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Found the issue - top ball joints are binding on full droop, the LHS bump stop had collapsed - more Rare Spares Chinese shit - and the upper ball joints are running out of articulation. Cleaned up some Holden bump stops and they will be good for another 60 years - the Rares ones lasted 3 or 4 ..... ...

What stubs do you have in that one ? CRS drop spindles - probably worth checking with a stock one tomorrow , with CRS's history of stuff that doesn't fit it could be well worth a look. Must be bending the top ball joint over to binding point or something… some of those ball joints are just shit.. n...

Got a weird issue with the front end - the front steering is SSSTTTIIIFFF as buggery - thought it might just be the fact that I hadn't greased anything so I greased it up today and still stiff as a honeymooners prick :econfused: Figured I would start disconnecting things and try to pinpoint where th...

A bit more progress on this - most of the frame has been redone and the door frames modified to suit - it’s up to me now to grind down a windscreen so John can make the windscreen aperture and then the roof skin can go on. Check the 2 pics below - you can see the difference to the roofline that is ...

Got the calipers back yesterday and fitted them up , kept bleeding up the brakes and the brand spanking new drivers rear pissed fluid out all over the place [emoji2959][emoji2959][emoji2959][emoji2959][emoji2959] We have really screwed ourselves by being sucked into buying this Chinese crap , seems ...

Well , some progress has been made , not without some tribulations though of course [emoji849][emoji849][emoji849] Bleed the brakes - easy job right ??? Not so much , after the dramas with the rears , the fronts were binding up and would only release if you gently belted them with a copper mallet - ...

I was talking about this last night and one thing that was mentioned is the vintage speedcar boys are more likely to have one under their workbench than the drag racers because of their size ????

I know a few drag racers over here Harv, and we congregate on a Monday afternoon in one of the aforementioned racers sheds for adult cordials and serious discussion, will ask the question and see if they will put the feelers out over here mate.

Awesome - Harv's bibles should be declared a national treasure

I admire your patience, I would just spit the chewy, have a tantrum and ship it off to somebody to sort out for me ......

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pretty sure they just follow the shape of the gearbox and are a flat plate with a swage or 2 in them ?

I think there is one in EKMart, will post a pic later today mate.

Before you get too carried away replacing it - try running an earth wire from the sender to ground . Sometimes the only problem with them is the sender isn't correctly earthed. You can hose clamp a wire to it or put one under one of the hold down screws and put the other end to the chassis of the car

The left side arm is quite different from the right side arm - I have a pattern at work so you can make one out of 1.6mm sheet - if you can use a drill , grinder and file you can make one