THE 50

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 8:49 pm

looking good

wopass · Post by **wopass** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 10:07 pm

good work !

im glad you had a good progress day... my cruiser still has no driver seat and the driver has no time to do anything about it ! :roll:

....at least its in the garage tho

and the petrol tank isnt leaking anymore

mudhaw · Post by **mudhaw** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 10:14 pm

tristanp wrote:hills and cars is usually a fuel problem, but the missing under high revs and load is a ht lead problem, can you describe the miss a little better does it affect just one cylinder? , whats the flow from the fuel pump like? check the rotor for cracks as well

Its more like it cuts out for a brief second but onley when you hit a bump
That is the strange bit
HT leads are al new, fuel pump has good flow, rotor and cap seem good.
Can get new cap for 60+ EX JAPAN but want to start with the cheep and easy to find parts first as it is second choice of road wagon.

wjw · Post by **wjw** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 9:17 am

looks good.... that welder looks very shiny!

DieselBoy · Post by **DieselBoy** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 11:44 am

Funny how photo's do that :lol:

Nah,its been kicking round for ages, i'm just learning how to drive it

DieselBoy · Post by **DieselBoy** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 12:03 pm

wopass wrote:good work !

im glad you had a good progress day... my cruiser still has no driver seat and the driver has no time to do anything about it ! ....at least its in the garage tho and the petrol tank isnt leaking anymore

I neeeeeeeeeeeeeed a garage :evil:

I think its time i sold this place and found a house where i can build a HUGE double garage (or maybe a barn???)

At least the conservatory makes an ok work shop :lol:

Although the missus gets cranky when i leave the door open into the house from it, and you get the sweet smell of "garage" drifting through the entire house :lol:

Good things she's a petrol head

.............. Any one got any leads on a gear shifter assembly they can offer?? I'm STILL trying to find one :roll:

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 1:55 pm

how many 50Â´s do you have and no shifter in any of them :lol:

DieselBoy · Post by **DieselBoy** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 3:10 pm

Yeah, tell me about it. With all the LJ50's out there with engine transplants, you would think there would be heaps of gear lever assemblies kicking around doing nothing hiding away in a box under someones bench. Its usually the first thing to go when doing a swap.

Apparently thats not the case. I guess they get thrown out or something :lol:

lilpigzuk · Post by **lilpigzuk** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 3:34 pm

You tried our friend C***?? :lol:

Or does he want shitloads for one??

DieselBoy · Post by **DieselBoy** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 5:11 pm

yeah, i sent C*** an email on thursday but i don't think he's talkin to me any more :lol:

Either that or he's on holiday. Theres a guy in OZ who's got one though if i get desperate

Got choppy today:

Then decided it was to hot so went in search of a beer by the pool

DieselBoy · Post by **DieselBoy** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 3:29 pm

Hmmmmm

DieselBoy · Post by **DieselBoy** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 3:41 pm

Right, enough day dreaming............

Got the new floor pans made today:

Got one of them Urethaned in place, but ran outa Urethane, so couldn't do the other side :evil:

Not to worry, i can make the replacement body mount tomorrow instead

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lilpigzuk · Post by **lilpigzuk** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 4:19 pm

Good stuff DB. Any joy getting gearbox linkages out of aussie??

DieselBoy · Post by **DieselBoy** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 4:35 pm

Yep, theres a guy thats got a few bits thats gonna send me a box of stuff over for about $70

Your $$$ go through ok????

lilpigzuk · Post by **lilpigzuk** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 7:12 pm

Yeah man. Sorry was meant too say it came through. Thanks

hows satellite watching goin :lol:

DieselBoy · Post by **DieselBoy** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 7:14 pm

She's still lookin.........

Wonder if it will be a tailor made one??????? :lol:

DieselBoy · Post by **DieselBoy** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 7:33 pm

So another weekend of massive progress

Been quitely working away after work and when ever i got the chance on the floor pans, body mounts and seat mounts.

Finally got the body mounts finished and welded on, welded on the last 6 patches over the rust holes, finished welding the floor pans in, welded the seat mounts in, put the clutch on, mounted the gearbox to the engine, put the gearbox and engine in the chassis, and then put the body back on the chasis.

The finished floor pans with braces and body mounts ready for so rust treatment and proofing:

After a coat of rust proofing paint and a good coat of under body sealer:

Engine mounted in the Chassis (finally):

And the best part..........

The body back on the Chassis!!!!!! And the new body mounts are even in the right place and are sitting on the outriggers on the chassis all ready for me to run a drill through

niblik · Post by **niblik** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 7:47 pm

awesome work db.. she's lookin good..

i saw a chap in chch the other day with one of these on a car trailer and was in similar condition to your original.. provin to be a popular little item these 50's..

keep up the progress guy..

lilpigzuk · Post by **lilpigzuk** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 8:02 pm

Farkin awesome DB

This is one start up that has to be on camera....

