AWD-T3-VR Lexcen

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Yeah I did Cav.

[cava454Moderator 93 VR BT1 View build HERE Member since: February 20, 2015 Posts: 2 390]

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Yeah I did Cav.

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<p style=”text-align: left;”>they are soooo much better then mine. Every time I see them I hate them more and more.</p>

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

LOL

[cava454Moderator 93 VR BT1 View build HERE Member since: February 20, 2015 Posts: 2 390]

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

It’s not hard just time consuming…

[ImmortalityParticipant 97 HSV Senator 185i 02 VX L67 Calais View build HERE Member since: August 31, 2015 Posts: 535]

I wish I had all the gear you have, life would be a breeze.

It’s hard to justify spending $1000’s on a welder for the odd job although but my kids are almost grown up and starting to head out on there own and the mortgage is almost gone so I’ll look at setting up a small workshop in the garage in the next few years me thinks.

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Yep makes life easier for sure, did it for decades with next to no equipment!

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Waiting waiting waiting… Ordered a flexible dipstick from China on the 6th of December, it was way cheaper than anything I could find in stock here just didn’t think it would be coming via carrier snail…

[ImmortalityParticipant 97 HSV Senator 185i 02 VX L67 Calais View build HERE Member since: August 31, 2015 Posts: 535]

I ordered some stuff from China just before Xmas and it arrived today.  Can’t complain really when when the suggested time was 3 weeks.

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Doing better than mine… but having said that they did say 28th to the 16th..

Just getting impatient to put it back together.

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Day 31 and still a no show!

Bit the bullet and ordered one locally, will see which one arrives first.

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

#2 arrived, ordered Friday here today (Monday) awesome service.

Moral to the story while China prices may be 1/4 if you need to part “now” pay the price..

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Went down and made a bracket to bolt the new Dipstick Tube to then started getting it ready to slot the DriveTrain back in… bzzzz

To get it in I need to drop the Steering Column and Pedal Box then you feed the shaft down between the header tubes, as I was unbolting the Pedal Box one of the mounting studs sheared off with minimal force… DOH

This tells me a couple of things, in later cars Holden used 4x 8mm studs in the earlies like my VR it’s only 2x 8mm, I’m guessing there was a reason, or maybe in one of my “Ohh SHIT” panic stops I’ve over stressed the 24 year old studs..

Either way something needed to be done so I machined down a couple of 10mm Hi Tensile bolts into studs drilled out the old ones and tack welded the new ones in, so I’m back to where I was, as I still have well over a Month in hand before next meeting I called it quits for today!

[ImmortalityParticipant 97 HSV Senator 185i 02 VX L67 Calais View build HERE Member since: August 31, 2015 Posts: 535]

I like how that dipstick looks, give me an idea for mine (It looks long enough to have it coming over to the passenger side head?).

Are you using the standard MC to strut tower bracket?  Upgrading to a stronger/heavier bracket reduces firewall flex and improves pedal feel as well as maybe taking a little more load off those 2 studs.

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Thanks, yes it’s long enough to go across to the left of the car, they come in a bunch of different lengths.

I have another inbound sooner or later when it arrives if you want it $25 and it’s yours!

The Brace is one I made so quite stiff, I think it’s more a case of fatigue in the stock stud and the occasional panic stop..

[ImmortalityParticipant 97 HSV Senator 185i 02 VX L67 Calais View build HERE Member since: August 31, 2015 Posts: 535]

Would the th350 use the same dipstick as a 4l60e?

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

I machine the end to suit the 4L60E Seal as it’s much better than the 350 o-rings.

[ImmortalityParticipant 97 HSV Senator 185i 02 VX L67 Calais View build HERE Member since: August 31, 2015 Posts: 535]

Well then if you don’t want it I’ll certainly take it off your hands then

 

Do you know approx how long the dipstick is? (starting to formulate a plan and design a bracket to suit).

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

75CM.

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

The Lump is back in, all the difficult/annoying things are done have a couple of days work left and it’s good to go!

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