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Fooling with the electrics meantime trying to keep the loom looking original. Got all the bits for the wiper wiring. need to run wires to the front indicators and hook up the wiper power then dash wiring should be completed. Some of the bullet head connectors were missing so I drilled out some from a spare loom and soldered them on. Cleaned up the bullet heads with emery and inside the connector tubes with the drill.

Plenum vent door will cure on the heater tonight. Gotta love the $1 paint job, sprayed over wet rust converter just in case.


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Clay,

I'm scratching my head on this one . . . my 48 and FC both have 1-1/16" dia rear wheel cylinders, and I'd always remembered the FB/EKs having 1-1/16" dia rear wheel cylinders, but taking the smaller diameter pipe.

If you're running 1" bores, then what do you do about pistons?

If you get really stuck, I have a couple of surplus-to-requirements FB/EK rear wheel cylinders here. Would need re-sleeving though.

Rob

Nice work Clay,
Trying to paint this weather is a bit of a pain, but your oven baked enamel looks good

Regards
Stephen

Rob
Thanks for the offer. I’m using all resleeved originals from the ute, FB215 and the EK van so I have plenty of stock. The rears are all one inch with pistons to match.

Stephen
The cheaparse enamel seems to stick and goes on like jam. It is very forgiving with runs levelling out in the drying process.

Cheers
Clay


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Renewed the plenum door seal using strips of old inner tube glued in with plumbers silicone. Purists may wish to avert their eyes. They were originally foam latex i believe but I couldn’t put my hand on any and my tin of kwik grip had dried out due to some nob not resealing the lid properly.


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Errol62 wrote: Wed Jun 13, 2018 7:42 pm Renewed the plenum door seal using strips of old inner tube glued in with plumbers silicone. Purists may wish to avert their eyes.

I won't tell anyone, Clay. I ride a bike regularly and have got heaps of used inner tubes hanging in the shed for "when they come in handy". Last use was for tying plants to wooden stakes to stop them blowing over.

You're getting lotsa little jobs done, keep it up.

Cheers,

John

59wagon wrote: Wed Jun 13, 2018 9:08 pm

Errol62 wrote: Wed Jun 13, 2018 7:42 pm Renewed the plenum door seal using strips of old inner tube glued in with plumbers silicone. Purists may wish to avert their eyes.

I won't tell anyone, Clay. I ride a bike regularly and have got heaps of used inner tubes hanging in the shed for "when they come in handy". Last use was for tying plants to wooden stakes to stop them blowing over.

Ooh, I have a hot tip for this one:
I installed a new laminated kitchen bench at my place last year. After I cut out the hole for the metal sink basin, I went to Bunnings to buy new pull-down screws and came across sticky backed foam strip to seal between the stainless basin flange and the benchtop. Turns out it's a perfect fit for early Holden plenum vent doors

Thanks joe. Too late in my case. Job is done.

I’m celebrating a hard brake pedal tonight. Old mate at the shop finally came good. The glue apparently had failed to go off last time. Anyway it’s all good now. He tested it before handing it over and I even shook his grubby hand as he thanked me for my patience. Raced home and whacked it together under the carport despite a virtual blizzard ensuing. It seems the dry has finally broken here in Willunga at least. I will give it all a final bleed over the weekend just to be sure. I am an expert now and could reinstall a bare cylinder blindfolded at this point. Time to nip down to the shed for another stubby of stout, generally try not to drink during the week but this is as good an excuse as I’ve had in a while.
Cheers
Clay


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Clay,

Persistence hath its rewards. Well done.

I took a look in chapter five of the EK manual, and . . .
it has been waaay too long since I last mucked around with standard FB/EK brakes.
You're right, the rear wheel cylinder bore is 1.000". 12+ years of Holdens prone to rear wheel lockup under hard braking must finally have got through to the engineers.

Rob

I decided the easiest thing was to swap in the EK wiper actuator arms and spindles from my old sedan. The left side arm was still attached to the secondary crank. They have done about 250,000 miles so I hope they’re not too worn. When I took the FB ones off one of the spindle heads came away with the wiper arm. The attaching rivet had gone missing at some stage before I got the car. Also, the FB bushes that run on the crank are black rubber and appear to be female hexagonal rather than nylon bush per the EK.


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Wipers sorted The switch is a little dodgy and needs a jiggle. I have a couple more if it persists. Think they are both HR.

One of the front wheel cylinders has a leak
I knew my celebration was a little premature but I needed an excuse. I can have another celebration when it’s sorted. Other three are good.


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Looks pretty, had to take a photo


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I put the poor mans heater back in. I’ll plumb up later.


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As the speedo inner cable is missing thought I would just slip in one from my spares. Turns out to be 18” too long! I’ve got three spares all the same length. Oh well guess I’ll have to play with that annoying firewall grommet and fit a new one.


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