Thread: Operation Ralph!

Duct tape? Sounds fine to me - don't you know you can fix anything with duct tape & chewing gum? ;P Oh, and if you want to be really, really s***-hot mechanic, you could use BP's! It's the Qld. way, mate!

Have you got him into work yet? I'm still working on swmbo re. the S3 (I was hoping Mum would be on-side but she turns out to think I'm NUTS!). If I win, I was thinking to borrow / rent a trailer to bring the S3 home - in which case there'd probably be time to move Ralph too if you wanted?

Fresh as of 5 minutes ago, petrol 1963 model.
Below the dash panel you can see two buttons, the smaller, upper one to the right of the hand throttle is the pull-out choke, the lower larger is the start button.

Originally Posted by isuzutoo-eh

Fresh as of 5 minutes ago, petrol 1963 model.
Below the dash panel you can see two buttons, the smaller, upper one to the right of the hand throttle is the pull-out choke, the lower larger is the start button.

Thanks Mark, John that's great.
Mine is a diesel, but I take it the key on the headlight switch isolates the ignition system so the push button start is inoperative?

Originally Posted by ezyrama

Thanks Mark, John that's great.
Mine is a diesel, but I take it the key on the headlight switch isolates the ignition system so the push button start is inoperative?

No. The ignition switch does not isolate the starter switch, which is always live - it works directly on the heavy wire form the battery to the starter with no solenoid.

The diesel has a more or less conventional key operated switch located on the subpanel where the choke is on isuzutoo-eh's picture, with the stop knob next to it. The diesel has no key switch in the headlight switch. The diesel does have a conventional solenoid on the starter.

John

John, if you look at the last post on page 2of this blog, 2nd photo fro the left. is that the way it is supposed to be then.

Yes, except that is not the original key switch. The original, which directly switches a heavy current for the heater plugs, has a receptacle a bit like a wing nut that the key goes into so that the switch can require a lot of pressure without risk of breaking the key. The blanking plug to the right of the key switch in the photo is where the engine stop control goes.

Thanks John.

Knocked off early the other day (1st time in yonks) and pulled the tub off Ralph. I pressure cleaned the chassis, gearbox and transfer case. Cant believe how good a condition the chassis is in compared to Smeg. I went down to the show @ Castle Hill in Sydney last weekend and it has got me champing at the bit to get cracking on Ralph, so this weekend it's all about stripping and painting the chassis, clipping up the wiring loom to the rear of the car and making a start on priming and painting the repaired bulkhead after I pull off all the fuel filters and wiring harness. I have attached a couple of photo's from Castle Hill. My favourite is the firefly, I keep threatening SWMBO to buy one and make her come for a drive with my on weekends.
Cheers Ian