chunkymunky
New Member
I think straight up matt black ratted look. Mad max style!!
Dr_evil
Banned
Right quick update from today.....
Got the rear lights wired up for a start and picked up the drilled steel I need
So here we go
Using 12x12x2mm angle iron and some 17mm pipe I started to make up my rad mount for the rear tub, simple enough the pipe goes over the mounting studs and the angle iron is then welded on top of that which creates the top and bottom of the frame.
Tomorrow once I grind back the welds so they're all smooth I'll weld on some flat bar to link the pieces together along with some plate to the bottom rail and a brace to strengthen it plus some bolts to the base in order to fix it into the tub.
The bolts will then have a rubber shock bush put under them before I bolt it in to help with vibrations.
Moving onwards to the box adaptor I had these drilled for me as I was too lazy basically.......
The pipes fit together nice and snug with a blow from a mallet, the way I have done this is to centralise the pipe in the shaft holes. The larger plate is the one for the gearbox and the smaller one is the rear PTO cover on the LT230 which means that when put together the shaft line will be perfectly straight!
I have also got a plate for the front end of the LT230 which will have a hole cut into it for the PTO cover pipe to go through. This plate will then be bolted up to the box and when I have aligned the boxes and reduced it to the minimum length I shall weld some plates to the outside of the large pieces in order to create a box.
Once done I'll plasma cut the holes, remove the pipes and that'll be that all nice and aligned
Finally I also got a temp gauge in the post today so my pod is now complete its a mechanical one so it wont fail!
Oh and I modified the inlet manifold so I can fit it tomorrow, first job tomorrow is to do the welding, paint the rad frame then off to town to drop off my brake pipe ends and measurements before coming home to hopefully do the gearbox adaptor then drop the engine in as its meant to be dry tomorrow
Got the rear lights wired up for a start and picked up the drilled steel I need
So here we go
Using 12x12x2mm angle iron and some 17mm pipe I started to make up my rad mount for the rear tub, simple enough the pipe goes over the mounting studs and the angle iron is then welded on top of that which creates the top and bottom of the frame.
Tomorrow once I grind back the welds so they're all smooth I'll weld on some flat bar to link the pieces together along with some plate to the bottom rail and a brace to strengthen it plus some bolts to the base in order to fix it into the tub.
The bolts will then have a rubber shock bush put under them before I bolt it in to help with vibrations.
Moving onwards to the box adaptor I had these drilled for me as I was too lazy basically.......
The pipes fit together nice and snug with a blow from a mallet, the way I have done this is to centralise the pipe in the shaft holes. The larger plate is the one for the gearbox and the smaller one is the rear PTO cover on the LT230 which means that when put together the shaft line will be perfectly straight!
I have also got a plate for the front end of the LT230 which will have a hole cut into it for the PTO cover pipe to go through. This plate will then be bolted up to the box and when I have aligned the boxes and reduced it to the minimum length I shall weld some plates to the outside of the large pieces in order to create a box.
Once done I'll plasma cut the holes, remove the pipes and that'll be that
all nice and aligned Finally I also got a temp gauge in the post today so my pod is now complete
its a mechanical one so it wont fail! 
Oh and I modified the inlet manifold so I can fit it tomorrow, first job tomorrow is to do the welding, paint the rad frame then off to town to drop off my brake pipe ends and measurements before coming home to hopefully do the gearbox adaptor then drop the engine in as its meant to be dry tomorrow
Dr_evil
Banned
Got a big shift on today will let the pics do the talking
It then became apparent that my earth lead was a bit short.......so I welded some bar to the chassis!
And so it begins......
Wings started to get in the way.......so off they went and up onto the engine out the way
Meant I could lay down a couple of beads!
Then I rolled under the car and started......upside down with a stick isn't nice but I got a few nice beads down, ignore the slag as I hadn't chipped it all off yet
Gearbox is sat nicely inside the cab now
Engine is finally in place
And thats it in its home for the night
will let the pics do the talking 
It then became apparent that my earth lead was a bit short.......so I welded some bar to the chassis!
And so it begins......
Wings started to get in the way.......so off they went and up onto the engine out the way
Meant I could lay down a couple of beads!
Then I rolled under the car and started......upside down with a stick isn't nice but I got a few nice beads down, ignore the slag as I hadn't chipped it all off yet
Gearbox is sat nicely inside the cab now
Engine is finally in place
And thats it in its home for the night
Dr_evil
Banned
Cheers its getting there!
If the starter fits I'll try to fire it up tomorrow, have a feeling I may need a noseless starter for my older style bellhousing if so I'll get it all ready to run and order one for next week. Got plenty of bodywork stuff to finish off and tomorrow I'm off to finalise the LT230 shaft adaptor
its getting there! If the starter fits I'll try to fire it up tomorrow, have a feeling I may need a noseless starter for my older style bellhousing if so I'll get it all ready to run and order one for next week. Got plenty of bodywork stuff to finish off and tomorrow I'm off to finalise the LT230 shaft adaptor
New starter ordered
Nothing special about it, It is the correct one for the bell housing, You just got the wrong one in the first place. As you knew best
Dr_evil
Banned
No I got one free this is a new one......and it is a special one if you actually knew what you were talking about you'd know that the old muncie bellhousing for 55-70's engines have a smaller starter nose recess than the later ones for which you need a cast iron nosed starter or in this case a noseless one
But then again you are full of ****
Anyway yet again you've ignored all the positives and gone straight for being a complete arse just proving the point that you really do want to see this thing fail so why don't you fcuk off onto a different thread where you're welcome.......if there is such a thread on here
if you actually knew what you were talking about you'd know that the old muncie bellhousing for 55-70's engines have a smaller starter nose recess than the later ones for which you need a cast iron nosed starter or in this case a noseless oneBut then again you are full of ****
Anyway yet again you've ignored all the positives and gone straight for being a complete arse
just proving the point that you really do want to see this thing fail so why don't you fcuk off onto a different thread where you're welcome.......if there is such a thread on here
gemsdad
NOT BOTHERED.
No I got one free this is a new one......and it is a special one
But then again you are full of ****
Anyway yet again you've ignored all the positives and gone straight for being a complete arse
:tea::tea:
No I got one free this is a new one......and it is a special one
But then again you are full of ****
Anyway yet again you've ignored all the positives and gone straight for being a complete arse
so you got a free starter that would not fit and you had to order the correct one for the bell housing you got What happened with Doc philosophy of GM is GM and all will fit
gemsdad
NOT BOTHERED.
so you got a free starter that would not fit and you had to order the correct one for the bell housing you got What happened with Doc philosophy of GM is GM and all will fit
well at least he knows a damn site more about them than you do.
ound:ound::mooning::mooning:
DiscoPol
Well-Known Member
so you got a free starter that would not fit and you had to order the correct one for the bell housing you got What happened with Doc philosophy of GM is GM and all will fit
Thor, a friendly word mate, you are being a cnut towards the Doc, we all know he is somewhat bombastic at times and tends to have no filter between thought and speech/text but he is young and im sure when you were the same you were as bad or worse.
back off a bit please
flat
Well-Known Member
+1, its a bit boring keep reading the same old attacks from thor on Doc
Doc. great work man, its getting there :tea::tea:
Freelaner
Landy Driver
+1
Doc is a great kid and doing some really interesting stuff
Thor isn't and never will
blue beasty
Leaks an prone to bits dropping off
This is a build thread.
I don't expect to have to speak to anyone a 2nd time about trolling it
I don't expect to have to speak to anyone a 2nd time about trolling it
Dr_evil
Banned
+1
Doc is a great kid and doing some really interesting stuff
Thor isn't and never will
Cheers guys
