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ran it into the ground after coming off a speed bump at 30 km/h
Being an auto the sump is a bit closer to the ground.
I have warped the radiator shroud and eaten about 1.2cm of plastic off each blade... I am not sure what else is wrong.
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Finally fitted my dash that I bought about 6 weeks ago.

A lot of mucking around with the wiring and I have accidentally wired my clock to the ignition instead of battery. Guess I have to take the dash out again.

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Converted a rear hydro subby to fit a van, for Mike Byron.

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Fitted the last brake line, fitted the fuel lines and connected the cables to the carby and then started the engine in the car for the 1st time :)

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Blew the cobwebs off

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michaelb wrote:
Fitted the last brake line, fitted the fuel lines and connected the cables to the carby and then started the engine in the car for the 1st time :)


Tops! :D
Can't wait to see it in the flesh.

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adjusted the distributer, running nice and strong

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I had a fuel bowl fill valve start to leak. Its odd as it is only a couple of years old and low in K's.

Changed it out with a 40,000 year old one from a spare carb until I can get a pair of new ones for the twin SUs. If one is bad, the other one might be ready to go out in sympathy as well.....

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Mick wrote:
I had a fuel bowl fill valve start to leak. Its odd as it is only a couple of years old and low in K's.

Changed it out with a 40,000 year old one from a spare carb until I can get a pair of new ones for the twin SUs. If one is bad, the other one might be ready to go out in sympathy as well.....

Sure it isn't just a bit of varnish on the needle? When the petrol evaporates it can leave a layer of crap behind.
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I had a fuel bowl fill valve start to leak. Its odd as it is only a couple of years old and low in K's.


Well there's a coincidence! One of mine did that the other day too. Have yet to pull it off to investigate...

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I had a fuel bowl fill valve start to leak. Its odd as it is only a couple of years old and low in K's.


Well there's a coincidence! One of mine did that the other day too. Have yet to pull it off to investigate...


The last time it got a tank was in Point Cook...maybe the fuel is nasty around that side of town... :P

I gave it a good clean and tried to refit it. From what I could see there was wear on the taper, but I might be wrong. The fuel was bucketing out... and the best part is it falls directly onto the exhaust!

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Can't be the fuel, unless my filter isn't :lol:

For all I know, mine could be a fractured hose on that carb -- it started to smell as I got close to home on one of the HOT days recently, and when I pulled into the garage I popped the bonnet and there was fuel everywhere on that side. It's still like that waiting for me :lol:

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took some pics!!

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Stripped a 4spd remote synchro gearbox. Good clean before rebuild.

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About to fit my new shocks and figure out how put put these damn hi-los in..
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