Gimme 5 years

[62ekute]

nah, it just needs a bit of encouragement

it's only 2.7 billion years old - it'll come good

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[62ekute]

considered heading home but heard the road is 'blocked'

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[FireKraka]

[Errol62]

Going to affect Cummins and goings?

FB ute driver, EK van project

[Blacky]

that looks like its thrown a CAT amongst the Perkins ......

[62ekute]

I don't know when I'll head back to the ACT, so I wrapped some cardboard around the wheels, logged onto truckit and freighted them home

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[Brett027]

He he, I'll pop round and get them off the porch!!

[62ekute]

too late Brett, missus got son to put them around the back

here's a pic instead

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Patrick

[62ekute]

starting to warm up so I'm back in Canberra ... lots of deliveries while I was away ... only opened a few so far

some steering bits from Clay

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and thanks for throwing in some brake bits Clay

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so there's one less thing that needs maintaining, I got a pertronix ignitor and flame thrower coil

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went to the spares cupboard (saw I've now got 5 distributors) and made up a pertronix distributor (then the one currently in the car can be a slip-in spare)

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and I heard that aussie speed alloy rocker covers quieten tappets (so I wont have to adjust them)

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Patrick

[Brett027]

Lot's of goodies Patrick. Glad you are back - you'll have to dry that wet ute out

[62ekute]

Lot's of goodies Patrick. Glad you are back - you'll have to dry that wet ute out

Hi Brett, nah all dry inside ... paint, glass and rubber all waterproof ... bit of pollen on the outside though. Patrick

[Blacky]

half your luck - it hasnt warmed up in Perth yet I am still hiding in Gove until the rain stops .....

[Brett027]

half your luck - it hasnt warmed up in Perth yet I am still hiding in Gove until the rain stops .....

Not exactly warm here either Blacky. 2° overnight a couple of days ago.
I wonder how we cope breathing in the amount of pollen that is in the air when you see everything coated in yellow some days. Fortunately this spring there has been so much rain that its washed off every second day.

[62ekute]

I can sense fluffy Dice coming on!

Yeah, I did it

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They can also hang here so I don't get the fines and demerits

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[62ekute]

I recently adjusted the tappets to 8 thou and 12 thou 'hot'.

I was putting on the rocker cover today, so I thought I might as well check the 'cold' gap because I've never seen it listed anywhere.

So at 20 degrees ambient temperature my engine's 'cold' gaps are 7 thou and 10 thou. Then I got the engine up to operating temperature and double checked they were still at 8 thou and 12 thou 'hot'.

The rocker cover came with h-nuts but no seals... I phoned the supplier and they said Aussiespeed don't offer a solution - and people make up their own seals. Another option would be longer studs and then the nuts could sit on top of the normal seals and washers (but having different thread at the head end to the nut end doesn't make that an easy fix)

You also need a bit of height or the nut hits the fins. I'll see how I go with a washer and o-ring for now ... and have a think about it

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Patrick