X2 yeah where is it?Quote:
Originally Posted by stirlsilver
couldn't of come down south? im anhour out of Sydney and I would be surprised if you couldnt of found something down this way
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X2 yeah where is it?Quote:
Originally Posted by stirlsilver
couldn't of come down south? im anhour out of Sydney and I would be surprised if you couldnt of found something down this way
Wow what I great job has taken me a few very long sessions to read this but have actually read every post on this thread it had me so interested.
I was also very excited seeing your in knox since its just down the road from me and this is pretty damn close to something I would like to do only to get to the last few pages and discover you have vanished off to Sydney.
Would have loved to have had a look at it but at least I have your thread for insperation and ideas while planning my own build.
I also must admit this thread is what helped convince me to buy the disco I did as I found this thread after a quick search of ute conversions for a landrover as I found one I thought sounded quite good and cheap.
So thanks heaps and keep up the great work.
Thanks!! I'm sorry to have let you down there! Trust me from the point of view of this project, I would probably be getting close to finishing if I hadn't moved!!Quote:
Originally Posted by 3lud13
Anyway, hello all! It's been a while. I've had issues in the last few months with exactly where I was going to end up. For a good while there there was a strong chance that I was going to end up in Wollongong so... I sent the car down there, and that's where it is still sitting in the container...
Anyway, the good news is that I'm staying in Castle Hill. Bad news is, I can't find anywhere for the project!! Does anyone have or know someone who has some space in a workshop or similar I can rent in or around Castle Hill?? I can't find anything!!
Any help really would be appreciated.
The price of success Stirl. Glad to see you are still plugging away at it.Quote:
Originally Posted by stirlsilver
Alan
Hello everyone. I'm back!
Today the car moved into its new home in Annangrove. At long last I managed to find somewhere to keep working on the car!
Prior to loading the car onto the trailer, we needed to pull out one spring that was still mounted in the car. The other side had shot out when the car was bouncing around loose in the container when it was moved from Melbourne to Sydney! Thanks to my buddy Isaac for giving me a hand today!
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The new home. A bit smaller than what I had in Melbourne, but workable.
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Next step is to get the engine moved into the workshop, and all my tools, benches and so on.
Question
Does anyone have an old cylinder head they no longer need? I need something to act as a jig while I finish the exhaust manifolds.
Welcome back mate. I have missed this thread.
Hope all goes well from now on
How is the new job?
Thanks Neale, I appreciate it.
The new job... Very very challenging that is for sure. I'm now general manager and the company needs a lot of work to get it to where it needs to be. Let's see how it goes. Definitely been thrown into the deep end on this one.
Just a quick update, the workshop is slowly getting organised :) looking forward to being in a location that doesn't leak!!
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No one has any suggestions on where I can get hold of an old cylinder head? Surely there has to be one lying around somewhere?
Also, any suggestions on a supplier for the following bits?
- 4.0L short motor (4 bolt mains) with top hat liners
- Crank adaptor to allow using the 3.9L timing cover on the 4.0L short motor
- Head studs
- Cam
- Timing gear set
- Performance Gasket kit
- Lifters
- Rocker shafts
- Ported Cylinder Heads
- ZF 4HP24 gearbox inc. 4.6L parts to connect it to the engine
Turner Engineering - Remanufacturer of Land Rover Engines and supplier of Land Rover engine parts will have most of your typical engine rebuilding bits, some of the other stuff sounds like you will need to find a wrecker.
Happy new year everyone!
Thanks for the link. Would you know anyone in Australia though? I'm already aware of Triump Rover Spares, but I was hoping to find someone in Sydney.Quote:
Originally Posted by slug_burner
Today I spent some time in the workshop to keep things moving. I started pulling the front axle apart since the axle I have currently got fitted to the car is from the early version range rover which has the smaller radius arms. So I started the process of pulling it apart since it has Hi-Tough Axles and the ARB locker with the plan of transferring all the good bits into the other axle housing.
I have a question though, the CV's are quite different. Will I be able to fit these parts into the 1993 disco housing? It seems like quite a lot is different. The one with the single piece drive flange is the Hi-Tough axle and the other is the original 10 spline assembly.
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Continued with the disassembly of the front axle today to remove all of the running gear. The axle has a 10 spline diff along with standard CV's and half shafts which is no good.
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I split apart the CVs and half shafts that came out of the other axle that has the ARB locker (originally out of Wayne's range rover). Clearly, the CV on the short side once upon a time had exploded, making a little bit of a mess of the shaft! Though having seen some of the stuff Wayne got up with his range rover with the shaft in this condition, I'm comfortable about it being strong enough.
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One thing that is confusing me at the moment, is that the ARB locker in the old axle seems to be fitted into a diff housing which has a thicker flange with equal length studs all the way around. The newer housings have four shorter studs on the sides which aren't long enough. Does anybody know if there are any incompatibilities that I don't know about? Or should I be thinking about swapping out the ARB diff centre into the newer housing? I guess bearings would be different??
I probably should have taken photos of all of this like I usually do!!
Another area of concern... I've been discussing the engine & gearbox configuration I am considering - 4L V8 twin turbo connected to a 4HP22 with 4HP24 internals. It turns out that more often than not, I'm told that the auto transmission won't hold up with the engine and that I should go with a manual gearbox!!