G'day all. spent 1/2 hour today welding engine cradle up just have to weld engine mount brackets for it. then I can start bolting up then just have to build the wiring harness that will be 1 of the easiest parts of the project
G'day all. Been a while. I spent an hour today sorting out the shifters. The middle 1 is original tarago the handbrake lever is hi ace & the transfer case shifter is L300 Mitsubishi. they are all mounted to the tarago floor mounting bracket using existing holes it will need to be reinforced but is compact and works on the bench so 1 less job. all for now. ernie
G'day all. spent some time sorting out shifter housing came up with easy solution compared to building 1. 3/4 of hour to cut out now to get a inner box made up to seal off shifter cables & form a secure storage console. ernie
G'day all. Been working on the front spindle. If I put the camber nut at the top it will give a 7cm lift over standard by placing it on the bottom with the arms flipped it gives 9.5cms without moving the beam mounting position in the frame. pics to follow up after the school holidays finish I will set it up both ways to see how much it actually sits up. all for now ernie
G'day all. spindle set up test fit up will fit to ECLECTIC in a couple of weeks so here's what it should look like ernie [/URL]
G'day all & 72 Wilma. thanks for watching. I have had o month out of the shed to hot we are going to get some fans in there. fortunately for me the only time I suffer from the weather in build time is summer as the winters are great on the gold coast compared to when we lived in Sydney here are some pics this is the engine mount bracket need to tidy up then weld 2" angle between them & the cradle this will allow the mounts to bolt to top of the cradle to allow ease of removing engine the spindle bolted on but a lot of caster the lower arm is under a load so I may have to spread the beams as predicted. bolting the hub & wheel on later today to see what it's like under load even so it will still lock up ball joint if it lift's a wheel. the dirt is to cove the English version of xxeon valdez ie rover oil seal & sump gasket. when you think about it how much oil is on the roads of the world all for now ernie
that's some work you're putting in there Ernie. Well done fella! The photos are great so keep em coming
G'day Moons. good to see people coming in to watch what a colonial is doing being over here as some disadvantages as far parts pricing goes but with ECLECTIC there's not a lot of VW bits to buy for it so far I estimate I have spent $25oo.00 dollars on parts & engineering cost so not bad. for what I'm trying to do. ernie
G'day all. having looked at all the options I have decided to split the beams & flip the lower arm. Extra work but I really want to run free wheeling hubs. I could use some hubs off a fwd sedan but lose the fwh so out with the reciprocator saw now to sort out the beam plate
G'day all. after sitting in front of beam I have decided to put the control arms back in their right position but flip the spindles so the camber adjuster is on the bottom. This seems to be how they do it with when lowering the front. With it set up like this worked out better with clearance on bottom ball joint. compare the angles on the arms compared to above set up. I still have spread the beams. if you look at the factory 1 they have done the same as is evident by the 2 bump stop set up
G'day all. been laid up with health issues back into ECLECTIC now so here's an update in no order had beam plates jet watercut to spread the front tubes by 8cm's to fit the rodeo front drive spindles between the balljoint's they are 12mm's thick the tubes will rotate within them so i have to assmble them right down to fitting the wheels the let the jack down to get the desired ride height then spot weld disassemble then get the tailshaft guys to weld it up the rear tyre carrier & towbar off holden rodeo 4x4 note the bracket's fit tight between the chassis rails. it needs to have the top of the bracket's notched to allow it to moved up 4cm's this is before moving tyre to center moved over the rim & tyre are set up only this is the relocation of the alternator due to lack of space on the front of the engine this is the spacer required to allow the Holden commodore diff fit between the kombi cv's it will also lift the rear by 6cm's. it's 12mm thick
G'day Terrordales. yes used firefox. more pics. note the 6 holes to adjust it can be used to lift or lower the hub assembly instead of removing the spring plate & changing spline settings
G'day paradox thanks for dropping in been laid up for a while. As you see I have been doing little bits to ECLECTIC. almost finished the manufacturing side of it now to start bolting it together. I scored a 3.9 discovery motor for nicks so it will replace the 3.5 bit more power also 2 turbo's for it. I will wait until it's running to see if I need to fit them. I had the rover flywheel drilled & tapped to suit a 10 1/2 inch diahatsu delta clutch kit same size as rover so plenty of grip. more next week ernie
