Got a little bit of work done in between watching Scotty redeem himself at the Bend.
Dropped out the transmission again, and painted up my botch-welded mount. Clearly, if I want to get something approved, I'm going to have to go to a fabricator to make this up for me properly, which means tidying up my technical drawings.
Dropped the K-Frame.
Dremelled off the lower transmission bracket for relocation and later re-use
Pulled out my
ABS and shifter relocation bits and painted up.
K-Frame is back in place. What a piece of **** that was! Easy as pie. I took some extra photo's to see how to replace the lower suspension bushes for the future. Looks to me like it's best to take the K-Frame out for that. Good thing it's so easy.
Now onto the linkage cables. I took some measurements and I need each cable to be around 120mm shorter. It doesn't look like it's something I'd be able to home-job. Looking for Push-Pull cable shops, I can see these two:
https://www.flexibledrive.com.au/pro...s-and-controls - seem to be able to 'do repairs' which means they can work with an existing cable. Base in VIC. They have a form you can fill out for modifying a cable.
Or
http://cablesandcontrols.com.au/ - much closer to me based in Sydney. Seem to be more about supply than repair/modify.
Does anyone have any experience with custom shifter cables and modifications? If not, I'm about to find out.
Luke