Sorry all, I have been away from the computer and been a a bit snowed under.
A couple of urgent matters (family matters-nothing life or death) have come up that have taken some time so I may (I said MAY) not be able to come. However, I am trying to get them out of the way to be able to make it. Sam, I will gladly take up the offer of the beds again and we will bring the sleeping bags.
Brian cannot make it, he is on a photo shoot. Shame!
As a result of the family issues, I have not been able to get Stella prepared ie. tune up etc... Can anyone help me with that as I am a total clutz in the engine department. I can make myself available any evening. I was hoping to make the old girl a bit more driver friendly. Any help would be appreciated.
Sorry for not getting back earlier. Great to see the enthusiasm.
By the way, BJ, Dave and Pat, are you all still meeting up with us on Saturday? Are you going to stay and come back with us Sunday?
G'day Hooman
Hope all is well family wise
What is stella doing to be not so driver friendly & is she reliable ?
Mustard Mans longest trip so far is 40k so it will be a wait and see
what happens type of cruise ..... no hurry
.........graham
What sort of thing were you looking at doing on the engine?
Standard things are to set the timing, and tappets, maybe an oil change too. All can be done in about 2 hours....probs less. I've tools for this and can help if needed.
My engine is old and tired and makes some weird noises most the time, however, still goes and doens't get to hot! I've just done the items above to here hoping that this will help with this trip, but at the same time, have noooo idea if it'll make it or blow up.
What can ya do though? I've RAC cover.
G Mac,
So who's gonna be there on Sat am in leederville then? Just us two and hopefully Hooman?
We need CBs! small child in me coming out! _________________ Cheers
Mustard Man
Rich
'1972 Microbus'
'Its not the destination, but the journey that counts'
Yeah, it's just the minor things. A while ago, we drove to a friend's house. We turned it off and when we tried to turn it on again, it wouldn't start. So we had to push and jump start it and it was fine.
I had it tuned down in Fremantle last year and since then it stalls in second gear; say when you want to turn, you down shift to second and turn and it stalls in the middle of the road. Almost killed me once with oncoming traffic. The fellow also did my steering which still is loose and isn't perfect. I only found out afterwards that it was the first time he had worked on a splitty steering. Broke the steering wheel as well. Not happy jan.
Clutch is noisy when depressed too. I was told by Patrick that it is a simple fix?? Simple??? Kombi??? words that don't necessarily go will together.
Are you and Rohan coming to Alfreds tonight? If you are then we can sort times, etc out, and see if there's anything we can do on your van say thursday night to help.
Otherwise we'll have a chat on the phone about it.
Gonna be a great weekend i feel. If we get there that is!
Im taking tools with me, as im expecting to have to fix something. _________________ Cheers
Mustard Man
Rich
'1972 Microbus'
'Its not the destination, but the journey that counts'
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