International AR-110 Ute

Graham
Really Gr8 job U B do n

My suggestion from me armchair
me guess U already kno

release pressure from the body bolts by loosen n
get a long jack like an acrow prop etc
pack the foot of the jack on floor of tub @ front drivers side
n head of jack push @ problem area top of tub wiff suitable packing
n a gentle pressure push the problem cnr out
n redo bolts 2 desired tension n release jack
U may have to jack further to allow for the cnr to spring back
But guess n U kno all the above
me jist think n out loud

LOL
cya

Thanks Swishy, I will borrow my mates porta power and sort out the tailgate fitment over the weekend.
The lesson for me in this build is to bolt everything together a number of times before painting. It is incredible how much movement you get when various bits and pieces are added and removed as you go through the process of re-building these old girls. In this case I did a final fit and then sat the body on the chassis and all was good....the trouble started after I bolted things down.....

My mate is holidaying somewhere so I can't borrow his porta power so I went to plan 2 as you can see in the photo below

I removed the rear body to chassis spacers and pulled the body down to the chassis with the tailgate opening spread and the problem is now fixed

Except the doors don't line up with the door strikers any more which is expected with the amount I pulled the rear down. I will fix this when I finish fitting my hidden mechanical remote door release cable to each door (in case the remote control door release fails)

Fantastic idea there grahamjb they say necessity is the mother of invention ps it's looking very nice cheers Bryant

Yes Bryant, the old Holden twirly jack still comes in handy

This is the pull end of my manual remote door opening cable that I made from a camera shutter release cable and a pushbike brake cable

And fitted inside the door

I decided that the fuel filter is exposed and might get damaged by debris thrown from the wheel so I made up a removable box to protect it.

The fitted box made from scrap SS

EEK

Fuel line, filter, hoses, clamps, nuts, bolts, screws and boxes.
Exhaust pipe.

Not that I'm an cynical untrusting paranoid scaredy cat. . . (love your work)
but

An elegant solution to a simple problem?
Murphy's Law, the KISS principal and Occam's Razor?
woofa.

Move the Filter?

bwwik?
just saying,

-b

There is no practical spot where I can relocate the filter to Bob. This is because the fuel pump and sender unit are located at the front of the tank as you can see in the photo below. There is no issue with the exhaust pipe which is on the other side of the chassis rail.

Ah well,
Ya had to do something I suppose.
All them dangly out bits around the filter weren't a good look either.

The box looks a reasonable thing to me too then - now.

Lookin' good, soon vroom vroom?


-b

Tiz OK BobzBuoy

ifn U dont want it in your drive way

me nose plenty th@ will

LOL

letz C sum pix of your master piece BB

LOL
cya