Thread: 1974 Series 3 SWB

Nice little truck! looks great. Hope ur trip is going great!

The story continues...

After a couple of days in Launceston, we started heading for the east (where we had some accommodation booked in St Helens) by heading south. Then north. Then north some more. Then south. Then East. Going in straight lines is so boring (and not strictly possible in our Landy...).

Most of the detours concerned visiting some wineries we wanted to see including, Josef Chromy, Leaning Church and Jansz all whilst doing our best to fill up the limited cargo space we had in the Landy with 'supplies' from each of the wineries we stopped at.

We pushed on to have a look at Bridport and had lunch at the Dunes Clubhouse at Barnbougle which put on a terrific spread. After lunch we started planning our path East. Given I wasn't sure how accurate the gauge was, nor how much juice the 202 was drinking I figured we needed fuel, especially when realised that the tank was 10 gallons and that 10 gallons was only roughly 45 litres!

With the gauge hovering somewhere near a quarter, we rolled in to Scottsdale and filled up. This was the first chance we had to review fuel figures:

Fuel Log
Location - Scottsdale
Gauge - Quarter
Tripmeter (Total) - 137mi
Odo - 74,292mi
Tripmeter (Tank) - 117mi (187.2km)
Litres - 30.92 (6.8 Gallons)

Usage
mpg km/l l/100km
17.2 6.1 16.5

Not bad. I had prepared for between 15l/100km and 20l/100km from my reading on the holden motor, so I was pleasantly surprised.

Landy Lessons Learnt on this Leg:

1. The faster you drive your Landy (or the steeper the hill) the less conducive it is for conversation in the cabin; and

2. [As a consequence of going slower in your Landy,] You get to see more of the beautiful countryside, and beautiful it is in Tasmania.

One mechanical issue raised its head on this leg. At speed, generally in third or fourth gear under power (generally going up hills), it felt like clutch was slipping. This problem had me a little worried for the rest of the trip because I couldn't figure it out. There was no issue at low revs or low gears. [I discovered, once back in Brissy, that that the metering plates in the carby had been put on backwards and when under load the 202 was being starved of fuel. Made a massive difference in performance [for a Landy] once this issue was sorted.]

Before we landed in St Helens we stopped in Pyengana to pick up some cheese to go with all the wine we had picked up. After all, we needed to start drinking it, all that added weight was affecting the performance of the Landy...

Pictures
Josef Chromy


Jansz


Good average speed.....


Plenty of this happened...


Picking up 'consumables'

Originally Posted by MarknDeb

Gday Chad I only just saw the thread as I have not been on for a while, welcome to the island mate, hows the trip going, where are you now mate

G'day mate,

Sadly we are back in Brissy now. But we have begun plotting our return. We really enjoyed our time down there!

Originally Posted by Chad79

G'day mate,

Sadly we are back in Brissy now. But we have begun plotting our return. We really enjoyed our time down there!

Mate we came on holidays back in Dec 09 and fell in love with the place went back to Brisbane sold up and moved, still love it and will only be back in Brissy for visits never to live again

C'mon Chad your a bit slow with your typing.
I am enjoying the your account of the journey around the Apple Isle in the Landy and almost one month between episodes is a bit suspenseful to say the least.
Great story and 17 miles per gallon in that terrain is a reasonable fuel economy.


Cheers, Mick.

Agreed, I was impressed with the fuel economy. My old 109 w/186 only ever got 18L/100km on a REALLY good day. It only got worse from there on in...

Originally Posted by mick88

C'mon Chad your a bit slow with your typing.
I am enjoying the your account of the journey around the Apple Isle in the Landy and almost one month between episodes is a bit suspenseful to say the least.
Great story and 17 miles per gallon in that terrain is a reasonable fuel economy.


Cheers, Mick.

Re slow typing - No one knows this better than me Mick. Not only haven't I been able to keep up with writing this thread - I haven't even started the Landy for a month! Hopefully things settle down soon and I keep this thread moving!

Originally Posted by debruiser

Agreed, I was impressed with the fuel economy. My old 109 w/186 only ever got 18L/100km on a REALLY good day. It only got worse from there on in...

That was up there with one of the worst fuels numbers for the trip. Mainly, I think, due to the hilly country. It generally pulled better numbers (I think we averaged 15l/100km for the trip). Having said that though, we generally maxed out at 85-90km/h - so not sure if this had a lot to do with the good figures.