pink sticker issues can somebody in the know please explain to me a few things

[gtlegacy]

okay am fixing a car for my mate to get pink sticker off because hes in ozzy

ive fixed everything else

the car has a 4bolt motor with 8 bolt gearbox inspector says i need bellhousing bolts whats the go there?

also the starter is from 8 bolt so only held by 1 bolt as thats all thats there to hold it in

[Joker]

superglue bolt heads on?

[Guest]

no way you can drill and tap a few more bolt holes into the motor to match the gearbox?

not sure if it is possible, never know

-smurff

[gtlegacy]

would they pass it like it is if they knew it was a 4 bolt motor and 8 bolt gearbox

[Guest]

wouldnt think so.

i would think that it would need to have all 8 bolts or a 4 bolt to 8 bolt adaptor for the integrity of the connection.

-smurff

[gtlegacy]

seems a bit stupid really considering that they have 4 bolt motors pre 98 and its bolted up the same ive bolted it up on the 2 bottom studs and 2 top studs the same as with a bolt gearbox

[funkytown]

they are same same mate. sounds like rubbish rules to me.

[gtlegacy]

yea thing is im fixing it for a mate who sold the car to another guy who went and got the vtnz test because it got pink stickered and with the starter is there anyway to get around it?

at the moment its only bolted in by one bolt as there is no other way to do it

[funkytown]

you can unwind that stud, and use a normal long bolt like the rest of the bellhousing. so it has 2x bolts. Thats how the 6mts ones are.

clamp onto it with some pliers and go for it its a two sided thread stud thingy (read: oober 1337 terminology).

[gtlegacy]

sweet as i couldnt remember how it was off the top of my head

[B4 2000]

I'm running a 4 bolts motor and 8 bolts gearbox; passed a wof, no questions asked!!

[Joker]

yea but you aint had pinkie...

they extra tuff on that

[B4 2000]

 JoKer said:

yea but you aint had pinkie...

they extra tuff on that

haha, true

Never had and hopefully never will

[gtlegacy]

ill try chnage th stud over and ill just have to tell them what motor is in it and why and see what happens from there i cant do anything else really unless i get another gearbox which is just plain stupid in my opinion

[subieboy]

Got a better idea

Fill the hole with some metal cement (The heat proof Epoxy kind),

slot a cut off bolt in,

let it set & Harden...

Voila'

Disclaimer: I had sweet Feck all to do with this... ;D

[mattapo]

That sound like he came across an over zelious tardo that dont know shit. first of all go into them and explain that you cant fit more due to the fact the earlier block only takes 4 from factory. explain that any car would pass cert like that, go speak to wayne martin, even just give him a call. or just glue bolst in there or tap the holes and put bolts in, thats what i was going to do for the second starter motor hole, and enlarge the hole for the bolt to go through on the starter

[gotasuby]

i had a pink sticker and my car has4 bolt motor and 8 bolt gearbox. got it removed and a cert no problems. Wayne martin did it.

[DRFVDR]

yeah I think the certifier may need to upskill a bit BUT saying that engine-gearbox connection is supposed to have all bolts fitted,ie NO EMPTY HOLES.... maybe something that will come up more and more.....

could also cut pieces of alloy bar of and fill the extra holes and tell him they are locating dowels....

[gtlegacy]

hahah okay will talk to wayne martin yea and the guy also couldnt find the chassis number on the firewall maybe he was new? lol the number was up next to the brake booster visible as

[666SubSpeed]

If he couldn't find the vin number then hes a retard.....

don't you love it when special needs idiots get into positions of power and ruin what should be a simple situation.

what was the pink sticker for in the first place?

[gtlegacy]

I believe it was for VIN stamp alteration probable ??? but it was just confusion between the last car and this car as he painted this one black and the running geaer from old car went into it but the tags an everything werent touched there was no reason to as the car already had a rego etc etc

also the airbag light was on

[soopersubaru]

carefully remove the extra bolt holes off the 6MT or late model 5MT, die grind back to the housing. if done well you cant even see the marks. no bolt holes so nothing can be fitted.How else can you bolt a modern 5sp or 6MT to a closed decker.??

sounds like an inspector with anal retentive issues!

OEM gearbox so whats the issue?

Cars built up with OEM parts don"t even need a cert,,, Unless it produces more than 20% more power than the original.

[gtlegacy]

issue has been resolved all i had to do was make a spigot so the starter was held in place with one bolt and to locate it with the spigot and where did you get 6mt from its a b4? and its not closed deck but thanks

[rex-leggy]

did you end up getting it from vtnz ? i didn't think certifiers were able to remove stickers.

i remember when you could get the stickers taken off at any wof place the good o'l days.

if they can wayne's the guy to go to hes a good bastard. his son (ben) does good paint jobs to for a good price in his dads workshop

[gtlegacy]

sorry it was VINZ on colombo st as far as i know