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Old 03-08-10, 02:23
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Default A little late - but.... hey!

Earlier this year I took the truck down to Batemans Bay for the Anzac Day service & march from the local RSL to the Cenotaph.

Why to Batemans Bay? My grandfather lives there and it has been one of the goals of restoring the truck. Driving him in one of the Anzac Day parades.

I very nearly didnt make it. It was only due to the combined efforts of Max Hedges and Ashley Wilson who helped me with a breakdown the day before. The centre bearing lining on the rear tailshaft collapsed (due to transfer case coming slightly loose). Max helped me dig one up (literally) out of a wreck and Ashley grabbed a tow truck off one of his mates and helped go and get it from Binalong.
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Old 03-08-10, 02:35
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I could not get over the amount of people, there where hundreds of Mums & Dads with their kids. My grandfather said he felt like his arm was about to fall off at the end of it all. Heaps of children with the Australian Flag waving it proudly.

We unexpectedly led the parade, which was an honour. We were followed by two jeeps.

I couldnt help but notice the ABC didnt report the Batemans Bay parade had three WW2 vehicles including a 1941 Blitz and the parade went without a hitch
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Old 03-08-10, 02:42
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Default 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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Old 08-08-10, 13:47
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Default 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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Old 08-08-10, 13:56
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Default 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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Old 08-08-10, 18:04
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Default 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.

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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

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