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My Ford Transit project...
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14 years 4 days ago #33196
by carnut1100
Yeah, it's the latest incarnation of the Dillon, a DHC Cobra 2000...DHC stands for Dillon Henrob Cobra, the three names it has been known under over the years.
Cost me a bloody mint, but worth every cent.
Last night I finally got it all back together, all welding finished and components installed...
Couldn't drive it out of the shed though, as it was out of fuel and the starter circuit seems to have gone on the blink...gotta start it with a screwdriver on the terminals...
Not a hard fix though. Just a bit of crawling under the dash.
I intend to fully rewire it anyhow so a bodge now will do for a bit.
Well...here are the piccies!
Welding finished on the crossmember.
Coat of paint on it and welds ground down.
Next time the gearbox is out I will pretty it up with filler and sand it smooth and paint it properly, but for now a coat of black Killrust will do fine...
Closeup of the crossmember mods...stronger than original!
New speedo drive gear, old one was missing many teeth...might have had something to do with my speedo not working!
Here is the assembled new gearbox mount and the adapter plate.
This rib on the gearbox fouled the adapter plate, so I filed it down slightly, keeping it looking nice of course!
The adapter setup in position.
The side spacers which keep my pinion angle correct and stop the gearbox from sitting higher.
All in place and working out fine!
The final installed clearance on the crossmember.
Shifter position. Not ideal but it will do.
Falcon gear lever installed backwards to have it bend forwards, shift knob turned around (by shoving a bit of balled up paper into it so it stops the right way around when the threads tighten up...) and it all works fine. Can't put the passenger seat back in though until I make up a new "plumber's nightmare" lever that will clear the seat frame...
All left now is to fill the fuel up and sort the starter circuit, then I'm driving it to work over the summer!
Replied by carnut1100 on topic Re: My Ford Transit project...
CarNut
RE: pic of U hold n torch
Wot sort of torch U got there
is it a Dillion?
Inquirin minds need to kno U kno
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Yeah, it's the latest incarnation of the Dillon, a DHC Cobra 2000...DHC stands for Dillon Henrob Cobra, the three names it has been known under over the years.
Cost me a bloody mint, but worth every cent.
Last night I finally got it all back together, all welding finished and components installed...
Couldn't drive it out of the shed though, as it was out of fuel and the starter circuit seems to have gone on the blink...gotta start it with a screwdriver on the terminals...
Not a hard fix though. Just a bit of crawling under the dash.
I intend to fully rewire it anyhow so a bodge now will do for a bit.
Well...here are the piccies!
Welding finished on the crossmember.
Coat of paint on it and welds ground down.
Next time the gearbox is out I will pretty it up with filler and sand it smooth and paint it properly, but for now a coat of black Killrust will do fine...
Closeup of the crossmember mods...stronger than original!
New speedo drive gear, old one was missing many teeth...might have had something to do with my speedo not working!
Here is the assembled new gearbox mount and the adapter plate.
This rib on the gearbox fouled the adapter plate, so I filed it down slightly, keeping it looking nice of course!
The adapter setup in position.
The side spacers which keep my pinion angle correct and stop the gearbox from sitting higher.
All in place and working out fine!
The final installed clearance on the crossmember.
Shifter position. Not ideal but it will do.
Falcon gear lever installed backwards to have it bend forwards, shift knob turned around (by shoving a bit of balled up paper into it so it stops the right way around when the threads tighten up...) and it all works fine. Can't put the passenger seat back in though until I make up a new "plumber's nightmare" lever that will clear the seat frame...
All left now is to fill the fuel up and sort the starter circuit, then I'm driving it to work over the summer!
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