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[hawk]

Cheers its staying unflared. I decided that a while back now.

The front is sitting how i like it for now it has 195 60 14 on a 7 inch hotwire . I have some slightly lower rear springs thay i will put in when i do the diff in a few months... have to pay off the gearbox and rego first.

The rears are currently 205 60 14 on a 8 in hotwire. I really want the rear at least 3 inches lower than it is now. When the rears come up for new tyres ill go 205 65 14 i think to try and match the front. But because of the rims offset i still think it would hit the guard.

Heres a pic of the rear



Also have been offered some cheap 13" armourlites? Cheap so they may be a future option

And with the grill, i want to put some mesh behind the centee section as in person you can see through it and i hate the look so black mesh will hide that.

[Potta]

Sorry to give you bad news Steve, but you're going to have to pull it out and start again.

 

Judging by the position of your gear knob, you've put the box in backwards!!

 

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haha, just kidding mate.

 

Great work so far, it will feel like a different car once your done, and hopefully be a bit more reliable.

[hawk]

Cheers just gotta hope that i pick up manual pretty quickly ive got the basics down just need driving time to perfect them and once i get the hang of it ill put a new gearnob on it

[hawk]

More pics of the nasties ive found. Will have to sand it back and spray it with a spray can until i can afford better













This is the console done for now until i can find a better console



So with the conversion i still have to wire the black wire to the box, get the pedals and fit them , get the clutch cable, fit tail shaft, get and fit clutch dust cover, put the starter and extractors back in then hopefully adjust the clutch and off i go.

[kiwi-lilj]

Don't forget to put oil in the box.

[hawk]

Haha i wont ive got some here that i will put in when i get the tail shaft in. And when i find the filler plug haha

[S pack]

Steve, the black wire on the TCS switch on the gearbox connects to the cold feed switch mounted in the cylinder head.

Before we go any further with this, what engine is in your UC? Is it the original or a replacement with all the anti pollution gear on it?

If there is no anti pollution gear on your engine, which I'm suspecting there isn't, then you'll have nothing to connect the black wire to so just remove it from the box and forget about it.

 

Cheers

Dave.

[hawk]

Ok cheers i do have pollution gear but it isnt complete and it has a blue 202 with 9port head and 34adm weber carby

[hawk]

Manual is all done and its driving again thanks so much to the members here who gave me advice. Without your help it deffinitly wouldnt be going. Ill get some pics up in the next couple of days

[Potta]

Have you taken her for a spin yet?

 

Something about a manual is so much better...not sure what it is, maybe its cause I don't like being told what to do?

 

I'll change gears when I want to thanks!

[hawk]

Yeah i did a bit earlier drives really well althou with the 3.9 diff it makes fornsome quick shifts haha will take a bit to get used too.

[Potta]

Maybe but you won't regret it mate.

 

Especially up hills and that, it will be like a different car.

[hawk]

Yeah it already feels like it is haha so when i started this thread i said i wanted manual and its only taken nearly 4 years to get it done lol.

Im just glad i didnt stuff it up

[Potta]

Yeah but in that time you also decided to get rid of it and didn't.

You've done well mate.

[hawk]

Cheers guys tbm with the 3.9 it wont go 100 on the highway thats one of the reasons ive killed so many autos

[hawk]

With the auto at full revs it wouldnt go over 95

[hawk]

[hawk]

Sanded the side back and sprayed some paint on them to cover up what the protechot strips pulled off. I need it to look respectable so i dont get pulled over.

[hawk]

Fitted a shorter shifter today that is a lot tighter and the spring actually works.

Couple of questions

First can i fit my drums to the disc diff ? As i dont have the money to reco the calipers yet.

And second will a centre console out of another car fit the layout in a uc as i want a one peice console.

[Stinga]

bout time for a good cleanup!

[Steve TPF]

Fitted a shorter shifter today that is a lot tighter and the spring actually works.

Couple of questions

First can i fit my drums to the disc diff ? As i dont have the money to reco the calipers yet.

And second will a centre console out of another car fit the layout in a uc as i want a one peice console.

 

 

 If you want to fit the drum brakes you have to use the drum axles as well - the disc axles are shorter to allow for the disc thickness.