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Hi Fellas,
I need a gearbox cross-member that I can modify to fit a Toyota 5-speed to an LC Torana. There is a cross member on ebay from an LJ that had an Aussie 4-speed. Can this be readily modified to suit?
My LC currently has the Opel box, and Ill keep it and the original cross member so I can return to original if needed.
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Yes the LJ one can be modified. Just get onto Dellow or Castlemaine for a bit of steel you can weld onto the 4-speed/trimatic one.
On LH/LX the manual crossmember was solidly mounted, but the trimatic one was rubber mounted. All this meant was the chassi |
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Thanks Byron.
Maybe a dumb question but ....
Does this sort of modification need an engineer certificate?
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To strictly correct yes, but it is rarely done.
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Is it being done in QLD, the bastard state?
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Is it being done in QLD, the bastard state?
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Hi Tom,
Im in ACT. Im thinking no-one would look at the conversion as part of an annual rego check. But the car has been in storage for a few years, so it would go over the pits.
Ill either re-register with the standard gearbox, then convert gearb
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Hi Tom,
I'm in ACT. I'm thinking no-one would look at the conversion as part of an annual rego check. But the car has been in storage for a few years, so it would go over the pits.
I'll either re-register with the standard gearbox, then convert ge
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Well if you are in the ACT then the motor registry in Dickson has a tech standards section. Sometimes they are very good at telling you exactly what you need to do for common swaps such as placing a 179 in a 4cyl commodore as I once did.
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