FB ute
Re: FB ute
You’re on fire!
FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie
FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie
getting my FB ute on the road
EK van on rotisserie
EK van on rotisserie
Re: FB ute
Breaker Breaker, wev'e got a little ole convoy !!! 10-4.
Greg
Greg
So many cars so little time!
Re: FB ute
I started with nothing and still have most of it left.
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- Craig Allardyce
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Re: FB ute
How the hell was it achieving nearly 60psi? I'm pretty sure a solid relief won't even get it this far. Somethings a bit fishy mate.Blacky wrote: Mon May 11, 2026 10:21 pm Well this is a turnup for the books - went to buy some oil and they didn’t have any - got home thought I would try it again and it’s fine - 15-20PSI at idle …..
Buggered if I know…… hoping the relief valve isn’t sticky
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Re: FB ute
Choon gauges 

FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie


FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie
getting my FB ute on the road
EK van on rotisserie
EK van on rotisserie
Re: FB ute
Yes they may be, but does not explain the idiot light coming on.
Greg
Greg
So many cars so little time!
Re: FB ute
As Clay said mate , it would have to be the gauge - it only had that sort of pressure on the run down to Augusta and back the other week - usually it hovers in the low 40’sCraig Allardyce wrote:How the hell was it achieving nearly 60psi? I'm pretty sure a solid relief won't even get it this far. Somethings a bit fishy mate.Blacky wrote: Mon May 11, 2026 10:21 pm Well this is a turnup for the books - went to buy some oil and they didn’t have any - got home thought I would try it again and it’s fine - 15-20PSI at idle …..
Buggered if I know…… hoping the relief valve isn’t sticky
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I started with nothing and still have most of it left.
Foundation member #61 of FB/EK Holden club of W.A.
Foundation member #61 of FB/EK Holden club of W.A.
Re: FB ute
Tonight I got the phone holder mounted up - made a couple of plates out of leftover bits that didn’t look like an aerial bracket. Removed the ash tray and knocked up one for each side of the hole, welded a bolt onto the bottom one and used the top one to sandwich the dash then cut the bum out of the suction cup mount, drill a hole through the guts of it and bolt it down

Mounted up the aerial , will run the cable into the cab tomorrow night when it’s up on the hoist again - taking her in for a wheel alignment tomorrow then it’s up on the hoist to fit this stuff and the rear sway bar I bought from Brett if the mounting brackets turn up -


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Mounted up the aerial , will run the cable into the cab tomorrow night when it’s up on the hoist again - taking her in for a wheel alignment tomorrow then it’s up on the hoist to fit this stuff and the rear sway bar I bought from Brett if the mounting brackets turn up -


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Foundation member #61 of FB/EK Holden club of W.A.
Foundation member #61 of FB/EK Holden club of W.A.
Re: FB ute
while it sounds technical it doesn't look like your usual work, i'm surprised you didn't reshape where the suction cup was into the correct shape to go into the ashtray area then somehow fold down so the lid can close when not in useBlacky wrote: Thu May 14, 2026 12:13 am Tonight I got the phone holder mounted up - made a couple of plates out of leftover bits that didn’t look like an aerial bracket. Removed the ash tray and knocked up one for each side of the hole, welded a bolt onto the bottom one and used the top one to sandwich the dash then cut the bum out of the suction cup mount, drill a hole through the guts of it and bolt it down
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sometimes yor just better off shitting in yor hands and clapping
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Woodstock chapter
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Woodstock chapter
Re: FB ute
I was thinking about itMick wrote: Thu May 14, 2026 8:58 pm
while it sounds technical it doesn't look like your usual work, i'm surprised you didn't reshape where the suction cup was into the correct shape to go into the ashtray area then somehow fold down so the lid can close when not in use![]()
Took the ute down for its wheel alignment today, got a call half an hour after I dropped it off and they cant do it
Having a night off tonight , beers after work has made me lazy
I started with nothing and still have most of it left.
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Re: FB ute
Blacky,
I reckon you have exhausted all the options available for these utes
Stephen
I reckon you have exhausted all the options available for these utes
Stephen
A day in the shed beats a day at work!
Re: FB ute
Not in the ‘puter was the reason I got, so did my own.
King pin front all you can do is give as much caster and camber as possible, then set the toe in to about 2mm. Balljoint isn’t much different.
FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie
King pin front all you can do is give as much caster and camber as possible, then set the toe in to about 2mm. Balljoint isn’t much different.
FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie
getting my FB ute on the road
EK van on rotisserie
EK van on rotisserie

