Interesting, Odd or Funny Pics II.

**pop058** · 6th August 2021, 07:59 PM

**V8Ian** · 6th August 2021, 08:31 PM

Originally Posted by Don 130

Is that Galston Gorge? If so, it was a courageous move to take that through there. They would have pinged the driver pretty hard for it too.
Don.

Too far south for GG.

**jx2mad** · 7th August 2021, 07:01 AM

I know Galston Gorge well. There have been many trucks as well as the occasional tour bus get stuck there. The bridges at the bottom are way too tight even if they make it that far. Have to be recovered by extracting them in reverse....somehow.

**Xtreme** · 7th August 2021, 07:35 AM

SWMBO got 'stuck' in Galston Gorge in a SWB Series IIA Landy once!

It was about 40 odd years ago, she was 8 months pregnant and ran out of fuel from the main tank. The manual changeover tap for the auxilliary tank was, at that stage under the bonnet which, of course, had the spare tyre mounted on it. Fortunately a kind motorist stopped and asked if she was OK, to which she replied "if you could just lift the bonnet for me I'll be able to fix it". So he opened the bonnet, she then flicked the tap over, he closed the bonnet and to his amazement she was on her way again.
As soon as she arrived home I was instructed to relocate the tap. Being an obedient hubby, that evening it was re-plumbed and mounted where it could be operated without leaving the driver's seat.

**1950landy** · 7th August 2021, 07:47 AM

Originally Posted by Xtreme

SWMBO got 'stuck' in Galston Gorge in a SWB Series IIA Landy once!

It was about 40 odd years ago, she was 8 months pregnant and ran out of fuel from the main tank. The manual changeover tap for the auxilliary tank was, at that stage under the bonnet which, of course, had the spare tyre mounted on it. Fortunately a kind motorist stopped and asked if she was OK, to which she replied "if you could just lift the bonnet for me I'll be able to fix it". So he opened the bonnet, she then flicked the tap over, he closed the bonnet and to his amazement she was on her way again.
As soon as she arrived home I was instructed to relocate the tap. Being an obedient hubby, that evening it was re-plumbed and mounted where it could be operated without leaving the driver's seat.

My fathers was mounted in front of the seat box just to the left of the drivers left leg . When going to Fraser Island & back on the return trip on the 1st splutter you had to quickly change it over or it would quickly loose speed.

**Xtreme** · 7th August 2021, 08:03 AM

Originally Posted by 1950landy

My fathers was mounted in front of the seat box just to the left of the drivers left leg . When going to Fraser Island & back on the return trip on the 1st splutter you had to quickly change it over or it would quickly loose speed.

That's exactly where mine was relocated to and operated exactly the same.

**DieselLSE** · 7th August 2021, 08:27 AM

Originally Posted by 1950landy

My fathers was mounted in front of the seat box just to the left of the drivers left leg . When going to Fraser Island & back on the return trip on the 1st splutter you had to quickly change it over or it would quickly loose speed.

Yep. Mine too. Worked well. You'd fill up both tanks - I had two 16 gallon tanks on a SIII LWB - but as the fuel gauge only worked on the main tank you'd run off the aux tank first. The 2.25L motor would politely let you know when it was running out of fuel with a few gentle splutters, so you'd reach down and turn the lever and the motor would recover virtually immediately.
Only came unstuck once. During a previous trip in the Otways I had a fuel problem and had to rebuild the fuel pump in the bush. I forget now, but I think I had to replace the diaphragm with a spare I always carried. A few trips later I was up at Mount Stirling to do a bit of cross country skiing when the car spluttered to a stop and I started to get all the tools out and dismantle the fuel pump. Thankfully, my few brain cells started working and I realised I simply had to switch tanks!
Oh! And it was a good anti-theft device. If you placed the lever vertically it would cut off fuel supply completely, leaving just the carburettor supply to power the motor for a few hundred metres. That and leaving the transfer lever in neutral. By the time a thief would realise the lever was in neutral the motor would stop. Well, that was my theory. Funny, no-one ever tried to steal it!