Aussie sliding door autosleeper

[Belyoshi]

 

[Belyoshi]

As I found her in my local town of rosedale Victoria Australia , so it’ll be an aussie build using local and easy toget parts to make maintenance and breakdowns easier .

 

[Belyoshi]

Drag home and cleaned her up

 

[Belyoshi]

So on first start up found valve tobe seized and bent pushrod , unseized valve and straightend push rod and got engine running . Brakes are stuffed all round so made my own local Ford falcon 300mm disc brake kit , using Toyota Land Cruiser dual circuit master cyclinder , out back is Mitsubishi L300 diff with 4. Something something diff ratio, same pcd as Ford so matching wheels all round , tailshaft bolts straight up and width is exactly the same .

 

[Belyoshi]

Also used Toyota Hilux / commer mix leaf pack and diff is on top of leafs for extra low plus stiffer than stock , also using mini front shocks for the rear , front springs are d23 Nissan navara with Hilux shocks . Have about 30mm of travel in rear . Will fit a small chassis notch to look as stock as possible and will all be hidden in the autosleeper cupboards

 

[Belyoshi]

Fitted smaller tyres , got engine running good enough , new brake lines all round , and first test drive , success… drives really good actually, but carb needs replacing as super dupper rich at idle , have fitted new seals - orings and played with it a bit but no success, so found a Weber 34ich local and I’ll fit that , jet to suit etc , help here would be appreciated.

 

[Panky]

You've been busy Looks great too

 

[Tintop]

As I found her in my local town of rosedale Victoria Australia , so it’ll be an aussie build using local and easy toget parts to make maintenance and breakdowns easier .

really nice what year is she

 

[S0updragon]

Wow well done and it looks great.

 

[Belyoshi]

As far as I no 1967

really nice what year is she

 

[Belyoshi]

been a while , but shes still running (just)and getting cruised around on sunny days

 

[Panky]

Cracking van

 

[thommo]

So on first start up found valve tobe seized and bent pushrod , unseized valve and straightend push rod and got engine running . Brakes are stuffed all round so made my own local Ford falcon 300mm disc brake kit , using Toyota Land Cruiser dual circuit master cyclinder , out back is Mitsubishi L300 diff with 4. Something something diff ratio, same pcd as Ford so matching wheels all round , tailshaft bolts straight up and width is exactly the same .

What is the drum to drum measurement on the diff ?

 

[Belyoshi]

unsure on exact measurement but its basically exact same width as commer diff

 

[Belyoshi]

So ive been a busy boy on my old commer lately. Stock 1725 basically died so i started an engine swap. While i was at it ive Zed the front chassis rails to drop the crossmember 100mm to fix some low commer bump steer problems assosiated with the extreme angles, also gain some suspension travel back and to have more than 40mm of crossmember to ground clearance.

 

[Belyoshi]

And then started mocking up the engine placement

 

[Panky]

Excellent, we haven't had a good chop chop and engine swap for ages. LS?

 

[Belyoshi]

yeah LS1 . Close to testing if itll fit between rails ,hahaha