The Jalopy Journal
I decided to crack on with shortening the driveshaft. This is what I started with. Not sure if someone has been here before, but that weld doesn't...
Thanks for the feedback - it means a lot :) @Mart I did watch you videos way before I started. I will have to rewatch, but surely if the torque...
Shortening the torque was a scary thing for me, so I tried to be scientific. The original 3-speed gearbox was 327mm long flange <-> flange The...
Sorry for the slow updates, life and work always gets it the way. and actually doing this stuff takes ages too. But I seem to have got to a point...
Alas the uj was slightly smaller that the internal Volvo piece. My cunning plan was to make a shim out of thin (0.7mm) aluminium, that would give...
Now to make the custom nut to hold on the propshaft flange. There wasn't enough space to get a socket onto a hex head. So I fired up my el-cheapo...
Progress on this has been slow for many reasons, but now I've got a bunch of parts - so full steam ahead. Laser cut parts, a tube to cut up, and...
2) The adapter from Volvo spline to Ford UJ. Seems machining splines is tricky - I thought that might have been the case. Finding a spare output...
With my Volvo <-> Flathead bellhousing winging its way to me from Sweden. Time to pick up some of the pieces ahead of its arrive. 1) Can I...
The level of bodgery was equal on the drivers side, if not worse. As I had a period hydraulic pedal conversion too. [ATTACH] Wary of preoject...
Been pretty busy with travel, and a subsequent virus that still hasn't fully disappeared after 3-4 weeks :eek: I've also been patiently waiting...
To those that like what I'm doing with the 3D prints, and you are thinking to yourself - that is something you'd like to get it to. I'll give one...
@Mart so happy to have you along for the ride. It was your YouTube videos that made me realise that things like this were even possible. Welding...
I'm in pretty deep with the Volvo gearbox now, but I'm sure the Transit box will work for some. I had a word with my machinist buddy yesterday,...
I had a little time on my hands, so I decided to do a version, which was as short as possible. Space for the shifter rod is my primary limitation,...
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