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daniel was at home ironing his blose as usual

ha ha tee hee :(

as the vehicle is up for sale at the moment it is pretty much living it's remaining days under my ownership in the garage. It's being cleaned, fussed over and polished, but not really driven.

I've been down the GOR once with the 34, actually stayed at skene's creek (the place up the hills in the trees) - some amazing roads that's for sure... too bad when i went down some of the worst storms in many year passed through the area and Vic (april '08 i think, lots of power outages all across melb and down that way as well) - candles and fireplace were needed at the accomm. Car loved it down there though, ate it up.

Grant, great to hear it was a simple fix. Told you you took it to the right place :rofl:

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ha ha tee hee :)

Grant, great to hear it was a simple fix. Told you you took it to the right place ;)

Yeah the reason I'm going to Trent cos he is very easy to talk to and always helpful with my questions unlike many places.

so there were no metal shavings in the block? that's awesome!

p.s. merowyn say's hi :D

Yeah about one bit of metal shavings on top of piston 3, Peter and I suspected it is spark plug but I'll drain the oil just to be safe. I still have oil pressure which indicates the motor is tight.

Hi Merowyn :D

Will,

Yeah but I had to fork out $680 (2 x towings) for this damn thing.

When I'm going to put the HKS 2510s I've got sitting in my R, I'll replace the rest of clamps just to be safe.

Cheers

Grant

i got sick of the cooler pipe blowing off so i went nuts with hose clamps like this. http://www.norma.net.au/norma-gbs.html NEVER lost a pipe since! :blink:

Ron,

Ta for the link, how much did these set you back if you don't mind sharing?

Cheers

Grant

Ron,

Ta for the link, how much did these set you back if you don't mind sharing?

Cheers

Grant

dont use them.... worst clamps ever (read attached link... i bin about 30 a week). T-bolt clamps are a terrible trend started by autosalon dudes who like shiny stuff. Norma make some killer clamps which actually work see this link.

end rant :blink: lol

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/In...lamps&st=40

lol well Trent is a mechanic and i am not so id take his word on that 1. ;)

as soon as i sort out this stupid idiot insurance claim ive got going at the moment and get some extra cash i might come stir you up Trent. i gots a few things i need fixed! lol :D

Trent,

That is quite a rant, these clamps are too chunky for my liking anyway. And you bin about 30 of these a week?!

Will have you to replace the standard ones with the one you put in my R other day when I'm ready to shit my pants with more killerwasps.

Cheers

Grant

lol well Trent is a mechanic and i am not so id take his word on that 1. ;)

as soon as i sort out this stupid idiot insurance claim ive got going at the moment and get some extra cash i might come stir you up Trent. i gots a few things i need fixed! lol :D

Wouldn't bigger turbo happen to be one of these 'few things' you need fixed?

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