29-07-2022, 10:29 PM
The fan belt has started to fray so Dno did a trip to town for a new belt. Got the length and year right but didn’t account for the pitch. So Dno dug around in the shed and found that an FJ Holden belt did the job but after fitting he just decided to put the old one back on and take the petrified holden one as backup.
Nothing like night time timing in the shed.
Then after a last minute purchase of some new driving lights at the BCF sale we stayed up till 12 fitting those as there was no way we would be ‘out the gate by 8’ the next day plus we would be driving the following evening around Kangaroo-o’clock. Fitting fiddly things is my department, since I can get my hands in most tight spots, but the bulbar on the Isuzu nearly beat me. However after holding my tongue in the right spot and squinting my eyes “just so” I finally got the bolts in and washers and nuts on just before midnight. Trailer brakes will have to wait for the morning.
Nothing like night time timing in the shed.
Then after a last minute purchase of some new driving lights at the BCF sale we stayed up till 12 fitting those as there was no way we would be ‘out the gate by 8’ the next day plus we would be driving the following evening around Kangaroo-o’clock. Fitting fiddly things is my department, since I can get my hands in most tight spots, but the bulbar on the Isuzu nearly beat me. However after holding my tongue in the right spot and squinting my eyes “just so” I finally got the bolts in and washers and nuts on just before midnight. Trailer brakes will have to wait for the morning.
Hayley (Quombi)
Sunburnt Express - it’s only original once
No we are not restoring it, we are preserving it and driving it!