My SIIA Ute update

[srowlandson]

Back half of the chassis is all in fresh shiny Chassis Black after being wire brushed for clean up etc

New lights arrived, 4 amber, 2 stop / tail and 2 park lights from roverparts.com.au - Great Service Also a haynes manual

Floor and seat back in and bolted down (all new bolts make life easy)

Brake and Clutch peddles go in tonight after the master cylinders getting rebuilt and all de rusted and painted up. look good.

Motor should be in tonight and i'll be shopping for a battery on the weekend to hopefully fire it up. I am getting new brake line to make new brake lines this saturday as well. sounds like a long process to me

I will be fitting the rebuilt axle / diff housings I bought from slunnie too, fingers crossed that goes well but it might be drivable and stoppable after the weekend hopefully - then just have to paint the rad surround / guards and re fit them, fit the lights, windscreen, roof and backwall and get a roadworthy

[Fusion]

Great work Mate . What color have you painted the old girl ? And what did it cost for the set of lights you got ?

[Slunnie]

Steve, that motor should be really good, as with the axles/brakes.

Making the brake lines is really easy, but have a practise first. Don't forget that you have to use a double flare tool and it's defiantely good to use a pipe cutter or at least deburr the insides of the pipe before flaring.

[srowlandson]

Steve, that motor should be really good, as with the axles/brakes.

Making the brake lines is really easy, but have a practise first. Don't forget that you have to use a double flare tool and it's defiantely good to use a pipe cutter or at least deburr the insides of the pipe before flaring.

CHECK. I found that out and confirmed my friend who is a service manager at a ford dealer has the necessary tool, and will show me the process i'll buy a double flanging tool.

Just ordered a set of sockets - deep single hex 3/8" drive and a bent handle hinged rachet from snap-on - worth the $$, I shelled out $58 on 2 brake spanners going from 7/16 -> 5/8" from snap on worth their weight in gold.

Steve

[srowlandson]

Great work Mate . What color have you painted the old girl ? And what did it cost for the set of lights you got ?

its currently in Etch Primer Grey - going for the beige / cream colour, my uncle had a SIII SWB Hardtop and LWB Tray in that colour and loved the look of them.

Lights, Hmm $229 all up for manual, lights (8 all up) and a new fuse holder with cover (geniune Lucas England one) for my old man's 1937 Lanchester (since it only has 2 fuses, thought we increase it to 4!



Steve

[srowlandson]

Book - Lights - Fuse Box



Nice freshly painted Chassis - first coat




Third go - Engine nearly there

All photos from last 2 days (bits and pieces) here

[UncleHo]

G'day srowlandson

Good to see that you have a Haynes Manual worth their weight in gold, a couple of tips on installing the Motor/Gearbox assy, best done with seatbox & floor out , if installing as a complete assy, follow the haynes manual, if the gearbox is already in the motor has to be sat on a 1inch block of wood under the clutch housing, to make it level to mate the gearbox to motor, this is all explained in the haynes, it would be the best book for the untrained mechanic/technition, the motor mounts go in in a set sequence, otherwise it is a struggle

cheers