Yella terra, red motors and a new head for grandfathers axe

[cords]

yep they are a wide motor from the haeds up still doabel i personaly would go gen3 or au ba  bf windsor

[Leif wilson]

MAAANNNN!! I just had a look at the 'moving the motor' discussion and i am definitely out of my league! you guys are nuts rear engines and drag motors!! I live in a flat!

Not going to give up the wagon yet, have had way too much fun so far. already burned $13k on it, why not a bit more?

Settled on a red w/ gas gear and a yella terra from AKA5000 on this site. going down to get it from melbourne this weekend but i need to get a mechanic to install and tune it in sydney. god help me i could save some cash if i had any idea what i was doing but if i'm going to have to put my faith in a mechanic round here id love a recommendation! i've had some bad experiences of late....

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[Warren]

Lieth

If you can get hold of an A frame or engine hoist you can change the motor over in a day, lift the body up off the motor gearbox front end combo, wheel it out change over the motor and wheel it back in. Have a look at my and Eddys gallerys for some pics of it being done.

If the motor was running in AKAs van (and I'm pretty sure it was) then you should be able to get it running straight away on Petrol then you can drive it to a good mechanic for the final tuning.

Warren

[matty]

Lieth

you changing the motor or just the head?

[ben]

hey Leif do it yourself man you only need a few spanners and an engine hoist chain and a bar, and youll save yourself stacks..

ben

[Leif wilson]

Getting very tempted to do it myself. Mechanics are all 'too busy' or telling me it'll be a shit fight because 'its a conversion'.
doesn't seem all that complicated to me. i even got told that installing the clutch pedal is a major complicated operation. is this true? not sure if it is hydraulic or cable for the supra gearbox but that still just seems like something pretty straight forward even if it was an auto before. can you get bolt on clutch pedal assemblies?

the motor looks pretty sweet. the only issues may come from the gearstick being too far back, the gas carby intruding into the engine cover, and getting a new tailshaft to couple with the new gearbox.

i dont think i'll have much luck trying to do it myself on the street in bondi so if anyone knows someone who wants a bit of cash to do the job let me know. the guys who were going to do it quoted $770 for the replacement plus parts and with the expectation of extra time spent on the alterations at extra cost. then told me that it wouldn't be for 6-8 weeks once i returned with the motor....

would REALLY appreciate any contacts for mechanics with workshops who would take it on soon.

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[Jeff]

Getting very tempted to do it myself. Mechanics are all 'too busy' or telling me it'll be a shit fight because 'its a conversion'.
doesn't seem all that complicated to me. i even got told that installing the clutch pedal is a major complicated operation. is this true?

Yes, it can be.
You need to get the leverage just right to suit the new clutch, so that there is enough movement without the clutch being too heavy.
And making up brackets so that the cable pulls in exactly the right direction.
Hydraulic clutches can have similar considerations.
But one could always be lucky and have an easy conversion.
Using the Supra pedal and all other parts would make it easier.

[Warren]

As I've said before what your doing is not a conversion, just a replacement, do a bit more reading and research and do it yourself.

Sounds like the only slightly difficult thing to do is shorten the tailshaft.

Warren

[matty]

just a thought a thought,

if your gearbox is running fine could the engine be changed now to get the van going and the gerabox soughted out a few weeks later once the van is mobile again. there is a lot of room underr the van so changing a gearbox isn't to hard at all.

[Leif wilson]

all going ahead. using the beddy pedal and cable from Rob, all the adaptions etc seem to be in place so i think i'm going to be lucky.... if not, poor.

hoping the manual, Yella, Gas carby, twin extractor, electronic ignition version has got more balls so i can finally make Byron in a day.

wish me luck!

L