Thread: Gav's 101.

I made a new alloy bracket to hold the high /low shift cable.
It would be possible to rework the standard bracket.
Note cut away in new alloy bracket to locate and secure speedo cable or is it high/low cable ?????

The hand lever in the cabin was home made and I used a old series 2a 4wd yellow knob.
Below is old and new cables.

Bacicat I think you owe me a beer.
I do have samples of the sizes of cable somewhere ??????
May be its time to do another run of cables ?????????

What people do on the computer when they cannot sleep at night.

Wow, thanks heaps Ron! I certainly do owe you a beer or 3.

Hope you finally found some sleep. I occasionally suffer insomnia myself and I know how hard it can be.

Cheers - Gav.

Originally Posted by bacicat

Now I have signed up and paid my fees, but I have no idea how long it will be before I get a member number. How long does it take to get something from them anyway?

I don't know if you read about my experience in my build thread Gav but I gave up after three months and canned the order. Funnily enough I was told it was packed on the bench and ready to go by email only 2 days after I cancelled the order.

I asked prior to the order if all the items I wanted were in stock. Darren never checked, and my numerous requests to only ship what was in stock after I found out, both by phone and email, were ignored. They then put up the online shop and serviced those orders as a higher priority, and completed the old email orders in their spare time. I was even more incensed seeing some of the items I was supposed to be ordering go out of stock on the new online shop because they hadn't got to my order. They got shirty on the forum when I brought it up saying if I expect commercial levels of service I should go elsewhere. So I did.

Ron, just noticed on the drawings you have of the cables, that one is 113" and the other is 101" - which length is the one I need for the overdrive? I was going to contact Conwire and see how quick they could make me one up.

Cheers - Gav

Some pics of my arrangement - basically the opposite of Ron's and more logical .

The O/D end - basically the same as Ron's but the lever is down - best for getting the dash lever in the right place and I do not have room under the tray floor for the lever to be up as I have extra insulation there.


The dash end - in the normal position - all back - what you use the most the o/d is nearest (temporary lever) round knob so you do not get them mixed up at night.


The dash end - in the O/D position - again closest to the driver - no stretching to use it.


Garry