Re: Nats diary 2026
Posted: Wed May 27, 2026 9:22 pm
Bloody thing - every time I back off in neutral the bloody thing stalls and it still has bugger all oil pressure at idle
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Re: Nats diary 2026
Posted: Wed May 27, 2026 9:33 pm
Anyway, left Mundrabilla this morning next stop Border Village. They know how to charge the theiving pricks, fuel at Eucla 10 minutes away was $2.50 a litre, Border Village it’s $2.75. 
Luckily only needed 9 litres so fuel up and off into SA - next stop Nullarbor roadhouse- traditionally the most expensive stop on the Eyre highway and they didn’t disappoint- $2.85 a litre and 90km further along at Yalata it was $2.08 !!!!
Into Ceduna for a late lunch - a can of Pepsi for me and aquatic snot for Shahni
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Luckily only needed 9 litres so fuel up and off into SA - next stop Nullarbor roadhouse- traditionally the most expensive stop on the Eyre highway and they didn’t disappoint- $2.85 a litre and 90km further along at Yalata it was $2.08 !!!!
Into Ceduna for a late lunch - a can of Pepsi for me and aquatic snot for Shahni
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Re: Nats diary 2026
Posted: Wed May 27, 2026 9:37 pm
We had plenty of distance to travel today so that was about the only decent time out of the car - did 890 km today.
Gearbox hasn’t repaired itself since last year, or the year before that
so the occy strap came into play
Lots of oversized trucks today
Made Kimba JUST before dark
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Gearbox hasn’t repaired itself since last year, or the year before that
so the occy strap came into play 
Lots of oversized trucks today
Made Kimba JUST before dark
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Re: Nats diary 2026
Posted: Wed May 27, 2026 9:40 pm
Fuel burn for today -
A bit better than yesterday and today I had the cruise set 3km/h faster than yesterday- 108 vs 105
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A bit better than yesterday and today I had the cruise set 3km/h faster than yesterday- 108 vs 105
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Re: Nats diary 2026
Posted: Wed May 27, 2026 9:58 pm
Hmmm….. wouldn’t think the two issues are related? Wonder if the timing needs checking?Blacky wrote: Wed May 27, 2026 9:22 pmBloody thing - every time I back off in neutral the bloody thing stalls and it still has bugger all oil pressure at idle
Re: Nats diary 2026
Posted: Wed May 27, 2026 10:24 pm
In the Shed wrote: Wed May 27, 2026 9:58 pmHmmm….. wouldn’t think the two issues are related? Wonder if the timing needs checking?Blacky wrote: Wed May 27, 2026 9:22 pmBloody thing - every time I back off in neutral the bloody thing stalls and it still has bugger all oil pressure at idle
Re: Nats diary 2026
Posted: Wed May 27, 2026 10:27 pm
It stalled at some roadworks on Monday and struggled to turn over so I pulled a couple of degrees out of it but I don’t have a timing light with me to check it properlyIn the Shed wrote: Wed May 27, 2026 9:58 pm
Hmmm….. wouldn’t think the two issues are related? Wonder if the timing needs checking?
Re: Nats diary 2026
Posted: Wed May 27, 2026 10:34 pm
Lookout mate them hoysters is an afro-dizzy-yak.
Yalata was $1.99 two years ago.
FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie
Yalata was $1.99 two years ago.
FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie
Re: Nats diary 2026
Posted: Thu May 28, 2026 9:51 am
Obligatory halfway shot -
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Re: Nats diary 2026
Posted: Thu May 28, 2026 11:18 am
Keep on going. Plenty of willing helpers here in sunny S.A for a midway service & tune up 
Re: Nats diary 2026
Posted: Thu May 28, 2026 12:08 pm
Went into Iron Knob for a look - the place has seen better days 
About the only photo I took at the tourist museum was this one of a mighty scremin’ jimmy
The servo was out of fuel hope we have enough to get to Port Agutta
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About the only photo I took at the tourist museum was this one of a mighty scremin’ jimmy
The servo was out of fuel hope we have enough to get to Port Agutta
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Re: Nats diary 2026
Posted: Thu May 28, 2026 12:15 pm
I love those 8/71 Detroit's, I worked on a lot of them back in my younger days on Navy Torpedo recovery vessels also 6/71's
If the engines oversped the superchargers had air flaps that you were supposed to drop to starve the engine of air and it would shutdown only problem was they would suck the oil seals in and just keep running on the oil, they were just about indestructible
If the engines oversped the superchargers had air flaps that you were supposed to drop to starve the engine of air and it would shutdown only problem was they would suck the oil seals in and just keep running on the oil, they were just about indestructible
Re: Nats diary 2026
Posted: Thu May 28, 2026 1:23 pm
End of the Eyre Highway and into the ‘Gutta then through Horrocks pass and a refreshing beverage at the Wilmington pub
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Re: Nats diary 2026
Posted: Thu May 28, 2026 3:29 pm
Must be one of the few GM Rootes blowers not removed from the wild, polished within an inch of its life and mounted on a "corvette small block".Blacky wrote: Thu May 28, 2026 12:08 pm About the only photo I took at the tourist museum was this one of a mighty scremin’ jimmy
Cheers,
Harv
Re: Nats diary 2026
Posted: Thu May 28, 2026 6:31 pm
Yeah it would be a great engine to stick in a hotrodded truck 
they have a sound all their own those old girls.
The sump is rusted out and it’s sitting under a water leak so I don’t hold much hope for it being rebuildable
Left Wilmington for Orroroo and had lunch at one of the pubs and found out the new publican lived in Kalgoorlie for the last 18 years, he leased the pub about 6 months ago
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they have a sound all their own those old girls.The sump is rusted out and it’s sitting under a water leak so I don’t hold much hope for it being rebuildable
Left Wilmington for Orroroo and had lunch at one of the pubs and found out the new publican lived in Kalgoorlie for the last 18 years, he leased the pub about 6 months ago
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