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03-08-10, 02:42
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Very worthwhile
I am so glad I decided to do this instead of putting it off and thinking "I'll do it one of these days".
Both of my brothers came as well. They jumped in a ute and escorted me down the Clyde escarpment descent. The truck was brilliant once I put in low range. It held a low speed & i didnt need to touch the brakes. Traffic wasnt bad and people were good to us on the road as well.
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08-08-10, 13:47
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Crap in fuel tanks
Ok Ok I'll admit an obvious truth straight away........I didnt clean out the fuel tanks properly before I put them in. I know that now.
My theory was that the feul filters would pick the crap up and slowly get rid of it. All I'd have to do was replace the filters every now and again. That was probably true of the small stuff but have a look at the size of some the detritis I got out of the tanks earlier in the week.
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08-08-10, 13:56
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More crap
To be fair I did make an attempt to get most of the rubbish out when I had the senders out. But how was I going to make certain of the possible wasp nest's etc behind the baffles?
Pretty niave I suppose looking back now. Ive been having problems with fuel surge on steep hills and the engine eventually stalling. My theory is the big pieces in this collection have simply blocked the end of the pickup tube in the tanks & therefore cause the surging. Who else has encountered this sort of thing??
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08-08-10, 18:04
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The old fix for this was gas tank sealant
Hi Tony
The old fix for this was gas tank sealant which would glue all the crud down. Only problem is they changed the gas and they added ethanol to US gas. Result the new gas dissolved the old sealant causing a real mess. Check around and see if there is newer gas tank sealant that is ethanol resistant. Cheers Phil
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09-08-10, 20:39
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Hi Tony
You should check out the Girlfriend's fuel tanks. Clean like a baby's bum after driving thousands of km's out in the bush. That's how you do it  Greetings Chris
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18-10-11, 12:25
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Update
Finally got a completely rebuilt radiator with a quality copper core.
On Richard Coutts Smith's advice I went to Phil at Phoenix Radiators in Wodonga. Pleased with the result. Havent taken her for a run yet, but will let you know outcome. As you can see, have had coolant spitting out the top at stages. Bloody hell it makes a mess.....anyway, getting that sorted out as well.
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18-10-11, 12:32
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Git 'er done...
Old radiator was either out of Carrier or a Lend lease ford. Bottom water outlets heading down instead of straight out of tank. So its great to get the right set up in there.
Have also found original Cab 12 Fan Shroud and support bar that runs through the Shroud so they will go on soon as well.
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