Australian Belly Tank

[Stainless1]

If the Aussie F-100 is the same as the American, you'll find that to be a pretty strong, servicable truck. 

Yep
Except they cost more, and the steering wheel is on the right side
G

So it has the steering wheel on the left?  or is the wheel on the wrong side? 

[Dr Goggles]

Grumm, did you turn on the pedant tractor beam? ....we've got some stuck to the outer skin of the ship

[Milwaukee Midget]

Grumm, did you turn on the pedant tractor beam? ....we've got some stuck to the outer skin of the ship

Can't be Stainless, he's austenitic.

. . . hmmm . . .

Well, then, I think this is my asteroid. 

[grumm441]

Putting on my foil hat
G

[Reverend Hedgash]

You didn't include a proper phase inverter.  See attached schematic diaphram:

I was looking at that,  but was worried I may not be able to use it because of the caution note relating to use within 200 feet of Aardvaarks as I have a Churanga in a case here, somewhere. It was then I remembered that a Churanga is made from an Armadillo and not an Aardvaark.
Also, it's not a Banana Sheath, it an SFI certified Banana scatter shield.
I couldn't find an energy Polariser so I used a mop bucket
And Yes, this is not the final layout and my ducks will be in a row when it's finished

In another note, did you know that Aardvarks used to be called Zardvarks, and it wasn't until Noah started calling up animals two by two, that the Zardvarks, not liking to hang around with the Zebra's, and in an effort to get a better room, pushed to the front of line, which was incidentally being called up in alphabetical order, and told Noah that the big man had changed their name to the Aardvark.

However, I digress, Wayno,  I ordered yellonium lash caps from Summit and the y said they were a backorder item, so I will be going with the Cheesium ones that I already have
G

Colonel, that reply was over one sentence long... is everything ok or are procrastinating or something?

Whatever it is, you've changed man. is it the new bike?

Dik

[Dr Goggles]

...well spotted, he's been running off at the mouth.

Minor freakout just now, seemed like my calcs may have been wrong and there wasn't enough room for the tailshaft with the existing gearbox cross-member mounts......that would have junked my last few days of toil because it would have meant remaking the tailshaft..... crisis averted , I've got it sitting in place . I've just chased out the threads in the bell-housing, nothing like hi-grade cheesium for good quality threads

Hey Colonel, tell me one of those bolts in the back of the gearbox was put there as a joke....yes the one that seemed to have a 3/8 UNC thread but a "tween-size" head????Anyway, they're all new in there now.

Next job set-up the bellhousing, throw out and slave cylinder just to make sure everythings there, serviceable and ready to fit up.... I wish I'd gone to bed earlier last night.........

[grumm441]

Hey Colonel, tell me one of those bolts in the back of the gearbox was put there as a joke....yes the one that seemed to have a 3/8 UNC thread but a "tween-size" head????Anyway, they're all new in there now.

Bolt's? Gearbox? I got some screws off some guy named Allen.
The bolts were what came out of it
G

[Dr Goggles]

The Colonel dropped the box and bell-housing off yesterday so I could get started fitting up the shift and the tail-shaft.It also meant I could fit the clutch line...I had a bit of trouble stopping the fitting at the base of the master cylinder from leaking, (lower right in pic)



it seems I just hadn't done it up tight enough..after that it all pressurized up fine, those welding vice-grips are just right for holding the slave cylinder while I bleed it....


I sat the scatter-shield on top of the bell-housing so you can see how it goes together there.....

when you have to make one of these special construction things there are place where you have to find something that will work before you make what you will use, the prototype. Sometimes the prototype doesn't get replaced, our shift mechanism on the gearbox is a perfect example...it's a mongrelised, jerry built bastard of an arrangement.

 I have several ideas that would work well, but in the mean time it has to stay, soon, it will be replaced...The main problem we faced was that the shift cables could only approach around the bellhousing, so the shift needed to be extended outwards in order to make it work...note there is no other path for the shift mechanism,it's about building it with finer tolerances.

Here's the new steering column boss that Vaughn our tame fitter and turner made during the week..

[grumm441]

Here's the new steering column boss that Vaugn our tame fitter and turner made during the week..

Nice Work Vaugn

Eric just emailed me to say it was awesome.

G

[Reverend Hedgash]

The problem withthe gear linkages is that they are not painted yellow. Although I would push for another colour... blue?

That scattershield looks like it needs a freshen up too...

That's an interesting shot seeing the scattershield without the motor, looks like we built it pretty tight!

Keep going chaps, I have put seatbelts in the back of the traveller now, all good, but if it doesn't stop snowing I wont be able to put the front ones in...

Rev.H.

[Dr Goggles]

here's a shot of the new padding arrangement inside the cab....



I used some stainless cable-ties to secure the bar pads, I cut the ends of them off and folded them over nicely before poking them in behind the clip so they would cut anyone, shame I inserted the end of one of them into my finger in the process.I'm yet to decide how I'll attach the piece above the helmet, it's just jammed there at the moment..

[Elmo Rodge]

Looking good James. The nice thing is they'll never come into play.  Wayno

[Dr Goggles]

Looking good James. The nice thing is they'll never come into play.  Wayno

Like you said Wayno, here's to them never being used.........

you may notice something in this shot peeking through the steering wheel......

[Dr Goggles]

when you have to make one of these special construction things there are place where you have to find something that will work before you make what you will use, the prototype. Sometimes the prototype doesn't get replaced, our shift mechanism on the gearbox is a perfect example...it's a mongrelised, jerry built bastard of an arrangement.

 I have several ideas that would work well, but in the mean time it has to stay, soon, it will be replaced...The main problem we faced was that the shift cables could only approach around the bellhousing, so the shift needed to be extended outwards in order to make it work...note there is no other path for the shift mechanism,it's about building it with finer tolerances.

The idea for the gearbox means making a faceplate to hang off the shift side of the box to give a greater bearing area for the shafts that extend out, then they can be supported at the outside end with a bearing, that should make for a much more snickworthy shift. It was a relief that when I hooked the cables up ( after them being removed from the car by being cut) they seemed to shift AOK on the weekend.

Something else I did on the weekend was re-route the clutch line....... In this shot obviously the collector passes through where the vice-grips are, now the clutch line avoids this area by going to the outside of the scatter shield and heading in from the top.



I am also considering converting to dot.5 brake fluid because there is no mess free way to deal with fluids in the POS , I mean SOS, plus trying to bleed the brake and clutch by yourself means you inevitably get fluid on the paintwork...in fact the only rust on the frame was where the paint had been attacked by brake fluid, dot 5 is a lot more forgiving, next year it will be re-kitted and I'll fill it .

[Jon]

Looking good
An outboard plate and bushes would make for a nice shift.
Are you still running twin levers up front?

Cheers
jon