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I crept down to the shed tonight after the dinner. The alternator is the next thing on the agenda. It's in a pretty bad way. Lots of oxidation and lots of spiders living in it. You know you are in trouble if you happen to find yourself spraying insect repellant into your electrical components. Nasty looking old thing.

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Hey Ben everything is looking great mate! Be careful of the bushing in the back housing. Here in the states it is NLA.

Keep up the good work!
 
G'day Rustic, I basically drag them into the laundry and then scrub them with soap and water to try and remove as much grease and dirt as possible. I then spray the alloy wheel cleaner and scrub with a scrotchbrite pad. Then repeat. I notice you are from Portland. It looks like a beautiful part of world. Cheers, Ben
 
I also gave the sump, crank pulley, engine mounts, and a bunch of other things a coat of paint over the weekend. The sump fell off the coat hanger wire hook as I was painting it. It bent one corner and is covered in dust and debris, so I'll rub it back and repaint it I think. Most of the other stuff turned out okay. A couple of small runs here and there, but not too bad.

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Ben your work is as meticulous as ever mate! I wish I could send my alternator to you. Are those HJ47 engine mounts?
 
Beautiful.:)
 
G'day All,

I farewelled an old friend today. His name was Albert 'Alby' Nelson and he was 80 years old. Alby passed away peacefully earlier in the week.

Now don't get too sad, Alby had lived a good life, he had a bunch of kids and a bunch of grandkids and was well loved. Throughout his working life Alby worked in the logging industry, hauling logs out of East Gippsland in Victoria. He was the uncle of a mate of mine and I have lots of fond memories of sitting around the fire and talking with Alby about his two great passions..........cars - primarily Land Cruisers and trucks - exclusively Kenworths.

So what does a bloke do in his retirement years after spending his working life as a 'truckie'? Yep, you guessed it. Take one old HJ45 Landcruiser and morph it into the vehicle known affectionately as 'The Little Kenworth'. Powered by a V8 diesel with a chrome exhaust stack, air horns and marker lights, the Little Kenworth, sure did turn lots of heads.

One of Alby's grandson's is now the Little Kenworth's new custodian, so it great that it is staying in his family.

I thought you guys might be interested in a couple of pics of the Little Kenworth.

Have a great Christmas mudders.

Cheers,

Ben

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Thanks for the response mate. I have a new wiring harness for my 45 and the gentleman that built it isn't familiar with diesels. So he didn't know which wire went into each slot of the connector for the alternator. On the alternator the three wires are E, F, N. I think the labels stand for Effect, Field and Neutral. My wiring guru thought the plug would be labeled but I can't find any evidence of labeling on my plug. Maybe a picture of the alternator plug on your harness would help, if the wire colors are visible.

Thanks for your help. Keep up the good work. I look forward to the rest of your build.

I hope you and your family will have a very blessed Christmas season.

Michael <><
 
Sorry to hear about Alby, Ben. Sounds like he was the last of the old boys. Nice rig. That's the best 45 modified into a truck I've seen yet.

Merry Christmas my man.

Dan
 
Michael B said:
Thanks for the response mate. I have a new wiring harness for my 45 and the gentleman that built it isn't familiar with diesels. So he didn't know which wire went into each slot of the connector for the alternator. On the alternator the three wires are E, F, N. I think the labels stand for Effect, Field and Neutral. My wiring guru thought the plug would be labeled but I can't find any evidence of labeling on my plug. Maybe a picture of the alternator plug on your harness would help, if the wire colors are visible.

Thanks for your help. Keep up the good work. I look forward to the rest of your build.

I hope you and your family will have a very blessed Christmas season.

Michael <><
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G'day Michael,

We had a marvellous Christmas. It was a typical Aussie Christmas. The mercury climbed into the high 30's, so the kids spent lots of time in the pool. We all got sunburnt and ate too much. It was great.

This is how the wires go. LOOKING AT THE BACK OF THE PLUG where you insert the splades. The black wire fits into the horizontal slot at the bottom. The green wire goes in the left hand side and the blue wire into the right hand hand side. It this is confusing, let me know and I will grab a photo for you.

Cheers,

P.S. I hope all was good in Huntsville.
 
G'day Ben,
I'm glad you and the family had a good holiday. Here it was unusual in that the temp climbed to 77 F. It's supposed to be winter here. Oh well. It was good weather to spend time in the garage after church. I think a picture would help if you have time mate?

Cheers,
Michael <><
 
FAIREY OVERDRIVE - A SHORT HISTORY LESSON

G'day All,

Tonight I headed down to the shed and dragged out the gearbox and transfer case.

It was fitted with a Fairey Overdrive by PO, shortly after he picked up the truck back in '84. I'm pretty keen to keep the overdrive. It has an overdrive ratio of 0.78 : 1. So when the overdrive is engaged, engine revolutions drop by 22%. From memory, my old HJ47 at 100 km/h would sit at about 2500 rpm. With the overdrive engaged this should drop the rpm to about 1950 rpm. Hopefully, this will make highway driving much more pleasant. (I might even be able to hear the old AM radio crackling away!!)

I did a bit of research on the Fairey Company a while ago, when I was trying to track down some gaskets and 'O' rings. The Fairey Winch company was an English business formed in 1915 and manufactured aircraft. After WW2, the company acquired an engineering arm and formed the Fairey Winch company. Primarily building overdrive units and free-wheeling hubs for Land Rover. They also produced overdrive units for Toyota's. The company is now owned by Superwinch.

The first Toyota overdrive units (pre-1980) actually bolted onto the rear of the existing transfer case and apparently had a pretty ordinary reputation. The later units, like mine, (post Aug-1980) replaced the rear section of the transfer case with their own case and were apparently much more reliable.

After the early 80's the company folded, because car manufacturers started building 5-speed gearboxes and no long required an overdrive.

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FAIREY OVERDRIVE

My overdrive appeared to leak like a sieve. So the plan is to do an inspection and replace some 'O' rings and gaskets, give it a coat of paint and call it good. The only problem is, I can't source genuine 'O' rings, so I might have to do a bit of improvising.

The first pic of an early type Fairey Overdrive that bolted onto the rear of the transfer case. This was an advertisement from a 4x4 magazine. Apparently, ARB were the sole Australian distributor.

The second pic is the original styrofoam box that the overdrive came in back in 1984, with the original Toyota transfer case housing.

The third pic is a copy of the original fitting instructions (Nicely typed using a typewriter).

I watched a 'Terrain Tamer' video on Youtube and there was a comment that the overdrive unit is very difficult to disassemble..............I hope I don't bugger this up.

Cheers,

Ben

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