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[Ganmain Tony]

Howdy all,

Handbrake is in! I freed up the return spring in the top of the Handle but it is sticking again (I am surprised after the very liberal coating of grease I gave it!)

Anyway I'm sure it will free up completely with a bit of use.

One fuel tank is hooked up - some will notice Ive used rubber fuel line. Thats because Ive installed put some inline fuel filters. The plan is to make sure the remaining samll amount of crap I suspect is still in the tanks is well and truly gone before setting the lines up to original spec.

[Ganmain Tony]

Found some screw head countersunk bolts for the floor. They arent quite the same diameter as the originals but very close (slightly smaller) they are also not high tensile. The only high tensile ones I could get had an allen key head.

We'll see how they go.

Just as I was getting some momentum & starting to fit the seat runners, Ive discovered the timber has shrunk or warped or something. Because the holes don't line up with the floor

Ill be able to drill them out a bit I think as long as the edges dont split. If they do, I really will chuck a wobbly.........

The main thing that really makes you feel like your progressing at the rate of an asthmatic ant with a heavy load of shopping. Is cleaning up old bolts. Its certainly worth doing, but brother!! is it tedious......

The only thing that keeps you awake is when one gets sucked into the wire wheel, then fired out with an almighty bang to some random location in the shed.

You spend the next 10 minutes on your hands and knees looking for the bloody thing, then proceed to repeat the process once you get back to the wire wheel.

[Bob Carriere]

The large countersunk screws are readily available in Canada from Spanauer in Toronto...... in various size and various length....... and like the original on our cab11/12 they are not high tensile strength and could be better categorized as plain old fashion stove bolts. We have to remember that most body/sheet metal bolts on the cab 11/12 are of that same quality /category ....plentiful old stock item at the outset of the war.... and trucks were not intended to last for 69+ years.

Bob C.

[Ganmain Tony]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

The large countersunk screws are readily available in Canada from Spanauer in Toronto...... in various size and various length....... and like the original on our cab11/12 they are not high tensile strength and could be better categorized as plain old fashion stove bolts. We have to remember that most body/sheet metal bolts on the cab 11/12 are of that same quality /category ....plentiful old stock item at the outset of the war.... and trucks were not intended to last for 69+ years.

Bob C.

Is Toronto that place down the road from Grong Grong? Or is it closer to Wagga Wagga?

Get back to me on that one will you Bob?

[Keith Webb]

Originally Posted by Ganmain Tony

Is Toronto that place down the road from Grong Grong? Or is it closer to Wagga Wagga?

Get back to me on that one will you Bob?

I think I remember going to see Jif there once - it's closer to Ardlethan I believe. V. cool in winter.

[Bob Carriere]

Tryhttp://www.spaenaur.com/.....

Waga Waga Grong Grong....???? what were you drinking when you where visiting with Jiff....... you guys better find some shade..... all that Hoostralian sunshine is bad for you......

..... you should be sampling some clean clear friggen cold Ottawa air Minus 25 Celsius tonite.... not as bad as Edmonton last week when they went down to Minus 45 Celsius..... that is actually 3 degrees colder than my mother-in-law's heart.....

The cats in the shed have 3 x250W heat lamps and two x1500W heaters...just to keep 9+ or 10 degrees C in there.


Boob

[cletrac (RIP)]

Tony, when I want to clean up a bunch of old bolts I throw them in a large kitchen type screen strainer and hit them with the sandblaster. Keep shaking them up and sandblasting for a while and they come out bright and shiny. Doesn't seem to bother the threads either.

[Keith Webb]

Grong Grong and Wagga are the opposite at the moment - PLUS 27C. Good CMP hunting weather.

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

Tryhttp://www.spaenaur.com/.....

Waga Waga Grong Grong....???? what were you drinking when you where visiting with Jiff....... you guys better find some shade..... all that Hoostralian sunshine is bad for you......

..... you should be sampling some clean clear friggen cold Ottawa air Minus 25 Celsius tonite.... not as bad as Edmonton last week when they went down to Minus 45 Celsius..... that is actually 3 degrees colder than my mother-in-law's heart.....

The cats in the shed have 3 x250W heat lamps and two x1500W heaters...just to keep 9+ or 10 degrees C in there.


Boob

[Ganmain Tony]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

Tryhttp://www.spaenaur.com/.....

Waga Waga Grong Grong....???? what were you drinking when you where visiting with Jiff....... you guys better find some shade..... all that Hoostralian sunshine is bad for you......

..... you should be sampling some clean clear friggen cold Ottawa air Minus 25 Celsius tonite.... not as bad as Edmonton last week when they went down to Minus 45 Celsius..... that is actually 3 degrees colder than my mother-in-law's heart.....

The cats in the shed have 3 x250W heat lamps and two x1500W heaters...just to keep 9+ or 10 degrees C in there.

I know I'm stating the obvious Bob but we just dont get that sort of weather over here. "Holy #@%*!!..... that's cold!!!"

Unless we're standing on the top of Perisher in the middle of winter.

Still looking for Toronto - I think it may be between Mangoplah & Gumly Gumly.