FridgeFreezer Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 I don't have time to do a full write-up but as Les requested some piccies I thought I'd post them up: Remove front x-member and cut some mount shapes, puddle-welded to the chassis. Tubes welded through the chassis, mount capped off to look nice: A bit more tarting with the soft-pad: Box bolted on: A bit of clearancing under the chassis (could probably be avoided with better planning / different drop-arm ) X-Member cut from 50x100 box and toob let in for winch drive: X-Member installed and winch tray attached, as is rad support rail above it. Depending on your vehicle you may not want either of those. Defender column bolted on - you'll need to fab up a little bracket to mount it in place of the Series steering box but nothing difficult. Because I used DII box I had to use a DII UJ on one end and a Defender UJ and shaft, went together OK though with only a tiny fettle due to the length of the shaft (the box is ~5mm closer to the steering column than on a Defender, in my book that's not a bad guess ) Scabby RR wheel attached to Defender column attached to Series bulkhead: Top-down view of the arrangement, obviously not everyone will have a V8 beautifying their engine bay, wiring is WIP at the moment so shush your sarky comments Oh yes, and before the experts say it obviously you'll need to SVA it as some sort of passenger-carrying shrub, send your first born to the DVLA, re-take your driving test with a patch over one eye, put it on bolivian number plates, only drive it on days when the digits of the date add up to a prime number and get it insured for third party fire, theft, plague, famine, flood, earthquake and cramp in the knees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPR Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 "Oh yes, and before the experts say it obviously you'll need to SVA it as some sort of passenger-carrying shrub, send your first born to the DVLA, re-take your driving test with a patch over one eye, put it on bolivian number plates, only drive it on days when the digits of the date add up to a prime number and get it insured for third party fire, theft, plague, famine, flood, earthquake and cramp in the knees." LMAO!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Henson Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 Mmmm - power steering porn first thing in the morning I have bought the entire PAS system from a 110 V8. Have been thinking a bit about the location of the box with regards to the height of it. Perhaps I could fit it lower down? How thick are those plates? Look about 3mil to me, same as original. That's some very pretty fab work Fridge, needs a bit more polishing though Les Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonk Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 Les, which box have you got? i didn't bother with the doubler plates, just tube the chassis, u can get it in there without chopping out the original crossmember, it does need modding though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonk Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 Jon, nice box, will be interested in seeing physical size of it at some point, if it ever gets finished Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted April 13, 2007 Author Share Posted April 13, 2007 The plates are no thicker than 3mm but I couldn't tell you what they are, 2-ish. My name's not Barker and with Jez on a weight saving mission every time I picked up anything thicker than 3mm I would get "what are you making with that?" No harm in fitting it a bit lower down, the DII one is taller in the mount (and I think the arm is flatter in profile too) but to answer Tonks question it is no bigger than any other LR box as far as I can tell, the difference is a stronger sector shaft with no undercut in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonk Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 3,4 and 6 bolt boxes all vary a bit in size, i will still be looking at it at some point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Henson Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 Picked the gubbins up today, so here are the pictures. Donor vehicle is an 'F' 110V8CSW. Les. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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