MLR's Bogan cruise ship

[The Bogan]

10 hours ago, MBS206 said:

Manual swap time?

Yeah nah mate, automatics are great for around town.

[The Bogan]

New 80w90 mineral blood in the true track, all ready for some more use and abuse

The old diff oil was black as expected but there was zero glitter in the old oil or on the plug

Just like a bought one

[The Bogan]

Idle hands, and me, are the devils plaything

Modified bonnet version 4(ish)

VN group A bonnet "buldge" chop fit to VX, I blue tacked it onto the bonnet in the garage for a while looking at it, it does look 100x better than the VK reverse cowl, and is alot less of a "heat signature"

Why you may ask.....or maybe not........meh, well.......clearance Clarence, the Tuff Mounts lowered engine mounts are finally breaking my balls (engine/blower/thermal spacers) doesn't fit under the standard bonnet without them), I thought I could come to live with the added NVH from them, and 50% of the time they don't really bother me, but, during long cruises up and down the coast, which I do alot of, the NVH and all the rattles have finally done my head in

Once the bonnet is opened up under the buldge this will allow plenty of room to go back to standard height rubber mounts

I have already got my local paint and panel shop to have a look, I asked them to get another bonnet for fitting the buldge to make things easier for me, I cannot be farked to remove the under bonnet mat, plus it will mean less time being without the car, I told them there's no rush, so they can get to it whenever they have some free time

They are going to call me when they have found a good bonnet to use and to head in to take some measurements for exactly where it needs to be

Their paint matching is the best I've seen, and I've used them a few times over the years with cars and bikes

[Duncan]

surely there aren't many people on this forum old enough to remember Falkor. And those who are have probably forgotten anyway

[GTSBoy]

Screw you both. Now I've got that song by Limahl going through my head. Yuck. Yuck. Ick.

[Duncan]

yeah funny how that song never seems to end

[The Bogan]

Got the car some new half shafts from Fleabay

The old original CV's finally decided to start knocking

For the 21 year old original half shafts and their CV joints to last as long as they did is amazing

I got the whole half shaft/CV assembly because it turns it into a 1 beer job

[Duncan]

what, 32 seconds?

[The Bogan]

Took off the car builders underbonnet mat, was surprisingly easy, although I did sit the car in the sun to get some warmth on the bonnet.

Basically pealed it off slowly, the glue was still really sticky and took some effort, but, going slowly it only left a little glue behind, then a little wax and grease remover and "Voila", all ready for the paint shop to do their "chop chop paint"

I'll hit it with some more wax and grease remover the day before I "send it" as I like to clean off all wax and stuff prior to sending anything to a paint shop

Before

After

 

It will get some more of the car builders stuff one the "chop chop paint" is done to "protect the guilty"

 

The new drive shafts arrived today, as well as some wrinkle paint that I got from Supercheap, they are next on the agenda 

 

Apparently wrinkle paint is in high demand, finding some was time consuming, and there was no red anywhere in NSW, so I made an executive decision, after some staring at the rocker covers hidden under the coil packs, to not be so "lairy" and just go black to match the blower and the rest of the black stuff under the bonnet

[The Bogan]

Rode the Bogan bike to Goulburn to visit the daughter this morning.

I nearly froze to death, even with lots of layers

Note to self: drive the car to Goulburn when it's cold you idiot

[Duncan]

wha? today was beautiful, hit 15.  Friday night though, that was cold, our first negative for the year

[The Bogan]

1 hour ago, Duncan said:

wha? today was beautiful, hit 15.  Friday night though, that was cold, our first negative for the year

The day was great, after warming up with coffee and a catch up with her and her boyfriend for a few hours, we hit the local gym for an hour, then went to the Para for lunch, but, early morning, doing $1.10 on the hwy, that was not so nice, having your hands go numb is problematic on a bike if any braking is involved

I have been looking at possibly buying something down that way, I believe I'm going to need to "hardened the fark up" in the future if I still want to ride the bike when it is stupid cold like it gets down there

The warmer climate of the South Coast is fighting hard for my money though

[MBS206]

11 minutes ago, The Bogan said:

The day was great, after warming up with coffee and a catch up with her and her boyfriend for a few hours, we hit the local gym for an hour, then went to the Para for lunch, but, early morning, doing $1.10 on the hwy, that was not so nice, having your hands go numb is problematic on a bike if any braking is involved

I have been looking at possibly buying something down that way, I believe I'm going to need to "hardened the fark up" in the future if I still want to ride the bike when it is stupid cold like it gets down there

The warmer climate of the South Coast is fighting hard for my money though

Motorbike handlebar warmers...

