Thread: My "new" Toy

G'day All, Just to add further to the confusion/mystery the chassis number that belonged to the late model b/head that I have was 27301265G, it was a S2A 88" diesel. With reference to the single wiper motor, if the b/head is an early type the w/wiper motor body will be a rectangular shape, and bolted into place by an angle bracket off the side of the parcel tray, and behind the motor body there is a pressing in the b/head to allow it to sit flush and vertical, the later model's in the S2A the w/wiper motor body is round the same as the Series 3 but only in single speed and self park facility just to add to the confusion cheers Dennis
PS Yes it was.

Right, there is a job for lunchtime or tonight. I will have to have a look to see if there is a chassis number anywhere.

Bad news.

I had a pretty close look at the rear of the chassis (in the spring hanger area) and in the engine bay. I didn't see any numbers or plates anywhere.

What next?

Originally Posted by Quiggers

Geez, I'll make sure i don't go anywhere near QLD in the Disco. It's (the heater) been looped for years.

GQ

Qld. Transport used to have, and may still have, the unlovely habit of picking a piece of major road wide enough to pull numbers of vehicles over to roadside for inspection. The location was also always out of sight of approaching traffic and without escape routes. The normal procedure was to pull over any 10yo or older vehicles, or newer vehicles obviously damaged or neglected. Some vehicles with minor defects were allowed to proceed with a defect notice that required repair(s) to be made and a Safety Certificate (whole of vehicle, not just the required repairs) to be obtained from a licenced inspection station within a specified time. Vehicles with more serious defects were not permitted to be driven away, had to be moved by towing, a fine and loss of points were incurred, and the defect notice required repairs to be made and the vehicle presented to a Departmental inspection station within a specified time. This latter option, known colloquially as " going over the pits", usually resulted in the vehicle being deregistered as the Dept's inspectors wre not noted for their sympathy.

Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

Qld. Transport used to have, and may still have, the unlovely habit of picking a piece of major road wide enough to pull numbers of vehicles over to roadside for inspection. The location was also always out of sight of approaching traffic and without escape routes. The normal procedure was to pull over any 10yo or older vehicles, or newer vehicles obviously damaged or neglected. Some vehicles with minor defects were allowed to proceed with a defect notice that required repair(s) to be made and a Safety Certificate (whole of vehicle, not just the required repairs) to be obtained from a licenced inspection station within a specified time. Vehicles with more serious defects were not permitted to be driven away, had to be moved by towing, a fine and loss of points were incurred, and the defect notice required repairs to be made and the vehicle presented to a Departmental inspection station within a specified time. This latter option, known colloquially as " going over the pits", usually resulted in the vehicle being deregistered as the Dept's inspectors wre not noted for their sympathy.

The only time I have run across this I was driving the DS - they took one look at it and waved me on - I don't think they knew what to look for!

John

The local term for the inspectors
is
"Mermaids"

they are all mobile now,, sort of like RBT---

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

The local term for the inspectors
is
"Mermaids"

they are all mobile now,, sort of like RBT---

"Mermaids" specifically referred to Weight of Loads Inspectors, and is from
"c--ts with scales". Weight monitoring on major highways is nowadays done with a transducer cable under the bitumen hooked to a camera, allee same speed/red light camera. Except that if the overloading is over an administrativelimit the monitoring centre notifies Highway Patrol or similar who go and present the bad news to the driver.

G'day BigJon

The plate on the firewall is on the inside, in the cab just ahead of the gearlever,it is about 4inches square held on by 4 small screws,it could well have been painted over, it's an aliminimium plate that is silk screened black with the Ch. No stamper in 1/8" high, The No. on the Chassis is above the chassis shackle bush on the rear of the Left rear spring , you may need a wire brush to give it a scrub, as they tend to fill with dust, mud, or rust, but if the chassis has not been plated it will be there.

cheers