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is it a twin or just a sister

dibs

QUOTE=dibs;75003]is it a twin or just a sister

dibs[/QUOTE]

We called it a Sister car Due to it was being redone at the same time as the one the thread car was being done.

OK, the latest...

Did the mud flaps today, using 10mm conveyor belt and painted the 4WD logo on using the stencil I made yesterday. I reckon they'll do the job...





This is the steel stencil, cut from some scrap 1.5mm plate with an angle grinder and finished with a file. The spine was simply soldered in place (with gas torch).



And this is the test result on a spare bit of rubber using leftover primer/surfacer.

thats a bugger.

wasnt there any signs it was low?
autos dont like being low on oil so dont usually drive 'as they should'

is it gettin a standard replacement auto box? or going manual

Bugger eh?

That setencil looks the goods mate, well done and another fine touch for the MY.

Bennie

Looks like I get the last laugh yet again... There's nothing wrong with the box, and it wasn't misbehaving because of low fluid level (it wasn't THAT low). The trans filter was thoroughly clogged and I topped up with the wrong grade fluid (well I AM mentally ill after all).

So dropped the sump, drained the box, cleaned the filter, sump back on with new gasket and filled up with new fluid. She changes perfectly again, better in fact, and has better torque transmission thanks to improved pressure.

No big emergency, and only $40 to service it.

I admit I may do some really stupid things, but this wasn't one of them. The others were SO hoping it would be. LOL

I do want to give credit to Ross and Lea, even though I was being cheeky in my post above. Without their patience and help the car would not have even happened in the first place. And yes, Ross was the one that suggested the filter would be blocked too.

OK, news just in... Completely killed the motor this morning, very suddenly. Then proceeded to kill the auto towing the car 100km to home. Not a worry though...

It was very sudden. Car was running perfectly up until this morning, when no sooner had the oil light come on, one of the big end bearings spun and caused the whole motor to collapse in on itself shortly afterwards. Oil level was fine up until this morning's episode, but was suddenly empty. When we put more oil in, it maintained the level perfectly, so I haven't a clue where the other oil went.

Hopefully picking up rebuilt replacement motor tomorrow (still bolted in a car) and connecting that to the spare auto I have already. So not half the drama it could have been. It's entirely possible everything will be fixed/replaced on the very next day after this catastrophic event. Will keep you posted...

Who was broken down near Gympie late this afternoon?

INEEDABEER wrote:Who was broken down near Gympie late this afternoon?

I can only tell what i have heard , so dont quote me on it. She broke down in Maryborough. Roscoruby drove up and towed it back. I believe they made into gympie around 5.30 to 6.00 pm . Like i said , that is what i have been told . I have not talked to steve as yet . so i dont know the whole story.

thats annoying...good luck with the replacements.

was it jsut the original motor or had u guys replaced seals and the likes. (guessing it wasnt a rebuilt motor)

was it oil pump failure?

Matatak wrote:thats annoying...good luck with the replacements.

was it jsut the original motor or had u guys replaced seals and the likes. (guessing it wasnt a rebuilt motor)

was it oil pump failure?

Not a rebuild . It came out of a car and was put under the house . I could say i told him so , but i wont. He got it out and test fired it and put it straight in against our better judgement.

Well we learn as we learn.

Bugger about the engine i hope the next engine to go in has a better run

sorry to hear mate. hopefully ur back in action in no time

Thats not good to hear.
Hope all is back to being well soon, good luck.

Thanks for all the support guys, it's very much appreciated.

I bought another car today with the motor I needed and already have it sitting on the bench with bits swapped over to set it up for my car (and changeover from manual to auto). The guys helped pull that one out and they then pulled my other motor and transaxle out. I knew this car was there for a few weeks now, as that's where my exhaust came from, and at the time I noted that it had fresh heads and the block looked like it had been done too.

Well, after ripping the back housing off the motor I discovered it has new pistons, rings and bottom end appears to be renewed as well. The heads appear to have been new ones, not rebuilt after all. On top of all that, it hadn't even been started up after complete reconditioning. Not bad for the $200 I forked out for the whole car, which I'm handing over to Rick to restore for his other half (the sedan is in surprisingly good condition too). I only bought it for the motor, to drop into mine to get it going after blowing the motor yesterday (big ends spun and tore apart), and have ended up with a brand new motor much sooner than expected, for a pittance.

Anyway, I'm picking up my other auto box from storage tomorrow morning and hopefully will have everything screwed back together ready to drive it home in the arvo. I'm actually really glad the motor spontaneously imploded right now, as it's allowed fantastic things to happen, including scoring a $188 R/C Hummer for $48 at Big W, because it didn't work properly (which turned out to be that the rechargeable battery needed charging up), simply because I had to keep myself occupied while waiting for Ross to drive up from Gympie to where I was stuck in Maryborough.

As for stuffing the auto by towing it 112km at up to 90kph to avoid being wiped out by trucks and cars that couldn't comprehend that we were doing less than the limit, my point of view is that it was an acceptable sacrifice and we'd made that decision before we went and did anything to harm it.