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All good - I really don't need another crank. I reckon by the time you found one, and someone who knew how to machine it then the costs would not be that much less than either a well-girdled standard one.

Cheers,
Harv

All good. This thing is fighting me each step, but teaching me a lot. I thought I knew how things worked, as I could bolt most stuff together. The amount of mix-and-match in this thing means I need to really understand how parts work together, not just buy-and-bolt-on.

Torque convertor packed up ...

Blacky wrote: Thu Jul 10, 2025 12:00 am One of the last pieces of the puzzle- a Vauxhall Cresta scuttle panel will be grafted in to modify the only stock panel left on the car

There wasn’t a crank under that Vauxhall scuttle panel was there?

…asking for a friend

Cheers,
Harv

EK283 wrote: Fri Jul 11, 2025 9:38 am Read this real quick, can you put spacers on the convertor pads then increase the sandwich plate thickness between the glide and block ?

Yep, that would fix it too.

Cheers,
Harv

Dumb question - can you get some packers machined to fit betwwen the converter feet and the flexplate seeing as you have 0.500" clearance there or do I have this bass ackward ????


I've got too much steel between the pump and the flexplate.

I could put some washers under the convertor pads so ...

Well, that explains why the 'Glide didn't want to mate up right.

Step one: forget to take the battery for the digital vernier to Kennards. That's the third thing I've forgotten.

First check was the crank, to make sure the fancy billet one didn't stick back too much. Nope, factory grey pokes out of ...

I was right about that pushrod checker being very, very close. The new one arrived, and the overall length I measured was 7.784". The first checker I was using only goes down to 7.78".

Pushrods ordered - six at 6.35" and six at 7.75". These are Trend pushrods, 5/16" ball/ball end, 0.080" thick ...

EK283 wrote: Mon Jul 07, 2025 1:09 pm Tell me Blacky 525000 kays do you think that engine has ever been freshened before ? Its astounding that a block of steel can travel that far.

At 525,000km a Hilux diesel would barely have worn the hone marks off the bore

Cheers,
Harv

Finally managed to get home from work, sorted some life stuff then on to the FED.

The original Repco pushrods are needle thin. The new rockers are made for sturdy 5/16" ball end ones. The lifters needed to have the cups machined out to suit the bigger 5/16" pushrod ends. I had sent them off before ...

TAZ wrote: Mon Jul 07, 2025 9:21 am I did mention to him that it will not beat it for sound though, nothing like a nice lumpy V8.

Amen man, amen.

Cheers,
Harv

Citric acid is great for cleaning up parts - until you forget to take them out. Pot metal rocker cover decorative nuts.... into the bin!


If you’ve really got your heart set on using those nuts, let me know. I think I’ve got a set here you are welcome to. They are packed under the house, so ...

PyramidCoral wrote: Tue Jul 01, 2025 7:47 am I should add that when I am sitting in the 100kmh range, I do back off the pedal from time to time

I didn't know you could do that in an early Holden

Cheers,
Harv

I find with the FB that it does not like a full radiator. It will puke until it is about 5mm above the core, then stays steady at that level.

Cheers,
Harv

Give David Andrews a call at Vintage Racing Develipments:

https://www.vintageracingdevelopments.com/


He knows a hell of a lot about grey motor distributors, and is great to work with.

Cheers,
Harv

In the Shed wrote: Wed Jun 18, 2025 2:39 pm Harv needs one of them cable tie stickers for his new shed

I could put that sticker right next to this one:


Cheers,
Harv (not to be trusted with welding rods).