My 109" Series 3 :)

Got a present for you

Sweeeeeeeeeet! Can't wait to get it now speshully after earlier on......... damn slitty piece of crap

haha I've got the flywheel on, torqued up to 60ft/lbs for you, engine adaptor is on it, and possibly got some bellhousing bolts you can have too! If not they're 3/8th UNC off the top of my head but best make sure

Dr_evil said:

haha I've got the flywheel on, torqued up to 60ft/lbs for you, engine adaptor is on it, and possibly got some bellhousing bolts you can have too! If not they're 3/8th UNC off the top of my head but best make sure

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Cool! might have some 3/8th UNC bolts at work if I'm lucky if not got shed loads of old bolts in a tub so may have something that fits

Roll on the day i rip the slitty out

haha well you'll have fun in the new year

Right then chaps and chapettes

Some more news on the axle conversion. Basically rear is now done just need to put all the internals back in once I've ordered them

Bump stop, spring seat and shock mounts welded on.








Rust treated.







And now painted.









Will give it another coat of paint tomorrow hopefully. And then get on and order the bits and pieces to rebuild the axle back up

Front has had the spring seats and bump stops fabricated ready for welding so will get on with that maybe tomorrow too.

While I'm typing. The v8 from DrEvil should be picked up by a courier next week so hopefully will have that too soon then need to book some time off work to fit it as the series is currently my daily

In February i think we'll be taking bets on who's going to break their halfshafts first

samc88 said:

In February i think we'll be taking bets on who's going to break their halfshafts first

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Wont be me my gearbox is more likely to **** itself first

Mr evils halfshafts on the other hand may only last seconds :lol:

My gearbox is likely to outlast the half shafts........I'll be on 90 axles by then but I reckons they'll still die before robs box

Update time.

Front axle got some love today.

Unfortunately i don't have access to fancy equipment to bend 6mm steel but still pretty impressed with myself that i made this.



Will form the main part of my HD diff pan. The cuts to help bend it will get a good weld across to regain the strength.

Next i tacked it on and refitted a random diff i had lying about to check clearances. (diff to actually go in is in pieces waiting for new bearing etc)





Got plenty of clearance.

Then it was a case of cutting out the rest of the jigsaw puzzle to fit then tacking it all together.






I did start to weld it together properly but will have to finish during daylight hours. As with my welder cranked right up it makes the lights in the house flicker like buggerery and made my parents complain. So will crack on with the welding tomorrow

May even start welding on the leaf spring seats and bump stops if i have time

looks pretty impressive to me

honolulujoe said:

looks pretty impressive to me

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Thanks

Another update in a sec once pictures have uploaded

Smallish update today as i didn't get as much done as hoped

Anyway HD diff pan has been fully welded up and dressed back.





Filled with water and i have no leaks so then welded up the inside too just to make sure.


The next part involved a fair bit of faffing about to get right and took ages. Tbh i could have done with 3 pairs of hands!





Explanation to what's going on in the last 2 pics......

Basically the piece of flat steel going across the diff mounting face was so i could set the diff angle at 12*. This is the angle it needs to be when on the axle is on the vehicle so you get the 3* of castor correct for the steering. The axle is upside down incase your wondering. Then once the diff angle is set you can weld on the spring seats dead level. Also should mention the outside of the spring seat needs to be 143mm from the axle end. Or 336mm from axle centre to inside of spring seat. These measurements are the same for a swb rear axle but different if you fitting to a lwb.

I did only manage to get one seat welded on as the other will need a bit more fab work to fit as the axle is slightly thicker where it sits as it's closer to the diff housing on these axles.

Also will get some pictures of what's happening with swivels when i get back to work Thursday as i left them there over xmas.

Should hopefully get the other seat on tomorrow if i get a chance.

Great thread and pics. very very impressed with your project well done, I started a rolling restoration in september and got a few jobs done but not taken any photos but you have inspired me with yours so I will start taking some and start a thread like your good self

a big pat on the back well done

regards Paul

bellowhead said:

Great thread and pics. very very impressed with your project well done, I started a rolling restoration in september and got a few jobs done but not taken any photos but you have inspired me with yours so I will start taking some and start a thread like your good self

a big pat on the back well done

regards Paul

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Thanks Paul. Glad to hear you've enjoyed it and that i have inspired you as i know what i am doing isn't everyone's cup of tea.

There is plenty more to come yet and will be taking plenty more pictures

And also very much looking forward to your project and especially look forward to the pictures

Cheers, Robb

Small update tonight guys

Made the spigot bush ready for fitting the v8 next week. Decided I'm not going to run without one or to cut the input shaft which I've also heard some people do

Anyway on to the pics. I will try to explain this but I'm not good at explanations so i apologise in advance if it makes no sense

First picture shows standard v8 spigot on the left and the new spigot I'll be using on the right.
Reason for using the new spigot as it already has the correct internal diameter to fit the series input shaft (22.19mm is the internal diameter) and will be far easier to turn down to outside to fit the crank rather than machining the inside of the standard one to fit the input shaft. Told you this might not make sense




Next picture is of my first attempt. Didn't go quite according to plan. Reason being is the thickness of the bush left is only 0.8mm so is very flimsy.



Second attempt (thanks to Dr Evil for the idea ) basically involved clamping the bush in between a coach bolt and a washer and nut. And this is what i ended up with.



The original bush has an external diameter of 22.86mm so i reckon thats close enough

And here's a pic of the original and the one just machined side by side to give you an idea of how flimsy the new spigot really is!



That's all for now but i do have next week off so need to plow on with the conversion to get it on the road by the end of next week so i can get to work yes that's right 9 days to get it running

Plenty of updates to follow

Bloody hell, I hope you work faster than the doc :behindsofa:

aaronmorris said:

Bloody hell, I hope you work faster than the doc :behindsofa:

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Snigger Shouldn't be too hard :bolt:

Just built a shelter in the ****ing rain but should keep me dry rain or shine

Let operation 9 day v8 conversion commence! :bounce:

How did operation collect my flywheel go ?