[soviet_merlin]

This may hurt the tough Harley image though

[Duncan]

unfortunately, post covid, nothing's cheap any more, south coast in particular.

and staying warm is easy, just need to cut enough fuel for the wood burner, plus sitting in front of it on a cold evening with some grog is one of life's luxuries. (rolling around on the garage floor, not so much)

[MBS206]

1 hour ago, Duncan said:

unfortunately, post covid, nothing's cheap any more, south coast in particular.

and staying warm is easy, just need to cut enough fuel for the wood burner, plus sitting in front of it on a cold evening with some grog is one of life's luxuries. (rolling around on the garage floor, not so much)

So you need a taller hoist, and a heated garage creeper to lay on you're telling us Duncan?

[Duncan]

f**kin a.....sadly the RBA has put on hold any shed comforts for a while

[MBS206]

32 minutes ago, Duncan said:

f**kin a.....sadly the RBA has put on hold any shed comforts for a while

Time for a big pot belly stove, and pipe the chimney outside, the Canadians love that setup for heating workshops!

[The Bogan]

1 hour ago, MBS206 said:

Time for a big pot belly stove, and pipe the chimney outside, the Canadians love that setup for heating workshops!

I've started collecting old steel Mack truck rims for outside heating, so far I "rescued" 2 from scrap bins at work, I need 3 though, although you could use a car rim on the bottom, but 3 truck rims make it look much more "meaty"

We have a few pot belly's at work made out of them, one is as good as the day it was built over 30 years ago, even after many occasions of packing it full of hardwood and having it glowing cherry red with a 3 foot flame shooting out the chimney, it is a great warm thing to look at from 12 foot away drinking brewskies with the guys 

We found they do need a good stand off (read: metal frame work fence to negate life threatening injuries from falling onto it in a drunken state) and a good sized foundation under them when glowing cherry red, grass doesn't stand a chance, or any type painted surface, roof, building, lawn furniture, or even people adding in more timber, they will melt or catch on fire if to close for to long when it is turned up to 11ty

We ended up making a mesh spark arrestor for the chimney as well as the "powers that be" claimed it was a fire hazard as it shot embers high into to sky

Not this but like this (from googles) > 

but with another Mack rim on the bottom with a gate so you can clean out the ashes, nails, bolts, food scraps and molten beer cans that had the misfortune of being dropped into its gasping maw, ours have a swinging top plate to allow anything smaller than about 200mm round and 500mm long to be fed into it

Disclaimer: out door use only

2 of them bolted together with some mesh also make great out door open fire pits

My latest acquisition, brand new rim :~) > 

[MBS206]

2 hours ago, The Bogan said:

I've started collecting old steel Mack truck rims for outside heating, so far I "rescued" 2 from scrap bins at work, I need 3 though, although you could use a car rim on the bottom, but 3 truck rims make it look much more "meaty"

We have a few pot belly's at work made out of them, one is as good as the day it was built over 30 years ago, even after many occasions of packing it full of hardwood and having it glowing cherry red with a 3 foot flame shooting out the chimney, it is a great warm thing to look at from 12 foot away drinking brewskies with the guys 

We found they do need a good stand off (read: metal frame work fence to negate life threatening injuries from falling onto it in a drunken state) and a good sized foundation under them when glowing cherry red, grass doesn't stand a chance, or any type painted surface, roof, building, lawn furniture, or even people adding in more timber, they will melt or catch on fire if to close for to long when it is turned up to 11ty

We ended up making a mesh spark arrestor for the chimney as well as the "powers that be" claimed it was a fire hazard as it shot embers high into to sky

Not this but like this (from googles) > 

but with another Mack rim on the bottom with a gate so you can clean out the ashes, nails, bolts, food scraps and molten beer cans that had the misfortune of being dropped into its gasping maw, ours have a swinging top plate to allow anything smaller than about 200mm round and 500mm long to be fed into it

Disclaimer: out door use only

2 of them bolted together with some mesh also make great out door open fire pits

My latest acquisition, brand new rim :~) > 

Mate that is wicked!

I at first expected you to be using it like a 44 gallon drum having welding a few rims together.

Love that it's pretty much fully sealed up! Now I'm sad that I made the call of "I'll never use this old metal truck rim to build a firepit" and sent it to metal heaven instead

That's close to what the Canadians use. They just have there's bigger!

 

A YouTube channel I follow a lot are North America, right near Canadias border. I'd wondered for ages on there videos what this gigantic metal box was against one wall that they often used as "a bench". It's big enough you could lay two Marks on top of each other and fit them through the door of the box.

 

That was their fire heater to warm a roughly 10x7m shed... They say on some days it struggles

 

Has an air inlet from outside, and a small air inlet from inside, and chimney plumbs straight outside.

have seen the builds the Yanks and Cold Aussies (Canadians) on their fires so that all gasses exit outside, and any opening inside can only be an air inlet so that they don't fill the place with co or co².

some also run CO2 and CO monitors in their workshops as a just in case since they're also doing things like oxy cutting and welding indoors.