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VQ statesman seats

If anyones interested , one of the mates has got a good rust free ute cab for sale at the moment for $800.

I'll have a look if its still there an letyou know .

yep no worries ,I'm in bairnsdale East Gippsland Vic
The boxs are around 30 kilos,
Their not to bad as long as you dont put a torquey 308 in front of them
Should'nt be a problem with a standard 253

Gday, Just curious what is need to convert a 4 speed to a 5 speed.

Thanks
Its been awhile ,but from memory i had to change the selecter shafts an their lockouts on the 4th gear selectors ,fit selector fork for 5th ,
You have to remove the oil splash ring off the back of the main shaft an fit 5th ...

Is there somewhere that spectators can camp on the saturday night .

the electric motor that runs the trip an odometer isprobably on the way out or theres a bad connection .
If you can get hold of another motor from a wreck its about an hours work to replace your old one.

I'll sell you one already converted an engineered for $2500,rego till sept ,but no rwc 308 black block with early red heads ,
Motor is pretty tired though.

I've bought brake parts an various other parts through both 4h an Eastcoast 4wd on ebay with no problems
Both gave great service an no worries with any problems
Would not hesitate to get parts through either one again .

I'll send P.M

79 model never had a 5spd, if it is a LN46 (diesel)they originally had a 4spd that can be rebuilt with the appropriatte parts to become a 5spd ,an are quite easy to make a dust cover for,just need 1mm plate an a jigsaw, But dont waste your time these boxs are to weak(4 blown up boxs sitting in the ...

I,m running them on the hilux an cant fault them so far ,reasonably quiet,an grip well even on wet bitumen,
Only complaint is that their well under size ,my 32"s only measure 30.5"

Kleenbreak industrial kitchen cleaner from Milestone,great for cleaning carby parts ,good degreaser an only $24 for 5 litres
Just dilutes in water to what ever strength you want or use it in a spray bottle straight
Last carby i did i just rinsed with a bit of unleaded an then blew it out with air

my mate wants to know if he can run a turbo setup on his motor which has a chemi welded head? anyone done it, will it hold up with the extra strain?

chemi weld IS NOT a permanent repair. it will fail regardless of it being turbo'd. The extra pressure will make it fail faster.

Chemi weld is also ...

redv8lux wrote:I'm going as a spectator again this year an was wondering what stages are running each day .
Need to know so we can pick the best day to go as i'm about 3 hours away

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I'm going as a spectator again this year an was wondering what stages are running each day .
Need to know so we can pick the best day to go as i'm about 3 hours away

Its the draglink that will hit the U bolt
Using the forged U bolts on the drivers side gives a little more clearance for the draglink ,Also you can swap the draglink around so the longer end is at the box an shorter at the J-arm.
Otherwise you have to start looking at a dropped adjustable draglink ...

How much lift has it got?
How close is the J arm end of the draglink to the U bolts ?
What U bolts have you got on drivers side ,Flat topped forged or standard ones ?

End of draglink maybe touching U bolt when driving,

I've had the smaller lincon 170 for 15 years ,done heaps of panel work ,built 3 trailers an various other jobs an never had a problem
All parts an accesories have always been easy to get hold of from local welding supplies

So far its the only bit i havent broke.
Seen them break behind a 350chev in a comp hilux though

Built one for offroad racing about 10 years ago an used a cut down escort rack an pinion
Also had subaru disc brakes mated to HQ hubs on the rear an full indipendant suspension ,
Gave us a fairly hairy ride at about 120kms down through the pine plantations near mount cole
Also cost me a kneecap ...

Ring or email dellow, they make conversions for just about anything
(02)97744419 or
dellowauto@aol.com

Just blew up the box in my hilux too an have been checking out my options
Found dellow to be very helpful, quote for parts were
Bellhousing $450
steel clutch fork an clip$95
Push rod$25
Drivers side slave cylinder$75
10"clutch an pressure plate$310
Also contacted castlemaine rod shop ,their first ...

253's were trimatic 100% sure

I had similiar problem ,but mine would transmit when first turned on
Once it warmed up it wouldnt transmit at all
Local communications shop tested it an found a couple of bad connections inside unit
Cost me $50 to get it fixed

79 lux ,32" silverstones, 308 an 5spd
changed ratio from 4.8 to 4.3
I got the power to turn them just needed a bit better economy to be able to afford to wear them out

I had bad axle wrap problems on a hilux based buggy
I ended up using 2 panhard rods from a commodore with solid rod slipped up the inside of them to make my traction bar
I used a shackle on the front of the bar instead of the slip an twist setup
So far it has worked a treat an has handled a fair ...

That makes a few of us with the same problem then.

Is your drivers u bolt the one with the flatter top?
I suspect mine is not as strong as the passenger's side because of the flat top.
Flat topped U bolts are normally forged to provide them with more strength, while allowing room for the ...

What U bolts are u using
If you use aftermarket forged U bolts the top section of the U bolt is made flatter to allow clearance for the drag link

GU-ish wrote:weld a plate to the chassis with a thread tapped into it... then bolt the sliders to it.

If you weld to the chassis doesnt this need to be engineered
Better to make a clamp setup like what is used for GQ sliders