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In the Shed wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 10:21 am Looks tidy. Is that the original “short range” fuel tank with updated fuel gauge sender?

Stephen

Yeah mate , stock tank with VE Commode fuel pump/ sender unit

You may need a long range jerry can for the Nationals trips.

60Special wrote: Thu Feb 09, 2023 2:00 pm You may need a long range jerry can for the Nationals trips.

We stop every couple of hundred km anyway ......

So you're bringing it then......

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Errol62 wrote: Thu Feb 09, 2023 7:20 pm So you're bringing it then......

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I hope so ......

Me too

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Got a bit done today , finished off the boot area, wired the fuel pump relay in , gave up on the VE sender idea and just wired the original one back in . Got all fancy and stuff - grabbed a couple of sockets out of EKMart and wired up the reverse lights - very swish


Built a cover over the fuel line, fuel pump wiring and battery terminal to reduce the risk of fire , which is pretty high considering who wired it up




Is painted up and ready to fit tomorrow after the fuel line fitting turns up - is handy having a neighbour who owns a Pirtek store


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Then I got the fuse box mounted and wired in the new glovebox, also replaced the dodgy as hell speaker wiring and tidied up the rest of the stereo wiring



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Then seeing as the bulk of the dash wiring is done we loomed up the wiring and ran it under the guards , also got the dipper switch wired and the alternator, starter , O2 sensor etc run to where they need to be




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Looking way better mate. Considering it started with more bad connections the prince Andrew its next level..


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Bit more progress today in between other jobs , battery cable run, had to knock up a heat shield of course I nearly had it finished then ballsed it up - at least I had a near complete template to make the replacement
Had to fit in here , battery and fuel line a bit close to the zorst



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Slapped a bit of rattle can black on it and then went and ran the rest of it




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Then spent an hour and a half bolting the Fkn starter motor in the custom pipes don’t allow the easiest access in the world and the top bolt hole in the chinesuim CRS bellhousing wasn’t happy about having a bolt inserted so I had to modify a tap to fit in a hex socket then use a heap of extensions and run a tap through the bastard using a short ratchet from just behind the alternator to clean the hole out - then the bolt would wind in by hand from underneath and nip it up with the aforementioned 24” extensions and ratchet so then bourbons happened and work came to a crashing halt …..


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Nicely run lines and wires.

Cheers,
Harv

Getting it done
I hate extractorsmainly because they cook the starter then make it near impossible to replace.

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