Thread: Meet Vincent the Stage 1 v8!

One is park brake.
One is centre diff lock.
Don't know what the third is. It's never lit up.

Chris.Incase you arent aware,where that silly old wireless is,there are cut outs to fit 3 aux gauges.Thats been butchered for a wireless,you may be able to get a spare dash section off your parts Landy
Andrew

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

One is park brake.
One is centre diff lock.
Don't know what the third is. It's never lit up.

I just checked, the middle one is the Diff Lock .
The top one lights periodically on mine, I just don't know what is warning me of yet

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

Chris.Incase you arent aware,where that silly old wireless is,there are cut outs to fit 3 aux gauges.Thats been butchered for a wireless,you may be able to get a spare dash section off your parts Landy
Andrew

I have another lower dash unit with the three instrument cutouts. I'll be doing a bulkhead replacement in a couple of months and am going to build a good dash out of various bits and pieces, with a few modifications along the way for a radio and a couple of extra switches.

I stripped some of the gas system out of it today. I don't like the tank in the back and I won't do enough kms to warrant running on gas. The tank still has about 30l of gas in it. I wonder if I could decant it into some camping cylinders without blowing myself up??

The light might be a brake fail light. The later Series 3 that had a dual circuit system had a unit with a switch that would detect failure of one of the brake circuits. It basically had a rod with a detent that would get pushed one way or the other if the pressure at either end of it was different and that would set of the warning light. From memory there may have been a couple of other ways to set it off as well, related to the brake light switch I think.

TimJ.

Well today was the first day of the refit. Spent the day getting the bulkhead ready for removal by stripping off the guards, windscreen, floor plates and various wires.



Looks like it has had a broken windscreen some time in the past, and the odd beer consumed inside....



Next weekend will hopefully see the bulkhead and gearbox removed. I have a gearbox rebuilder lined up so that should be good to go. Then to give my fresh bulkhead a coat of paint then transfer all of the gear across from the old bulkhead, with a freshen up of the dash to happen at the same time....

Cheers,
Chris

Chris.
I dont know if you have seen it,there is a brand new Ser3 galv bulkhead in the markets at a very good price.Out Mick Marshs way too so easy local pick up.Then you have to get it here

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/body-exter...liver-fee.html
Andrew

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

Chris.
I dont know if you have seen it,there is a brand new Ser3 galv bulkhead in the markets at a very good price.Out Mick Marshs way too so easy local pick up.Then you have to get it here

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/body-exter...liver-fee.html
Andrew

Thanks for the heads up Andrew. Its a 6cyl bulkhead so different tunnel from mine. The stage 1 v8s used a 4cyl bulkhead.

The spare bulkhead I have is rust free and with a coat of paint and the covered life the vehicle will lead from here on, future rust should not be too much of an issue.

Cheers,

A fruitful day. Everything is out and the cleaning process can begin before rebuilding.


I am removing the gas conversion and going back to straight petrol. There is a mixer (or something like that) on the bulkhead that has coolant fed through it (the two hoses red arrowed). Any idea what I need to do with the coolant hoses? Should they be capped off or looped together?




I'll also be starting a separate thread in the Tech Section about what to do with the exhaust....

Cheers,
Chris