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Awesome. Thanks Rob. That all makes sense. And thanks for persevering and finally getting your post up. It’s only by chance that I have an FB shop manual to refer to. A mate had a clean out of his workshop and asked if I wanted it for free, otherwise it was going into the waste bin. Anyway, that bit ...

G’day all. I am in the process of converting my L series grey rocker assembly to the later version which uses two long bolts to secure the support pedestals to the head rather than the earlier method of one long and one short. Question: does it matter which way round the pedestals are installed? The ...

Thanks Rob. That’s really helpful. After reading your post I’ve decided that it may be better to simply rebuild the later style rockers. Seems the better option. And yes, it has the hexagonal fitting. The engine is a July 1957 build.
Thanks again. Much appreciated.

Thanks Rob. They are stubbornly resisting my efforts to disassemble. They’re for a reconditioned L series grey and I am trying to replace earlier style supports that use one long and one short bolt. I have two supports that are cracked at the base where the short bolt attaches the support to the ...

Hi everyone. I am trying to get my rocker shafts out of the supports (later style supports secured by two long bolts) and they will not budge. Have soaked them overnight but no luck as yet. Any suggestions please?
Cheers, Ken

Spotted this at Silverton near Broken Hill. Looked okay.

Hello Harv. I’ve just had a 240 volt 2 post hoist from Tufflift installed. I went with a two post because I wanted the ability to easily check wheel bearings, king pin slack and also to spin wheels when adjusting the brakes. It is the clear floor model as I didn’t want to be stepping over a ...

Joe - I've just had a red motor clutch fitted into my grey box by Frank Tedesco. He knows this stuff inside out. I'm sure he would be happy to advise and / or supply the correct parts. His number is 9725 4329.
Cheers, Ken.

Could anyone help with a clutch fork return spring please? Connects to the fork at one end and onto the slave cylinder at the other.
Part # 7410218
Listed in the parts catalogue under 0.844

Cheers, Ken

Thanks for the help. RE the paint colour: after speaking to someone in the know it seems the under-bonnet dark grey varied from week to week and from factory to factory. Whatever paint GMH had at the time was apparently mixed in. It's now a matter of actually seeing an original to get an idea of ...

Hi everyone - this is not FB-EK related but a friend of mine is restoring an HR van to original specs and is unable to get the correct colours for the firewall, skirts etc. She has been told they were black while others have said they were dark grey. Any suggestions for how to get a match for this ...

Thanks Matt & Holdenutechick. PMs sent.

Ken

OK - thanks for trying Matt. Could you give me the engine number of the FJ block please?

Cheers.... Ken

Thanks Matt. My original is cracked.

I'm chasing a grey motor block with L prefix and a number ranging between 361000 - 376000.

Cheers ... Ken