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Well I have finally had time to work on the ute before the start of the Nationals tomorrow its not finished but at least its started Changed the cam out , it had an ex speedway cam of an unknown grind but way too much overlap for a stock pistoned street motor and has always had a flat spot off idle that gives me the irrits so out with that cam and in with a reground 21/61 cam from Clive Cams in Melabourne Also had a go at fixing the front of engine oil leak which has been there for years - found out it has no slinger fitted and the last " mechanic " that worked on it before Renmark managed to strip the thread on one of the bolts that held the timing cover on so he filled it with gasket sealer - and didnt bother with the stiffening plate that fits around the bottom of the timing cover - no wonder the bloody thing pissed oil out

Whacked it all back together and fired it up , sounds good in the shed havent taken it for a spin yet so will see what tomorrow brings . Put my restorers hat on and lost the custom grille and went back to stock - only problem was no indicator lenses , rang Rare Parts and they didnt have any so I went for a scrounge through EKmart and found a pair of NOS ones and a set of NOS gaskets

Great resto Blacky - glad you put another post up as I had never seen this one before as your last post was 7 yrs ago - LOL
Long live the Utes!!

Yeah mate ditto that. Wedgewood Blue FB ute huh


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There is meant to be photos to go with this but for some reason I cant get Tapatalk to play the bloody game and right now I don't have the time to fart around with it

Blacky wrote: Thu Jun 07, 2018 9:00 am There is meant to be photos to go with this but for some reason I cant get Tapatalk to play the bloody game and right now I don't have the time to fart around with it

surely you have had time to sort that out

nah good job mate... see you at the pub tomorrow

cheers
Nathan

Well done mate good to hear it is going to be at the nationals.

I had never seen your build photos before so went back and look at all the work you did great job.

Saw the photo of Chevy there and to think that he turned 21 last week

Neil

Sounds good mate looking forward to checking it out over the weekend .

blacky
you stole that colour from me

Thanks, Blacky. You just made me waste about half an hour reading through your thread instead of working on my car

It's a great read.

Now I'm off to trim the whiskers, brush the ivories, then off to Mandurah to meet some dodgy car dudes!

Cheers,

John

59wagon wrote: Fri Jun 08, 2018 5:58 pm Thanks, Blacky. You just made me waste about half an hour reading through your thread instead of working on my car

It's a great read.

Now I'm off to trim the whiskers, brush the ivories, then off to Mandurah to meet some dodgy car dudes!

Cheers,

John

Hey John
Be careful of the pick pockets down there..... and the guys stealing hub caps off old Holden’s!

Regards
Stephen

I heard there are a lot of dodgy characters over your way at the moment boys so look out.


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Heading home on the train after midnight thanks to the dodgy brothers keeping me out in Mandurah

you must have had a few John !!!

diff ratio change number 27 , getting ready for the Nationals run ......

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