hey guys


im putting a ca18det in my 1200 ute and im using a stumpy gearbox with a H165 diff..

wat tailshaft would i use? and wat end would i need to shortern flange or yoke

Use a bluey wagon tailshaft, it's a one piece shaft mine had to be shortened about 33mm from memory, but it's bolts up to the diff perfectly and it goes into the gearbox.

series 1 or 2 bluebird tailshaft, sedan ones are one peice too

or a stanza one, from a stanza with a h165 obviously

the stanza one wont work,as the output splines are different.use the bluebird shaft &
have it shortened, & through in some new uni's at the same time.

Wat year bluebird??

sum guy said below of a wagon? is there a differenece between wagon and sedan?

hmm also..

wat year do i get the bel housing off? people are saying series 3.. but i looked the other day and they say nuthing bout series 1 2 3 on the plates.. so how can i tell?

cheers

Series 3 bluebird housing will have an ID number with "CA" in it on the side of the gearbox like this:



Series 1 & 2 Bluebird don't have a CA motor in them, they have a L series motor.

L series and CA series tailshafts are the same, but bellhousings are different.

why wont a stanza one work, all L series outputs should be the same

Stanza would indeed work too (any L series will slot into a stumpy 5 speed) - I was just answering the Series 1/2/3 Q, figured you had the Stanza gear covered pigdog!

Quote:

Pity I missed meeting you (by piking on the GOR cruise) by the way.....

meeting me, or my car

werent you at the lilydale cruise?
i was there with my car

i need the bellhousing for a ca18det.. so wont i need the series 3 one??

thnks mildman and pigga