Lwb Santana build

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It really is a great feeling first time they fire.

Progress will be taking a break for abit, my baby girl arrived on the 27th so she taking all my time.

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Been a while since updated been making slow progress. But front clip is off for last time to finish welding.

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The lwb is starting to come together nicely. Front end is all welded and refitted to the car with a virtual lift to the top if the arch lines.

Refitted the headlights and grill. Finally got a grill emblem to.
Had to renew one headlight connector and change the ends on the side/Indicators as new ones didn't match

Need to figure out what this wire is next to passenger headlight. Seems to have had alot of heat at some time

(Found it, oil pressure switch)

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With the front end all fitted back in place I could finish fitting the winch solenoid and dash controls from the old car. On the previous I had the isolator for the winch under the bonnet and just a switch interrupting the power to the toggle inside.

This time I decided to have the isolator inside the cab on the dash. Plan to use this to feed a second fuse board further down the line for other offroad accessories.

Also left plenty of space on the new switch panel for this also.

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Still slowly picking away at jobs on this. Focus lately has been getting it running again. Got my su manifold from rockwatt fitted. Made up a intake turned it over and the float chamber is leaking.

Hadn't opened the hif44 up to check my needle and spring but since I was ordering a new seal.figured was a good time.
Found I already have a bdl needle but with a yellow spring. So new red spring and seals should arrive tomorrow.

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Good to see this build still ticking along

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Cheers Scottie, parts arrived today so hopefully bit of progress by next week