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Hi Team,

My FC ute's door cards were destroyed when I picked her up. After much angst I have decided that seeing as I am replacing them that I would run with the Black/Fall red special style so I can add some arm rests. I have approached Glenn to have the door cards made and trimmed; however, he doesn't have the stainless trim. So I am after a couple of Special front door cards that I can work from. The condition of the cards and trim is not important I am only really interested in the arm rests (if available) and the stainless trim (both pieces).

Cheers Jolls

Point taken Rob. The alternative being to go and swap an EH HR or even LC UC rear axle housing under the back.

Regarding the front brakes, rather than mucking around with machining drums, another alternative appears to be bolting on EJ EH backing plates and brakes. This also requires using the EJ HD kingpin steering arms as you pointed out on the FB EK forum. I’m still wondering though, if the wider HD kingpin front brakes will bolt to the  FE EK spindles.


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Embossed vinyl for late 1959 FC Holden Special Sedan/Station Sedan seat tops.
Standard Daleys black.
6 available, $100 each plus postage with signature.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/G3pRbWZtuCoAnWN66

Now sold.

Cheers,
Harv

Very nice preserved example of FE ..all the best with your resto Zac and encourage your mates to appreciate ...Vern ..

And the journey continues. After the initial 200-300 odd mile run in, I dropped the run in oil, adjust tappets (again) and ensured the tappet cover wasn't leaking at the rear. Decided to take the old girl for a good run to Charlton to visit an Aunty and Uncle. Incidentally I purchased the car from them when I was a young fella in 1987 or should I say, they gave her to me. The last time the car had been there was after the initial resto 33 years ago.

Gave her a check over yesterday and damn, leaky rear main (or I thought) and the coolant was down a reasonable amount. Could see the coolant but it did take 3/4 of a litre. Bugger. I thought of the head / head gasket. Knowing that she purred, I took myself back to the basics. I remembered some time ago in the Ute I had an issue with the radiator cap. I got my pressure tester out and low and behold, the cap would barely hold 2 pounds. I cross checked by testing the one on the Ute and it was holding 6-7 pound. Purchased a new one today (yes Tridon, not CPC which the problem cap was, like it was with the Ute years ago. It held pressure nicely. Took her for a run and when I go back, I had coolant loss out the overflow and wasn't took worried as I may have overfilled the system slightly. What was interesting, was once I pulled the cap, I had the coolant level was the same as before the run. I suspect I now have an air block somewhere. After another good run to open the thermostat, I did park the old girl on an incline and let her run for a while with the cap off to hopefully purge the air. Wasn't successful. Getting back to the old cap. I only had myself to blame as I should have purchased a new one rather than use the one, I had. I identified it was an issue almost nine years ago in this thread- https://forum.fefcholden.club/index.php?topic=25724.msg162196#msg162196

Now to the "rear main" leak. On my earlier run-in period, I did have a leak, but this was from the tappet cover gasket leaking. I checked this again and I could not feel any oil at the back of the motor, so was resigned to the rear main now leaking. Ok by me as if I didn't have a leak, I would be worried. Haha. On close expectation I could see a film of oil near the driver side rear of the motor near the timing inspection plate and it was along the moving downwards along the gearbox inspection plate. A job for another time but it must be coming from the side cover of the distributor.

Have a ripper. Rod

I'm envoius of your problems Rod - I am well off getting to that stage. I know = patience is the key. If only you could earn time like $! I need heaps mote of it.

Same problem can occur between the crankshaft snout and harmonic balancer, where oil leaks out through the keyway.


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Thanks for the heads up

The oil has only 2 ways to exit the diff pinion. One is past the seal & the other is up thru the spline. If you look at a cross-sectional pic of the diff you will see what I mean.
My sealant of choice is Permatex Grey. It's a good sealant for oil or coolant & is far better than Silastic etc.

Dr Terry

I get it now - thanks for clarifying.

Old cars mate……..


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And the journey continues. After the initial 200-300 odd mile run in, I dropped the run in oil, adjust tappets (again) and ensured the tappet cover wasn't leaking at the rear. Decided to take the old girl for a good run to Charlton to visit an Aunty and Uncle. Incidentally I purchased the car from them when I was a young fella in 1987 or should I say, they gave her to me. The last time the car had been there was after the initial resto 33 years ago.

The trip was about a 220-mile round trip. Gee it was great to drive and just enjoy the experience. No problems (or I thought) for the journey. Decided to take some pics outside the Old Holden Dealership.











Damn Cruze ruined the pictures!

Had a slower trip back to avoid "skippy" but it just added to the experience.

Gave her a check over yesterday and damn, leaky rear main (or I thought) and the coolant was down a reasonable amount. Could see the coolant but it did take 3/4 of a litre. Bugger. I thought of the head / head gasket. Knowing that she purred, I took myself back to the basics. I remembered some time ago in the Ute I had an issue with the radiator cap. I got my pressure tester out and low and behold, the cap would barely hold 2 pounds. I cross checked by testing the one on the Ute and it was holding 6-7 pound. Purchased a new one today (yes Tridon, not CPC which the problem cap was, like it was with the Ute years ago. It held pressure nicely. Took her for a run and when I go back, I had coolant loss out the overflow and wasn't took worried as I may have overfilled the system slightly. What was interesting, was once I pulled the cap, I had the coolant level was the same as before the run. I suspect I now have an air block somewhere. After another good run to open the thermostat, I did park the old girl on an incline and let her run for a while with the cap off to hopefully purge the air. Wasn't successful. Getting back to the old cap. I only had myself to blame as I should have purchased a new one rather than use the one, I had. I identified it was an issue almost nine years ago in this thread- https://forum.fefcholden.club/index.php?topic=25724.msg162196#msg162196

Now to the "rear main" leak. On my earlier run-in period, I did have a leak, but this was from the tappet cover gasket leaking. I checked this again and I could not feel any oil at the back of the motor, so was resigned to the rear main now leaking. Ok by me as if I didn't have a leak, I would be worried. Haha. On close expectation I could see a film of oil near the driver side rear of the motor near the timing inspection plate and it was along the moving downwards along the gearbox inspection plate. A job for another time but it must be coming from the side cover of the distributor.

Have a ripper. Rod