Project 90 - Bustrucket's Bodged Banger

Change the gauge for a 300TDi one.

Nice project thread. I do love a good browse in these.
Seams a sound project and good value

Trewey said:

Change the gauge for a 300TDi one.

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I reckon that be the answer - will get one in the morning. Cheers!

You can't beat a really good refurb thread

Yet more work done on the 90 - now the steering only feels vague (as it should), rather than feeling absolutely nothing for quarter of a turn whilst all the slack in the knackered ball joints and steering arm got taken up.....

And new wheels:



16" silver Wellers with 265/70 Nexen road tyres, rather than the 15" white Wellers which had a mix of BFG M/T & Falken A/T 235/75's on. Would really like a set of good M/T's but for now just having a decent set of matching tyres on the right size rims will do fine!

buy a matching gauge and sender... you could end up spending more on senders and gauges than one costs

i fitted a capillary gauge in the end

A small change, but worth it; TD5/NAS spec fog and reverse lamps.

When I bought the 90 it came with a pair of Qt diff guards (unfitted). Decided to fit them today but got a bit stuck.

Does anyone know if the front one will fit with HD steering arms fitted? I took the two bolts out that used to hold the rear arm guard but could not slide the Qt guard in without it fouling the rear steering bar. I also suspect I'm missing a bracket to attach the top with, does anyone have a picture of one fitted?

A bit of woodwork for today:



I want a storage box on the nearside wheel arch, so for the grand total of £2 I got an offcut of 9mm MDF from B&Q. The nice lady in charge of their saw even cut a section off for this:

Wheel arch storage finished It's removable for when the carpet needs cleaning too. Gear surround is taking a bit longer, but hoping to finish it tonight.

Making progress with the gear lever surround:



Before I go much further I want to find some of the leather used on my cubby box to trim it in, so it matches. As I'd also like a new insert for the foam bit at the front of the cubby box I'm going to email Exmoor Trim and see if they'd do me an offcut as well as a new insert.

Bloody hell that gear sticks far back, surprised you don't have to dislocate your shoulder every time you want to change gear

Looks odd but actually its very comfy - elbow on the cubby box and hand on the stick

Today, I installed the worlds pikeyest stereo:



I'm taking the 90 on an 800 mile trip on Tuesday, and I couldn't face it without some music to drive to. I really want a raptor dash console to mount my CD/USB/etc head unit but I can't afford one and i dont want to waste cash on a cheapo stereo holder (£20!) so I went into my big box of electrical crap and dug out a USB-powered speaker and a 3.5mm phono lead. All I needed to buy was the fag lighter USB charger. Music is from my iPhone.

Also changed the drivers seat base yesterday:



Yes, I know its black and the interior is grey. Eventually I'll replace it all with black. The old base was held together with duct tape and had a yellow car wash sponge and a child's t-shirt for padding.

I'm very surprised I didn't see a can of WD40 in any of those pics!! it's a must lol Nice to see someone doing the jobs to keep it on the road rather than breaking it.

It's in the cubby box

What colour then?

Wait and see