Bloody Hell,

Sorry guys, I was dreaming and made all of this up. If a 100 line arse covering e-mail from ADE doesn't convince you that something is not right here then so be it. I will let Barry Burns from Datsport know that he is a crook as well. Its incredible how people on this site jump to conclusions and judgement without knowing ####.

ADE I have moved on and have no further hard feelings against you and wish you all the best in future Dato adventures.

To Phunkdoktaspok or whoever the #### you are, look up the dictonary for the word dickhead and you will see your pitcure along side. I am done with all of you.

adios

Yeah it is an expensive lesson and I wish I had of tested it when I opened the crate but it had no lever so I didn't bother, I had to much else going on at the time. I will take the heat for that no worries, but I am still dark. I don't like dishonest people who want to hide behind legal opinion and bullshit instead of being upfront and reasonable.

At least I have the worlds most expensive 4 speed Sunny box in my ute!!

cheers,

Daz

Freak,

I didn't check the gearbox because I took ADE at his word. I opened the crate, it looked good and I put it away for 11 months, perhaps a mistake I made which ADE and his Lawyers hang their hat on for not refunding me. Sounds like a pretty honest and reasonable bloke to me!!

I had Barry Burns from Datsport install the box and he rang to tell me that there was no 5th gear after he took it out for a test drive. He then pulled the gearbox out, opened it up and hey its a 4 speed. So no it is not worn or broken.

Daz

To All Members,

Be very careful if you buy anything from a member of this site who goes by the handle ADE. I purchased what I thought was a Sunny 5 speed box off him last year for big dollars which sat in a crate for a year while I got together other pieces for my diff conversion. Imagine my surprise when after it was installed last month that it did not have a 5th gear, it is in fact a standard four speed box!!

I was hoping he would be reasonable in refunding part of my money but instead he runs off to the Lawyers who reckon that he doesn't have to give me back a cent. Pretty low and dishonest. I hope you sleep at night mate.

Apparently I have a perceived problem, pity no one told the gearbox that!!

Daz

Have for sale a set of 13" mag rims. Standard 4 bolt 100x100mm pattern. Excellent looking wheels with Kumho 185/65 tyres which are less then a year old with low kms and heaps of tread. I'll even throw in the wheel nuts for free. Adelaide sale / pick up only. $400 the lot. If interested please send an e-mail and I will send photos. Can't get them to upload on this site.

regards,

Darren

Guys,

Finally got the light to work. Dattodude was on the right track. The light was not earthing itself to the Tacho properly. Its a fault with the design. So I jammed another wire between the lightbulb holder / light and earthed it back to the dash. Apart from that the Tacho wired up easily. One wire to earth, another to the Coil (-ve), one to the dash clip on the speedo (power), and the other to the Ignition switch. Looks good and I will post a photo soon. Bolted the thing through the dash.

Also installed one of those Jaycar air evaporative coolers. Only cost $30 and wired it to the Cig Lighter. It works pretty good but you need to have it sitting in some sort of tray as when you turn corners water pisses out everywhere. On the straight no worries. It takes the edge off on the hot days but no more then that. On longer trips you would need to carry around an esky so that you can cool the block and refill with cold water. Not sure they are really worth the hassel but was an interesting exercise.

cheers,

Daz

Yeah I paid about $20 for my 120Y Sway bar and once sanded and painted was as good as new. Has made a difference to the handling. I do not think you would be able to fit a 24mm bar to an A-Series without knocking a big dent in the oil sump. Sounds like overkill.

Chris,

Parking lights work and the bulb works as I took this out and tested it in the room light. I cannot think of anything else. I do not have a multimeter but it should have worked on the parkers. This has got me rooted and you are right it should be simple. Might duck down to the auto electrician on Saturday, will probably only take 5 minutes.

As I have said before I am not an auto electricians arsehole.

cheers,

Daz

Dattodude,

The Tacho already is earthed to the ute, so I would assume the light is earthed as well. I tried wiring into the parking lights wire under the dash (Green / Blue), but still not working. Will give the headlight wire a go. The low beam I think is Red/Black.

cheers,

Daz

Guys,

Have just finished installing a 2 5/8" Splitfire Tachometer. I had a look in the tech section (B110 wiring), to see how to hook this thing up.

Anyway it is working but the light is not. The bulb and connection inside the Tacho are fine. I suspect that something is not right with the spade terminal connection at the back of the Speedo which connects to the dash lights. Is there another way to hook up to the dash lights to get the light in the Tacho to work??

Daz