Conversions for my 2a

[Shamo]

Hi all,

I am about to buy a rolling chassis from a Series 3 that has a rear salisbury diff, a 186 motor and box and 2 inch military lift. I currently have a series 2a 88" shorty. I was just wondering if it will be relatively easy/straight forward to bolt the sals, suspension and engine all straight in?

Shamo

[JDNSW]

Been discussed here before. Do a search to find it.

Problems - main one is the salisbury diff. The longer nose makes for a very short prop shaft in the 88, likely to cause problems with U-joints, although some have managed to get away with it. Add a suspension lift, and you have real problems with U-joint angles. Because the Salisbury (and all 109s) has the springs more widely spaced, you have to move the mounts on either the chassis or the axle. Both are possible, but just more things to do.

If raising the suspension as on the army vehicle, you have to fit the front chassis suspension point front and rear to the swb chassis. You would also have to cut away the gearbox crossmember as on the army chassis. All these changes would need to be engineered, as the raised suspension was not an option on the swb.

One change that IS worthwhile is to fit the lwb brakes to the swb. You would have to fit a lwb master cylinder, and it is probably worth fitting the dual circuit one, which will require some plumbing changes. Again, engineering probably required.

John

[Johnno1969]

Hi all,

I am about to buy a rolling chassis from a Series 3 that has a rear salisbury diff, a 186 motor and box and 2 inch military lift. I currently have a series 2a 88" shorty. I was just wondering if it will be relatively easy/straight forward to bolt the sals, suspension and engine all straight in?

Shamo

I've heard of people fitting Salisbury diffs in the rear of 88s by angling the nose of the diff upward and reducing the severity of the angle on the prop.
A bit off topic, but I'd chuck the Holden 186 and get a Land Rover motor. 186s go well in Toranas.

Cheers,

John

[Lotz-A-Landies]

I've heard of people fitting Salisbury diffs in the rear of 88s by angling the nose of the diff upward and reducing the severity of the angle on the prop. <|the plane of the output flange on the transfer box should be in the same plane as the input flange of the diff. If you don't have the same plane then you should have a DC joint at one end, shortening the shaft even further.|>
A bit off topic, but I'd chuck the Holden 186 and get a Land Rover motor. 186s go well in Toranas. <|they also go well in Series Land Rovers|>

Cheers,
John

It is all a matter of personal preference.