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Thanks Rob cu there.  Geoff

I have fitted a Rare Spares replacement Harmonic Balancer to my FC and now have a vibration when increasing revs from idle at take-off. The balancer was replaced due to oil leaks and that has now stopped. Can someone direct me to a source of reconditioned original balancers please.

The sale fell through so the Magna is available again. Here are the details. This time with pics. It really is a very nice car if you like Magnas.

Just thought I would let you know my brother is selling his car it would be a great car for a young person or car for a second car for shopping taking kids to school etc
Magna Mitsubishi TR 1993,  colour deep red
Never had an accident
Paint and interior are immaculate
It has always been serviced on time and garaged
It is due for rego but he wants to buy his wife a new car. He is going to register it for six months.
4 new tyres
Air conditioner
Power steering
Power windows
Central locking
Cruise control
5 speed manual gear box
4 cylinders
2.6 litre fuel injected
Mileage 165,000
$1500 ono
He  has already has  the pink slip
The car is at Toongabbie.
Margaret Saul

Just thought I would let you know my brother is selling his car it would be a great car for a young person or car for a second car for shopping taking kids to school etc
. Magna 1985 model
Never had an accident
Duco and interior are immaculate
It is due for rego but he wants to buy his wife a new car. He is going to register it for six months.
4 new tyres
Air conditioner
Power steering
Power windows
5 speed manual gear box
4 cylinders
2.6 litre
Mileage 165,000

Would you please add 2 sandwich packs for Margaret and myself.

We will be arriving in Hobart on 1/4/14 and will be hiring a car to drive around Tassie for a couple of weeks. Would we be able to leave our FC in your shed please Weddo?

Geoff and Margaret Saul

Lucie Watson (member 13 NSW) has moved to Townsville to live with her daughter and has just registered with our club for internet access. She has been to a stack of Nats with us and wished to send the message below.

Regards
Geoff and margaret

HI Everyone,

Just wishing you all a wonderful Easter, hope the weather is good for you all, just sorry I am unable to attend. A big thankyou to Margaret and Geoff for all the help they have given me the last few years with enabling me to travel with them. I miss you all
Cheers
Lucie Watson

 Glad to hear that Rob and Stirling made it back. We were in Kalgoorlie on 24th and ended up in the Bert st Boulder caravan park but did not see Rob and Stirling. A very interesting trip with a good result.
We attempted to text and call R and S on several occasions without success and are now in Renmark on the home leg (saturday) I hope. Gertie still likes her cup of Penrite once every day or so and I have just done a grease job on her in the caravan park. 

Roll on Tassie.

Thanks Gary been there and are now in Nullarbor Roadhouse caravan park. Gertie is humming along with a daily dose of half cup of oil. 1200 ks in the last 2 days.

The sister caravan is at Kalgoorlie at present and heading for Balledonia tomorrow. All well so far.

Sorry to hear about the race car failure. I was very impressed with it and would love a ride some day, maybe next nats. We are leavinge Perth tomorrow and hope for an uneventful trip. We did it back in 1968 but gertie is a little older now and so am i. See you in Tassie 2014.
Regards Geoff and margaret

Thanks Bruce, great job. We are about to do it in reverse. (not reverse gear although it could be a record)

Still killing brain cells at Margaret River. Will be at Tassie in 2014, hope we are able to remember why.

Sorry to hear about the Ambo problems. We are in Busselton checking out the wineries etc and have another few days of travelling in the South West until the return home journey on Monday. Glad to hear you are both home safe and sound. Hope the Ambo and van are handled gently by the transports.

Geoff & Marg

Excelent Nats. Margaret and I have had a great time. Congratulations to WA for a really well organised Nats that was worth every mile of the trip from Sydney.

After the Museum at Whiteman's Park, a Chinese couple and their photographers asked us if they could use "Gertie" in their wedding photos. See attached.

I have fitted one to my FC and am very happy with it. One thing I had a problem with was not getting the plastic piece down far enough over the cam, had to file a bit off the vacuum advance lever which stops the plastic part from getting down to the correct location. The motor never ran so smoothly.

I would check the vacuum hose that connects to the wiper motor. My original hose was partially blocked. I replaced it with another hose, it wasn't strong enough and partially collapsed when the vacuum was applied. The new one has thick walls and works OK.

I recently fitted a new inner cable to my good condition & well cleaned & lubed outer cable.

The speedo worked for a while then ceased to indicate.  I tried a variety of ideas but the one that worked was to insert a short piece of a nail, similar in size to the inner, into the gearbox drive gear, cable entry.

This had the effect of pushing the cable a little further into the speedo drive receptor. Speedo has worked fine ever since.
I assume that the speedo receptor had been worn a bit at the entry popint.

i have just refitted all my old glass in Gertie. The ogiginal installation had rubber in the steel channels that didn't appear to have been glued in. (probably originally used uncured rubber)

The rubber was installed onto the glass with about 50 mm extending toward the outside of the door to prevent the channels from rusting (due to water coming down the glass) the glass & rubber were then inserted into the channels.

My channels came away from the glass with carefull pressure from a screwdriver. The channels were then rustproofed & cleaned before installing the glass & rubber with Sikaflex.

The quarter windows were re-installed into the frame using uncured rubber. The uncured rubber is available from Spectrum Rubber & is inserted after wiping the rubber with Turps. The glass goes in very easily & excess can be trimmed off.

The windscreen & rear window were fitted by Ralph Moore for about $250, I provided the glass.

Polyweld did not want to keep the patterns, so I still have them. They are available for use by club members but a deposit will be required to ensure safe return. Will take some pics today to show the results.

I had the same problem yesterday & it was solved by Mal Owen. He suggested adding a washer under the middle set screw in the top hinge. This had the same effect as bending the hinge & moved the door foward (top front) & up at the back. It is now the best fitting door on Gertie.

Geoff