Frankenstein's Monster- '81 Scorpion

[13bsigma]

yeah. sorry. wrong bit

here it is. now is it number 1 or number 2 your trying to get off? cos number 2 should be the bashing way like i described. and number 2. . . when i did my swap, i left that on the steering thing and swapped the whole thing with pitman arm. how this helps. . .

[13bsigma]

i'd do the same with number 1 too. bash it to break the seal. take the nut off first of corse. which i assume you did cos you said there is nothing holding it on it needs a REAL hard bash though. not pussy footing about. get in there and hit it like it was a nazi terrorist that broke into your girlfriends place hahaha

[webby]

Yeah, I'm swapping it pitman arm and all
Dad's back, so I'm going to collar him and go and get this mofo off

[13bsigma]

good luck with it bud. i'm off to work. let me know how it goes

[webby]

OMGWTFBBQ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IT"S DONE! Took me all bloody day, but it's done
I stuck a jack under the nut on the bottom of the box and bashed at it with a punch and a 2lb hammer. Popped off like a champagne cork
Now to drop the manual box in, attach the column and hook it all up before I get eaten by the mozzies and grasshoppers

[13bsigma]

bashing it always works hahaha. good to see you got it if you were closer, i'd be poping round all the time to help lol.

[webby]

I can't see anymore, so I came inside lol
The bolts holding the steering column in won't line up, whoever put that gay peice of tin in the way needs to be shot
It looks like GH column mount plates are somewhat larger than GJ ones, which is a PITA.
I have it booked in for a blueslip at Dad's rego guy's shop tomorrow morning, here's hoping I can get the column in and tyres on in time lol
Hopefully he'll overlook the ridiculously loud exhaust, the lack of a grille and the patches of primer on the bonnet and RHF guard.. The exhaust shouldn't be a problem 'coz I can get a brand spankers stock tailpipe at the wreckers for ~$40, and I'll pick up a Sigma grille while I'm at it, see if it fits
I got another surprise today. Apparently you can't get 6 months rego if you need a blueslip, you have to rego it for the full 12 months. Which is gay.
I have to get a greenslip tomorrow as well, hopefully that will come through quickly so I can register this bitch and cruuuuuuuuuuise lol

[13bsigma]

which bits? the bolts under the dash or the bolts down by the pedals?

can you change the mounting plates over? your keen to come on this cruise aren't you? lol. up pretty late!!!

[webby]

Under the dash
Not sure, it didn't look like you could swap the plates
As for being keen, if I don't make it I don't make it. I'll just come on the next one lol
I'm always up late, don't need much sleep as I sleep all weekend lol

[13bsigma]

yeah. i'm always up late too lol. and lately getting up early too. tiring me out a bit, but hey. thing with my sway was it was GJ to GJ. so all the same. . so cant say how i got around this issue. can you re drill holes to suit the new mounts?

[webby]

Dunno, but I'm gonna make it fit. Somehow. When it's daylight and I don't have to work under shed lights and a phone lantern lol

[webby]

14x7 +3 Challengers. Thoughts anyone?

[shuggy]

pics?? +3 on a 7 inch hey.. sounds good

[13bsigma]

see. up early too

and straight back on here lol. good priorities i have hahahahaha

[webby]

Lol
I never went to sleep
I'll get pics of the challengers soon. A guy on AE86DC is selling them
AE86DC tends to be good for wide, low offset wheels, there's a pair of brand spankers 14x9 -29 SSR meshies on there at the moment that I'd like, but they're something like $850
that bloody car managed to smash my watch Luckily one of my friends is an apprentice jeweller, I'll get her to fix it

[13bsigma]

never slept?! did i mention DEDICATED lol. nice work. how did it all go? done yet?

i wear rings when working on my cars and they've saved my fingers a few time. once the door shut on them, but the rign rook the brunt of the force LOL.

and yeah. i saw you on the ae86 site lol. hardly anyone posts on your thread cos its a mitsu lol. then some guys was asking if you seriously though it was a good car. what a dick!

[webby]

Dedicated? Me? I was playing Xbox
Yar, it's done. took it for a blueslip this morning.
Anywho, it didn't fail on anything I didn't expect it to. Muffler, locker and no grille, all easy fixes, but I'm seriously thinking that it's an excuse to drop the motor and gearbox into my white GE, which has an open diff (3.9ish, but it's only an 8-bolt), stock exhaust and a grille, but it's got a fucked dash and a crack in the windscreen to so yeah
It'd be piss easy (it'd take maybe half a day) but it'd be just as easy (and cheaper) to fix what's wrong with this one
Hmm, prettier car or cheaper car. I might go cheaper for now lol
Anyone know if the centre and pinion from a GH 10-bolt will bolt straight into a GJ housing?

[C_Fernance]

The GH 10 bolt centre will fit a GJ housing. There is a slight difference where the tailshaft bolts up. The bolts are a different diameter. You may have to open then holes up slightly to fit the bigger bolts.

[webby]

Cheers chris, you're a champ

[webby]

On a better note, I made it to Bogan Gate and back (40km round trip) on 2 1/2 litres of fuel from a 4 stroke mower tin lol

[webby]

Got some new(ish) tyres today. 1 pair of goodyear assurance, 185/65R14, and one pair of Sime A-Star, 185/65R14. All up, $180 with 99% tread
Got a pair of 185/60R14 RE001's (for nothing off a mate) as well, but they can sit in the shed until I get some 7's

[webby]

In other news, my car has turned into a boat! Yes, a boat!
It rained a lot, and now it's in a lake. So I cbf swimming out to get it to fix the shit that needs fixing for rego.
Ah well. I'm going back out to the farm tomorrow so I'll get the salvage operation underway then. Then shall fix shit then get rego.

[webby]

It turns out dad decided to dump the Chinese container containing my only set of shanked wheel nuts on the ground, then proceed to step on it. So my shank nuts are f****d.
Anyways, I got the grille in, now for the muffler and diff swap lol

[webby]

I have rego
Cost me over $800 which is gay but at least I don't have to walk everywhere
In other news, I have decided to sell it and get something for which parts are more common. So if anybody wants it, let me know.

[webby]

I put the springs I bought off 13bsigma in the back, and it's now sitting maybe 30mm lower, which is surprising considering they're GE-GH springs and aren't captive when the car's jacked up
I used the top spring rubber from my parts car to centre them and it works fine. Feels funny with the stiffer rear and soggy front, but I have some front springs here. Just have to find some spring compressors

[DanTurboLancer]

Spring compressors at Repco for about $30

[webby]

$60 here, otherwise I'd have some lol

[webby]

Leaky heater and homo annoying wobbles above 110. Gay.
I went to forbes and got stuck. I burned my arm by taking the radiator cap off to fill it up 'coz it was getting very, very warm. And empty.
I came back with rum and a ban from three different supermarkets for a total of nine months for being stupid, so good times were had and that sort of balanced it out.
No i did not drive drunk. I'm not stupid.

[webby]

It shat itself today. It runs ok, but only when it wants to start, which is a bit dicey because it rarely wants to. It sounds sort of off-beat when it's turning over, too.
It also has diesely rattling noises under load at low revs, which leads me to think that it's farked.

[webby]

I'm thinking:
1: buy daily
2: pull Scorpion off the road
3: 1JZ/R154/Cressida F-series conversion
4: fun