Well, another 10day trip up there, full on busy but no damm rally car building! It started with a mate of Steve's changing the head gasket on his Cressida and not having it idle afterwards. I figured the stepper motor must be crook, but I'd never seen one before... Anyway, we stripped it to bits & the water from the blown HG had seized up one tiny ball bearing, so some careful lube had it running just fine.
That meant Matty was a volunteer for cleaning the Landy!
I've been trying to sneak some work in on the Landrover spraymobile that desperately needs suspension and steering upgrades, so Matty waterblasted it clear of 50years of grease and dirt while Richo & I pulled the 200B out of the donor Datsun.
The Landy hauled the shell back to the paddock (anyone want it??)
and then the motor went into the orange 200B wagon.
Steve & I finished cleaning up the car trailer we've used for a few years now and that is ready for sale now (anyone want THAT?? Around $2k)
We headed up to Brissie for a day trip buying a new lightweight 'KE70 only' tilter and tried it on another mates KE70 on the way home.
That was because they headed for Sydney the next day to buy an AE71 for Ronnie,
and a 4AGE as well on the same trip! The trailer went just great, tows well and is lighter than the old one, but we can't haul anything over a ton on it.
Meanwhile we'd been off getting yet another scarifier as the big one we bought last time needs too much work. That ones a seed drill actually, and this one is simpler. Steve's little bro Richo & I spent a few days welding and engineering it generally, and hopefully with new tyres it will be out there in a paddock cutting grooves for crop sowing later this week.
That only left a detail on the caravan.. Steve bought a gas shower and was all excited, until I looked in the water tanks...
The Woolshed has sunk over the 50 or more years, and the tanks are on a concrete slab that hasn't, so the gutters are lower than the top of the tank. On one tank we chiseled out the concrete liner for a space, then cut down the steel wall to lower the 'downpipe' below the tank top. That's being held down by the length of rusty steel pipe, you can see the other little downpipe aiming upwards on the second tank.
That left only one problem Steve had with hanging up his washing...
Anyway... The Girl's 'Beast' is running beautifully and a joy to drive! LoL, she can't have it back!
Maybe rallying next trip.. Oh, hang on.. WRC Coffs harbour!!!