V8 Troopie posted:

Try this if you have magnet adhesion problems:
1. forget the tailshaft, use the transfer box output flange instead to affix the magnets. It does not bounce about like the tailshaft.
2. file two little flat spots 180 deg apart to give the magnets a very good adhesion, use high strength epoxy glue and scrupulously clean flange and magnets with acetone before glueing.
3. use the metal caps & tie wires supplied to give the magnets additional mechanical support.

The above method has held well so far on my troopie, No I have to look and see what alternative method to get a signal you came up with on that yahoo site.
Klaus

joc45 posted:

Klaus,
Yeh, looked at that, but on the Patrol there is a large handbrake drum, with the flange not really accessible, and it's not an easy solution. The electronic solution is to use the speedo pickup (wiring found in the engine bay) and a relatively simple electronic interface to the AP50. Nice and reliable.
But for the Troopie, your solution is probably simpler.
But where I've fitted the unit to other machines, I have roughend the metal surface, slopped araldite between the magnets, plus smeared araldite over the wires which hold the magnets on. Pretty reliable. But even when I did this with the Patrol, gearbox/tailshaft shake on rough bitumen caused the magnets to drift too far from the pickup to cause momentary signal loss, and dropout on the AP50.
rgds
Gerry

pauljohnston posted:

Would this work in a zd30 engine?
PJ.

Member - JohnR (Vic)&Moses posted:

Mike, have MM'd you about Nick's contact details. He says he would take that thanks.

PJ, this is the older style better for the throttle systems rather than drive by wire. Perhaps AP150 listed at Site Link

RedGibber posted:

I installed the AP150 last year in my TD42T. Couldn't be happier!@! Speed sensing is done from a "tap", off the sense wire in the dashboard. No magnets to worry about!!

Cheers
RedGibber

angler posted:

I tried one of the vacuum systems on my 3 litre and it failed badly. Nowhere near enough grunt to pull the pedal. The motorised one I think is AP500 is the better one. The best of course is the autron however it is near impossible to get here in the north.

Pooley
Townsville

Nick R posted:

Give us a call mike, sounds good
nick

Nick R posted:

unfortunately it is already out of stock in Warrnambool
Nick