tips and tricks

Devilrod · Post by **Devilrod** » Sun May 17, 2009 8:24 pm

There's no such thing as too low, but don't expect it to ride nice

Keep a record of what parts you used/modified and how, makes replacement alot easier.

Never say its going to be "just" a quick freshen up........

Post by **reidy** » Sun May 17, 2009 9:06 pm

Here's a great tip.
Never bring a knife to a gunfight.

RAT138 · Post by **RAT138** » Tue May 19, 2009 10:35 am

got a good one - just cause the guy says theres no rust - doesn't mean there is none.

reddo · Post by **reddo** » Tue May 19, 2009 11:50 am

Knock out the front uni on an old tailshaft and keep the front bit with gearbox spigot.
Stuff it in the box and tie it off with wire when removing gearbox.. or motor and gearbox in one go from a car.. saves a whole lotta thilthy gooey 90 grade running all over your floor when ya tilt the thing down getting it out.

Yep ya can drain the box before ya remove it but its a bit like having a pee.. no matter how much ya shake and beg.... the last few drops run down ya leg

Reddo

FB MAD · Post by **FB MAD** » Tue May 19, 2009 4:03 pm

my70wg · Post by **my70wg** » Tue May 19, 2009 4:41 pm

reddo wrote:
ts a bit like having a pee.. no matter how much ya shake and beg.... the last few drops run down ya leg

Reddo

aidan...

muddy · Post by **muddy** » Tue May 19, 2009 10:47 pm

wet weather tip: buy a SHITLOAD of rain-x.

CHOPPED · Post by **CHOPPED** » Tue May 19, 2009 10:47 pm

i got one but its not car related . if you forget to buy a birthday gift for your wife

dont say hey i gave you 3 kids

just gets you in more trouble

ben · Post by **ben** » Wed May 20, 2009 12:08 am

Don't try fitting an after market flex fan to a red powered FB/EK they really do flex.....into the radiator

It was always going to be a tight fit but i thought i had it sussed. No dramas in the driveway and out to the main road, but i thought i would give it a good thrash just to be sure and bang crunch. New radiator, stock fan and no more chasing small power gains...lesson learnt

Scubbs · Post by **Scubbs** » Wed May 20, 2009 12:48 am

If ya got one the clutch spline out of an old gearbox works a treat lining up the clutch plate

Post by **Blacky** » Wed May 20, 2009 12:54 am

Dont eat yellow snow

(AUST)Mod · Post by **(AUST)Mod** » Wed May 20, 2009 2:46 am

Don't drive without oil in your 350 chev.

reddo · Post by **reddo** » Wed May 20, 2009 6:59 am

Hey Ben

I had one of those 6 blade fans on my green EK ute - 186.
water pump pulley bolts where about 12 to 15mm off the radiator core. fitted the fan ( has staino blades with very little pitch) no part of the fan stuck further foreward than the pully bolts....worked perfect .
Was your fan plastic , steel or stainless steel??

Reddo

ben · Post by **ben** » Wed May 20, 2009 11:27 am

Reddo it was a five blade fan with fancy blue centre and stainless blades.
the blades have a fair bit of pitch on them (engine side) which decreses with increased rpm. I think that force that flattens out the pitch with speed also flexes the whole fan away from the motor and in my case into the radiator. It was only the tip of one blade but was enough to wreck the rad Probably with some more fiddling you could get it to run ok, but the tolorance of the fan blades to the fan belt (engine side) at idle would be very very small to allow for the flex radiator side. Hope that makes sense

reddo · Post by **reddo** » Fri May 22, 2009 7:51 am

Yup.. I know exactly what ya mean.
Come to think of it mine was five blade too.
same unit by the sounds of it.

A standard fan blade has a chunk notched out of each blade to clear pulleys etc.

Reddo