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Thread: SWIMBO's Series 2 Tdi.. The beginning!

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    I really like the progress on your build! looks like you are doing a very good job of it.

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    Thanks Kapunda. You're not to very far from me... If you're passing thru Cockatoo Valley/Gawler, give me a shout. You can come see it in the flesh! Beers always cold! The Series has sadly taken second place of late... Blame the arrival of the 101 and a Cummins.... I got a little side tracked!!!
    1995 Mercedes 1222A 4x4
    1969 (Now know! Thanks Diana!!) Ser 2 Tdi SWB

    1991 VW Citi Golf Cti (soon to be Tdi)

    'When there's smoke, there's plenty of poke!!'
    'The more the smoke, the more the poke!!'

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    That would be good, although you can keep the beer, I'll bring a coke. I was in Gawler this arvo picking up my 200tdi and gearbox, I think I may encounter some problems though. My bell housing is LOOOOONG, Looks like I may loose my centre seat to a forrest of gear levers!

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    Gearbox out for painting!

    Well. The gearbox just came out! It needed to come out for painting, and due to a plan change with the 101's gearing Im now using the 1.222:1 case that was planned for this.. Here's a pic of the fabricated gearbox mounts without the gearbox atop! Now planning to use the 1.003:1 transfer case so it won't be that fast with acceleration, but it will have legs for decent journeys... over 100km to the city and back for SWMBO every day...
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    1995 Mercedes 1222A 4x4
    1969 (Now know! Thanks Diana!!) Ser 2 Tdi SWB

    1991 VW Citi Golf Cti (soon to be Tdi)

    'When there's smoke, there's plenty of poke!!'
    'The more the smoke, the more the poke!!'

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    A little too long.

    Well, its been a while since this project has progressed, but today, a purchase was made for it. Whilst trawling Gumtree a few weeks ago for an 'axle' that I can tack under my 40' container for the upcoming move, I stumbled across a Series 3 Stage 1 V8 front axle. Not something I was planning on using as I thought they'd be rare as chooks teeth! Anyhow, I thought $200 was well spent on a complete front axle, inc CV joints and flat bottomed diff. Where these 3.54:1 or just later 4.7:1 diffs? Hubs are like new, and they have the tell tale fine spline shafts. Idea axle to do my disk brake conversion on! There'll be a bit more of a gap as we move to a rented house for a yr, but once the new shed is up on the new block, this project will be the first to get attention!
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    1995 Mercedes 1222A 4x4
    1969 (Now know! Thanks Diana!!) Ser 2 Tdi SWB

    1991 VW Citi Golf Cti (soon to be Tdi)

    'When there's smoke, there's plenty of poke!!'
    'The more the smoke, the more the poke!!'

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    Can't wait to see what your new shed will look like. . When do you have to be packed up and moved into the rental by?
    If you need to contact me please email homestarrunnerau@gmail.com - thanks - Gav.

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    Hi Gav.
    31'st of July is the 'out' day. Hope to have had the rental for a week at this point, and have had the container sited on the new block for a while. That way there'll be somewhere for all the stuff to go! The Series 2 is going to be loosely bolted back together over the next few nights, making it a complete'ish vehicle so it can be sat in a corner somewhere safe for a few months. I have to catch up with Bojan as I think 80% of the stuff he has in the container is stuff he was planning to part with! First thing to happen will be planning, and then the shed! Here's said shed, with enough room for a Merc in the middle!!
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    1995 Mercedes 1222A 4x4
    1969 (Now know! Thanks Diana!!) Ser 2 Tdi SWB

    1991 VW Citi Golf Cti (soon to be Tdi)

    'When there's smoke, there's plenty of poke!!'
    'The more the smoke, the more the poke!!'

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    Only just found this thread! very awesome build.... Wish I lived closer so I could come and pick your brains and have a look at how you do things....

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    Soooooo, I have been a stranger for too long! Having had a chat with Homestar yesterday, and then a quick chat with Inc to renew my subscription, I'm back! You'd think in 5 years I'd have the Series 2 finished, and well proven by now... Alas this is not the case. Since I was last here, we have bought a block of land, built a house, built a shed, and half built an overland truck! The Series has sat neglected until recently. Now though, with a shed, and the need for the second vehicle as the kms are climbing on Wifetec's daily drive, the Series 2 project is being revisited. So far the rear axle has been rebuilt, and the front axe has been swapped out for a Stage 1 V8 axle. Both axles have 3.54 diff's in them too. Here's Wifetec rebuilding swivels after cleaning!

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    1995 Mercedes 1222A 4x4
    1969 (Now know! Thanks Diana!!) Ser 2 Tdi SWB

    1991 VW Citi Golf Cti (soon to be Tdi)

    'When there's smoke, there's plenty of poke!!'
    'The more the smoke, the more the poke!!'

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    A big grey interuption!

    With the swivels rebuilt and the Stage 1 axle in place, it's time to refit the swivel hubs complete with new seals. This was a job that couldn't be done without Doggo interuptions... When a human is at dog height, work was slow!

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    1995 Mercedes 1222A 4x4
    1969 (Now know! Thanks Diana!!) Ser 2 Tdi SWB

    1991 VW Citi Golf Cti (soon to be Tdi)

    'When there's smoke, there's plenty of poke!!'
    'The more the smoke, the more the poke!!'

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