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sorry cant help you there yet (accept if you take a complete car). the G5 you could make from alloy and the h4 are the same that come with the tamiya ally servo mount me think.

will have a look in my M38 pile anyhow, who knows what I come up with. put dont put hope up to high

Hi Jonny,

Well that's a poor SWB you got there...it seems that it had a though life.

I'm also starting a resto on a SWB i got me a few weeks ago, and fortunately all the SWB specific parts are intact on it.
I also got me a used LWB in a "decent shape" i'm going to use for spares.
If intrested i could check the leftover parts and get them to you.
One thing is for sure i won't have the front suspension bulkhead + aluminium underguard neither the MSC stay

I will check tday after work and come back to you...if intrested of course

Manotas

Thanks chaps - I appreciate you looking


Having done a bit more research, it looks like a lot of the parts I thought were the same (bulkhead, switch stay, rear body mount bases & springs) on both the SWB & LWB are in fact different - these are the differences that I spotted myself:

Rear arm stays are 10mm shorter & have a round hole instead of a slot (starting with the obvious ) ;

Mechanism box lid - has holes for battery, resistors & antenna wires in the top rather than cut outs in the sides;

Chassis tub - no slots for battery, resistors & antenna wires in sides, holes for gearbox attachment in battery deck are M4 instead of M3;

Front spring tops - the "pipe holder" metal part has clearance holes (rather than being M2 threaded), plastic parts don't have holes;

Lower gearbox - no aluminium guard piece (or slots for it);

Rear spring lower mount - brass pieces don't have the extra smaller step, aluminium mounts have a smaller hole;

Motor mount plates - M4 clearance holes (instead of M3 tapped?), screw bags slightly different to accommodate this;

Idler gear - alloy instead of plastic, runs on 5mm shaft & needs two 5x8x2.5mm flanged bearings (MF85) instead of 730 bearings;

Rear body mounts: lower ends are threaded all the way up (no stepped/hex base), springs are longer;

Manual - shows not only part changes, but some of the drawings have been done from different angles;


And something that didn't change - two of the sprue with the front arms & uprights were included in both kits, "one as a spare" ... seriously, in the 4 years between the original release & the LWB update, no-one broke a front bumper or bulkhead?



There are also a few more (according to the literature out there) that I wasn't aware of:

- Top gearbox cover - single hole for idler shaft
- Front bulkhead - smaller holes on bumper spring mounts
- Steering arm - smaller hole?
- Rear suspension arms - some detail changes in stay locating holes?
- Switch stay, motor mount plates, gearbox back plates - changes in angles & dimensions
- Wheelie bars - angles are more acute
- Body clips - should have the older type with the waggly bit on the inside (instead of newer style with it on the outside)

And another one (I think) - SWB resistor plate should be white (black on LWB).




edit - nope, should be black on all ... white most likely to be a replacement, either a non-car specific one, or from a Frog

e22?


j1?



g1?




also I have 1 good wheel for you and what is the spacer your after made of? do you have a pic?



and is this a ww part?

andyaus wrote:

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That's definitely an e22

The j1 part is pressed steel, yours looks to be plastic & is too tall

g1 - the 3rd one with the rounded shoulders

I'm ok for wheels; G5 wheel spacer is aluminium, 10mm OD, 4mm ID, 5mm thick

Final part - AFAIK, no, but look & spacing is very reminiscent of the bulkhead ...


I'm definitely interested in the e22 & (3rd) G1 parts - can you pm me with a price/postage?

Ta

Oh you misunderstand the wheel, the e22 and g1 parts for you are FREE+postage of course just sending the 2 small parts should fit in an envelope I had another look for a spacer but all mine are either brass or steel 10mm osd, 5mm isd, 4mm thick
oh and this g1 part is alloy yeah

Cool Thanks

I don't need the wheel, but I wouldn't mind a steel spacer of the correct dimensions

Jonny wrote:

I wouldn't mind a steel spacer of the correct dimensions

Jonny wrote:

G5 wheel spacer is aluminium, 10mm OD, 4mm ID, 5mm thick

andyaus wrote:

all mine are either brass or steel 10mm osd, 5mm isd, 4mm thick

these don't match though ?

andyaus wrote:

... these don't match though ?

Oops, I looked at the numbers, not the order they were in Homemade spacer it is then ... and talking of homemade, have a look at the bulkhead in the 1st & 3rd pics in this auction: