[joeblow]

tab bought his sierra a while ago now and the first stage was to chuck some bolt in gear to get it ready for one of our tassie trips. this consisted of 5.12 diff centres, front and rear air lockers, 2 inch alloy body lift and 50mm old man emu springs. to say the vehicle was good with that setup is an understatement.
now we are up to stage two which will consist of heaps of fabbed stuff. this time around she will be gettin a 1.6 vit efi, 4 speed electronic auto, dual cases and power steer. heaps of work but the benefits are fantastic. here is a pic of a lwb we picked up cheap wth 1.6 and f&r lockers. this was the donor vehicle for the power steer and engine, and his sisters vit scores the lockers.


will be taking lots of pics of his truck this week so stay tuned.

[Zook_Fan]

and what happens with the rest?

[Damo]

Zook_Fan wrote:

and what happens with the rest?

Joe know's I have LWB withdrawls, he's putting a bow on it and santa's dropping it off for me

[Zook_Fan]

he should send it further up the coast to me

[basketcase]

How snug are the duals in a SWB?? Wouldn't the rear shaft be a bit short??

[joeblow]

well the lwb will be rollin, minus 5.1's for my v6 vit, but will keep all panel and chassis as is, we're just taking diff gears and driveline. and the tailshaft is only about 50mm shorter with the duals.

[joeblow]

today i started doin some machining for the dual cases. while tab is pullin everything down its my job to do the tricky shite. i have to adapt two yokes so i'm machining to and one with a spigot to keep it true. then i'll be doing the custom out put flange.



machining of the yokes begins. with two yokes together we only move the sierra t/case back approx 50mm.


what the t/case will look like.


i had these splined shafts made a few years ago. they suit a particular spline in the vit case and is what allows me to make the system nice and short. these are pressed and welded into a flange 'blank' and then machined true.

[Damo]

I'm liking that Joe.

What that t-case setup you could run with no Sierra case couldn't you? With an auto and 5.1 diffs that might be a decent setup with ~31" tyres.

[hooki]

this should be a nice build up.

[joeblow]

we started to widen the tunnel on the weekend in preparation for fitting all the components. the easy part is getting the engine in and wired, the hard part is making the auto and dual case fit in the tunnel nicely. the gearbox cross member has been cut out and i will fab up a new one to suit the auto which will be removable.


....no turning back now tab!.....


the tunnel strech. it will be fully seam sealed and smoothed out with shellite, then painted to match. the g/box mount is also removed.


donor 1.6 waiting to in.


the old g/box and t/case mount from the lwb, will do something similar...just more compact.

i have't put this in the auszookers rig section as i want to show people how many thing have to be made and machined for a project of this kind and this is the easy part as next year both tabs and kenny's lj will be gettin coils all round.....bucket loads of machining in that thread. stay tuned more stuff during the week....

[suzukikid]

Good good!

Thought the motor and box was happin after the wombat trip...... Was definatly on it's last legs on the last trip i come with you guys on!

Keep the pic's comin!

[Damo]

joeblow wrote:

the tunnel strech. it will be fully seam sealed and smoothed out with shellite, then painted to match. the g/box mount is also removed.

Hey Joe, can you explain what you use the shellite for?

BTW, this got double posted, I deleted the 2nd one.

[joeblow]

ta damo....computer threw a spazz.....shellite is pretty much the same as grease and wax remover. once the sealer is on we drench a rag with the stuff and then wipe it smooth for a nice finish. once dry we paint. if you ever want a bead of silicone to look good wipe it with this stuff and you will see.

a pic of the splined shaft being parted......

[suzukikid]

Just though to my self....

Any reason why he kept the shorty when the LWB looks like it's set up to go?

Or is not like that?

[kenn]

suzukikid wrote:

Just though to my self....

Any reason why he kept the shorty when the LWB looks like it's set up to go?

Or is not like that? ?

More bent bits than a Snoop Dog video!

[joeblow]

my god!....kenn made a post.....and it was funny!......

[kenn]

Thankyou Mr Joe, nothing good comes quickly!

[suzukikid]

kenn wrote:

Thankyou Mr Joe, nothing good comes quickly!

Hows that vid goin?

welcome......

Fair enough......

[foolsp33d]

kenn wrote:

Thankyou Mr Joe, nothing good comes quickly!

Welcome in Mr Kenny! did you drive Grover to work today? went past around 2 or so.. beepin and wavin like a madman...

[joeblow]

kenn wrote:

Thankyou Mr Joe, nothing good comes quickly!

i hope your like that to all the girlies....

[kenn]

Mr Joe ,Always!

Working on vid as you type (now have 3 different edit suites,,head go bang)

Whoops ! Yes I did drive Grover to work today, sorry I didn't see you,I heard the horn couldn't tell where it was coming from, will look more closely next time.
Thanks for the welcome peoples..

[Damo]

Ooo video! We are waiting

[joeblow]

ok.........holidays ......woo hoo....anyway now that i have some time up my sleave its time to pull the finger out and get this t/case machined up for tab.

first up i have pulled the vit t/case apart and cut off the bits of housing i don't need using a bandsaw, after that is done she is clamped down to the mill for some more 'accurate' machining.


this is the gear cluster. what i am aiming to do is remove all the front out-put components.



the front output gears are removed, you can see the splines just above the main bearing, these are splines i will be using for the new output flange.



the shaft is then cut and placed in the lathe to have a new hole drilled for an m10 flange bolt. this is a slow process as the shaft is hardened, but with patience and the right gear can be drilled into easily.



this is the new shifter seal housing. it presses into the case and has an o-ring at the bottom to seal, and a proper seal at the top fot the shift fork. when the shift lever bracket is installed on the 2 m8 threads i have retained in the case it will push down on the seal housing securing it tightley.

next up i will be machining the new output seal housing from 110mm aluminium, and have the case and main seal housing welded in place. once this is done i can start re-assembling the case ready for tabs vehicle.

[kenn]

Mr Joe, You got the squirty pipe for the lathe because of it's colours didn't you? OK i'll get back to re-editing the Tassie trip now.

[joeblow]

not the blue bits....the yellow bits....

[kenn]

So whats happening with this ,don't tell me i have to drive to tabs to find out...i suppose i could just ask him at work...

[Zook_Fan]

yeah any updates on this rig?

[joeblow]

ok...........case welded up and flange hardened.................

[Zook_Fan]

joeblow wrote:

tab bought his sierra a while ago now and the first stage was to chuck some bolt in gear to get it ready for one of our tassie trips. this consisted of 5.12 diff centres, front and rear air lockers, 2 inch alloy body lift and 50mm old man emu springs. to say the vehicle was good with that setup is an understatement.

How did it sit at higher speeds running the lower diff gears? Like sitting at 100 with the 1.3L? was it a struggle? what size tyres was he running?

[kenn]

They all do 100 unless i get in front of them.
Then they can go as slow as they like