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Nice work Benj, making it look easy
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(sings to workin on the railroad tune) "Beenjys, workin on his EEE B!"
good plan with doin it in another car first, saves experimenting on the beast. Are you gonna hairdry it too? I noticed yours is a N/A motor, are you gonna change the internals?
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This is epic and benj... TURBO.. deep down inside you know you want to.
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dahayes wrote: Nice work Benj, making it look easy Lowlane7 wrote: (sings to workin on the railroad tune) "Beenjys, workin on his EEE B!" good plan with doin it in another car first, saves experimenting on the beast. Are you gonna hairdry it too? I noticed yours is a N/A motor, are you gonna change the internals? RAPTOR_XR8 wrote: This is epic and benj... TURBO.. deep down inside you know you want to. Thanks Fellas for the comments. Going with a BA engine opens up a few options, including using the factory turbo gear on the N/A motor. This would make a nice streetable combo keeping close to stock boost. We will see what happens. Cheers BenJ
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More Rear Suspension Stuff
After I put in the Ute Leaf Springs, I was never happy with the ride hieght. So this morning I decided to do something about it. Keeping the existing leaf pack arrangement I just added in my old 1.5" lowering blocks on the top.  This of course created a small issue.  Which was quickly taken care of.  Just a bit more clearance now.  Some before and after pics.     While this looks awesome, it is not functional in any practical way. Even with just myself in the car, navigating Sydney's rough streets resulted in it bottoming out. Then this evening I had to take 3 other adults + myself into Sydney, and the experience was not pleasant. There is just not enough suspension travel, and the tail shaft would rub the floor with any sort of swift forward movement. On Sunday (tomorrow), I will be pulling the leaf packs out and re arranging them to give me a ride hieght in between the above before and after pics. GPS Install I got the Navaman for Christmas, and a couple of months ago made a plug adaptor install for the power cable.    This allows me to keep the GPS powered while driving, and not have a cable dangling accross the steering column and dash etc. In addition the plug location is out of the way and keeps the cable from rubbing on the dash etc. Cheers BenJ
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That ride height is nice, pitty it's so unpractical! I also love your idea for the power for your Navman. Mine is a mini usb connector, maybe i should add a mini usb to the top of my dash?
Cheers ToranaGuy
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That sweet ride height with no practicality is a bummer, wagons weren't designed to be low I guess.
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How'd you get it down to 5V Ben?
you got the 12 volt ciggy plug under the cowling or something to get the 5v USB out? Cheers, Tim
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nice. The rear of a wagon looks great when there low like mine. But as you said if you dont like the ruff rid then u wont want to keep it that low. And i know from being up in sydney in feb the roads are shiiiit
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timmytimtim wrote: How'd you get it down to 5V Ben? you got the 12 volt ciggy plug under the cowling or something to get the 5v USB out? Cheers, Tim Yep, you got it. I cut the original power cable into two pieces, one very short which you can see, and the 2nd runs down to behind the stereo where I spliced in a 12 ciggy socket, and just plugged her in. Simple. ausedwagon wrote: nice. The rear of a wagon looks great when there low like mine. But as you said if you dont like the ruff rid then u wont want to keep it that low. And i know from being up in sydney in feb the roads are shiiiit I don't mind a firm ride, but having the diff bottom out is not acceptable in my book. It is all fixed now. I raised it 16mm. Pics tomorrow night. Cheers BenJ
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Golly Gee BenJ, tomorrow night!!
I suppose it'll be worth the wait to see pic's of the result of all Snap's direct supervision, the man is a true artist, isn't he? I got dizzy just watching both of you!!  Mac
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TBH I felt a bit woozy as well.
I guess you guys did play minor parts . . . 
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Lower ride height in rear is do-able with change in pinion angle to suit new diff height, as per seen on that dodgy buggers multicoloured wagon..........
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More Suspension Stuff - Take Two
On Sunday, after playing Taxi for my Wife and the Dog, taking them to a Dog Show, I was very sure, the rear was too low. So I pulled out the leaf spring packs to play with the ride height. This is the setup I took out of the car.  I tried a couple of alternative solutions, and settled on taking out two of the short spacers, and using the 1.5" blocks, resulting in raising the rear 16mm. This is approx half way between where I started from and the too low height. Here are some pics of the new set up installed in the car.   While the springs were out I gave them a good coat of Black Engine Enamel and applied more rubber grease to the rubbers. The rear now sits marginally higher than the front with a full tank of LPG and half a tank of Petrol.   Last night I did my usual Monday night run from the Dog Obediance ground with Speed Humps, Dips and rough roads, two dogs + gear and three adults. No issues to report. Very happy with the compromise. I will trim the U Bolts soon. BA DOHC PCM Another piece of the BA puzzle arrived yesterday.  Scored this N/A PCM off Ebay for the grand sum of $44 including post. I should have the remaining parts needed to start deciphering the wiring on Friday. Cheers BenJ
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I would have thought it was more than 16mm difference from it looking like it stuffed rear springs(reads as gay sagging in the rear, like the doof doof poofs like.), to sitting a little higher rear to front, but you took photos on the driveway this time, so it is hard to tell.
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