DieselBoy · Post by **DieselBoy** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 8:14 pm

Yeah, i have been givin the start up vid some thought........

There is so much oil in the crank and on the bores (preventative measure while its sitting round), its gonna fill the neighbour hood with the smoke!!!!

Its gonna need a couple of sets of plugs, a shit load of that Ether engine start stuff, and maybe even a tow down the road behind the Safari..........

But it will be on video :twisted:

lilpigzuk · Post by **lilpigzuk** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 8:27 pm

Give us some warning and make it a "Fiddy start up party" :lol:

DieselBoy · Post by **DieselBoy** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 8:33 pm

BYO Gas masks :lol:

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 8:39 pm

haha looking good DB im looking forward to the noise of the 50 (because we wont be able to see all its beauty behind the thick clouds of smoke)!!!! :lol:

lilpigzuk · Post by **lilpigzuk** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 8:41 pm

DieselBoy wrote::lol: BYO Gas masks

and telescopes for possible satellites :lol:

Clint · Post by **Clint** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 8:03 am

Nice work! LJ50's are cool, A mate has one with the std motor too, it goes bloody well offroad.

Cheers
Clint

DieselBoy · Post by **DieselBoy** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:36 am

The biggest down side to the actual vehicle that i have come accross so far is that the CV's are a press fit into the hub using sealed roller bearings as opposed to taper roller bearings, so to get a CV out you need a press to get the CV out of the hub, and a puller to get the front drum off, and dissconect the brake hose.

And there is no way to put free wheeling hubs on, so dead CV = Carnage. On the other hand, there's no were for the shrapnel to go other than to chew the axle seal, so may not be so bad.

#### doin a replacement like that in the bush :shock:

I would need to carry a spare hub/swivel housing/cv/axle assembly, a puller and a litre of brake fluid as spare. One for either side, as the hub/swivel housings are different obviously :lol:

Think i'll just weld the rear diff, and if i break a CV, then i'll just live with the carnage, and the welded rear might get me outa the bush........

I guess i realy should look at doin what this guy has done, i see front disc's and free wheeling hubs.......

He's in Chch i think, any one seen it around?? I tried to PM him of LJ10.com a while back, but no reply :scratch:

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 10:23 am

or put different diffs under it like from another suzuki sj410 or 413 maybe :?:

DieselBoy · Post by **DieselBoy** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 10:47 am

That would be nice to do, but diff ratio's and the 3 pot two-smoker would be a serious issue, i.e, 2 stroke works in a narrowish rev range, at about 4000 to 6000 rpm for the peak HP, and about 2000rpm before there's any sort or power, probably narrower after i put my own designed expansion chamber on, so all the transmission is geared to keep the engine screeming.

Maybe when i get tired of the two stroke and bolt a 13B into it :wink:

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 10:54 am

DieselBoy wrote:Maybe when i get tired of the two stroke and bolt a 13B into it

dont you meaan to say:

DieselBoy wrote:Maybe when i get SICK of the TIRED two stroke i will bolt a 13B turbo into it, and put some lux diffs under it with rockcrawler gears

lilpigzuk · Post by **lilpigzuk** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:00 am

DieselBoy wrote:The biggest down side to the actual vehicle that i have come accross so far is that the CV's are a press fit into the hub using sealed roller bearings as opposed to taper roller bearings, so to get a CV out you need a press to get the CV out of the hub, and a puller to get the front drum off, and dissconect the brake hose.

And there is no way to put free wheeling hubs on, so dead CV = Carnage. On the other hand, there's no were for the shrapnel to go other than to chew the axle seal, so may not be so bad.

#### doin a replacement like that in the bush

I would need to carry a spare hub/swivel housing/cv/axle assembly, a puller and a litre of brake fluid as spare. One for either side, as the hub/swivel housings are different obviously

Think i'll just weld the rear diff, and if i break a CV, then i'll just live with the carnage, and the welded rear might get me outa the bush........

I guess i realy should look at doin what this guy has done, i see front disc's and free wheeling hubs.......

He's in Chch i think, any one seen it around?? I tried to PM him of LJ10.com a while back, but no reply :scratch:

ah shit, just clicked whose it is. Thats Paul Ohlsens at Ohlsen Developments (recognised the sticker on the locker in the background, then the LJ :oops:

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Ohlsen Developments Ltd
10 George Tce Onehunga Auckland 0-9-636 5436

He did a bit of the work on Stu's winch challenge Jimny if you followed that build up in 4x4 Action Mag

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