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Re: BROWNYS V6 MK3

Postby BROWNYS V6 » Sun Oct 01, 2017 10:09 pm

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Re: BROWNYS V6 MK3

Postby RustWidow » Sun Oct 01, 2017 10:40 pm

Nice one
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Re: BROWNYS V6 MK3

Postby TransitL0ver » Mon Oct 02, 2017 6:36 pm

WoW! Great engine, really impressive. :!:
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Re: BROWNYS V6 MK3

Postby BROWNYS V6 » Mon Oct 02, 2017 9:48 pm

thanks for your comments, been doin a bit more tonite, junked the autochoke mechanism off the carburettor and removed both of the choke flaps, had to make a small blank plate on the side of the carb where the choke mech was or it would have an air leak, then gave it a clean up and bolted it back on.
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Re: BROWNYS V6 MK3

Postby BROWNYS V6 » Sun Oct 08, 2017 10:01 pm

refitted the other rocker cover today, to find one of the threads in the inlet manifold is no longer there :roll: maybe that's why the oil is pissing out of it.
so decided to swop the gearbox out for the spare, the geardrive for the speedo has gone awol, and can only be fixed out of the van, waiting on a new starter motor aswell as my big bodied starter wont fit with the cossie sump, need a narrow bodied version, looking at the fuel pipes today and I'm going to replace those while its in bits
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Re: BROWNYS V6 MK3

Postby MinorMatt » Mon Oct 09, 2017 11:42 am

Helicoil the manifold?
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Re: BROWNYS V6 MK3

Postby BROWNYS V6 » Mon Oct 09, 2017 6:56 pm

its an option matt, I have ordered an m6 kit, not sure if theres enough meat to drill it bigger for the helicoil though, will find out soon enough
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Re: BROWNYS V6 MK3

Postby BROWNYS V6 » Wed Oct 18, 2017 10:12 pm

been doin a bit, helicoil kit arrived, done that, next, new starter arrived, fitted that, next, fitted new filter, filled with oil, cranked it over, starter works, oil pressure up, all good also made a start on fitting my new cooling fan
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Re: BROWNYS V6 MK3

Postby BROWNYS V6 » Sun Oct 22, 2017 9:40 pm

been doin a bit more this weekend, got me new cooling fan fitted, along with the good one I had left, also spaced them off the rad about an inch and a quarter and made an enclosure to make them more efficiant, got the rad back in the van, but had to space it out a bit and had to chop off the brace that runs down the back under the latch, will make a new one to clear the fans.
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Re: BROWNYS V6 MK3

Postby BROWNYS V6 » Fri Oct 27, 2017 10:39 pm

got the fans finished up, fitted and rad back in, finished off the new slam panel support and mounted it in front of the rad, as it wont fit behind now, and found a pair of secondary leaves of my mk2 project that I removed from the rear springs, decide to chop them down a bit and use them as spring assisters to try and raise the rear end up a tad, as its to low.
just need a set of longer spring clamps to fit them.

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Re: BROWNYS V6 MK3

Postby BROWNYS V6 » Sun Nov 05, 2017 1:43 am

I feel a wheel swop coming on, again :roll:
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Re: BROWNYS V6 MK3

Postby BROWNYS V6 » Thu Nov 16, 2017 10:04 am

had a delivery yesterday, in the shape of a square tube transit axle, off lukes cossie van, converted to disc brakes and re drilled to 5x112, its already had a pressure wash, going to make a pair of brake pipe brackets to hold the brake hoses and then re paint it, need to buy some discs and probly new calipers so will be a while before I get it on the van,
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Re: BROWNYS V6 MK3

Postby BROWNYS V6 » Mon Nov 20, 2017 11:16 pm

ive decided to strip the axle and give it a freshen up, will replace the wheel bearings along with the other new bits, the diff is pretty tight, so hopefully will be good, ratio is not ideal, but will be goin up a bit in wheel size, with a bit taller tyre so, fingers crossed.
also fitted my new fuel hose tonite, its the rot free stuff, not cheap at 10 a mtr, but hopefully I wont be replacing it anytime soon,
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Re: BROWNYS V6 MK3

Postby BROWNYS V6 » Mon Nov 27, 2017 10:26 am

managed to get the van up and running yesterday, going to spin it round in the garage so I can start on the bodywork, not lookin forward to choppin the front wings and arches off, but looks like its gotta be done :(
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Re: BROWNYS V6 MK3

Postby BROWNYS V6 » Sun Dec 03, 2017 11:42 pm

so not much done today, been lookin at the rusty arches, really cant be arsed choppin wings and arches off, so jus gonna repair them for now, theres a ford meet coming up at the halfway house on the a127 in 2 weeks, might have a run up there in the not slammed transit :roll:
progress on the new axles coming on, been making new mounting plates on top of the springs, gone are the axle u bolts, got a nice steel plate to mount the air shocks vertically onto when I get round to it, pics will explain better, will try to get some tomoz
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ps got another atlas axle on the way, so maybe I will get a square tube/atlas hybrid axle after all :D
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