Ive been busy working on the ute over the past couple of months concentrating on engine bay. I need to repair air conditioner compressor which has taken a bit of time. I actually have two Frigidaire A6 compressors (one has great compression and the othe a good front clutch). Taking the front clutch off has been tricky, but with a special tool(thanks eBay $24 ) has done the job. I’m changing the idler pulley bearing at the same time. Engine bay now ready for all new hoses.
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I need to re-drill the a/c drier holes on the passenger inner guard as the paint shop welded them up. There were numerous holes drilled in the inner guards over the years and they were all filled.

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It’s starting to come together finally. The radiator mounting screws proved interesting as these changed from HQ to HJ. The early J’s still used HQ style rubber grommets. So after a couple of re-orders at rare spares, its now back in. Then after a shed tidy up, i found the original all bagged and tagged (always the way).

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Tailshaft colours as per previous information on the forum, the 308 manual had blue tailshaft and when i sanded mine back ready for paint, under the black was traces of blue. Ive painted mine but i’m Not happy with the shade of blue. I cant find any information regarding paint codes for tailshafts’ anyone know details of tailshaft paint codes??

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