Yep. Mine did this regularly. Have you got another float needle? It may just be sticky.
I changed out the float needle for an original Daihatsu AB carby needle. No problem since.
I did pick up a few carburetors from market place. I wouldn’t mind building a couple for member with smaller engines or anyone that wants a twin throat for their ed10.
I’m spreading myself thin at the moment, I’ve been working on the EFI manifold for the two cylinder.
This is version 2 that failed to complete over night due to filament tangle.
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Upgraded the L60 rear view mirror to L250, I also ran the wire for the light again (for some unknown reason I took it out 6 years ago).
I was going to 3d print a wedge, and then the idea of machining it from a chunk of aluminium came to mind. I didn’t have any spare aluminium chunks to machine down. In the end I made an adaptor using 4 mm aluminium sheet. I had to hog some pockets in the light but if I had M5 countersunk screws that would have been a better option. I might make another and use the correct hardware but at the same time I think this is a solid win.
Friend went to Japan and got me a keychain of my own steering wheel.
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nice work and job done. love the cute key chain. Dare I say they look Wheely Wheely good together?
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I was going to let the rego run out but I think I might add another 3 months.
I have some things to do that requires the car to be at work but I also don’t want the car to live there again.
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Don’t you hate it when you accidently do stuff like that hahaha
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The Handivan has become a full time daily, Colan needs new tyres and registration, one tyre has a egg that consumes 25 percent of the tread.
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Is Colan walk in rego like the handivan? ( I really dont understand SA rego)
They are both seasonal registration, can be registered all the time but no late fees when it’s unregistered.
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So the Speedometer cable snapped on the Handivan again, which confirms the outer sheething is damaged. I have bit the bullet and I have ordered a Speedbox by SpeedHut. It’s a digital speedometer drive that gives speed signal from both GPS and VSS (vehicle speed sensor).
It should arrive sometime during the week.
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Very interested to see how this goes. Intrigue and anticipation will be building.
Future proof for any engine/gearbox combo.
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It’s in and working. I received the package from Malex Motorsport in two business days by Wednesday 3rd of June, it arrived with the incorrect Speedo drive. I emailed them that night and by 7:45 the next morning they had express posted the correct Speedo drive out, and I received it by Friday.
Customer services is second to none.
I installed the unit under the dash and between the glove box and where the dash vent used to be (for some reason I permanently disabled the dash vent). Being where it is means I can see the red light and know when it’s searching for a signal vs when it’s connected.
It’s a little slow to react when moving off and being under 10 km/h. For the most part this is a massive improvement over the factory cable which snapped twice, and the 5 speeds internal speedometer gear on the secondary shaft being intended for 12 inch wheels with a 5.081:1 vs 10 inch wheels 4.933:1 diff gears.
While I am on the topic. The 5 speed with 5.081 diff ratio vs the 4 speed with 4.933 diff ratio, the 5 speed is more like a close ratio box. For an engine that cruises at 100 km in 5th at 4200 ~ rpm, it’s pretty happy.
It’s times like these where I wish I had the L60 front still in the driveway, I really want to fabricate engine mounts for the EF-EL into the L60 chassis, I’m still undecided on gearbox choice, I know the L80 5 speed will fit but a L700/M100 will be a stronger choice. I’ll be on the hunt for a rhf4 turbo. Stupidly I am thinking about a T51R mod to the rhf4 compressor housing (which is drilling a 3 or 4 mm hole approximately 6 to 10 mm deep in the compressor housing to make it whistle on boost)
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fantastic it works so well. On the topic of the gearbox’s. I know you have told me but alas I have forgotten. The 4 speed will that go to 100 and what rpm would or have you had from yours in the past when youve had a 4 speed in.
I go back and forth a bit in my head with "should I go back and use the AD instead of going the efdet? but then I think the efdet will be awesome in it. Then I go through the gearbox dilemma too as in do I use the LSD L200 box i have or go the L7 style box? I admitedly like the L7 style boxes for longer gears, but as frasertag has said his efet slows down on boost in 3rd due to long gears. So I am undecided on that too.
I honestly haven’t been doing anything physically with cars apart from buying some 13’ wheels yesterday. I think thats why the brain races more and confirming decisions seems to harder. I will get there just a process for now I think.
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100 km/h is 5000 rpm with 10 inch rims and a 4 speed gearbox.
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Thankyou. Thats a fairly high rpm lol I will have bigger rims so hopefully it may bring it down a bit.
Cars and Coffee at Yuna Adelaide this morning, it’s a Japanese Coffee and Ramen shop.
I picked up some spare parts to recondition and modify.
I think if I have the loops reversed on the leaf springs and add an extra leaf I can drop the back end 40 to 50 mm.
For the front struts, I’ll drain the oil, cut the spring perches off and remake them to suit coil over springs in 3.5 or 4 kg/mm. If I install them too low I could add a helper spring to take up the slack under full extension.
There is a chance I could end up with the front end of the shell which is absolutely buggered but intact enough to jig an EF into L60.
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I blew up the old speakers in the Handivan, I had a high pass filter set on them and forgot why I did that. So I turned that off and they lasted 2 days.
I bought and installed some $75 Kenwood 2 way coaxial speakers, they sound way better.
I also impulse bought an Apline 7x7 underseat subwoofer to install on the weekend.
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well spotted. 