Capella_Ben's 80

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After an exhaustive search I have finally found a good (I hope) turbo diesel 80.





Not real good photos, but it's been a long day!

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So driving home the suspension was a bit clunky. Had a quick look and the shocks and noticed that there was play in the top mounts. After a quick search on the Internet and found that they have been installed wrong (bloody amateurs).

Of course the lock nuts were lock-tighted in and would not budge. I ended up using Greg's suggestion of a tie down strap and some rubber around the shock and was able to get them off. Got the extra washer out and took the family for a drive. This was Jane's first ever drive in it.

I then started checking over everything else. The next thing on the list was the fuel filler opener. The cable has stretched over time and the fuel flap would not open. I suppose she's so economical it hardly ever gets used!

After a bit of mucking around I ended up shimming the cable with some plastic spacers I scrounged from a broken printer (10 years ago). Will have to fuel it up one day.

The interior lights were not working working and this was an easy fix.

Other jobs to be done:
* Earth for one spot light is broken
* The turbo time mount has only one screw
* Need a new air filter. The 'Cruiser has a dash indicator light for when the air cleaner needs cleaning. I like that feature.
* The power aerial doesn't work.
* Need a new light for the glove box.

Before I finished I topped up the battery and now have it on charge.

Will begin an other session tomorrow.

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It is so nice for Ben to have a whole list of new jobs go keep him busy after the kids go to bed and out of my gory TV watching.

Jane

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Some more images...

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The spotties have been fixed, various rattles have been repaired. Now using the sub tank (will have to replace the fuel filter soon just in case). Also fixed the turbo timer mounting.

The light in the glove box has defeated me so far. No power is getting to it. Cut-out switch is Ok. The Gregorys manual does not have the glove box light in the wiring diagram, so It's hard to trace it back. Next time I pull the dash apart I'll give it another crack.

I pulled the over boost sensor out and checked it. It does switch at about the required pressure, but I can't be sure as I was just using my track pump and the pressure readout was not too accurate. I think I'll need to make up a better tool for the job.

The UHF, diff breathers, power points, brake controller and battery isolator have been stripped out of the Lux. Did it all in one night (much easier to get it out then put it in!).

Had a look at the diffs on the cruiser. They have diff breathers on already that raise it up about 30cm. The more I look over this car the more impressed in the detail of the design.

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Got the trailer brake controller in finally. These things are a bugger to install. To many wires and they need to run forever.

I have also done a mod to the electric windows so that they auto up. 50c for a diode and a little bit of trimming and it's done.

Also found that the clutch fork boot was half off, so fixed that up as well.

The turbo light is not playing up as much now. Might be working itself good.

Next job is the UHF.

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UHF is in. Trailer brakes are tested. Overboost warning light seems to be behaving itself.

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Well, had the dash apart tonight with the intention of fixing up the cigarette socket (which was only giving out 9v) and adding another Anderson socket for the DVD.

I found out that the cig socket had an odd problem. there is a wire that connects a couple of metal plates. This has been bashed and was semi broken. So I eventually got the old wire out and made a custom replacement. That's all good.

I found two lights that weren't connected properly so I fixed that up as well. Then got the DVD power plug in.

All good for the weekend.

[Capella_Ben]

I got a air, oil and fuel filter set from East coast 4wd. They were Sakura brand which is OEM fitment for a lot of brands. I can recommend east coast 4wd as they are well priced and they do good cheap prompt delivery.

http://www.4wdspares.com/

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Got the rear diff breather in. Need a joiner for the front.

Some pics from Today.