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Yes, you could do that. You could also put a small solenoid on each carburetor choke lever. It is limitless what you could do if you had the skills, time or money. On the other hand you could do what Holden did and then have a cup of tea and digestive.

Yes, I tried it on one, but engine was very rough and I didnt feel it was a good thing to do. My original cable only reached to the firewall carb so that wasn't helpful either. As we are still getting minus 4 on some mornings, a choke is a useful tool. Not having accelerator pumps makes it a necessa...

Hi Scott, it requires a lot of force to pull all three at once and if you join the choke cable to a short one with just a screw clamp trying to clamp 2 cables at once, the risk is that it will slip. With a long centre one clamped at the carburetor and with the screw on the fitting as it goes through...

Yes, thats how they were done in the day. Couple of close up pics.

Yes a horrible small modern knob. I am thinking I might section the original and glue it on to the new one! Otherwise source an original cable that's 60 inches long....

Yes I made a bracket with 2 legs that uses rocker cover bolts to secure it. The 3 in one gizmo is very clunky but is best available at the moment.

A few jobs sorted. Adjusted clutch fork fulcrum post to get better action. Also installed a return spring on lever. Spent a few hours shimming the steering box to better align it to column which has resulted in slightly lighter steering. Rejetted CD150s from 6E needles to 6J. 6E are the standard LC ...

Thanks Rob. Me thinks that a direct connection to the pump is desireable. Will be interested to hear from Clay how the heater performs.

Good to see those "jugs".
I'm a bit puzzled with the heater pipes. They usually have one hose coming off the water pump inlet to create the flow. Is there a decent flow in and out of the thermostat housing?

Yes,thanks Billy. I have the GM style combination valve which is notorious for locking out rear lines while bleeding. In this case, not the problem. I have that gizmo that locks the slide and it's not the dual circuit protection valve needing a reset that is the fault. It's got the wrong prop valve ...

Yes, only front brakes working. Those mighty Torrie discs just corrected post. As for steering ratio change- I haven't worked a solution to it yet anyway so will stay as is for the moment. It's significantly lighter now so may be good enough.

Update on fault finding: determined that rear brakes were not getting any fluid and therefore not contributing to braking. Found that the combination valve was not letting fluid into back line. As a stop-gap removed the offending piece and brakes are now as they should be. Will chase down a replacem...

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Sorry, no Clay. Haven't done any serious driving as yet so nothing to compare. Car has probably only done 80kms all up. Still chasing mistakes, faults and improvements in drivetrain and rest of car. It's a long journey getting a modded car operating how it should- for me anyway.

You've done a great job on this tank conversion and boot repair Dave. Great skills.