Stretch's Brumby.

Stretchomatic · Post by **Stretchomatic** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 10:22 am

Haha i might drop in and see him today, if all my deliveries etc go to plan.

Cheers, Stretch.

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 8:39 pm

Nice brumby mate - scrubbed up very well!

The visor looks very oldschool - probably better suited in my eyes on an old kingswood or something. If it were mine it could grow on me...

Keep the pics coming!

Cheers

Bennie

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 8:46 pm

it may save the dash cracks !

Stretchomatic · Post by **Stretchomatic** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:39 pm

Visors look sooooooo gooooooood on ratty kingswoods! Dad pulled his visor for the HZ out of the shed after seeing mine...haha.

Saw Frog today and got my bushes for the gear stick. Also picked up some narva driving lights while its 20% off for nrma members at repco. The old ones didn't fit anymore when i fitted the bullbar. So it was time for a freshen up.
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Forgot to get a pick of both. But this shows the little brackets i used. Pretty happy with them, light is very white!
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Might tackle the gear stick tomorrow!

Cheers, Stretch.

Stretchomatic · Post by **Stretchomatic** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 9:35 am

Gear stick bushes!
Tore the centre console apart!

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Unbolted the 4wd selector.

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Which freed up the rubber boot and gave me access to the selector bolt and bush.

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More in the next post!

Cheers, Stretch.

Stretchomatic · Post by **Stretchomatic** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 10:35 am

Once it's all out it's a simple process of swapping everything over.

I put a bit of grease in the bush to, so the dust has something to stick to. Then i put grease in the locator as well.

Then everything bolts back together!

Too easy.

Cheers, Stretch.

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 10:45 am

Looks like a huge improvement with those spotties

Also, those gear selector bushes look in good shape. Have a good look at the selector arm thingy

thunder039 · Post by **thunder039** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 10:50 am

great right up with the pics with the bush's. its just what i was after

Stretchomatic · Post by **Stretchomatic** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 11:02 am

I also slotted the selector and tightened it up...

!!!Make sure the gear selector was in 2nd or 4th otherwise you wont be able to slide the selector off easily!!!

First take the little spring off of it.

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Then slip underneath, I found mine already had a bolt through it. But it wasnt slotted very well. (So unfortunately i dont know how the original pin is removed). Unbolt the exhaust support and unbolt the selector. Slide it off. Mine only had one side slotted which means no clamp and a selector with more play than a box of puppies.

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I attacked it with a hacksaw with two blades... both in the same direction. It took some elbow grease.

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And I got this.

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So I slipped it back in and tightened the nut and bolt good!
Alot less play!

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Then went about putting the gear stick back in etc.

I noticed that my gearbox leak is coming from the selector shaft input. So i might have to look into that soon.

Overall this has brought me down to a third or so of the original play.

Cheers, Stretch.

Stretchomatic · Post by **Stretchomatic** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 11:21 am

RSR 555 wrote:Looks like a huge improvement with those spotties

Also, those gear selector bushes look in good shape. Have a good look at the selector arm thingy

The bushes were in good nick. But seeing as it has to be removed to get the selector out i thought $20 to replace them wouldnt be a bad idea. Plus if i didnt buy them then found they were shagged, i'd look stupid haha.

Cheers, Stretch.

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 11:29 am

Looks good Stretch and you can change the selector shaft seal but they don't last long. Your one looks pretty bad, so it will stop probably 80% of it. I would look at replacing the seal then mix up a 2 part mix and put on the selector when you put it back together. The 2 part gluey stuff stops the oil going inside the selector and allowing the play to start again.

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 11:38 am

Stretchomatic wrote:The bushes were in good nick. But seeing as it has to be removed to get the selector out i thought $20 to replace them wouldnt be a bad idea. Plus if i didnt buy them then found they were shagged, i'd look stupid haha.

Definitely.. for $20 they are best to replace, I would have done the same. It's good that Andy still has them available.

Stretchomatic · Post by **Stretchomatic** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 12:04 pm

So the selector seal will always have a little weep?
I was going to take a closer look when i get a chance to put it over the pit.

Cheers, Stretch.

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 12:13 pm

used to do mine every twelve months due to the shaft itself, repaired with Selleys knead it, trimmed to shape with that stuff plumbers use to clean copper pipe, looks like flywire with abrasive grit - allowed my repair insitu

ahhh...memories

Not since 5 speed conversion though

Stretchomatic · Post by **Stretchomatic** » Sat Mar 09, 2013 4:39 pm

Changed the stereo setup again. Decided to try a 10 inch sub behind the passenger seat. I redid all the amp wiring aswell since i wasnt happy with the old stuff.
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Ended up with this.
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Sounds not to bad. Ill have to fiddle with the wiring and tuning to get more volume out of the sub. It doesnt kick in until the music is pretty loud.

Cheers, Stretch.

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 3:55 pm

Noice

Post by **Alex** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 3:59 pm

are your splits permenantly mounted like that?

pointless if they are.

Stretchomatic · Post by **Stretchomatic** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 11:19 pm

Did a bit more tuning. It's getting better. Thunk I might try a slimmer ported box, as the seat soaks up most of the bass.
Yep thats how the speakers are all the time, I really dont want to cut or drill holes anywhere, so its a compromise.
This is the first ute ive put a stereo in, so ive got a bit of figuring out to do.

Cheers, Stretch.

T.Farm.Brumby · Post by **T.Farm.Brumby** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 11:40 pm

Stretchomatic wrote:Did a bit more tuning. It's getting better. Thunk I might try a slimmer ported box, as the seat soaks up most of the bass.

I have a similar problem. I basically have what you have set up behind your driver's seat, but behind each seat, plus a 6" in each door for high end.

But in the little ute the bass is still decent. Seat "soaking it up" isn't bad in my eyes, gives a good massage

Stretchomatic · Post by **Stretchomatic** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 12:10 am

Haha, wrong seat though.

Cheers, Stretch.