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Post by mercutio » Mon Oct 08, 2012 6:24 pm

there are not many ludes running big power at the moment so we wouldnt have that many opinions there are a few and they will probably post up at some point :lol:
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Post by Danni22 » Mon Oct 08, 2012 6:26 pm

Well I'm not ordering it until next weekend so if not ill go for the ACT they have some good reviews

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Post by A1ex » Mon Oct 08, 2012 8:10 pm

You can get a boomslang conversion harness for about half the price of the skunk one.

That's the one I have in mine and it has the PAW seal of approval ;)
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Post by Merlin » Tue Oct 09, 2012 9:26 am

I have a brand new conversion harnes for sale

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Post by Danni22 » Thu Oct 25, 2012 4:29 pm

Iv now got my gearbox :).. Just a couple of questions

What are these are they breather pipes or something els

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Post by indigolemon » Thu Oct 25, 2012 4:32 pm

Danni22 wrote:Image
These are the in and out for the PS fluid to run through the VSS. You should be able to simply loop these.
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Post by Danni22 » Thu Oct 25, 2012 4:35 pm

Good stuff as I'm not using the Power steering.. Will I need to put any fluid in it?

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Post by 4thgenphil » Thu Oct 25, 2012 5:47 pm

Danni22 wrote:Good stuff as I'm not using the Power steering.. Will I need to put any fluid in it?
I did put a smidge in there as it will still rotate and with no lube it may get a bit hot, nitin Learnt this the hard way with ratty :lol:
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Post by Danni22 » Thu Oct 25, 2012 5:55 pm

Thanks buddy :) so just pop in some PS fluid or will some oil do??

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Post by vanzep » Thu Oct 25, 2012 11:16 pm

The other single breather pipe is just that - a breather pipe for the gearbox

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