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Project 'red van' (says the 4 year old) build thread

Question to those of you with a suspension and body lift... Do you find the handbrake cable and/or the central rear brake hose are a bit 'at their limits' ?
 
Someone once commented on the taughtness of my centre rear brake hose when i posted up a pic but the axle wasn't actually connected to the chassis by much else at the time , its never been a problem for me but swb might be different from lwb .

As for the handbrake its a running joke that all cruisers only have one until you do a little off roading , readjusting goes right along with washing the mud off .
 
Man I want a set of 80 series alloys on my truck... They look great.. can't be found for diamonds o'er this way..
 
Shayne said:
Someone once commented on the taughtness of my centre rear brake hose when i posted up a pic but the axle wasn't actually connected to the chassis by much else at the time , its never been a problem for me but swb might be different from lwb .

As for the handbrake its a running joke that all cruisers only have one until you do a little off roading , readjusting goes right along with washing the mud off .
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I think I might have a longer hose made up. You're not running an ARB either are you?

I'm a bit stumped by the handbrake cable, it's clearly just not long enough once things start articulating. I may look at relocating the upper mount for it lower down and see if that helps.

Oh and realised I will need to attack that front inner arch lip with the grinder!
 
If your going to mess with the handbrake , i have long held a theory that the slack is in the hand lever then to move the cable up the lever pulls taught with lesser leverage and goes slack with lesser leverage .

Not something i've ever got under the truck to investigate but if the principal can be put into practice i can't see why 3 or 4 inch extra cable wouldn't remedy the problem ?
 
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Shayne said:
If your going to mess with the handbrake , i have long held a theory that the slack is in the hand lever then to move the cable up the lever pulls taught with lesser leverage and goes slack with lesser leverage .

Not something i've ever got under the truck to investigate but if the principal can be put into practice i can't see why 3 or 4 inch extra cable wouldn't remedy the problem ?
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Got to be worth a try! My wonder is whether the sleeve is too short.
 
Out with the 82 degree star in with the 76

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Grrr looks like I ordered the wrong stat! It's a bit too big to seat in the block. Can anyone point me at the right one... Have a feeling its 72 degrees not 76 as well
 
And this is where we stop today... Run out of etch primer

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Guys looking for thoughts on 12v system... what are you running - battery / controller / charger / locations etc. etc.
 
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