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Franken-tank is complete :razz: The internal sealer is on nice and thick (this was a long, laborious and exhausting process, my back and arm muscles are still sore from turning and shaking that thing!) Today I stripped off the paint and rust on the top half and re-painted it. Also made some lowering...

The fuel tank is back together :biggrin: Got it done yesterday, shed party with my boss and a bloke I met through work who was keen to help. He was determined that I should TIG weld it but I didn't think it was possible (because shitty grade, paper thin metal) so he offered to do it, and I watched. ...

Hear hear

Merry Christmas to all!

Some pics of todays effort :razz: Really happy with how this has turned out. Much easier than cutting the floor up! All that's left to do is replace some rusty patches in the rest of the top half with some new metal, seal the area around the welding, then join the two halves :o :mrgreen: https://i.i...

Saw that cameo on this weeks vid, was wondering if you'd be in it :biggrin: That's quite a list for sure, nothing that's outside of your abilites though ;) Would be an awesome cruise up, compare the same journey between the current donk and EJ AWD. Surely we could get a few MYs to turn up at the sam...

I got some sheet metal raw material this week and got my MIG set up with 0.6mm wire (running a weld bead at 40 amps is interesting!) Here's some pics of todays effort...I'm in so deep now it's not funny but I think (hope) it will all come out in the wash :o :lol: https://i.imgur.com/xk1eo7b.jpg http...

How much clearance is there between floor & top of tank ? Close to zero, I discovered the ridges in the top of the tank fit into the troughs in the boot floor pan. So recessing the pump hanger down will be the go. How are the tank mods coming along? A little bit stalled until I get some flat sheet ...

I honestly don't know how I missed your Subinats write up until last week :oops: Another epic trip for the books and a stellar trip report ;) Looked like a lot of fun, and a lot of km's for an old EA81! I'll have to go next year, make the trip over in the blue wagon. If you can get your ute EJ'd by ...

I silver-soldered the ends onto my power steering hard line today, pretty happy with the result! The original MY hose screws straight onto the back of it. Just need to extend the return hose to meet the new reservoir.

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You're right Bennie, it should be a no brainer ;) Will go with the tank-modding option, it's far easier and I've got it apart anyway. I'll sink that corner of the tank down 20mm or so, and maybe I can bring the tank down another few mm towards the diff to give me the space. I'd rather not take 20mm ...

The fun and games continue, and solving one problem creates 5 others! :o Got the sides of the bottom half to line up with the top half today, a fair bit of work involved. Then took to the top half with a grinder and cut a gaping hole for the commodore pump/reservoir assembly. Which raises a big prob...

Todays effort, tackling the last big headache head-on. I'm either on the way to making 1 good larger tank or have just completely destroyed 2 perfectly good tanks :mmm: Was happy to see my original tank was pristine inside, looked like new almost. Same can't be said for the donor tank...the zinc gal...

Finished them up today, they look the goods apart from the scratched bit because I couldn't wait for the paint to dry

Well I got a big hurdle out of the way (mostly) today, sorted out the location for the power steering reservoir! That was one of the last 2 remaining big headaches, the other being the fuel tank (which is also in hand, next week ;) ) It's the reservoir out of a 2014 Liberty/Outback I think it was, w...

Looks like the kind of car you'd work on when it's too cold and wet outside for the real thing

Good stuff Bantum, watching with interest.

Well I slept on the thought and decided to go back this morning for that fuel tank, when am I ever going to find another 45L just like mine? It was a mammoth effort to get it out, that thing is so unbelievably rusty and everything is seized solid. Ended up leaving to buy a reciprocating saw and came...

Heh, yeah that's my cranking and recreation battery, 40 usable lithium amp hours in the main storage and, if I accidentally run it flat there's a 10ah backup storage to get the car started. Worth the money I think, I can run my fridge for 2 days no problems at all and without a dual battery setup. T...

A little update to let you know I haven't died but progress is slow :cry: Have been trying to keep myself busy with little odds and ends, mainly wiring. The exhaust Y pipe I ordered got put on backorder for nearly 2 months, they updated the product page with that information the day after I bought i...

Top effort Bennie ;) Funny how we all end up fiddling with the same issues on these cars. Those exhaust spacers look like a pain, I'm thankful for never having had them on any of my cars. And those threads in the head for the exhaust studs seem to strip for everyone. If your helicoiled thread fails ...

That's a cool story Spanner, cheers :razz: If I had space to keep a donor car next to the project car I might have been tempted to use the factory ECU and cut down wiring. I honestly believe the route I've taken with the custom ECU is the easier option, for me anyway. Not everyone is happy to do wir...