'Fred' Thread

[wrinklearthur]

Lovely day for going sailing, So off the Wife, Lillee and I went with 'Fred' and the car trailer in tow, down to Kettering catching the ferry to Bruny Island.

Kettering



We arrived making good time from home and caught the 9.30 AM sailing, onto the deck we drove with the young lass directing the traffic showing me the way to go.

She had a broad accent and I misunderstood her directions, carefully parking the rather wide trailer perfectly in the left hand lane and not the second across lane.
The trailer's ramps are held up in a vertical plane on the back of the tray, then wont fit under the dingy stored up in the air at the far end of the deck.

Trailer tale



So I was last off the ferry, after having to reverse back along to deck so to get around the dingy.

Arrived at Bobs place at Alonnah with Tony arriving there as well just before me, lots of goodies hidden in the yard there and the 2A Land Rover that was looking for a new home.

Bob's goodies



Looked at the 1/3rd scale field cannon that fires golf balls as projectiles driven by black powder.

Field Cannon



After a careful extraction the 2A is now behind 'Fred' and ready for home.

Loaded at Alonnah



Thanks for looking, catch you all tomorrow.

[123rover50]

I like the cannon. I turned up a barrel about the same size for one a mate and I built a few years ago.
Lots of fun but powder is getting a bit dear unless you can get cracker powder from a fireworks bloke.

[wrinklearthur]

Speedo died on 'Fred' coming home from Bruny. Didn't have time today to look for the trouble, as finding a position in the collection yard for 'Rusty Bob' was the first to do on the prioritised list today.

I will be looking at the transducer on the tailshaft first, but if that is good then will need to look for dry joints in the circuit board at the back of the speedo.
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[wrinklearthur]

'Fred' is still getting his nose rubbed. Still not halfway yet.
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[sheerluck]

Still going with the manual labour version Arthur?

[wrinklearthur]

Still going with the manual labour version Arthur?

I don't know why? The Daughters little dog keep coming up to me and looking at me and it doesn't know why either.

I work away humming the tune to "Around and round the Mulberry bush".

Exercise and meditation, Wrinklearthur style.
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[sheerluck]

........Exercise and meditation, Wrinklearthur style.
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So long as it is contributing feathers and not removing them Arthur, keep going. The satisfaction of a job well done lives on long after the arm and shoulder aches have gone!

[wrinklearthur]

So long as it is contributing feathers and not removing them Arthur, keep going. The satisfaction of a job well done lives on long after the arm and shoulder aches have gone!

The addition of another feather is a bit of a step, but I do think today I may be back to an eight.

I will take you to the point of, a job well done, on the rubbing back of the paint. Am I, doing this right, or am I digging a hole to China ?

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[sheerluck]

I'm in no way an expert, but I'm sure that you already know that 75% of a good paint job is in the preparation. Get that wrong and you will regret it every time you look at something as prominent as a bonnet. Taking it back to primer all over will ensure that it is flat, and that significant defects have been removed. The human eye is a marvellous thing, and can detect a flaw easily.

I remember back when I worked for a company who were a supplier of bumpers and other external plastic parts to a number of car manufacturers, our paint quality inspectors could call out a defect in a 10 second glance at a 170cm bumper.

[wrinklearthur]

Drove 'Fred' with the box trailer attached up to Beaconsfield, to pickup some furniture.
Hmmm! the steering didn't feel right as I went to take off, the fluid was down in the power steering reservoir, so I topped it up and there was a few spots of oil over the back of 'Fred' after we returned home. The steering box and link arm look dry, --- joy's of owning a seventeen year old Disco.

The good points and bad points, the speedo is still needing some more investigation as it stopped then ran again without any more problems for the rest of the trip. Anyway, the speedo reading matched exactly the online trip calculator = 424 kilometres for trip.

I haven't filled up again yet but the fuel gauge shows that between one third and almost a half of the tank has been used, about 30 to 40 litres.
I'm quite keen to fill up at the bowser to get an accurate reading.

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