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Post by troppo on Nov 10, 2015 0:56:17 GMT 1
Didn't Aus ban the rag tyres mid to late 70's? Yeah i think t was the late 70`s, though you can still get them for period cars
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Post by retiredtruckie on Nov 10, 2015 1:28:48 GMT 1
Not legal for everyday use copped a fine few years back for having them on my trailer
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Post by cadill69 on Nov 10, 2015 2:40:45 GMT 1
Hmmm, Goodyear first made a radial tyre in 1977. Apparently the suspension needs to be different for a radial tyre?? Don't they make a teflon belt now? Been years since I've worn a tyre down to metal. How would anyone know what sort of tyre it is?
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Post by troppo on Nov 10, 2015 4:12:46 GMT 1
Not legal for everyday use copped a fine few years back for having them on my trailer Fair enough on your trailer, cars only have to comply with the ADR`s of its construction date. So a car built in 69 doesnt need seatbelts etc.
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Post by cadill69 on Nov 10, 2015 4:27:49 GMT 1
Not sure if that is correct. In january 1972 it was compulsory to wear seat belts throughout Australia. I bought a '69 car over from the UK and had to fit seat belts even though it was made prior to ADR. I don't think it applied to rear seats though.
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Post by sleepy on Nov 10, 2015 6:42:12 GMT 1
Has anybody on here heard of or had any experience with banded steel wheels? I was thinking of having the wheels widening by two or three inches to fill the arches better and give me the bigger tyres. Been referred to a company in Essex called bandedsteels but I'm wondering if they are dangerous/legal? If they are done properly they sould be fine... but it's knowing that who you are handing your wheels over to are going to do it properly
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Post by retiredtruckie on Nov 10, 2015 6:44:28 GMT 1
Same had to fit seatbelts into my 69 fairlane back in the 80's
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Post by cadill69 on Nov 10, 2015 7:12:42 GMT 1
I had a couple of ZB ferries. Had a beautiful low mileage metallic blue one. A coppers son drove into it and totaled it and of course he was never charged. Created an insurance drama, needless to say I lost out. I had another one with a worked 302 with a beautiful sounding dual exhaust. When I bought it I could hear it idling from a couple of blocks away (I was on foot)and decided I would buy it on the exhaust note alone. I miss my V8's.
Seeing my van is registered with a 4.1 litre 6 I'm wondering whether I should drop a Lexus 4litre V8 in it. 300hp! Almost double my 155hp though I wonder if it would have the low down torque. Presumably there would be no engineers reports etc needed.
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Post by troppo on Nov 10, 2015 7:58:21 GMT 1
Not sure if that is correct. In january 1972 it was compulsory to wear seat belts throughout Australia. I bought a '69 car over from the UK and had to fit seat belts even though it was made prior to ADR. I don't think it applied to rear seats though. Thats because it was an imported vehicle, thats another whole class of car. Australian cars only have to comply with the ADR`s of their construction date, look on the compliance plate and that will tell you what ADR`s you need to comply with. Most imported vehicles but not would need considerable modifications to pass for rego. Its in the ADR regulations though many roadworthy places will tell you otherwise, do some research and prove to them and they just say "thats the way we always do it Read more: mk1mk2transit.freeforums.net/thread/1993/1972-transit-mk1?page=4#ixzz3r4LjTmgP
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Post by retiredtruckie on Nov 10, 2015 8:13:30 GMT 1
You might get away with the 4.9 Windsor de-stroked and then you can have the c4 auto behind it
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Post by pk on Jan 19, 2016 20:17:13 GMT 1
It's been a while now since I've had an update on here; not much progress made on the van recently due to paying customers, they have to come first. I've been busy collecting the bits to help make things come together when work resumes. The V4 engine is out now and with the diesel bullnose front the engine bay is huge.
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Post by pk on Jan 19, 2016 20:21:23 GMT 1
Got the donor car with low mileage and full main dealer history. And the transit type 9 gearbox.
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Post by FredTransit on Jan 19, 2016 22:21:52 GMT 1
Oh no type9!!
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Post by jonochap on Jan 19, 2016 22:29:02 GMT 1
PK, I'm sure you know what you are doing, Muttley has a theory on type 9 failures and oil but I cannot remember what it is
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Post by pk on Jan 19, 2016 23:10:58 GMT 1
Ok, lots of text about boring gearboxes so apologies in advance:
There are genuine reasons for concern with a type 9 but if you do the research and understand the workings/design of the gearbox you can see why people have had bad experiences with them.
The first and most important thing to understand is that inside the gearbox there are two main shafts, one is an idler shaft which sits at the bottom in the oil, the other sits above in free space. Oil from the idler shaft is thrown up on to the gears of the main shaft lubricating and cooling them. This design is its inherent floor. If the idle speed is two low and the oil viscosity is too thick then not enough oil gets thrown up on the gears and the gearbox wears quickly and overheats. oil level is also critical and should be maintained in this two wheel version at a level of 1.9l to both lubricate properly and to ensure the oil level temperatures are maintained to a safe level.
I've spoken to people who rebuild these boxes for a living and they seem to think in my situation with a fast reving zetec engine this shouldn't be much of an issue, the other problem is the weight of a transit and the bearings that are inside the box.
Inside the box we have needle roller bearings which, to my understanding are not really up to job of dealing with the additional weight/stresses from a transit as opposed to a Sierra, etc.
The truth is that I don't know if the box is going to be ok or not but I've edged my bets a bit by getting a second box; which I'm having completely rebuilt using upgraded v-groove bearings, seals and gaskets. I'm also having the hole in the gears ground out on one side to create a cup/shovel effect which is what they do to some of the high spec gearboxes.
you have to remember that versions of this same gearbox are used in rally/race cars and small internal modifications are the key.
I've got my fingers crossed and a the back up box but if it all goes wrong there's always the o/d box or a mt75, and I'm sure I'll get more than one "I told you so".
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