Tigers V6 Conversion

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michaeljohn1234m
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Re: Tigers V6 Conversion

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Been busy doing the wiring,decided to make my own harness, as there wasn't that much I could use on the ek harness anyway, will post photos soon.
I was talking to Pat Gardner (V6 conversions) about some wiring and he said his new independent rear end should be for sale soon, this is one thing I've been waiting for (for 10 years) He's a photo of it looks good
http://www.v6conversions.com.au/cms/inc ... =800&h=600
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Man that rear end looks great
Be spendy I reckon
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It will be ( I didn't ask him how much) and if its as good as his front end than it will be worth it
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did the wiring on the inside (didn't realise just how much wire one needs)
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a lot of wires. now all the electrics work
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ended up using 2 fuse boxes ,this one for the main and a smaller one for the lights
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had no other place to put the horns
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had to clean up the body numbers so one could see them so I put clear over them
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I couldn't come to putting holes in the bonnet
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using two different size stainless steel pipes to make it work right
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the motor that came with the bottle wasn't powerful enough so I put a commodore one on and it works great should finish it on the weekend
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decided to raze the petrel tank up for the muffler
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I put a new neck on it and decided to check for any holes so I blocked all the hoses and filled it with air and started wielding the holes by the fourth time I filled it with air it blow up like a balloon stuffed
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so I'm back at the start with a new tank from the wreakers and a new neck will finish that this week end
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bled the brakes so there working fine i'll do the battery (in the boot next week) should have it started in 2 weeks if all goes as planned
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put the warning switch in on the weekend as I seen it done on the forum and it's out of the way
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I just need to know the wiring code now it's out of a vs
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finished off the wiper spray tubes today they work great and you don't see them
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did the battery stand a bit of overkill on the steel
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it's in out of the way should get the battery cable this week and get that in next weekend
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should start it soon
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does anyone know where in nsw I can get my fuel sender (VS Commodore) recalibrated as Classic instruments fuel gauge to be 0-30 ohm or can it be done at home anyone know
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michaeljohn1234m wrote:does anyone know where in nsw I can get my fuel sender (VS Commodore) recalibrated as Classic instruments fuel gauge to be 0-30 ohm or can it be done at home anyone know
Howards in Vic can...

Jesus christ thats a lot of wiring. Manually making your own harness is impressive, would it have been easier on you to use the Pat Gardner conversion one?
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May help....
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Michael, I'm rewiring my FB. I'm wondering where you're mounting the fuse box (or boxes, in your case)?

Cheers,
Aaron.
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RedWhiteFB wrote:Michael, I'm rewiring my FB. I'm wondering where you're mounting the fuse box (or boxes, in your case)?

Cheers,
Aaron.
hi Aaron
I'm putting the large box up against the fire wall just to the drivers side below the wipe mechanism the small one is right side of the drivers side its only a small one and at the moment it's just floating on top of the other wires
hope that helps
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Thanks for that. Now I need to make my car look as good as yours! Hmm, could take a while...
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been a bit lazy on doing updates as my laptop is dead so i'm using the wifes,got the hand brake finished i have to see what the engineer says
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finished the petrel tank off the breathers where a but of a shit to fit,
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it all works fine no leaks and it's full of fuel
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got all the radiators done and all working except for the air con, no gas
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made a bracket for the v6 conversions wiring harness (fuses & relays)
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it's all done
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bonnet shuts fine
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it kicked over and went to start and it did'nt, and a smell of something burning don't know what, wasn't much but was enough .
the data light is blinking so i ordered one of these ALDL cables to see whats going on
http://pcmhacking.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=622
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I used the same type of shackle on my hand brake cable but I had some flat bar welded to the ends instead of the clips you used.
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michaeljohn1234m wrote: the data light is blinking so i ordered one of these ALDL cables to see whats going on
http://pcmhacking.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=622
Bridge pins 5&6 and the check engine light will flash a code to tell you what it is...
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nes i only have pins 1 & 8 on the top row and 2,3,& 5 on the bottom row
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