SLE-883
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- 1981 VH Commodore SL/E
Hi All.
I have been working on the car, albeit a little slower than I would like. But none the less, progress is being made.
I started work on the rear end about a month ago. I ripped out the original VH diff rear end, drive line (and will be selling it shortly) and removed the trailing arms.
The original VH rear discs brake setup and the VLT setup looked like they had seen better days so I went about looking at getting a set reconditioned. I was quoted $190 to have them done but ended up buying a reconditioned set of VLT Callipers for $205 instead. While I was at it, I also purchased some new rear rotors. To complement the slotted front rotors, I ended up getting a slotted set.
I’ve given the lower trailing arms a good scrub down and prepped them for painting (hopefully next week). Once that's done I’ll drop by a suspension place and get them to install a set of nolathane bushes. The aftermarket rear upper arms and adjustable pan hard rod already came with Polyurethane bushes so that's that sorted.
I've also started cleaning the diff and will also give that a spray of GMH Black before changing the oil and gasket.
I got into the Christmas spirit last weekend so I bought myself a couple of gifts.
An aluminium diff cover with incorporated reinforced crossbar.
And some AU Ford Twin Thermo Fans with the Davis Craig DC 0401 controller. Got these from Justin at Tuff Car Parts at a great price.
Next plan is to drop off the fuel tank and straps at the spray painters to have it painted. I was originally going to go for a GMH Black or matt black tank with silver straps but have decided to go with a mercury silver tank (Same silver that the car is going to painted) and GMH Black straps.
Do people recommend installing the diff first then the tank so it doesn’t get scratched or the other way around?
I have been working on the car, albeit a little slower than I would like. But none the less, progress is being made.
I started work on the rear end about a month ago. I ripped out the original VH diff rear end, drive line (and will be selling it shortly) and removed the trailing arms.
The original VH rear discs brake setup and the VLT setup looked like they had seen better days so I went about looking at getting a set reconditioned. I was quoted $190 to have them done but ended up buying a reconditioned set of VLT Callipers for $205 instead. While I was at it, I also purchased some new rear rotors. To complement the slotted front rotors, I ended up getting a slotted set.
I’ve given the lower trailing arms a good scrub down and prepped them for painting (hopefully next week). Once that's done I’ll drop by a suspension place and get them to install a set of nolathane bushes. The aftermarket rear upper arms and adjustable pan hard rod already came with Polyurethane bushes so that's that sorted.
I've also started cleaning the diff and will also give that a spray of GMH Black before changing the oil and gasket.
I got into the Christmas spirit last weekend so I bought myself a couple of gifts.
An aluminium diff cover with incorporated reinforced crossbar.
And some AU Ford Twin Thermo Fans with the Davis Craig DC 0401 controller. Got these from Justin at Tuff Car Parts at a great price.
Next plan is to drop off the fuel tank and straps at the spray painters to have it painted. I was originally going to go for a GMH Black or matt black tank with silver straps but have decided to go with a mercury silver tank (Same silver that the car is going to painted) and GMH Black straps.
Do people recommend installing the diff first then the tank so it doesn’t get scratched or the other way around?
