Thread: Today's Effort

Hello All,

My original intention on the weekend, when I first went to Bunnings to buy some tins of White Knight paint was to get gloss black paint. However, they had flat black and satin black; no gloss black. This meant that yesterday I used what I had and painted Rebus' bullbar satin black.

Today, I wanted to add another coat of paint. When I went back to Bunnings ... low and behold the only paint they did not have ... was satin black.

I went back to Plan A from the weekend and came home with Gloss black.

I must admit that it looks nice and shiny

Kind Regards
Lionel

Looks good.

I didn't realise that you had one of the original Leyland Australia optional extra brushguards. Haven't seen one of those for ages!

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Looks good.

I didn't realise that you had one of the original Leyland Australia optional extra brushguards. Haven't seen one of those for ages!

Hello Lotz-A-Landies,

Well that makes two of us!

I just thought the brush-bar (bull bar) was a local product.

Apart from the Holden 202 motor Rebus is very stock standard. Oh yes and the free-wheeling hubs that may not be attached much longer.

I have a Series IIA 2.6 litre engine that runs well and a gearbox out of a Series III diesel that I know is in good condition. The current box in Rebus must have been out of alignment and jumps out of high when the accelerator is backed off, such as going down hill.

The previous owner did not get the Holden engine conversion engineer or Department of Transport approved as modification. Plus Rebus is currently unregistered.

Will a Series IIA 2.6 Litre motor join up with all the clutch - bell housing and gearbox goodies from a Series III. I asked this question in the Generic "Series" thread below the other specialist "Series" sections

Kind Regards
Lionel

Hi Lionel

The bar was designed to be similar to the bars that were fitted to the 40 series Land Cruisers being sold at the same time. There is a SIII optional extras brochure with the landy version of the bars in it. The last time I saw one of the brochures was probably about 2008. One funny story was that there was a 109 SIII done up with all the extras, including that bar and the full length roof rack, that was fitted out for promotional activities. It did an ad "wash the car this weekend" where it was filmed driving at speed through a creek crossing. At the end of the shoot the vehicle was delivered back to a PMC factory on Milperra Road Condell Park, where it was stolen.

Dropping out of third, may or may not be a problem with the Holden adapter. It may be a worn or broken phosphor/bronze bush on 2nd/3rd gear of the mainshaft or a worn synchro cluster, both common problems with series boxes as they age.

Is your SIII and 4 cyl or 6 cyl chassis? The 6 cyl have a very straight gearstick and the Holden engine mounts angle forward about 4" to pick up the chassis mounts. A 4 cyl, will have Holden mounts that almost exactly align with the chassis mounts, a cut-down back of the grill panel and have the back of the front cross member cut out.

The only differences between 4 cyl gearboxes and 6 cyl gearboxes are the different bellhousings. You can swap one onto the other, the ratios are the same (within the same suffix). The flywheel housings and Holden adapter are specific to either 4 cyl or 6 cyl gearbox bellhousings.

(The 4 cyl have a bigger opening and PCD (which is the same as the 200Tdi) the 6 cyl is smaller opening and PCD, the 6 cyl also match the bellhousings of the Series one from 1955 onwards.)

Diana