campa dilemma

[eddy]

well after working long hours on the weekend I started the beddie yesterday and the V8 roared into life  thought "cool, this is great think I'll take her for a little spin around the block" .... 5 minutes later the motor spluttered and gurgled and stammered and .... you get the picture, "frigging motors, I'm gonna turf this pile of shite"    thinks me as I 'm starting it for the 10th time cause it keeps dying on me .... and I can't get her up the driveway. I eventually park her in position outside the garage door so I can erect the gantry so shes ready to be worked on next weekend. Get told today that me two boys are moving back home in the next couple of days  cause they are between rental properties and now I gotta move the frigging van again so I can get the box trailer out for them to use, missus is still keen on getting the beddie on the road again and me now thinks I willl go the 202 route, but now remember that the shifter for the trimatic is iocated on the wrong side of the box, now means more work and thats not to mention me diff who me mate has and who has now shifted somewheres with it and me not know where hes gone, come back diff!  and sanity !!! I am keen on getting the motor out this weekend though, at least its a start in the right direction!  I gotta start work at 5.00 tommorrow so off to beddie byes byes for me ... nite all 

[Clance]

Eddy, are you saying your going to take a V8 out and put a 6 back in!!! WOW that wouldn't be my choice, I have had a beddy campa with a six in it and while it was great n the flats on the highway it just fainted at the sight of a slight incline!! Seeing that the V8 is already in there why not just pull it out rebuild it and change the gearbox to a turbo 700, the shift can then be put anywhere as it is cable operated, you could even put it on the dash if you wanted to for more room to step through to the campa!!
I really reckon you will regret takin an 8 out and putting a 6 in! I wouldn't have even considered bringing this camper of mine to mackay if it was just a six. rebuild the 8 and put in a good gas reasearch lpg system and all will be well.
Well thats my advice anyway.

[Tweaker]

I'm with Clance! But then again I could be considered biased!......

I got a completely rebuilt T700 waiting pick up in Sydney (as it has been for 12 months now....), and a cable operated shifter that will be mounted within a couple of inches from the steering wheel. As Clance said, more room for walk through to back. I've got a make shift template for the shifter so it's already mounted where I want it to go. I'll post pics if you want once my dash is back in. which should be over the next week. .......or two.

I currently have a 4 speed manual, but I'm expecting the T700 to drop the revs even more when in 4th, giving me better economy on the highway while also dropping me back to the base or my torque curve, so I'm always ready to launch! He, he!

[ben]

hey clance and tweaker you need to get a conversion bellhousin to mate up the t700 to holden v8 yeh? do you have a rough idea of how much it costs?

cheers
ben

[Tweaker]

I don't, but I'm sure Dellow could help you out! 02 97 744 419 or www.dellowauto.com.au
I've got a chev so this is not an issue for me

[eddy]

thanks Clance and Tweaker, I'm hearing yous! what I've decided to do is get take the V8 out put it aside and fit the 6 for the xmas trip, that way I get the best of both worlds, I can rebuild and reinstall tye V8 later if I choose to, as it will be a simple bolt in process, I know what you mean with the power of the V8 I had a swb with a hot 327 & turbo 350, 9" etc, and it was like driving a sedan, however, it did cost big $ to build and maintain so me thinks that if I put a 6 back in at a moderate cost and hopefully build it to specs then the missus will agree to the V8 rebuild down the track ...... then again .... maybe she won't, anyways the important goal is to get the beddie mobile again, .... brrrmm brrmmm    I feel a road trip coming on ......

[ben]

Yeh road trip to mine for a barbee. Seya in a couple of hours;)

[eddy]

hey benn my little brother from another mother, no I am out the door to look at the van in bayswater  p.s. did your undies get dry on the drive back to Victoria?

[ben]

Ha ha. Thanks for sharing that with everyone eddy. And nah it did not work as well as expected lol. Have fun with looking at black beddy. Would suit you owning another van. If has had it for sale for a while so should be able to get a decent wak off the price. Good luck

[eddy]

had a look at it and nuh, asking too much for the condition its in