Clay’s Wedgewood Blue FB Ute
Re: Clay’s Wedgewood Blue FB Ute
Clay Feaud XR and XT have the reservoir straight up and down and are 5/8 bore size.
Greg
Greg
So many cars so little time!
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Re: Clay’s Wedgewood Blue FB Ute
Thanks so much fellas. There are a few options it turns out. I didn’t bother looking on the site, rather chat on the phone. The gadget I got was $495. It is something that has been niggling at me, the opportunity was provided by the cam failure, and there was money burning a hole in my fun account.
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Re: Clay’s Wedgewood Blue FB Ute
Here we go
need to drill put the firewall and pedal box to 36mm, relocate bolt centres inward 4.5mm either side and adapt the clevis.
And source the correct flare unions.![Image](//uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20231018/4c32348cea06ad8c78cc5498442e6155.jpg)
Glen said cams were ground yesterday. Just need to get over this moter of all flu's.
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And source the correct flare unions.
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Glen said cams were ground yesterday. Just need to get over this moter of all flu's.
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Re: Clay’s Wedgewood Blue FB Ute
Be very interested to see how this goes , we just had to remove a very heavy and unwieldy gearbox and transfer case to change one of these after it imploded - an external setup would negate that , if this is a big improvement it would be worth considering seeing as it’s a 30 minute job to remove a gearbox in a certain FB ……
When you're faced with an unpleasant task that you really don't want to do, sometimes you just have to dig deep down inside and somehow find the patience to wait for someone else to do it for you.
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Re: Clay’s Wedgewood Blue FB Ute
Slave hydraulic failure means gearbox out, which is a downside. They recommend dot 4 only by the way. There is no fork mechanism to fail though, which is the same scenario. I don’t know when I’m going to have the energy to climb under to pull the tail-shaft etc.
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Re: Clay’s Wedgewood Blue FB Ute
Picked up a billet flywheel and competition pressure plate I thought I may as well instal. Then I remembered mine was all balanced as an assembly with the crank, in my limited understanding. I mean it’s probably an overkill anyway. Being chromoly it is only 7kg against standard 11kg. The clutch may be slightly heavier than stock if anything. Driven plate was to suit dyno input so no use to me. You’ll probably guess where I got all this.
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Re: Clay’s Wedgewood Blue FB Ute
Hi Clay,
I have one of those slaves but in the tilton brand.
The secret is set them up with the correct measurements, once done they don't require anything else and to be honest you're more than likely going to rebuild your cam train again before the slave fails.
Keep us posted on your adventure !!
Greg
I have one of those slaves but in the tilton brand.
The secret is set them up with the correct measurements, once done they don't require anything else and to be honest you're more than likely going to rebuild your cam train again before the slave fails.
Keep us posted on your adventure !!
Greg
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So many cars so little time!
Re: Clay’s Wedgewood Blue FB Ute
Cheers Greg. Yep 4-6mm to fingers achieved with conical spacers. Just a really neat thing. I probably should have shopped around but the torrie lads seem to swear by them. The unions are NPT, the same as the &*#@ master. Hard line will be 3/16” which should be ok seeing the speedpro line is 1/8” ID.
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Re: Clay’s Wedgewood Blue FB Ute
Well![Image](//uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20231021/d52b563570c1e547deccbdd4c718da6b.jpg)
, carbies off at least
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, carbies off at least
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Re: Clay’s Wedgewood Blue FB Ute
Mate does it ever stop
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Re: Clay’s Wedgewood Blue FB Ute
Mate Tim got me motivated. We were going to Dudley's last day, but decided to pull the motor.
Happly crank main journals and cam bearings look good.
The rear main cap shell has a line in it.
I will replace all but the cam bearings seeing as I've got it apart. I'll replace the driven plate too. It is more eorn than I expected.
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This is the concentric thrust setup
top hose with the banjo bolt is the bleed.
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No shit Sherlock
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Surprised you didn't go to Dudleys yard for the last day - i would have loved to get there and pick some bits off those Vauxhalls for my 2 door project but other stuff took precedence
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When you're faced with an unpleasant task that you really don't want to do, sometimes you just have to dig deep down inside and somehow find the patience to wait for someone else to do it for you.
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Foundation member #61 of FB/EK Holden club of W.A.
Re: Clay’s Wedgewood Blue FB Ute
I planned to go but nothing I specifically needed. When my mate drove to my door and offered to spanner, that was it.
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