Thread: Introducing DaOot

Well it's been a very busy week with TBC home & visiting rellies and working on DaOot etc.

We changed all of the fluids yesterday which was going swimmingly until TBC mentions from under the car that the drain plug on the overdrive won't tighten up.

Uhoh

Seems he's considerably stronger now....or so he reckons & he's stripped the thread on the body of the overdrive.

It was holding oil so today I rang my great friends over the bridge & asked if there was anything we could do.

I was told to bring it over and leave it there & hopefully they could get to it today.

We're supposed to be leaving for Puckapunyal tomorrow

Anyway we get a call at 16:45 to say she's all fixed now sporting a very stylish Freelander turbo diesel sump plug in the overdrive.

Doesn't go any faster though

Apparently the thread was totally screwed.....see what I did there?


This however highlighted to TBC a situation I've been concerned about for a while "What if something breaks & we're stuck somewhere waiting for parts or something?"

The Army are sticklers for the people being where they're supposed to be at a certain time.

So we've decided to postpone DaOot's departure for a couple of weeks when I can take my time driving her down without a deadline.

(I don't care if I'm stuck somewhere for a few days )

I'm looking forward to the drive & seeing TBC again so soon

Tomorrow's the big day

Heading off early hoping to overnight in Narrabri, then Narrandera the next & Seymour/Puckapunyal by early afternoon Saturday.

I'm really looking forward to the drive.

A few extra days would have been nice but I don't think I've set myself an unrealistic schedule.

I've made a few changes to increase comfort on the way.

Cor, looxury

What are the seat belts mounted to? Particularly the shoulder straps?

Regarding your brake dramas. Long after you got them working, a brake line failed which raises the question, 'was that the source of the air all along?' I ask this after reading/seeing/hearing somewhere that replacing all the metal lines during a restoration of a vehicle this old is a good move because they can become pitted and you really don't know how thin a sidewall is. That would fit in with your failure.

Have a great trip. Safe travels.

keep us up to date on the drive.

Originally Posted by Cannon

Tomorrow's the big day

Heading off early hoping to overnight in Narrabri, then Narrandera the next & Seymour/Puckapunyal by early afternoon Saturday.

I'm really looking forward to the drive.

A few extra days would have been nice but I don't think I've set myself an unrealistic schedule.

I've made a few changes to increase comfort on the way.

I better not show SWMBO the interior shots or Ralph might end up with an interior makeover.
Looks like I might be doing the same trip to Pukka in the next 12 months.
Travel safe.
Cheers Ian

DaOot has been signed, sealed and delivered.

She went fantastically on the way down except for a slight hiccup just outside of Warwick on the first day when she decided to stop.

A nice little chat & away she went again only to stop about 10kms further down the road.

Changed over to the right hand fuel tank & we never had another hiccup.

I guess there maybe a bit of water in that tank or a bit of rubbish but it's up to TBC to look after her now.

I'm sure I'll get the odd phone call though

Here's my trip log & a few happy snaps along the way.

Originally Posted by crackers

What are the seat belts mounted to? Particularly the shoulder straps?

Regarding your brake dramas. Long after you got them working, a brake line failed which raises the question, 'was that the source of the air all along?' I ask this after reading/seeing/hearing somewhere that replacing all the metal lines during a restoration of a vehicle this old is a good move because they can become pitted and you really don't know how thin a sidewall is. That would fit in with your failure.

The seat belts are connected to the panel behind the seats only because when we put the roof back on after summer I couldn't be bothered moving them back to the fittings on the roof.

I never had a brake failure. Had a lot of trouble bleeding but never a failure.