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    Lionel,
    If you are on Facebuk there is quite an active International Harvester truck group on that. They seem to be quite good at swapping parts and generally assisting each other.
    Alan

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    Quote Originally Posted by aussearcher View Post
    Lionel,
    If you are on Facebuk there is quite an active International Harvester truck group on that. They seem to be quite good at swapping parts and generally assisting each other.
    Alan
    Hello Alan,

    Do you mean that really - really dangerous site? The one you go on just to look and then you are clicking on "Message" and then not too much later ... You are wondering how the hell am I going to get that vehicle from there to here? That International Harvest Truck Group?

    Thanks for the tip Alan! :0)

    Kind regards
    Lionel

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    Quote Originally Posted by p38arover View Post
    I wonder if the one (also blue) I saw at Windsor is still there.



    The weighbridge was closed on Friday when I went past about lunchtime. I thought the coronavirus must have caused it to close.
    Hello Ron,

    That was the first weighbridge I was going to try. However something was wrong with their phone. When I got through to them they would only accept cash payment. Since I was in Bundaberg that was a tad hard. The weighbridge at St Mary's accepted alternative forms of payment. Off to St Mary's Bluey went!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lionelgee View Post
    Hello Alan,

    Do you mean that really - really dangerous site? The one you go on just to look and then you are clicking on "Message" and then not too much later ... You are wondering how the hell am I going to get that vehicle from there to here? That International Harvest Truck Group?

    Thanks for the tip Alan! :0)

    Kind regards
    Lionel
    Yes, that's the one...!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lionelgee View Post
    Hello RandLover,

    You might want to discuss this with my co-conspirator for the adventure. V8 Ian... The Golden Nugget was open in Gympie.

    Despite the new to the hire company's trailer fleet being an upgraded 3.5 tonne version, it was a little narrow when a set of dual tyres is loaded on. Plenty of clearance with only three of the four tyres on the back axle. Four tyres on the back axle ... no. The tyre we removed took a ride in the back of my Commodore wagon home. It will soon be reunited within its colleagues.

    Update: the removed tyre is back on the truck. The battery is charging and questions asked and research is being performed about the Holley 350 CFM 74481 Double barrel carburettor that is fitted to Bluey's 302 Cleveland motor.

    Also, the differences in ignition coils for said motor. Such as is having an extra letter ... "B" on the end of a product code for an ignition coil make it unsuitable for an engine. The coil's website recommends TIC 034R and the coil currently fitted to Bluey is a TIC 034RB apparently the R means that it needs a Resistor... Cannot find an explanation for the "B" bit and if it makes a difference to the coils performance or suitability to Bluey's engine.

    Yes, folks the pleasures and delights (read why am I doing this to myself again) of having clones and transplants in a vehicle have just started ... Wweeeee

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    Lionel
    Would not having a resistor cause static on the radio? Does it even have a radio?

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    Quote Originally Posted by DiscoMick View Post
    Would not having a resistor cause static on the radio? Does it even have a radio?
    Hello Disco Mick,

    I am just back from the autoparts place. I was informed that the XAs were fitted with a resistance wire in their loom. Hopefully it is still there and functioning. I brought a Bosch coil back home, one that is listed as being the correct one for the motor.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lionelgee View Post
    Hello Disco Mick,

    I am just back from the autoparts place. I was informed that the XAs were fitted with a resistance wire in their loom. Hopefully it is still there and functioning. I brought a Bosch coil back home, one that is listed as being the correct one for the motor.

    Kind regards
    Lionel
    The resistor is bypassed while the key is in the start position. Does the dizzy have points?
    302Cs were available from XW (1968) to XC (1979), there was a lot of variation in carburation and firing over that period. Your engine may have come out of an XA, but did it start its life there? V8 conversions were popular with backyard hotrodders and workshops, alike. You will be able to determine the original source from the engine number.
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    Quote Originally Posted by aussearcher View Post
    Following up on Bigbjorn's comment about the Dulux Dulon Fleet Formula book, I have found one from 1981 for sale and have acquired it. It gives the DCA colours and I'm told by the seller around 60 fleets in total. Once I have it I'll talk with the Mods and see if we can post the information somewhere it will be permanently available to all.
    Alan
    If it can be scanned and made into a pdf it can be uploaded to the 'files' section.

    That's where service manuals and useful docs like that are held. Anyone Travelling the Coast Road from Sydney to Brisbane - See if you can spot thiis!

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    Quote Originally Posted by aussearcher View Post
    Peter,
    I agree with you. I think the Toyota colour is very close. There is also a Jeep colour that is similar. I pass my time in traffic looking at yellow cars! From your recollection, did all DCA vehicles have white tops? Certainlt everything in Queensland seems to have.
    Bjorn,
    Thank you for that tip - I will track it down!
    Alan
    Hi Alan I do think that they all had a white roof. I was nearly always in SA/NT during that era but I think as it was a national body they would all be the same. All vehicles had Z Commonwealth number plates at the time.

    Here are a couple in about 1987 at Oodnadatta. I think we were called Department of Aviation then. This is scanned from a print so the colour is not accurate. cheers Peter

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    Peter,
    Thanks! Most useful, as I was wondering if wheels were body colour and the photo provides the answer!
    Regards,
    Alan

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