Bugger mate! I’ve still got lungs full of snot from a virus I picked up in Sydney four weeks ago.
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Red Rattler Revamp
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getting my FB ute on the road
EK van on rotisserie
EK van on rotisserie
Re: Red Rattler Revamp
My prescription would be 8000mg vitamin C, daily.
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getting my FB ute on the road
EK van on rotisserie
EK van on rotisserie
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Sorry the hear you are down mate I didn’t get a chance to get to the fe fc nats but I had a reason 
Member of WA FB/EK Car Club
Frankenstein EK V6 Ute
The Reverend FB Station Wagon Project
1950's Commer Light Truck (2.5 Ton)
Frankenstein EK V6 Ute
The Reverend FB Station Wagon Project
1950's Commer Light Truck (2.5 Ton)
Re: Red Rattler Revamp
All I managed to do today was get the rattler on the hoist and mow the lawns 
I started with nothing and still have most of it left.
Foundation member #61 of FB/EK Holden club of W.A.
Foundation member #61 of FB/EK Holden club of W.A.
Re: Red Rattler Revamp
I MIGHT have had a win with the alternator - the charge post was loose and wobbly when I bolted it back in after lending it to a mate , I pulled it out this morning and thought I would have a look at it before ordering a new one.
Removed the back of it and looky here -
The nut on the inside was loose as buggery -
Removed it and the post , cleaned it up and reassembled it with a dollop of Loctite then fought the brushes back into their holders with the aid of a short piece of TIG wire and a scriber
Reassembled it and was going to put it back on but I am too bloody crook - half an hour in the shed and that’s the end of me
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Removed the back of it and looky here -
The nut on the inside was loose as buggery -
Removed it and the post , cleaned it up and reassembled it with a dollop of Loctite then fought the brushes back into their holders with the aid of a short piece of TIG wire and a scriber
Reassembled it and was going to put it back on but I am too bloody crook - half an hour in the shed and that’s the end of me
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I started with nothing and still have most of it left.
Foundation member #61 of FB/EK Holden club of W.A.
Foundation member #61 of FB/EK Holden club of W.A.
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Refitted the alternator today, plus replaced the crook O2 sensor. Took the throttle body off to check out the funky readings and it looks like the switch is dicky- is a second hand one by the look of it , has a Nissan brand in it but when you google it it comes up as a VL Commodore part. New one is $180 but a VN style one is $20 and it just so happens I had one in the shed so will make a bracket tomorrow and use one of them 
VL style
VL vs VN
Checking resistance and compatibility
New plug required- can buy new for under $10
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VL style
VL vs VN
Checking resistance and compatibility
New plug required- can buy new for under $10
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I started with nothing and still have most of it left.
Foundation member #61 of FB/EK Holden club of W.A.
Foundation member #61 of FB/EK Holden club of W.A.
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The RB30 TPS’s are notoriously unreliable. When they fail, the car runs, but erratic as hell.
Don’t ask me how I know
Cheers,
Harv
Don’t ask me how I know
Cheers,
Harv
327 Chev EK wagon, original EK ute for Number 1 Daughter, an FB sedan meth monster project and a BB/MD grey motored FED.
Re: Red Rattler Revamp
Couldn’t find any aluminium plate thick enough but I have heaps of copper floating around so I cut a new mounting ring using the 2 holesaw method today
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I started with nothing and still have most of it left.
Foundation member #61 of FB/EK Holden club of W.A.
Foundation member #61 of FB/EK Holden club of W.A.