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gazrat
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by gazrat »
all packed and ready to go just got to work out which one to sell

will have a spot on the way home so if any one has any trouble let us know
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parisian62
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by parisian62 »
just got to work out which one to sell
that would be a very hard decision gaz...can the truck go?
c u there.
Stewart
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mrs ratbox
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by mrs ratbox »
well i know tim is half way there passed between narrabri and moree
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Cal
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by Cal »
Glad you made it home well, Tim.
What do you men by "no more electrical fires"..............did you have some sort of drama?
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Cal
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by Cal »
Glad it wasn't anything major..........F******** FB's
Presuming no one did a timing gear this year?
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vmx-mxr
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by vmx-mxr »
Timing gears

???
Check out
http://www.fbekholden.com/forum/viewtop ... 21&t=11159 Glad to read it didn't happen on the way and you weren't too inconvenienced Dave!
To quote Cal - "Glad it wasn't anything major..........F******** FB's

" - Lol!
Note to self when checking over the Eee Kay ute's engine - fit alloy or steel timing gear !!!
Dave Mac

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Thommo
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by Thommo »
vmx-mxr wrote:Note to self when checking over the Eee Kay ute's engine - fit alloy or steel timing gear !!!
Dave Mac

Fit a steel timing gear, not the alloy one.
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vmx-mxr
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by vmx-mxr »
OK - Sounds good.
We'll let Dave tell us where he gets his eh?
I think I read somewhere that there had been problems with the alloy ones and I gather by your suggestion that is the case?
Thanks
Dave Mac

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Stygian
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by Stygian »
vmx-mxr wrote:I think I read somewhere that there had been problems with the alloy ones and I gather by your suggestion that is the case?
Yep, the camshaft can chew the centre out of the alloy gear.
Andrew

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vmx-mxr
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by vmx-mxr »
Thanks for that Andrew - Steel it is then !
I'll kick off a new thread lest this one be buggered up by going too far off track.
Dave Mac

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Craig
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by Craig »
SunnyTim wrote:Yes I had an electrical short .
Tim
no good dead goes unpunished mate
I'll swap you a Lisa's EK wagon for that dirty FB she wouldnt be happy but we have been married for 16years so she is used to not being happy
Better dead than red
EK, the VN of the 60s