Recent content by labtecpower

Long overdue update.. i've mainly been working on the engine and the chassis, the temperatures are still too low to do any painting, which would allow me to put the car back together permanently. I've cleaned up the intake and machined some brackets for the LPG injectors. As i'm converting it...

Slow progress.. too cold in the shed to do any painting, fixing the house which takes a lot of time, and some other stuff keeping me distracted. Managed to sneak in some time to make a 3-into-1 collector for the new exhaust system. Hand ground some parts to fit, and tacked them up. Pretty...

Progress has slowed down a bit in the past few weeks, busy working and fixing up the house, so the car gets a second place. Luckily i found the time to do some small jobs. Installed the windscreen (messy job), started fitting the new seats (Jaguar X-type) shich I picked up really cheaply, got...

Started bolting the equipment I had lying around in my garage to my car before I lose it, wouldn't be the first time. After I finish the cab I'll start working on the front panels which still need a lot of TLC. I also threw together a new dashboard with a GPS speedometer and a tachometer, still...

First try at painting a car, found some nice industrial paint and give it a go. Not completely satisfied yet, but that was to be expected. Some sanding and a second layer of paint should fix it. Opted for a bright and friendly color as to not upset the tree hugging folks.

Looks really sturdy! Upgrade from drums to disks looks great as well, saves a ton of weight and on long descents the added cooling capacity is well worth the expenses

Today I machined some buckles for the limiting straps I am going to make to prevent my shocks from bottoming out. (threw some money at Koni heavy tracks and I don't want them to start puking out their internals). The strap itself will be made from seat belt material, good for me to have some...

Today's project: connection flange to hook up my original Transit propshaft to the LT230 transfer case. Turned a flange with a 0,08 mm. interference fit to connect to the FTC5090 spudshaft, dunked the spudshaft in liquid nitrogen and the flange in the oven, and put them together. After that the...

About a year ago I bough an old Ford Transit mk1 RV in pretty bad shape (turned out to be even worse than I expected) to refurbish. During disassembly I noticed it had a solid front axle, and it seemed feasible to put a front axle from a 4x4 on. I have always wanted a proper 4x4 camper van, so I...