Thread: Firewall swap

Windscreen and windscreen brackets.
ADR compliance of the metal work on the SIIa firewall.
SIIa instrument panel, length of SIII speedo cable.
SIII LHS mudguard - heater box
requirement for 2 speed heater demister on SIII

Ok excellent, thankyou.

Depending on the age of the 2A bulkhead, you may also have some small issues with mounting the Series 3 wiper motor and associated bits. Nothing an experienced bodger couldn't get around but I have seen some very rough versions.

Dan.
69 2A 88" pet4 (in disguise), 68 2B FC pet6 (dozing quietly), plus others.

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Windscreen and windscreen brackets.
ADR compliance of the metal work on the SIIa firewall.
SIIa instrument panel, length of SIII speedo cable.
SIII LHS mudguard - heater box
requirement for 2 speed heater demister on SIII

Is the 2 speed demister actually a requirement for the series 3? I looked at one as a parts car that was a 1975 model series 3 which appeared to have never had a demister fitted. It had no cables, no heater lines, no cables, no hole in the guard for the inlet and a blanked off section on the dash where the controls would be. I assumed from this that it was an option on the car?

A lot of people blank off their heater core when it fails rather than pull out mountains of dash and replace it. Does this actually go against the standards and make the vehicle an illegal mod?

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

ADR compliance of the metal work on the SIIa firewall.

Any evidence for this??? The landcruiser 4x/7x series retained a metal dash right through to past the end of SIII production AFAIK.

Originally Posted by pfillery

Is the 2 speed demister actually a requirement for the series 3? I looked at one as a parts car that was a 1975 model series 3 which appeared to have never had a demister fitted. It had no cables, no heater lines, no cables, no hole in the guard for the inlet and a blanked off section on the dash where the controls would be. I assumed from this that it was an option on the car?

A lot of people blank off their heater core when it fails rather than pull out mountains of dash and replace it. Does this actually go against the standards and make the vehicle an illegal mod?

If it was built after the ADR requirement for a demister, the answer is yes! Not sure what date this was, but it would have been some time during S3 production, late seventies I suspect.

John

Originally Posted by isuzurover

Any evidence for this??? The landcruiser 4x/7x series retained a metal dash right through to past the end of SIII production AFAIK.

Yes, but I think the problem with the S2a dash is not so much the material, as the sharp edges.

Interestingly, there was a 87 (I checked the compliance plate) Landcruiser at a sale I was at on Saturday - it had a metal dash, but with a foam shelf along the top edge, a bit similar to the S3. (In fairly good condition, 12months rego, trayback, made $6,000)

John