Recent content by Silveredition

The blue / green one is a Blackspot Tusk fish, the orange one is a Coral Trout. Both white meat and up there with the best eating fish you can get in Australia!

Pretty much! The rest is vacuum packed, and will be enjoyed over the next few months!

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Gday all! A couple of days back I got back from a 2 - week camping and fishing trip. We towed our 1982 boat 1700km each way with my 1988 hj61 - covering g about 4000km all up! We drove straight-through each way, taking 19 hours on the way there and 18hrs 45mins on the way home. Fuel economy was...

I have the Redarc gauge (combo of coolant / egt / boost) mounted low on the pillar. The probe is in the top of the thermostat housing

It has now been over a year since purchasing - and still unlicensed… I did however buy a rebuilt 3F (with AUD $7000 worth of rebuild receipts) attached to an A440F as I couldn’t get mine to start / run reliably….. I got a U-haul trailer and put it in a shed, removed the engine and box, got the...

Whistle and Soot also do a kit

Gday mate, from memory it is a Command brand - with the stalk. It is fantastic and I use it every day - and all day when towing on long trips. Have had it a few years now… I did have to move the stalk from where it was installed as it interfered with getting the key in and out (u don’t think the...

Gday all! After a few years since the last reply (looks like over 4!!!), I thought I would give a bit of an update… So, since the engine rebuild the engine has now done nearly 180000km… (3000 km short of 800000km on the odometer now!!) The engine uses no oil or coolant, and I am happy with the...

An inconvenience in a 60 - but would be a major issue in a newer car!!! I could have driven it the 150km (without brake and clutch boosters working or power steering) but decided to sort it there and then!! Had a few beers when we arrived!!! Thanks for your comment!!

This weekend I towed my 16ft boat 1400km up the west coast of Western Australia. Sitting on 105km/hr with cruise control on and aircond on - getting about 15L/100km in 40 degree Celsius heat…. We got 150km away from our destination and the alternator belt let go and took the power steering belt...

Thanks again everyone! About 100km of soft beach driving and 100km towing the boat on the highway over the weekend and no silly noises… I didn’t give it heaps in reverse on the beach to test it though… Will leave that one for when I don’t have a big trip coming up…

Thanks for all of the suggestions as to what it might have been! Since the 2 big bangs, I drove a couple of km along a soft beach, did 100m or so in reverse on the soft beach, snatched a bogged car out (snapped the snatch strap on the first attempt), driven It daily to work and back on the...

Was thinking (at about 2:30 this morning!!) could it have been the clutch letting go, then slipping momentarily? Seems to be the only thing I can think of that would have clutch smell, and drive perfectly straight afterwards… too much torque for it in reverse when revving hard in really soft...

Gday all, I am hoping someone can help troubleshooting an issue I had today… so, I got home from work and got a call from my wife (who was walking along the beach), to ask me to drive down as a family was bogged and needed help to get out… I let the tyres down and drove down and along the beach...