossco
I remember the thread but thought it only fixed the speedo being out not being erratic .
They prolly replaced the crystal as it is a known problem, that the components legs corrode.
The erratic bit has been fixed, yeah definatly remember it too. . . Bump anyone. . .Quote:
Originally Posted by GQtdauto
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Yeah still not the one I remember, cheers anyway craig. Had a bit of a dig might have more of a look later. . .Quote:
Originally Posted by mudnut
Anyways finished painting chassis with brush, looks pretty smick. .
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Found a new use for the top of the front coil towers. . .
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After taking the plates off they were full of enough dirt for some nice pot plants ! . .
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A bit better cleaned out, should save a bit of weight. Put in some 15mm coil spacers all round too, so with the reduced body lift should be similar to what it was.
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Cleaned the TI sound deadening in the engine bay & put it in.
AND put the new cab on with new body mounts & bolts. . . Excitement ☺☺☺
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Looking good Rossco .
The body is back on so you're officially putting the car back together now! Home stretch baby!
I've never seen that sound deadening in the engine bay before, did you pull that off your new cab? Every little bit helps.
I am very impressed. Watching this come together is voyeuristic :)
Patrol porn....
Yep ! ! ☺ Yeah was quite a milestone today.Quote:
Originally Posted by Winnie
Yeah was in the engine bay of the new cab, was a ti so they have it. Gave it a light scrub and came up pretty nice. Yeah interesting to see how different it is, hopefully it's quieter! !
Was going to reuse the stuff on the cab side out of the silver one but is a little ratty. . Might give patrolapart a call tomoz see what they've got, if not do a bit of a patch job.
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Yeah the things too nice tho, not going to be able drive it[emoji6] . . . Just have to enjoy it for as long as it lasts which probably won't be long lol . . .Quote:
Originally Posted by Mc4by
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Only just getting back into the forum now we've finished work for 6weeks or so , good read @Rossco - great work man 👍🏼 Are you coming to Licola & will this be ready if you are ?
Yeah coming to licola but no sure if it'l be ready. Possibly partially but maybe not. Got the week of work to work on it happy days [emoji4] . . .Quote:
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That sound deadening though!!! OMG! Slick Rossco.
Hey a 70mm foam Roller is your friend Next Time you paint the chassis. What prep did you do to the chassis and what paint?
[QUOTE=Rossco;733108]Yeah still not the one I remember, cheers anyway craig. Had a bit of a dig might have more of a look later. . .
Anyways finished painting chassis with brush, looks pretty smick.
A bit better cleaned out, should save a bit of weight. Put in some 15mm coil spacers all round too, so with the reduced body lift should be similar to what it was.
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That just looks sexy as ..... unfortunately, it won't take long till it will never look this good again I reckon ....:harhar:
[QUOTE=happygu;733153]Ahhh but you don't know our Rossco! He will be out there with a toothbrush giving it a good scrub after every trip.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rossco
Yeah i know it's smick as.Quote:
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Yeah roller's a good idea actually I'll definatly keep it in mind next time i paint the chassis. [emoji6] might make it a monthly routine. . .
Just Karchered it, wire brushed bad bits and used prep wash with a rag everywhere i could get to. Just used motospray chassis black from super dodgey . . . Should see the rear diff too OMG it's to die for . . Just need to do the front one, plan was to put in the diff brace while the body was off but ran out of time, that's next on the list. .
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That's some impressive work there Rossco....very inspirational...pity I wouldn't have the patience to do something like this.
I thought wiring my little led bar was bad enough...lol
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You'd be right Krisso, few glasses of moonshine and just tinker away. . .Quote:
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What your sort matting have you used on the floor of the cab there Rossco?
Ping Jing, seems pretty good, is cheaper than dynamat and a bit thicker i think. Pulled the factory stuff out of the firewall if the old one, is a little ratty in bits but think it's salvageable. . .Quote:
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Hahaha monthly painting of the chassis 😝 , I'm about to strip my 'BIG' truck seats & floor out & line it all with dynamat but I'd heard of PingJing & now I've seen you've used it I might give it a go .
Finished the front diff yesterday, was a bit of a mission doing everything lying down upside down!
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Laminated & braced using race bred kit, good stuff as always from them.
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Also comes with gussets for the steering knuckles. Hope I didn't get to much heat into the axle seals and it starts leaking. Find out I guess. . .
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Starting to look a little bit more like a car slowly . . .
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