WA fb special

[mph]

Driving on the way back from the east side of aus came across this pile of oldies.
Ive nver seen so many fj's in one place

[mph]

So today i decided to install the lj diff in the FB spesh and get the offset rears tucked in nice with out ripping off the white wall flappers when driving.
First step i did was remove the 2" lowering blocks get it back to factory level and measure the pinion angle so later on when i set up the lj diff i can set the pinion angle to suit being lowered when welding on new spring perches, hopefully that works out.
I had purchased some new perches but thought id unpick the fb ones aswell , they are only held on by 4 spot welds i guess the u bolts do most the work.
I drilled out / cut the bump stops and brake line bracket spot welds and moved them also over to the lj diff and removed the lj bump stops.
I measured up the side to side first and got that with in the mm each side and distance to the spring hangers marked them all out then worked on the pinion angle. Removed the diff and burnt all the bits onto the lj diff.
The blocks are back in it but ill be doing a spring flip when the diff back is out for powder coating.

[In the Shed]

Geez, there a few old cars there. Did you find any bits to take home? Looks they have been there a while too!

Regards
Stephen

[mph]

Geez, there a few old cars there. Did you find any bits to take home? Looks they have been there a while too!

Regards
Stephen

There was plenty of bits to be had glass, chrome, steering wheels alot of it was rusty to,plenty of EH holdens to etc but i didnt end up with anything.

Im actually still after lhs back door glass runner ( bit thats siliconed to the bottom of the glass that the windowwinder wheel runs in) and drivers side fb special chrome that goes along on top of the fin and back rhs door if anyone has any.
Thanks

[Blacky]

I will have a glass runner for you , and possibly the other bits.

[mph]

I will have a glass runner for you , and possibly the other bits.

That will be great Blacky thanks.

[mph]

I decided to have a go at lowering the bumpstops to keep it looking somewhat original and save cutting them down and have them splitting.
some pics are of lhs some of the rhs but you get the idea,

First things first while wheel in the end to find spot welds then drill out the spot welds that hold the cup in.

Hammer and chisel knock off the cup pops



The out with the holesaw and drop the cups in, level the cups and weld them in and also weld up the spot weld holes clean it up with the flapper disk.



A quick check on why i was sweating some much




Just to get a idea the springs are 2" lowered kingsprings with 1 and a 1/4 coils cut off.

[mph]

Ps any tips in getting photobucket pics smaller

[mph]

Giving the tie rod ends some heat before they get the hammer as they are due for replacement .
i also removed the brake pedal and welded on the auto size brake pedal it worked a treat.
It looks a little more offset to the left of the leg than it actually is .
Does anyone have a pic of an original auto pedal straight on?

[Blacky]

I have a factory auto wreck at home that you can check out mate.

[Errol62]

Pretty sure the auto pedal is centred on the pendulum arm. The arm is same as manual. It's easy to remove manual pedal and replace with auto. Sourcing the auto pedal rubber used to be an issue but they seem to be available on eBay these days. The customisers trick was to weld on a thumping big pedal with the "DISC BRAKES" raised lettering on the middle of the rubber.

[mph]

(note to self) Always ask Blacky first for ekmart parts availability

Im not sure if the ek auto pedal rubber the same as the oem EH one but the plate ive welded on says suits ek ej eh auto rubber. the rubbers are about $13 from rare spares. so hopefully it works okay.

[FireKraka]

Hi MPH your thermometer looks like mine did before the Blacky inspired aircon I have installed; before there were days when I would only last 10 to 20 minutes before I was saturated and had to get out of the workshop now I think it is cooler than the house.

Can you post a photo of the pedal as I have to go done this path also I left just a normal pedal in my FC.

Regards
Neil H

[mph]

Hi MPH your thermometer looks like mine did before the Blacky inspired aircon I have installed; before there were days when I would only last 10 to 20 minutes before I was saturated and had to get out of the workshop now I think it is cooler than the house.

Can you post a photo of the pedal as I have to go done this path also I left just a normal pedal in my FC.

Regards
Neil H

i think the pedal is more the the left than oem auto pedal but ive installed it for a test and im happy with its location.


Edit x milllion, ive been trying to resize and save the images on photobucket they save smaller then when the hit the screen they are massive again



you dont have to cut the old pedal but i did as i wasnt sure how much over hang the rubber had and didnt want to be affected with the thickness of two pedals

[mph]

So another little mission im onto is getting some auto indication on the steering column to work.
Whats the actual proper name for the auto column indicator?
Id like to see what other guys have used for rego or is it actually needed?
Did the orignal fb ek manual gear knobs come with the H pattern symbol on it or was a gear shift symbol/image not required in vehicles back then?
Can you get new ek plastic indicators made even better made for a trimatic

Ill post a few pics and some info which might helps others out when installing a trimatic into a fb.

I have a ek auto one but its faded and you cant see any gears etc, i bought one a while back of gumtree from a ej auto and i also have a hd auto one.
The FB EK column has a larger diameter than the ej - hr as they dont quite fit over the fb column but a mate has made a ej one stetch over his fb column then you have to re label it to suit a trimatic aswell.

The clear plastic indicator (not sure of proper name) from the HD slots into the ek frame and would work
This is the ej eh over the ek one see the size difference.


This is the ek frame with a hd plastic slotted in it , it fits quite snug but would require the bottom plastic tabs buzzed down to sit flush on the column. i think ill end up with this combo


Left to right ek ej hd