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General Category => Introduce Yourself => Topic started by: Sammy027 on November 30, 2015, 12:52:47 PM
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Hey guys. Similar story here been floating around the site for a while now thought I would introduce myself. Bought myself a project around 3 months ago. '78 SWB Beddy, running a 253 (was straight gas, now running straight fuel with 350 holley), trimatic with B&M quickshifter and standard beddy diff. Current paint is a 2-tone silver and blue in 2-pack, done around 25 years ago so she's getting a little tired! As you could imagine.
Poor old girl is riddled with rust (Rear doors, between top of windscreen and gutter, side door hinges, wheel arches, front floor pan passenger side) so that's where most of the time and effort has been going at the moment. Also been tidying up the loom, toyed with the idea of redoing the whole lot but wasn't too bad. Wiper motor has been replaced with vy commy. Floor in the back has been stripped back and gone over with black enamel, just got a bit of welding to do in the front floor pan and that will be done as well.
Will get some more photos up soon because everyone loves a piccy or two!!
Cheers, Sam
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Nice one Sam. welcome aboard!
Good to have another BUGA in SA! :)
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Gday mate welcome aboard
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Thanks guys. Just a couple photos. Replacing steel in the front passenger floor pan. Still a few more patches before paint. And a before and after of the rear floor pan
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geez big difference, looks good all shiny and new (repaired)
in the middle pic withs hanging from the roof where the rear vision mirror usually hangs
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Hey mate
It's an overhead console with a stereo mounted in the middle. I actually met the bloke who put it in there, I was doing some work on the van out the front and a bloke rode past, came up and said he used to own the van! He did the original v8 conversion and paint job, along with this console as well. Bloody small world!
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No, that's Adelaide for you.
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what is the go with the box in the back floor of the van ?
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Hey mate, sorry for hijacking your name! Haha should have done some more research first. It's sort of a housing for the gas tank. Bolts up from underneath and sort of protrudes through the floor a little. I'm running fuel at the moment but i would like the option to go to dual fuel.
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all good man, its not a problem with the name :P
ahh yes gas tank, that would explain it!
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Bit of work last night. Radiator out and cleaned up, fan off, and twin thermos offered up. Fit pretty snug too just a couple of brackets to make up to mount it and a bit of trimming. 253 will be getting a quick go over as well, new oil + filter, new plugs + leads, points on the distributor and just a general clean and tidy. Holley needs the float level done as well might give that a crack too. I'll try and take some before and after shots
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fans sure do fit the radiator well, what are they off ?
look forward to seeing more progress pics.
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I'm really not sure what they're off mate haha. I was at the wreckers looking for thermofans and they just happened to be sitting in the back of a ute waiting for me. Got the tape out and yep pretty smack on! If everything had worked that well I'd be on the road by now
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Not a beddy but if anyone is interested this is me/my old man's passion project
'63 Holden EH
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Man that ute looks pretty damn straight for its age.. :) EJ ? im guessing
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Close mate it's an EH, yeah looks pretty straight, as long as you keep your distance! Haha
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Thermo fans fitted and wired up and installed. About 2mm clearance from the water pump pulley and belt will take a photo tonight! Really TIGHT. Also some new rims i picked up for the rear 14x7's ($50 for both with tyres 8) ). One of mine had a crack in it and the other will be a spare. Gotta stop working in the dark so i can take some decent photos!
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Welllllll had some fun with the beddy over chrissy break! Was driving her back to the farm (about 2 hours) having a bit of trouble keeping her cool so pulled over to let her cool down a bit. Went to start again, nothing, battery is dead alternator has shit itself! No wonder the fans weren't keeping her cool. So called the RAA and he gave me a quick 10 min charge and jump start and had to high-tail it back to town, with no fans as they were sucking the juice from the ignition. Made it back, just haha. So got a new 100 amp alternator on the way to replace the old 55 amp, but am replacing the brushes in the old one so i have a spare. Back on the road soon!
