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Santa has come early Clay! How satisfying it must be for you in seeing this through to the end. Well done. Rod

Haha, I love your thinks about a plot. I am with you.


Bring on 300 pages mate and may the last few be full of pleasure with only the odd hiccup that you will solve and resolve.

Cheers Rod

300 pages will be a doddle

Hi Clay.

I went through a somewhat similar exercise over ten years ago where I thought I had a noise coming from the harmonic balancer. I changed it out because it was loose, but the noise was still present until I identified there was significant end play issues with the distributor which was ...

Hi Clay.

I know exactly what you mean. Been there done that with the stuck accelerator. Consider sticking Velcro on the back of the kick panel.

Cheers Rod

Hi I have previously purchased the falcon contact. These are the dimensions. Overall length - 23.5mm, length of contact - 11.3mm and diameter of contact - 4.8mm.

All of the dimensions are comparable to the holden contact except the diameter of the contact. The falcon one is too narrow - 4.8mm ...

Clay was this the original crash box or the replacement one you got from Grafton?

Cheers Rod

What a trip Clay. I have delighted in following your journey from start to finish and the little challenges in between. It was great to see you travel through the Mallee in country Victoria - my old stomping ground. It must have been a thrill to drive through this area where the ute was originally ...

Oh, skip to 20 minutes if you don't want to watch the whole video.

Cheers Rod

Have a look at this Youtube clip. Graeme starts a grey in an EJ that has been idle for at least 15 years. He problem solves a similar issue which ends up been a gummed up pick up tube possible caused by old petrol. He uses a vacuum tool to suck up the fuel from the tank. No need for the VB mouth rinse-haha.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uM22W7kdsc0&t=669s

By the way if you are interested in rust repairs this bloke is brilliant. A lot of his work is on &*#@ Coupes but does other makes as well. He is in South Oz. I always look forward to his new video releases. By the way the video link above was only released today. Seems quite timely.

Cheers Rod

Have a look at this Youtube clip. Graeme starts a grey in an EJ that has been idle for at least 15 years. He problem solves a similar issue which ends up been a gummed up pick up tube possible caused by old petrol. He uses a vacuum tool to suck up the fuel from the tank. No need for the VB mouth rinse-haha.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uM22W7kdsc0&t=669s

By the way if you are interested in rust repairs this bloke is brilliant. A lot of his work is on &*#@ Coupes but does other makes as well. He is in South Oz. I always look forward to his new video releases. By the way the video link above was only released today. Seems quite timely.

Cheers Rod

How is the valve in the fuel cap? I would take the cap off and see if it will now pump fuel. A very simple and quick test. The valve might be blocked or collasped.

While a totally different motor but a number of years ago I couldn't get a lawn mower to start. It had compression, spark, cleaned out ...

Well done Clay. You must be 'Happy as pig in s...t!'. Now enjoy the fruits of you Labour. Cheers Rod

"thought" not "though"

Just a random though Clay but pull the other bolt out of the rod of the cylinder you are installing. Then compare that to the 149 bolt using a venier. Measure length, diameter of shaft,length / thickness of head, length of thread, length of knurls etc... If they all are comparable, I recon the ...

Keep up the great work Clay! You got to 200 pages (must be a world record) and a well on the way to the next milestone. All threads have added to the overall collective knowledge and understanding of our old holdens. Keep at it.

Cheers Rod