This will be my shortest trip to the Nat's

Tomorrow at about 5:30 pm
Back FE out of shed and drive to Old coast rd, Follow road
At Canning hwy and turn right.
Turn into Nat's HQ
Travel time 2hrs

Les

Today Front row at the Eaton lights on my way home from work 1 two tone grey FC wagon with a camper trailer with QLD plates in the rain,
Who said the rain doesn't follow Queenslanders we haven't had rain for months.

Les

RET,
If your going past Eaton (Greater Bunbury area) tomorrow evening 5:30 ish on your way back to Perth we might even see you on your travels

Les

Fred and candy,
When you get to Esperance, If you get the chance go out and have a look at stone henge, Its on a farm about 10km out of town, give them a ring before you head out there.

Les

The second longest straight was the answer.

But somehow I don't think your answer is wrong, I think I did see a dead roo

This is a question for those driving over to the Perth Nat's

What is at the Western end of the Longest staight after the Bend?

Les
Eaton W.A.

Yep your dead right,

On my way home from the Nat's in Orange, I broke a timing gear at 5 O'clock on a Friday night at a place called Murrayville, in the middle of nowhere, and the network of club blokes came to my rescue getting the car going again by Sunday.

And you will enjoy that good company travelling to Perth with like minded people, The trip across the Nullabour is a fantastic trip in an old Holden and one that you will never forget.

That's why you Join a Club.

 

Thanks Gary,
Mystery solved that's where they came from.

Les

Thanks fellas for the info

Les

I am about to put a Bosch generator into my FE the previous generator was a Lucas and I want to make sure all is well before I continue.
 
Is the Bosch Generator compatible with the Lucas Regulator?

Why does the Bosch generator have three connections and the Lucas only have two? ( the harness only has 2 wires Blue & brown)

Is there anything I should have asked that I should know before I continue?

Les

Dear Other siders,
All you have to do is head west until you see the sun setting over the ocean.

Les

When mine went it just coughed and stopped, no more noise (expert for the wind but that soon stopped)
No valves bent or any other adverse effects, only the timing gear was changed and it doesn't make any noise.
I was still able to drive it home, most of the time at the speed limit.

If it had not been for FC 0058 and one of the Darkside twins, I would still be sitting on the side of the road crying.


Les

Lynne had the  look to start with.
If we had tape earlier, we could have sped up the repairs, The mechanic did say if you had the tape you could have fixed this yourself.

Green peace is still on the case looking for the car that left all of those big puddles.

Les

We arrived home from the nationals yesterday at 1100 hrs, and what an adventure it was.
During the trip we one call to the NRMA over a brake problem in Goulburn, then we did a timing gear 5 km out of Murrayville on a Friday evening ( now that is an interesting feeling ) and thanks to the great support of FC0058 and his many contacts for supplying parts and moral support. I would also like to thank Darkside Mick ( my travelling companion in the Red FE Ute ) for his support.

The car was transported to Adelaide and the milage at the start of the journey to the Nat's was 77792 and finished on 81339 total 3547miles, The car is an FE Special sedan with the original grey motor a single carby and extractors
Total fuel used was 654.72L 95% of fuel used was premium
The highest we paid for fuel was 179.9 cents per litre on the Nullabour.
The Oil was topped by 1 litre, and that was our mark left every where we stopped.
The roughest roads were in outback NSW and Victoria.
The smoothest road was the Nullabour plain, Great Easterm Hwy and Hume Hwy.
Greenest area was the Nullabour plain.

So thats where that pipe line goes to

Les

1 broken sender unit

Les

Sounds like it is a good idea, I will give it a go.

Les

I am not sure if my engine temperature sender unit is working or not, How can I test it to see if it is. If I short out the wire on it to the body the light works.
The milion dollar question is how do I know if it will come on when the engine it hot. 


Les

Another car from the Geraldton show

You don't see these every day.