Sooooo, look what I made. Both ready to go.

 

 

Went to replace the rack bushes and rack ends then realised I'd ordered the wrong ones, FML, 38mm instead of 34mm, don't believe what you read on the internet boys and girls.

 

 

Once Id realised that I gave up for the night.

Got in on the cheap KLS short shifter band wagon. Quite a nice unit for the price.

 

 

Where'd you buy this from?

 

I'm chasing a cheaper option for the W50 in the torry, but can't seem to find anyting other than the NZ shifter we bought for the racecar ($350+)

EBay. Just search for KLS short shifter. They are only $80 but I offered $50 and they accepted it.

Edited September 28, 201213 yr by B.L.Z.BUB

are you running a t50? (too many pages to go searching)

 

I've searched for W50 shifters on ebay and come up trumps?

Yeah T50. http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=261006806940

My t50 shifter doesn't fit my w55.. Don't know about w50

well w55 and w50 shifters are interchangeable AFAIK, so that rules out the cheap short shifter option then.

Finally got the dash all sorted, bought a cheap Ozito rotary tool Dremel thing and remounted the stereo in the lower console part.

Made a brace for the HU, then slipped the mount thing that the HU came with over it to lock it in.

 

 

Still waiting for my new brakes from the US. Gotta get my ball joints pressed. And waiting for my replacement steering rack bush kit.

That brace is a great idea! I'll have to do something similar, my headunit is just sorta jammed in there at the minute :P

Yeah I figured it'd need to be pretty secure with the suspension I'm going to be running. If it bounces around a lot its just going to rip all the mounts of the console out.

As it is I'm considering strengthening the mounts by drilling out the mount points and gluing in some large steel washers to spread the load. As it is the 30 year old plastic is quite brittle and already starting to crack.

 

Another option was a mount from the stereo to the upper console mounts so the stereo is secured to it and the plastic takes none of the weight at all.

Just did my steering rack bushes.

 

2 hours. 2 bushes. don't ask. :bash:

Sounds fun, I have to pull my engine out to get steering rack out by the looks of it now, haha.

Sounds fun, I have to pull my engine out to get steering rack out by the looks of it now, haha.

 

WTF, cutting it close mate.

Why did it take you two hours reed??? :P

It was just hard. If I had to do it again I could in under 10 minutes but being my first time I kinda done it bass ackwards. Not realising for 1/2 hour a thread was semi stripped so I couldnt start a nut didnt help