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mouwt
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Location: Limerick, Ireland
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 Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 9:28 pm Post subject: Irish spec Charmant |
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Banpei will love this.... 
So I had this Original old Irish Daihatsu Charmant;
It got me these awesome girls....
But that wasnt enough, I needed other kinds of fun in it,
So first things first I welded the diff and put trd blue rear struts in it and started breaking halfshafts.....
So I replaced the halfshafts and bought a 5k engine that I planned to beef up a bit and pop in,
Seemed like a good idea and quite in keeping with an original car,
But my friend made me an offer I couldnt refuse.....
Yep thats right, Banpei's old car.... she got rolled and 'repaired'
Now all the stuff from that car, including alot of stuff added on since, is going in to the Charmant,
I got the suspension and brakes done this week,
She sits a little lower than standard now.....
Back needs to go lower....
Badly need ncrca's if anyone has any,
Wheel bearings, adjustable panhard rod and we'll see what else tomorrow.
Major plans are full 4ag, hydraulic t series box, t series axle with Cusco 2way diff and 4.7cwp.
Will post up progress as I make it,
Hope everyone likes what Im doing, all feedback and suggestions welcome,
Cheers,
Jack (mouwt) 
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roco
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Location: ireland
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 10:21 pm Post subject: |
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sweet jack, this will be proper old school dori dori,
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mouwt
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 10:23 pm Post subject: |
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Dont tell the guys! HAHA
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banpei
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Location: Hilversum
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| Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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I love it! 
Great to see the car being used for a good purpose!
That's about the same plan as I have for my TA60.
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1982 - TA60 Carina 4dr sedan - family cruiser
2004 - AEU86 dot ORG - daily domain
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mouwt
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| Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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Haha I thought you would like it!
Wanna buy the shell back..............
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The Doctor
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Location: Goirle, The Netherlands
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| Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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big 4 door sedans with powerfull engines are allways nice!
love to see a 4a-ge'd charmant!
i'd love to see a charmant! 
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mouwt
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| Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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I know of about 10-15 in Ireland but there are more undiscovered too,
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banpei
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Location: Hilversum
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| Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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| mouwt wrote: | | Wanna buy the shell back.............. |
I have a better shell now... One with four doors.
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D.Wars
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Location: Bavel, Holland
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| Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 11:15 pm Post subject: |
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4 door coolness! 
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mouwt
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| Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 1:38 am Post subject: |
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Tough day!
And this is how low my car is.....
Flat out tomorrow now,
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mouwt
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Engine in, Loom in, Clutch and brake pedal boxes cut up and ready to go in, I have some detail pics of the pedal setup so people wont have to be guessing what has to be done anymore, took my own approach to the pedal assembly.
Right, So was looking at the pedal box in the charmant and the brake and clutch pedal box are attached to each other and attached to the steering column mount/support, its one big assembly like....
I knew that I'd have to put in a hydraulic clutch pedal assembly, master cylinder and all that, so I took out the clutch assembly from the cam and eyed it up, it was similar to the charmant assembly barring the facts that it had the hydraulic fittings and was a solitary piece, ie; not attached to the brake assembly or anything else. I compared both further and came to a conclusion. Ill use pictures for this part.
On the left of this picture is the ae86 clutch pedal and brake assemblies, and on the right, the pedal/steering column assembly from the a35 (charmant) You can see that they are almost identical except for mounting positions.
So I had an idea.
I knew fitting the clutch pedal assembly would be awkward at best and that it would probably be easiest to use the brake pedal assembly from the ae86 too because they would go together easily, as opposed to trying to fit it around the normal a35 assembly.
I cut the brakes and clutch pedals assemblies off the steering column assembly like so,
This meant I could now use the assemblies from the ae86. The picture below shows how the assemblies would now sit in the car, the pedals side by side and the steering column mount above.
So that was sweet, I offered all the gear up to see how it looked......
Sickened. The pedals were all over the place, everything was pushed over on to the accelerator pedal.
So I thought, will the charmant pedals fit in the cam assemblies?? Of course they would!
Charmant pedal on top, cam below,
The brake pedals were they same so I horsed it all in like that, and bam, I more or less have a hydraulic clutch setup in the car, barring drilling 1 medium hole and 2 small holes to fit the master cylinder in the bulkhead.
I also had to cut the cable holder off the charmant clutch pedal in order to fit it in the cam pedal box.
Here are all the bolts you need to remove to get the charmant pedal/column assembly out,
The first pic are the holes above the rack behind the clocks almost, (4 bolts)
The second pic are the bolts on the firewall down behind the pedals, (4 bolts)
The third pic is the bolt above the pedal that is above the rack before you take it off, (1 bolt)
Hope this helps out some people here doing the same clutch conversion as myself, Ill get pics of the whole lot properly fitted asap.
Bonus picture; my exhaust is underground.
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banpei
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Location: Hilversum
1982 Toyota Carina
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Wow! Nice progress!
Lucky enough I bought a hydrolic clutch assembly for a TA40. But of course the Charmant was not delivered with hydrolic clutch...
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1982 - TA60 Carina 4dr sedan - family cruiser
2004 - AEU86 dot ORG - daily domain
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Eric
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Location: Heerhugowaard
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My god, changing an engine on the driveway, with all the gravel etc must be a hell of a job 
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mouwt
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| Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 9:39 pm Post subject: |
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It was a pain in the balls! We put down some wood when we put the 4ag in the charmant! Lesson learned!
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