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raditor/ p/steer problems
Posted: Sun May 09, 2004 8:34 pm
by humphey
were buildin a series 3 swb on a ranger chassie runnin a holden v6 and a cruiser 5 speed , problem is where the power steer sit's on the rail is where the radiator has to sit . has any bodie done this conversion before ? have tryed other size radiators .while i think of it ,whats the go with the 2 brake lines comin out off the calapers ?can this b changed? thanks craig
Posted: Sun May 09, 2004 9:25 pm
by DaveS3
haven't done this....but know many who have with different conversions.
Most cut out the front crossmember and move it forward about 6inches and replace it. Move front grill forward and extend exising bonnet or use either a Defender 110 or Stage 1 V8 bonnet and grill.
This is just one way to do it (but i was pretty sure the radiators weren't sitting on the crossmember, they are just bolted in to the exisit points off body????...i thought mine was
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Good luck and post up on the buildup!!!
Dave
Posted: Sun May 09, 2004 9:29 pm
by DaveS3
rad/steer
Posted: Sun May 09, 2004 9:36 pm
by humphey
thanks
any thing on brakes
Posted: Sun May 09, 2004 9:43 pm
by DaveS3
will be a PITA...almost nothing you can do that i know of, without making some form of trick hub spacer/adapter to go from a 5 bolt hub to 6 bolt...
There are kits available but $$$$$$$, almost worth more than the car!
Prolly best thing to do would be to swap in some mq/mk and make new mounting plates..
Read up on pirate, i think they have a bit of this stuff on there at the moment!
Dave
p/s
Posted: Sun May 09, 2004 9:48 pm
by humphey
mite look at cruiser 60 series diffs ?
Posted: Sun May 09, 2004 9:56 pm
by Strange Rover
Heres how the convert the brakes to run on one port. You connect one of the external brake lines into the bleeder of the other circuit. This setup bleeds perfectly and doesent have any internal modifications.
Other way to do it is to just Tee the two brake lines together externally.
Sam
Posted: Sun May 09, 2004 9:57 pm
by DaveS3
yeh...anything can be modded!
I just suggested nissan coz a mate had them in a 109 witha 350, but now he coiled it so yeh..
60's are disk all round ey? That would be awsome!
ps
Posted: Sun May 09, 2004 10:09 pm
by humphey
thanks sam that pic helped heaps . thanks again guys