campa dilemma

[eddy]

oh and just so they keep my frustration levels high, we now got 5 cars, a skiff, a catamaran, a box trailer, a 6x4 trailer and a camping trailer to fit in the drive way and that doesn't include the beddie, hehehe gonna get some paybacks, when the beddie is hoisted up on the gantry she ain't going nowhere no how till the engine transplant is done (could take a month) hehehe (evil laugh) wahahahaha .....

[eddy]

woops forgot to add the humungus catamaran trailer in that little list as well and the young blokes motor bike coming and goings, shes a bit cramped ma 

[eddy]

well, got some gumbo back today and decided to get the V8 out, took me 2 hours to move crap around the driveway just so I could set up the gantry, after a little bit of grunting and mumbling (swear words under my breath) she popped out like a pearl diver coming up for air, easy peasie, I will look at the efi 202 thats hidden in the back of the garage tommorrow before deciding what to do next, gotta keep the misuss happy with her offer of pensioner assistance to me so can't spend big time, I have put some pics in my gallery of the event.

I added up the costs of the V8 and realise that I spent $360 on rebuilding the carby and about $400 on the twin exhaust and thats not including all the other little bits and pieces that add up so she owes me a coupla quid and probably not worth throwing away, I'll push her into dark corner of garage and decide later what to do with her ... she needs a rest cause shes a tired old girl (the motor not the missus!!!) ever had one of those days when everything just falls into place and there is no rush or stress? ..... well I'd like to say today was one of them days but I won't cause the boys huge pile of crap in the garage is still freakin me out man!!!! I can't find the 202, its buried up the back somewhere!!!   

[Warren]

Well done Eddy.

I had a good day in the garage as well, nothing beddifile but getting it all sorted after the move so that I can start those projects Ive been slaCK ON

[Tweaker]

On ya Eddy!

[eddy]

got the V8 into the garage and then took a look at the efi 6, it came with a huge box of bits and pieces, the mate I bought it from stripped a VK Calais of everything that wasn't painted on and threw it all into the box, so now I'm bemused  I like the idea of the efi but think that I would rather go the full hog and convert the dash (comes with electronic dash) and steering column etc. BUT it seems like a HUGE job in front  of so in order to get the van mobile this side of xmas thought it would be better if just replaced the sump and pickup/stick .... throw on a mechanical fuel pump and carbie and inlet manifold and got her running. I will keep the V8 radiator in place if I can although I have the the VK one and a huge transmission cooler, the clutch fan protrudes too far forwad so can't use it, think I 'll throw on the one off the V8. I also need to adapt the transmission linkages or how about just moving the gear selector across the way to the passenger side of the cabin? The removal of the efi and attachments seems fairly straight forward does that mean that I just block all lthe vacum ports?

So now the heat is off we are going out for a luverly drive in the country tommorrow so we can spend sum luverly time together just me and the luverly wife and dream of luverly togetherness while listening to luverly sweet Marvin Gaye on the luverly stereo ....... hey Ben might pop in your way, you home tommorrow? Nuthing important just thought I might be able to source some red 6 parts from your beddie collection, might even drop off those rear door window surrounds if you like ......     

[Marishka]

sounds like a big job Eddy,
good luck with it ,
 i hope it all flows smoothly n ur on road again soon.
marty

[ben]

Hey eddy if your coming down ill be around for sure! Cool.  Oh i even washed the van yesterday. Looks like new almost ha ha

[eddy]

hey Marty, had another look and more discussion, some boisterous some uncouth and same just plain silly talk, probably won't be done before xmas I'm telling her, she/he/we decided that rather than rush the job may as well 'lax a bit and make sure we get it right 1st time so the carby idea got thrown to the claphouse and we are going to concentrate on getting the efi in properly. She even agreed that because it will not be ready for the xmas break at Nagambie Lake that we will take the camp trailer with the catamaran on top and get this ...... (she who despises camping) agreed to take the tent and not the beddie so the pressure is off woo hoo, that means I gets to keep my hands clean for the next cupla days.

Yo Ben bro, see ya tommorow, if I remember I'll bring the window surrounds, you haven't got a red sump/oil pickup and dip stick floating around the yard have ya?

[ben]

yeh man all the holden 6 parts in the world here!!! cant wait.. dad will be around tmmorow too !!