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Hi Harv,
Received the 16 gaskets for the VIC FE FC Club thanks, well packaged and arrived safe.
Appreciate your efforts.
Cheers,
Trevor_B

Excellent news Harv, appreciate your hard work.
Trevor_B

H Harv,
You should have payment from the VIC Club by now.
Thanks again
Trevor_B

Hi Harv,
Revised order from FE FC Holden Car Club of VIC is 16 please.

Please let me know re payment etc.

Cheers,
Trevor_B

Thanks Harv,
I will check with the VIC FE FC Club members and get back to you soon.
Cheers,
Trevor_B

Thanks again Harv for your efforts
Trevor_B

Any update harv??
Got some VIC members who keep hassling me for when they can buy some head gaskets  ;)

Cheers,
Trevor_B

Trivia for today: Apparently Holden always assigned the right hand part number as an even number (hence the left as odd number)  ;)
Trevor_B

Posting for another Club member…..  ;)
Looking for a FE-FC front windscreen lower stainless steel trim piece.
Appreciate if anyone who has a spare could message me with details that I can forward on.
Thanks,
Trevor_B

I know this is a very old topic but...

Norm Darwin's article in the Feb edition of the Automotive Historians Australia magazine has an interesting outcome about JP-481.

Check out page 8: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/579ae8c9725e25911c587e32/t/63fbed62306fcc2ae530ec35/1677454706047/AHA%2BFebruary%2B2023%2BNewsletter.pdf

In summary, according to Norm, a bloke was sentenced to 3 years jail in Oct '22 for fraud related to JP-481  :o

Trevor_B

Thanks for your efforts Harv, it is appreciated.

Don't think the cost is that critical  :)

Hi Harv,
Please increase the order for the VIC FE FC Club to 20 after our meeting last night  :)
Cheers,
Trevor_B

Hi Harv,
Your pricing is pretty darn good at $46 + Postage even if purchasing only 1 that means $71 posted.

Repco is selling a Permaseal AD880 standard head gasket for $115 (+postage) see https://www.repco.com.au/en/parts-service/car-engine-parts/gaskets/permaseal-cylinder-head-gasket-ad880/p/A9686897?kwSearch=ad880

Thanks for your efforts looking after us Grey motor owners  :)

Cheers,
TrevorB

Hi Harv,
Please increase the VIC FE FC Club's order to 15.
Thanks
TrevorB

Hi Harv,
Can you put the VIC FE FC Club down for 10.
If you get close but can't get over the line to 50 we might be able order some more....

Cheers,
TrevorB

So, to close out this post I should advise the solution to Miss Mullum's vibration issues.

From the advice offered there seems to be 3 areas that need to be checked or considered. The first is tailshaft balance. Luckily for Miss Mullum, this was the final answer. Next on our list to check was to check the tyres for balance/buckles, Robbie is still going to do this as they have not been checked for a long time. Last was going to be diff/tailshaft/motor angles (Fraser's solution).

The tailshaft imbalance on Miss Mullum was a tricky one. When Robbie got the car around 7 years ago it had a bad vibration around 55mph. He had the tailshaft balanced by a company in Cheltenham VIC - there was an improvement but still a definite vibration from 55+, still there at 65mph (GPS speed). So we swapped it with another newly balanced tailshaft from the same workshop. This made a slight but noticeable change. Robbie decided to get the original shaft rebalanced again but at a different workshop (Knox Driveshafts in VIC) requesting they pay particular attention at the revs for 55mph+. The engineer also replaced the front uni (although wear was very minor.....) and balanced the shaft for $220. We reinstalled the shaft and Robbie tested it to almost 70mph (on a 110 road of course  ;)) with no signs of vibrations. So it was 3rd time lucky in this case!

With regard to the diff/tailshaft/motor angles, we measured tailshaft at 3.7 degrees and motor at 3.9 degrees (diff obviously at 0 degrees). This results in a front uni angle of 0.2 and rear of 3.7 degrees. Using a CAD package I was able to find the best compromise for wedging the diff on Miss Mulum was at 2.5 degrees which gave around 0.7 degrees at both unis so the wedging option would has some benefits. Fortunately we did not have to go down this route.

So Robbie is now happy (and so are his fellow Club members who were getting a little frustrated going on Club cruises at 50mph  :D)

Trevor_B

Hi,
I live nearby to Cockatoo and haven't seen any other local FC's. There is a guy in Emerald who has been selling FE parts but doesn't have a car and Olden1.com.au also lives in Cockatoo so he may know?

Trevor_B

Great outcome Frazer  :)
Thanks for sharing how you addressed this.

Robbie has just picked up his rebalanced tail shaft so will see how that goes otherwise it's tyre check next then the wedges option.

Cheers,
Trevor_B

Thanks guys,
I admit to having "try different wheels/tyres" on my checklist and so will revisit this when we try the re-balanced tailshaft. I think we just run out of time when checking things out.

We ended up addressing a clutch issue, the old clutch pedal not returning up properly. Robbie had advice from a mechanic familiar to FE & FC's advising to replace the hose section of the clutch hydraulics. First thing I checked was if the master cylinder piston was returning....nope, it was stuck about 20mm from the circlip. Luckily I had spare new rubbers for it so reco'd the master cylinder (bore was still in great shape, assume you put a new one in Kevin). Then the boss called drinks so missed out swapping the tyres from one of the 3 other FC's I have at hand  ;D

Will update when we try re-balanced tailshaft then tyres.
Cheers,
Trevor_B

Thanks Frazer & Clay,
Given the car is completely standard I hadn't considered tailshaft angles.

When the re-balanced shaft is refitted I will check this just to see what angles they are.
Trevor_B