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so after finally getting it running, i pulled it back down tonight to retorque the head.
took off the cooler and covers removed the fan belt and timing belt. got stuck here taking out the rocker cover bolts when one was stuck and it started to round out. dropped some wd40 on it and moved onto the others, came back and belted it with a hammer a few times. victory is mine out she came straight into the bin so i dont try putting it back in
rocker cover off next problem being i dont have the right bit to fit the head bolts. was going so well too

wow almost a year..

since i couldnt make the cruise this weekend i spent some quality time with the boy.
seats are in, front bar is mounted, all lights and indicators wired up. have lost my doorhandles though
just need to finish trimming the rear bar and mount it. then off to get an exhaust and engineering.
have decided paint and interior can wait.

Keep it up mate.

few more little bits done tonight..
mounted uhf antenna and ran the cable. started on trimming the rear bar. i then got distracted by a broken clock that kept looking at me. so i made this

That's an interesting approach to modifying the rear bar. I did mine by chopping off the excess, before heating and bending a new lip to match the wheel arch. I'll be interested to see how yours ends up, because I'm not 100% happy with how mine turned out.

remember its me doing this so results may vary side to side

do you have any pics of how you did yours? i think i get what your saying..

Not sure that I took any pics. Basically where you have left the old lip on the end and cut a section out of the middle, I just hacked off everything I didn't need, then heated the plastic to bend a new lip that wraps around into the wheel arch.

right, now i got it

spent some time on the wiring for the front bar, find a blown indicator bulb. no big problem, slap in a new one..
surprise surprise old one is rusted into its socket any ideas on getting it out? or do i just rip the lot out and slap in some led's..

I replaced mine with a set from a Rodeo. Looks much better than the Alto ones. You could also use the standard MB housings.

i could use the mb ones, you are correct sir. if i knew where the hell they were i may have managed to misplace (as well as my doorhandles) an entire front bumper.

i thought id steal the ones from the swift, but theyre busted to hell and fell apart as i removed them. ill try the ones out of the carry tomorow.

If you get stuck for door handles you can get new ones from http://suzistore.com.au for $22 a pop.
ive got a couple to go on mine when i finally get it painted

Ahah!

a set from a Rodeo

Spotted those on the cruise - thought they looked rather sharp - meant to ask you about them.
Got busy with other stuff and never quite got back to it...

i brought a set of side indicators well borrowed on a perminant basis from a ba falcon

problem solvered. had some headlights with parkers in them from another car, so no longer have to worry about parkers in the bar. so will see if i can find some rodeo housings cheap or just smash out the busted globe and put some led's in place