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Blacky,

FE-FC crossmembers have a different profile than FB-EK right under the engine: they're not as tall, and the top surface slopes down to the rear. This allows you to remove the sump with the engine in place. FB/EK front crossmembers have a more uniform rectangular profile.

But I'm almost ...

FE-FC front crossmembers allow the sump to be removed with the engine in place, provided you drop the steering linkages out of the way. FB/EK front crossmembers don't allow you that luxury.

I'd go at the task in the order: remove distributor, remove oil pressure switch, f (drive oil pump with long ...

Joe,

The radiator tanks aren't designed for that much pressure, so there's a risk of them failing with repeated 15 psi pressure cycles.
Because Leroy keeps his cool, you'll most likely be OK. I'd still recommend you find another 7 psi cap though.

Rob

Worth going to, in my opinion. The SA Humpy peeps adopted me again, and even suggested I could join up. I asked if they accepted interstate members, not expecting the question to be taken in earnest. They did. They do. Take interstate members, that is.

A couple of standout vehicles for me - a very ...

FX-FJ gearboxes have the extra ribs on the bellhousing. The one in the photo is a late FX/early FJ gearbox: 14th day of can't make out the month 1953, with an alloy rear extension housing, which is consistent with a 1953 build.

Rob

. . . I think I might have a set of windscreen reveal moldings . . .

Rob

Now that's a find . . . you can count FJ vans on the fingers of one hand. And it didn't get modified in the '70s either.

Rob

. . . if only Spencer Martin had not had a rear spring centre bolt break on him . . .

I'd better book some accommodation, then . . .
After all, how hot can it possibly get in the Riverland and the Hay Plains?

Rob

Change the needle and seat, and the accelerator pump piston. The carburettor turns into something completely different. The engine idled like it had a lumpy cam . . .

Air horn off (again). The float level was still too high. I lowered it a couple of millimetres, which seemed to help. I pulled the ...

Well, that was easy [\sarcasm].

The needle and seat was an easy replacement. The old one has a Viton-tipped needle, which had a tear in it. That'd explain why it would get stuck closed. The NOS replacement is the correct AF size (9/16" instead of, I guess 15 mm), but the float level was way off. I ...

I "ensmallened" the hole in the accelerator pump pull rod with a nail punch and carefully worked it up with a round needle file until the link just went through the hole. No more lost motion in the accelerator pump.

And now I've made the FC run better with Steve's carburettor than with its own. No ...

Update:

Carburettor runs well on my FC. Mind you, the FC is somewhat "flat-spotty" off-idle anyway. I can fix that with a 52 main jet . . .

On the dippy, up'n'down streets in West Pymble, I notice a bit of hesitation just when I feed in throttle to go up the hills. Tomorrow (all things going well ...

(raises hand)

Distributors and voltage regulator, please. Shall I pm you with my address?

Rob

AI couldn't write it any better.
No, wait . . .

Rob