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Are you running relays with your fans ?
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Hey mate yeah they are run off relays but at the moment the relays are just run off a switch on the dash. Have been looking at thermal relays am thinking I'll go with the type where you just slip the little insert into the radiator hose. Any suggestions/experience would be welcome!
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yeah the thermo switch you mention is perfect, once set at the right temperature they work really well in my experience!
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Would go with this one, works great and no chance of it leaking
ELECTRONIC THERMAL SWITCH - PART No: 0444 (12 VOLT ONLY) (INSTRUCTION SHEET)
Davies, Craig Pty Ltd very own designed Digital Thermatic Fan Switch Kit can be used with our Thermatic Fans, EWP's & competitors Fans. It senses air temperature as it passes through the radiator and has an adjustable temperature range of 40ºC to 110ºC (104ºF to 230ºF). The Temperature Sensor is placed in the radiator fin section as close to the hot coolant inlet as possible so no need to cut hoses.
This switch is operated thermally & also when the air conditioning is in operation.
Simply set the temperature by pressing the set button.
It can run 1 or two fans. The second fan (if applicable) will start 10 seconds after Fan #1 runs.
To convert temperature reading from Centigrade to Fahrenheit, remove the Jumper Pin on the unit next to the LED screen.
https://daviescraig.com.au/media/637/1426833574.0444-ElectronicThermalSwitchInstructions14July14.pdf
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Thanks for the replies boys, both options look good. One more option I've looked at going with is the little sensors that screw into the radiator, not sure if anyone has used these? I'll try and find a photo.
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I have used a corolla sensor (ae82) and put it into a dedicated adaptor I had made to insert in the bottom radiator hose (with a temp gauge as well). This way, it only turns on the fan when the return water temp is above the sensors temp... in this case it's 92 degrees and only comes on during the hottest days or in heavy traffic. I also have a Toyota Land cruiser radiator. Live Adelaide south if you want to check it out!
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Thanks Rumax. How well does the Land Cruiser radiator fit in? Might have to come and check out your rig!
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Easily. Have an elec fan as well- helps with clearance. PM me for address and time.
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Got a bit of body work done over the weekend. All rusted out where the side cargo door hinges bolt on. Really bad down the bottom will have to replace a section of the pillar also can not leave it like that! Coming along nicely though. I assume other people have had this problem but where the outer panel wraps around the pillar and is spot welded in place is all rusted out same goes for the rear doors as well. What I have done is trimmed back the the piece that wraps around and just TIG'd the panel straight to the pillar on the corner. Hopefully with a sand and a bit of bog it comes up a million bucks! 1/3
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body work 2/3
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You can see how eaten away that pillar is :-\ 3/3
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Work on the Beddy has been reasonably slow lately (uni going back, footy season) however still just chipping away at the rust. Also got my dual battery set up nearly sorted. Just waiting on a deep cycle for my auxiliary. Picked up some replacement rear barn doors and they're nearly ready for some primer just finishing up my rear locking system, watch this space
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Not quite finished this area, but close! Had to chuck some paint on as my daily has pooped itself so it will be a few weeks of beddy loving!
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So after a bit of thinking I've decided to build my own thermofan relay setup. I bought these two little thermostats on ebay for about $10 each. Fully programmable between 4°-300°C. Now I can set one around 5-10° higher than the other so the second fan only comes on if the temp keeps rising after the fan comes on. Coming out the right side is the 12V in, the 2 temp probes and the 2 seperate fan signals which will fire big 30A relays for the fans.
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No, that's Adelaide for you.
lol that cracks me up because I can tell where the beddy photo was taken too, small world adelaide style
Sam does that workshop(mechanic i think), across the road to your right still have that white beddy still on the road?
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Wow haha yeah they do, it is black now though I assume it's the same one. They drive it out when they open in the morning and back in when they close haha