Thread: Pink slip for my 2a

Yesterday took my 2a into Dubbo for a pink slip (annual roadworthiness inspection for non-NSW residents). While in the parking lot at Orana Mall I was accosted by a man who said he was starting work on a S1. I suggested this forum to him.

The inspection was a non-event - I had gone over it carefully ahead of time and given it a bath in preparation, so I did not expect any issues.

While there I mentioned to the mechanic that I had a fuel leak from the injection pump on my tractor, and he suggested seeing Dubbo Diesel Service, just round the corner. They sold me a gasket kit for the pump and advised how to do it.

The fun part was on the way home. I had driven in through a neighbour's place (7-gates), but planned to return my usual way seeing that National Parks advised me the previous day that the damage done to the road by RFS had been repaired. However, I found the road still barricaded off, and when I tried an alternative route it was blocked by a large fallen tree. So I had to go back almost to Dubbo to return the way I went in. When I sat down to pen (or keyboard) an irate email to National Parks, I found an email saying what they told me was wrong.

Also found when I got home that I could not unlock the passenger door. This vehicle has the S3 anti-burst locks, and it proved impossible to unloack either by the locking toggle inside or the key from outside. This morning I took to it with a foot of 2x2 and a hammer on the toggle, and it unlocked. Spraying WD40 through every hole and opening in the lock has it apparently behaving properly, although I have to wonder for how long.

Having lived (and had vehicles registered in Qld, NT, NSW, and Vic, I could not agree more. It is a nice little money spinner for mechanics though!

And as for roadworthy 'moments', one of my more memorable ones was being able to point out to the constable sitting at the wheel of a police car parked nose in in Dubbo that the front tyre that was on display for all to see as they walked along the footpath was obviously and legally bald.