fbekholden.com

Did you do the wash on the hoist ?

Greg

EK283 wrote: Sun May 10, 2026 8:40 am Did you do the wash on the hoist ?

Greg

Yeah mate, took longer to get the water out and mop the floor afterwards than it did to wash the ute

Yeah, ive got the same issue.

Got lots of stuff on the floor and lazy to move it at this point !!!

See what happens.

Greg

Well here we go - dropped the engine and gearbox oil today, changed both and now I have fark all oil pressure coming home from Augusta the other day it was the highest I have ever seen it - up around 50 or 60 psi at 110kph now at idle it’s under 10 and the oil light comes on solid at the lights and no better than 20 once up and running


Farkin’ grey motors

Two weeks ago

Today

BASTARD


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Gonna drop the oil again tomorrow and buy some fresh oil and change it out - the bottle I used was in the shed and already open so maybe the young bloke did something funky with it


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hope it is relief valve stuck open or something silly like that.


FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie

Errol62 wrote: Sun May 10, 2026 9:20 pm Hope it is relief valve stuck open or something silly like that.

I don't , that would entail dropping the sump or pulling the engine

But not a rebuild


FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie

I feel your pain,

Still waiting on seals and half the suspension is still out, haven't started the motor yet after my oil pump change !

Thats quite wierd from good pressure to nothing, oh well Blacky, you have to do what you have to do.

Deadlines are crap, but they do force you to get things done.

Greg

Hoping it was thin oil, and nothing worse.

I have a spare oil pump here if you need it. Came out of an EK ute. Ran real well, until it didn’t

Cheers,
Harv

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


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That is weird, but also a big relief!

Maybe a blockage in the T piece? Anyway, good news.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Tonight’s mission - make an aerial mount for a UHF radio I am installing.. wanted it out of sight while driving so it went in the back of the tray. Was going to mount it behind the passengers head but my CDO dictated it had to be in the centre just to make it harder seeing as there is a press stud in the centre

Step one , get a piece of 1.6mm steel and cut off all the bits that don’t look like an aerial mount



Cut drill bend sand etc


Test fit



Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Like a glove - the tonneau press stud closes so hopefully it will still be fairly waterproof

Coat of jam and call it done




Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk