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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1183 posts
Post #41 | Thursday, 23-Sep 2021 @ 6:24am
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Thursday, 23-Sep 2021 @ 6:28am
"I have the same issue with pictures.   I take all my photos on my phone and if i upload them as they are they can sometimes be upsidedown. Before uploading i just edit them in a photo editer, even if it is just to resize my bazillion pixel images down to..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1183 posts
Post #42 | Tuesday, 21-Sep 2021 @ 8:47pm
Edited by beetwenty
Tuesday, 21-Sep 2021 @ 8:53pm
"Well I guess it is of to the bolt shop for me to buy something long and strong that I can modify.   on a side note, I picked up my brake lines from the brake shop and bent them up using my old line as a template for 95% of the new lines length, only..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1183 posts
Post #43 | Monday, 20-Sep 2021 @ 9:31pm
"Thanks for the heads up Neil.   So just a rod with a rounded end... and set my length to suit?   Would be easy for me to do as I made my rod as a 2 piece part with M8x1.25 thread to join the two parts."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1183 posts
Post #44 | Sunday, 19-Sep 2021 @ 8:20am
"looks extremely tidy.   I like it."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1183 posts
Post #45 | Sunday, 19-Sep 2021 @ 8:06am
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Sunday, 19-Sep 2021 @ 8:09am
"I have a 3/4 and a 7/8 here at home now and the 7/8 is now fitted to the car.   So if it turns out the 7/8 feels like it has no travel ill give the 3/4 a go before buying another size.   When installing my 7/8 master cylinder I found that my brake pedal..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1183 posts
Post #46 | Sunday, 12-Sep 2021 @ 6:55pm
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Sunday, 12-Sep 2021 @ 7:45pm
"Brake update time.   I have received my rebuilt callipers from the brake shop, and had custom rubber brake lines made up.   The brake shop sent me home with the parts that i needed to make my lines so I could set lengths and orientation of fittings..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1183 posts
Post #47 | Sunday, 29-Aug 2021 @ 8:07am
"Bit of a long shot, but wonder if it would be worth asking alfa motorsports if they have something either sutable, or suitable enough to modify. Fibreglass would certianly allow some changes to make things suit.   https://www.motorsportfibreglass.com.au/..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1183 posts
Post #48 | Saturday, 28-Aug 2021 @ 6:01pm
"The car wont stop too well with my DIY brakes as they are not finished     I do like weird old cars though."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1183 posts
Post #49 | Sunday, 15-Aug 2021 @ 3:05pm
"well you went and made me paraniod.   I cut up the drum backings and put them back in..   Also droped the R31 calipers to the brake shop on friday."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1183 posts
Post #50 | Monday, 09-Aug 2021 @ 8:35pm
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Monday, 09-Aug 2021 @ 8:43pm
"That is an excellent line of thought Neil   The axel flange plate does have the outer bearing race retained so don't see there being any float. The bearing outer diameter is larger than the recessed part of the plate. hope that makes sense. Happy for..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1183 posts
Post #51 | Saturday, 07-Aug 2021 @ 6:38pm
"I decided on a final shape for the secondary plate and finished making my brackets  for both callipers today.   After deciding on hole locations I used some washers as a giude for my outer shape and cut/sanded to size/shape.   With the addition of a..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1183 posts
Post #52 | Saturday, 07-Aug 2021 @ 6:24pm
"I find it interesting that it has a Speedometer which is both made in USA and also in KPH. I believe it to be original, a quick google shows Japan went metric in the 1920s.   Also digging the spare wheel recess."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1183 posts
Post #53 | Sunday, 01-Aug 2021 @ 5:43pm
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Sunday, 01-Aug 2021 @ 5:46pm
"Today I made a start on my new calliper mounting brackets.     For the plate that attaches to the diff I decided to repurpose the brackets that I made for the S14 callipers. I simply cut off the corners to allow room for the calliper mounting bolts on my..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1183 posts
Post #54 | Wednesday, 28-Jul 2021 @ 7:54pm
Edited by beetwenty
Wednesday, 28-Jul 2021 @ 8:43pm
"While my build diary is focused on brake swaps I thought I would post up how I have decided on the critical measurements for my calliper to disc height relationship.   Offset can be managed through brake disc hat height and adapter plate thickness so wont..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1183 posts
Post #55 | Wednesday, 28-Jul 2021 @ 12:40pm
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Wednesday, 28-Jul 2021 @ 6:03pm
"Good to hear you are doing ok.   I Haven't actually considered any particular model of car to use as a donor vehicle for my swap. My process for choosing an appropriate rotor was to do a size search through the brembo web page. I just put in the sizes..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1183 posts
Post #56 | Tuesday, 27-Jul 2021 @ 9:12pm
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Tuesday, 27-Jul 2021 @ 9:47pm
"Thank you for the advice regarding the 260z drums D. While I realise I'm being naïve in this endeavour, I kind of have my heart set on a 4 wheel disc swap if at all possible.   As for adjustable shocks, I did have a quick look into that a while back and..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1183 posts
Post #57 | Tuesday, 27-Jul 2021 @ 5:25pm
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Tuesday, 27-Jul 2021 @ 9:38pm
"I actually have an H165 diff siting in the garage. (Spare for the Daily driven 1200 Ute) But the wheels on my 1000 fill the available outer width completely so couldn't go wider without swapping to some front wheel drive wheels to counter the offset..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1183 posts
Post #58 | Monday, 26-Jul 2021 @ 7:58pm
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Monday, 26-Jul 2021 @ 8:50pm
"Picked up my rear brake lines today and got one side mounted and only have the hard line to go....     And then i decided to have another look-see under the sedan and came to the horrifying realisation that I have chosen an inappropriate brake calliper..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1183 posts
Post #59 | Sunday, 25-Jul 2021 @ 1:50pm
Edited by beetwenty
Sunday, 25-Jul 2021 @ 1:54pm
"Well that only took me a day to change my plan for the handbrake cable holder.   New plan is to hold the outer loosely so the cable can move as the caliper slides during use.   I ended up welding on a small metal tab to stop my P-clip from rotating and..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1183 posts
Post #60 | Saturday, 24-Jul 2021 @ 3:01pm
Edited by beetwenty
Saturday, 24-Jul 2021 @ 3:04pm
"Last week I purchased some aluminium P-Clips from eBay and made/welded on a mounting point from a joiner nut to hold my handbrake cable in place.   Alignment for my mounting point was simply a long bolt and some welding magnets.   I also relocated the..."
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