D1 300tdi build up

ill do a write up on the sliders when i get her bac

intime i have had gearbox trouble since owning the car it has always just taken a little bit to get into second when its cold since the weather has gotten colder its taking longer at least a km now, and often i put it in drive or reverse and the lights are on but no ones home so its up at maitland auto trans getting fixed atm, the clutch has been wearing and clogging up the govener and something else looks like ill get out of it for about 2k

i have also made a start on settin up the boot

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i made my own fridge slide illl put up more details on the later the rest of it for now is made from 12mm ply it is broken up into 3 sections the main one is on the right side it is all 1 piece except for the top which i had to make 2 pieces it has storage pockets down each side which are acessed from the top, the cargo barrier i made myself out of rhs and mesh it is bolted to the top of the self and to the brackets i made which go to the seatblet mounts ill keep updates coming as i get further plan is to have a draw on the bottom right with a empty space above there for chainsaw ect the draw im going to get folded up out of aluminium sheet

Great report mate. Looks like your doing loads of work :)

I like the home made barrier... may need to do something like this as I refuse to pay over $500 for a milford cargo barrier! :mad:

G'day, good job so far mate,
I took both mufflers out of my 300Tdi Disco and although its a bit noisier it goes better !

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i had the center muffler taken out and a piece of pipe welded in on thursday and it has a little bit of a deeper note to it and goes a bit better, what im wondering now is how it goes with the rear muffler taken out of is it to much

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Great report mate. Looks like your doing loads of work :)

I like the home made barrier... may need to do something like this as I refuse to pay over $500 for a milford cargo barrier! :mad:

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yea i was really happy with the barrier i made it using some 25x25 rhs i had in the shed and i had an old bed frame ive been needing to take to the tip and it had the mesh on the bottom of it, its sturdy as the only part where i went wrong was the centre upright is smack in the way of the baby seat strap but it seems ok sitting next to it ive been thinking about making a window for it to go through so its centred

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G'day, good job so far mate,
I took both mufflers out of my 300Tdi Disco and although its a bit noisier it goes better !

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yea even with just the centre muffler taken out i noticed a difference its not very noisy in the cab but aparently it can be heard from a distance

well i was hoping to have the gearbox done yesty but its still a few days away atleast, as he is having trouble finding a govenor support bracket thats in good condition he said his found a few but there not in the condition that he is happy with so in the meantime i have been trawling ebay and last night i got a pair of narva 175 now i just need anather pair than the 4 will go across the roof im also trying to find roof racks at a decent price than ill either buy or make a basket which will be mounted at of the roof and will be about 1/2 to 3/4 length.....just bought 3 roof racks of ebay brand new for $115 to my door so next week with a bit of luck ill have her back with a heck of a lot of work on my hands, i also bought a new interior light as i hate having poor interior lights
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....m=130313686378

and ive got a twin tube fluro to go in the boot

ill have it back from ats on tuesday he found a govenor housing in good nick cant wait, got so much work to do on it there are going to be some late nights in the shed coming up

well im getting frustrated still havent got her back from the gearbox place first it was couldent get a govenor suppport now its that (memory blank) is leaking, i had a trip planned for this weekend and as much as he can give me is he hopes to have it done this week and the price is somewhere around 2k makes it hard to plan anything, on a positive roof racks turned up today interier light turned up yesterday

well im not so frusated anymore, he thinks it will be done tomorow, it had a hydraulic lock from a leaking piston, his confident that it will be ready tomoz and thinks ill get change from $2200 so im a bit happier now, the trip however has been canned he wants me to run it in around town for a while first, so that will give me a chance to get to work on it my plans are
finish the boot, need to get the draw bent up from aluminium and carpet it
than fit the roof racks and make a basket
install interior lights
make rear bar
make swingaway
than lift the old girl and get out there
also fit a snorkel somewhere in there

ok so today is the day

the smorning arivials were
d2 heater box but the core is the same so i can have my heater back
narva175 the first 2 for the roof
spoke to gearbox man and he is confident it will be ready the sarvo so i can pick it up and come home and transform the old girl ill post lots of pics and details as i do the work
not to bad on the box change out of $2200 and that was wuite a bit of work on it