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Chalkie lives
DIR By: NiteMare
Date: December 23, 2013, 3:03 pm
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finally got round to starting his engine >rock< he's only been
sat idle for at least three years rofl
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an hour or so fiddling around cleaning contacts and checking
he'd still got oil, a little temporary ignition wiring and a few
squirts of easy start to initially start him up and then it was
into the cab with half a gallon of petrol and stuff the fuel
pipe in the can, back under the bonnet to manually pump fuel up
then back to the starter switch and he burst into life >rock<
and settled down to a nice quiet tickover, the oil pressure is a
little low according to the dash guage but he runs :giddy:
next job is to get the floor plates out and replace the clutch
slave and fit a gearstick, lots of little jobs to be done but he
"might" see the road this coming year :smilewide:
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Re: Chalkie lives
DIR By: Dave
Date: December 23, 2013, 3:05 pm
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Is this the Aussie army one?
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Re: Chalkie lives
DIR By: divie
Date: December 23, 2013, 4:20 pm
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Skippy ?
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Re: Chalkie lives
DIR By: NiteMare
Date: December 23, 2013, 4:59 pm
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yea ex-NZ/Aussie 88" military, also known as a "Skippy"
:thumbs:
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Re: Chalkie lives
DIR By: Jackual
Date: December 23, 2013, 5:13 pm
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Nice :thumbs:
Those kiwi reg plates are residing in Hornsea, I haven't
forgotten about them!
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Re: Chalkie lives
DIR By: NiteMare
Date: December 23, 2013, 5:17 pm
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--- Quote from: Jackual link ---
>
> Nice :thumbs:
> Those kiwi reg plates are residing in Hornsea, I haven't
forgotten about them!
>
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Cheers, those'll be excellent for shows as he evolves :thumbs:
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Re: Chalkie lives
DIR By: Devil#20
Date: December 26, 2013, 11:00 am
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I don't like that big gay bullbar thing on it though.
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Re: Chalkie lives
DIR By: harryhedgehog
Date: December 26, 2013, 1:29 pm
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8) nice one Pete
HHH
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Re: Chalkie lives
DIR By: NiteMare
Date: December 26, 2013, 3:39 pm
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i'm not exactly keen on it either but it's going to stay on
there, the plan at present and for a while is to keep everything
"as is" including the algae and get him up to mot standard and
registered ...
then drive him looking like he's just crept out from under a
scrap pile :smilewide:
eventually i can see me gathering up the correct wing panels and
brushguard etc' to get him back to looking as he was when
originally imported, the only thing i might change from original
is the paint scheme as i have a photo of one in a very
interesting camo that i'd be tempted to try and replicate
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Re: Chalkie lives
DIR By: NiteMare
Date: January 19, 2014, 4:05 am
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ok we have a tiny little more progress (only tiny)
yesterday i finally got the floor and tunnel out, hammer and
screwdriver to remove the few screws i could and then the
grinder to carefully remove the heads of the bolts i couldn't
undo
i now have a replacement gearstick fitted and have grabbed the
gearbox number 25504782 F which i'd say is the original gearbox
as calVIN reports back that it's a CKD (ignore the fact calVIN
says it's a 109 rofl ), the suffix F is interesting to me, i'm
wondering if it's one of the "rare" all-synchro 2a boxes i'm not
bothered if it isn't as i like Big Ears crashbox
there'll only be a little bit more done today, i'll be removing
the clutch slave and mastercylinder and putting the slave and
hose on the shopping list, already have a master cylinder on the
shelf
i was also donated a few random parts yesterday to help with
getting it up and running "on the road" 6x new 10" shoes, a new
brake slave along with random light lenses
i'm feeling quite good now i've finally got a little visible
progress :smilewide:
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