Made my day seeing this pop up so soon after the last one! Love it

Best build ever mate

So gooooood

Looking great

Powder coating that rocket cover looks phenomenal

Coming together nice 👌👌

Another step closer. Just keep plugging away and you'll get it done.

Amazing you should be very proud of it

Loving the build. Takes me back to my youth.

Dude ,I've been watching all the way and you have to stop discounting yourself! I hope your planning on keeping this thing all your life . I'm 58 and proud to say I have a gu with LS3 and 6 speed . All the big bits I could afford and it goes like Mike Tyson on a supermodel. You have a future doing this for a living . I put a 307 in a troopy back in 88 with a 5 speed manual. I think it's designation was a fj47 . This was my first forby and I learnt how to 4x4 on my own ! You are what us tradies call a hands on engineer . Keep up the good work dude , I'd love to meet you for a chat one day soon .? I get my license back in 15 days , the cursed blue boys got me near on 12 months ago ( 148kms ) I still had 2 gears to go ! Dirty #####s. They don't seem to have a sense of humour any more . Fuckers even impounded her for a month! When your baby is finished treat her well! Don't be one of these guys(that was very polite) that is constantly trying to find a challenge to hard for even a helicopter. Regards Tony (Melb Aus)

Looking amazing 👏

Great job Richard, coming together nicely. At least peace of mind with the oil pump finally done mate. Seeya Rob

Cannot wait

Looks sweet 😋

Hi Richard. I would have painted the engine block aluminium colour and the tranny the same. Looks good and shows any problems straight away. Just my 2 cents worth. Only been building fourbys for 40 years.

Haha great minds think alike. I figured out the d shackle caper too. Think it was 7 bucks for the 3 and the puller i already had, haha. In my mind i couldnt warrant dropping 300 odd on the barra specific tool.

Unreal dude! Great work 🔥

Yes, she's looking good! I would have however, gone a lighter color on the block such as tan, orange, grey or red for a couple of reasons; you can identify oil leaks better due to contrast; you can see what you're working on under the hood better in low light and it also looks better than just plain old black. 😎

Well done young man subscribed in the beginning awesome work

Again Richard your content is excellent hope all goes to plan and your lifting a front wheel as u select 2nd gear hope to see it one day out and about.. cheers dude

Tremendous channel and content richie! Love the barra. Best engine around. 2k barra

I looked up your Barra engine. That is some nice engine you got there! I have an OM617 80hp 5cilinder 3.0L

Respect the effort that you put into these episodes! Keep it up

The phillips head oil pump screws are fine but have to be removed and retensioned with a hand impact driver to prevent the head tearing out.

Far out this things cool, been following you on Instagram for ages but only tuned in a few days ago on here to check it out better. Looks like one hell of a project and will be awesome to see it go together in the next couple of months!

Mate, the progress....love it.

Didn't think about timming chain and valve springs also weak points in the turbo engines. Ease up on the silicone jebus a thin bead is all you need. The amount of hydroliced cases ive come across because of silicone astounds me

Quick tip, replace the water pump while the donk is out! Did you loctite the flex bolts and toque them up?

Nicely done. Studs don't need to be bottomed out to be tightened though!

Hey Richard Absolutely loving this build and will definitely be buying plenty off parts of ya for my build. Just wondering what radiator you’re running. I can see it from terrain tamer but is just an ally 45 series radiator

Can you still show your Ford ID at the parts shop and get a discount on the oil? Used to make it way cheaper

so what ur plan use it 4wd or polish it one mud hole never be same

First?

So you have e painted a bunch of shit... hope it goes fast 😆😆😆

Loving the build. Takes me back to my youth.

Dude ,I've been watching all the way and you have to stop discounting yourself! I hope your planning on keeping this thing all your life . I'm 58 and proud to say I have a gu with LS3 and 6 speed . All the big bits I could afford and it goes like Mike Tyson on a supermodel. You have a future doing this for a living . I put a 307 in a troopy back in 88 with a 5 speed manual. I think it's designation was a fj47 . This was my first forby and I learnt how to 4x4 on my own ! You are what us tradies call a hands on engineer . Keep up the good work dude , I'd love to meet you for a chat one day soon .? I get my license back in 15 days , the cursed blue boys got me near on 12 months ago ( 148kms ) I still had 2 gears to go ! Dirty #####s. They don't seem to have a sense of humour any more . Fuckers ever impounded her for a month! When your baby is finished treat her well! Don't be one of these guys(that was very polite) that is constantly trying to find a challenge to hard for even a helicopter. Regards Tony (Melb Aus)