Page 42 of 42
Re: Neil's FB Station Wagon
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2026 7:50 am
by Brett027
FireKraka wrote: Tue Jun 23, 2026 1:36 pm
Purchased one of the Chinese GPS speedo's that Brett purchased from eBay, looks pretty good but a little worried that it does not sit on Zero unless it needs power to zero, will see when it goes in.
Image (9).jpeg
It will go to zero once it's connected up. Getting the rev counter callibrated is the hard bit. You will need another rev counter to check against as you go. There are an infinite amount of combinations to use, not like the old switch for 4,6 or 8 cyls. It will keep you busy. The speedo is very accurate and easy to fit and wire up.
Re: Neil's FB Station Wagon
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2026 11:46 am
by FireKraka
Thanks Brett I came across the tacho issue when I was doing the conversion on my FC Sedan the commodore signal pick up from the alternator from memory and is weird 5 square signal or something
, can't remember, anyway I can get a converter I believe that goes into the signal supply wire that converts the signal, I'm still along way off of there at the moment.
Hey Greg it isn't the adapters that are the problem it is the callipers, where I have ground the calliper in the picture is to flatten the mounting area and so that when it mounts to the stub axle it mounts flat to the mounting face of the stub and doesn't kick it over to jam on the rotor.
I'll take a photo of the other calliper to show what I mean
Re: Neil's FB Station Wagon
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2026 3:00 pm
by FireKraka
Hi Greg see the photo of the calliper that I haven't ground, you can see the casting is close to the mounting holes.
Because the flange of the drop spindle where the calliper mounts is so different (larger) that you need to give the calliper the clearance otherwise the mount holes don't match up and the calliper fowls on the rotor.
- Image (10).jpeg (255.66 KiB) Viewed 225 times
Re: Neil's FB Station Wagon
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2026 2:31 pm
by FireKraka
Finally got the brake upgrade sorted after some modification which you have to do anyway to get the VT callipers to fit the drop spindles.
The rotors are VT V6 but I have drilled them out to 14mm for the studs because the rear is VE which are 14mm and VT is 12mm so I wanted to have same studs front and back.
Just need springs and I can put the front suspension together.
- Image (6).jpeg (245.01 KiB) Viewed 134 times
- Image (7).jpeg (249.44 KiB) Viewed 134 times
Re: Neil's FB Station Wagon
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2026 6:23 pm
by EK283
Looks good Neil,
Expert now mate !
Greg
Re: Neil's FB Station Wagon
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2026 11:45 am
by FireKraka
Hey Greg you know what an Expert is? X is an unknown quantity and a spert is a drip under pressure
Re: Neil's FB Station Wagon
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2026 11:46 am
by FireKraka
Anybody got a set of standard original HR front springs by chance???????
Re: Neil's FB Station Wagon
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2026 4:24 pm
by WesternWagon
FireKraka wrote:Anybody got a set of standard original HR front springs by chance???????
I may have
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Re: Neil's FB Station Wagon
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2026 10:39 am
by FireKraka
Thanks Gaz however I have been able to source a pair from a mob in Victoria.
I rang Damien at Warburton Early Holden Parts (he couldn't help
) he put me onto Chris at Dinkum Autos in Cheltenham Vic, Chris was really helpful and went out of his way to help me get a set of springs really fair price and they are already on there way
