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Was az bit confuzzed about what state I was in until met l r Fred, Aden, Donny, Thomas and Bird in the bar to tonight. NSW. State of origin. I get it. Sort of.

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Totemic symbolism in the tea room this morning. Woke early as usual and couldn't get back to sleep.

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SunnyTim wrote:You can run the back road up from Nyngan to Walgett rather than going up to Bourke. No traffic and awesome country.

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We would have Tim but Bourke was only spot we could get rooms. Hard to plan a route under the circumstances. Talking to Tasmanian bloke who travelled up through regional Victoria. Believes they will let him in to QLD this arvo or tomorrow. Driving Nissan Leaf.

Cold and windy in the main street this morning. Couldn't find the Leaf but this was out the front. Bit sad. Triumph obviously from the rear reminded me of Herald. A Vitesse?

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Waiting for PO to open so I can post keys back to Broken Hill

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Awesome trip Clay,

I love the outback Australian townships, would love to live somewhere like that but the better half gives me death stares when I suggest it !!!

Greg

After 200km shit road and shit weather I managed to get a nice steak sandwich from the friendly girls at Walgett roadhouse.

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Finally in to a decent motel with cover in front of rooms. Dash out.

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Will repair this, unless of course anyone knows of a spare loom floating around Moree anywhere.

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Poor bugger and you waited so long for it as well. It sure is a mess Clay. Hope it goes well for you.

Thanks Brett. It is shaping up ok. Now the car has been rodded I may have to make a decent one myself. Ever really been happy with it. Wire gauge is small, some fittings are crap and too short at the dash so you can’t use factory tab on speedo. Will be a joy to have such luxuries as wipers, indicators, idiot lights and key start for the last 350km too Toowoomba woomba.


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As we have discussed, I think the routing of all the circuits via one un-fused feed wire is not without risk, particularly since all the wires are bundled together as well. On my next one I will definitely split the ignition circuit from a main fused feed to the accessories and lights, and run them in a separate bundle.

Crikey mate, that’s a fair mess. Good luck with it, you’re nearly here!

Cheers, Andrew

Brett027 wrote:As we have discussed, I think the routing of all the circuits via one un-fused feed wire is not without risk, particularly since all the wires are bundled together as well. On my next one I will definitely split the ignition circuit from a main fused feed to the accessories and lights, and run them in a separate bundle.

Looking foreword to your thread on this. Maybe pm Rosco and see if it rattles his cage. He would be able to offer considered advice no doubt. Recall him talking about other wiring mods such as relays for halogen lights.


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Always thought a custom loom would be way to go but I got lazy, and I wanted factory colour wires.


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Some stats
Done 1587km/182.69L
11.5L/100km
24.5mpg
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Distance based on google maps as speedo only roughly calibrated, in reality there are probably more km than this so pretty happy with the figure, considering I’m carrying some weight and varying my speed. Mainly 98 octane with couple fills each of 91 and 95.

The frog is thirstier than Rog and mine. Quick off the Mark though!


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