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Clay’s Wedgewood Blue FB Ute
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2021 10:14 pm
by Errol62
Re: Clay’s Wedgewood Blue FB Ute
Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2021 3:56 pm
by Errol62
Sway bar mounts finally done
I never liked the bolt on diff mounts
FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie
Re: Clay’s Wedgewood Blue FB Ute
Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2021 8:50 pm
by FJWALLY
Errol62 wrote:Sway bar mounts finally done
I never liked the bolt on diff mounts
FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie
Nice - i took mine off it looked so bad
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Re: Clay’s Wedgewood Blue FB Ute
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2021 4:57 pm
by Errol62
Some painting today. KBS motor coater chev charcoal grey engine enamel and more of the left over hot rod orange.
FB ute driver, EK van project
Re: Clay’s Wedgewood Blue FB Ute
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2021 7:39 pm
by 62ekute
like a bought one
Re: Clay’s Wedgewood Blue FB Ute
Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2021 12:53 pm
by Errol62
Rear ended is ready to trial fit for sway bar mount attachment. I re did the brake lines using salvaged tube nuts. New ones I used last time only come with 10mm heads, not 3/8”. Luncheon time.
FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie
Re: Clay’s Wedgewood Blue FB Ute
Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2021 3:21 pm
by Errol62
I was hoping to re-use wheel cylinders. On e was quite good but second one, no. $35 pair delivered from resto country. Much cheaper than FB ones and says they are good brand not cheapo knock offs.
Exhaust coming out as it will intefere with sway bar body mount. That settles it. I will fit the x2 headers before new motor goes in, body up an exhaust good enough to get me to exhaust shop. Then get a nice custom job done.
FB ute driver, EK van project
Re: Clay’s Wedgewood Blue FB Ute
Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2021 4:35 pm
by EK283
Great work Clay,
It blows me away how cheap things are like wheel cylinders and brake stuff is at the moment.
Greg
Re: Clay’s Wedgewood Blue FB Ute
Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2021 4:57 pm
by Errol62
I know Greg.
Front bushes are fighting me all the way. Dad's old clamp :《
FB ute driver, EK van project
Re: Clay’s Wedgewood Blue FB Ute
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2021 8:44 pm
by Errol62
Picked up an unmolested 186 L head from gumtree last night. Took down to machine shop and were a lot happier with the seats. Will probably fit slightly larger valves and upgrade the springs.
Got a tin of KBS motor coater rocket red to do engine and brakes. Not cheap $64 500ml by goes a fair way.
FB ute driver, EK van project
Re: Clay’s Wedgewood Blue FB Ute
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2021 5:33 pm
by Errol62
Finally a breakthrough on the front leaf bushes
FB ute driver, EK van project
Re: Clay’s Wedgewood Blue FB Ute
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2021 6:11 pm
by Blacky
I normally just drive them in with an BFH
Re: Clay’s Wedgewood Blue FB Ute
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:18 pm
by Errol62
Believe me I tried blacky. The rubbers are 10mm longer than the space they have. This was only way I could get nuts started. Wound them up to 30lb ft which was as much as I dared. Then took up with bottle jack and wound some more. Will have a good idea of the ride height soon.
FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie
Re: Clay’s Wedgewood Blue FB Ute
Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2021 8:11 am
by Harv
This explains why utes get the bottle jack... its a multi-purpose tool
The front bushes are painful. Mine had vulcanised to the metal that badly that we had to heat them up with the gasaxe to get them out.
Cheers,
Harv
Re: Clay’s Wedgewood Blue FB Ute
Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2021 9:27 am
by Errol62
Also handy for flaring guards harv ;7)
FB ute driver, EK van project
