CR3171 Finally going back together!

[Aussie Mike]

Originally Posted by Dimis

FWIW: Mine is routed through and mounted in the boot/truck.

I have a spare little catch can with some venting, (an overkill billet job) that was mocked up by the boys in Provo, but its yours if you want it... I've no need for it, and its free to a good home...

Thanks Dimis. That's a very generous offer. I'll be in touch.

I'm thinking I'll route the breather up through the inner guard and mount it up next to the carbon canister.

Cheers

[Aussie Mike]

Got the diff cleaned up and painted and back in the chassis.

Added an AN#6 fitting for the vent to connect to.



Adapting the Commodore diff to the Ford sourced rear end wasn't that difficult. It turns out the BTR80 and BTR75 both have the same bolt pattern for the back cover. It was just a matter of swapping over the back covers to take care of the rear mounts. The front mount required some fabrication as its a completely different design to the ford.

Cheers

[Aussie Mike]

The rear suspension is starting to come together. I decided to sand blast and paint the arms rather than powder coat. It saves a bit of time and money plus I liked the paint finish I got on the diff. I used the same gunmetal hammered metal paint finish on the arms.



After some discussion with Peter Allen I decided to add some bracing to the cross bar on the lower arm where the sway bar attaches. There could be potentially quite a bit of load on that piece of 1" tube so I welded a spine along it to give it a helping hand.



The next job it to get the uprights and hubs cleaned up and painted. Hopefully should have the rear end all back together on the weekend.



Still having fun.

Cheers