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Post by NafemanNathan » Fri Jun 15, 2012 3:54 pm

You're gonna need some kind of thread insert. And it depends on how the chassis is built up under there too.

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Post by indigolemon » Fri Jun 15, 2012 4:01 pm

I'm trying to find the writeup I read ages ago. If it helps, it was enough to make me decide it wasn't worth the hassle and I'm quite happy to get stuck in with these things!
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Post by indigolemon » Fri Jun 15, 2012 4:08 pm

Comments like this put me off too :lol:
exboyracer wrote:I've done this swap, but it really is a lot of work.

You have to swap the steelwork over from the facelift to the post facelift. The tunnel is different from the gearstick plate back to the handbrake cable mounting points, just in front of the rear seats.
'On two occasions I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.' - Charles Babbage

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Post by VT3C RUNN3R » Mon Jun 18, 2012 3:52 pm

Yeh that'll do it, I think ill be leaving this, its a bit out of my capability.

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