Dace-lux gettin revamped

[Jerry]

So do we need to organise a BBQ etc to help you sort out your truck?

[Dace]

So do we need to organise a BBQ etc to help you sort out your truck?

Well if I ever need to get anything done, I WONT be asking you

[Dace]

Well, I call it progress!!

[niblik]

what the hell is the hack saw for fella?!?!?!

a-n-g-l-e-g-r-i-n-d-e-r....

[taz01]

what the hell is the hack saw for fella?!?!?!

a-n-g-l-e-g-r-i-n-d-e-r....

I can come give ya some pointers on how to use a grinder dude.....

[mroffroader]

I can show you how they catch on metal and grind your face and rip up your tshirt and leave scars everywhere not to mention blood

[Dace]

Well, I call it progress!!

What do ya have against hacksaws???!!!

but serious like, I used a grinder with a 1mm cutting disc for 97% of the cutting, the hacksaw was for where the seat mount cross member meats the trans tunnel

[Landy Rover]

Hey Dace, did you find out if you can use that diesel filter and primer for petrol? I use a commodore inline pump but have to suck fuel through to prime it as they are useless at sucking! So if the primer would work with petrol ita a great idea

[Dace]

Hey Dace, did you find out if you can use that diesel filter and primer for petrol? I use a commodore inline pump but have to suck fuel through to prime it as they are useless at sucking! So if the primer would work with petrol ita a great idea

I haven't yet but the remote housing we sell at work uses a diesel type filter and they can be used for petrol as well...

it all depend also wether when the engine is fitted, there is still room for the std filter in the std location, if not, I won't bother

[Dace]

UPDATE!!!!

Well , its been a while, trying to figure out how to fabricate a new trans cross member, that lifts the trans 50mm higher, and minimize drop below the chassis rails

well, its now all most ready, have welded most the crossmember to final condition, just lettin the welder and work cool down then will finish it off

pics coming very soon

[Dace]

Pics!!!




100mm difference in profile!!!

[haydgq]

How's this Lux coming along.??

[badnuz]

like all great projects

[haydgq]

like all great projects

Oh one of those projects, prob a mirror image of mine then haha, mine was around 1.5 years and still not finished but i have been driving it for 2 months now so thats a plus i suppose Finishing my gearbox x-member tonight then i just need to mount my pwr steer cooler and fit some sort of mesh in front of that rad etc then almost finished (untill i start my new sump etc etc etc so yea never finished)

[Dace]

Well, wee bit of progress made, gear box is sittin under the floor, sound deadning has been removed from trans tunnel area, next step, put the tunnell back in.

oh, and got a couple of boxes of goddies from the states!!!

[Bulletproof]

like all great projects

The longest mine has ever been off the road was 3 weeks, and that was when I fitted the safari front end.

Cheers Richard

[Dace]

Progress made!!!!

[badnuz]

shed looks tidy! good effort getting closer to having a 8g recovery truck ;0

sorry i couldnt make it chap, dam cruiser lol

if your doing anything after work one nite i can scam a car to come down

[shortylux]

If you haven't done it already, avoid using the factory oil pressure switch thing for the fuel pump. The oil pressure switch is a known problem in them, and its just more wiring than is really needed. of course that's just my opinion.

Looking good though.

Arron.

[Dace]

I had thought about that....

But I am intendin to heavily modify the sump with baffles gates etc, and a capacity of 7-8 liters

[Dace]

Finally, some more progress

front susp and Diff was reassembled a while ago so truck could be moved, and have spent last month gettin my new shed setup and lighting sorted. But now that is done, work progresses!!!

Today, removed the front diff again, with tyres still attached, didn't make it as easy as I would have thought

have marked the firewall where it needs to be "adjusted" to clear inlet



Then pulled the engine out



removed the engine mount I had tacked up in the engine bay and welded them up proper





and that was it for today

next step, drop the trans out and remove crossmember for clean up and take to certifier for his ok.
then, finish the trans-tunnel welding and make patches to cover the holes (who would have thought that a VN commy tunnel wouldn't bolt into a LN106 )
and clean up the engine bay, remove unneeded brackets and relocate brake line above body seam.

more to come soon

[Dace]

More progress....

Taken the engine mounts and trans crossmember to cert guy for his ok, which I got

have cut, "adjusted" and rewelded firewall for clearance to throttlebody, and modified the passanger side heater pipe for same reason, has come out better than expected, should have heaps of clearance.

have done some more trimming in the transtunnel and now just need to start making some panel patches to fill the gaps

have removed both the front springs and hangers and am preping to cut of the existing front mounts in anticipation of movin em 50mm lower for rear to front conversion

[tomsoffroad]

Nice work. Dont rekon you can go past the commy v6 for bang for buck.

Love your aviator