Bloodyaussie's GQ

[Bloodyaussie]

What a day... Bruce is up and running thanks to a new fuel pump George got for me... It is a high flow perfomance pump which I picked up yesterday only to find it was not going to be a quick swap over.

George came round last night and after a short fiddle decided to take it with him and sort during the day.. turns out it was missing the right rubber bit in the bum..

Got a text about 1.30pm saying it was ready and not long after I picked it up and got started on the install... I was rushing as I had kids to pick up and still had shopping to do and also pack for the weekend.

Started the car and the pump sounds very different.. I think it feels a lot better but have only been able to go for short drives while running errands and tomorrow will be the test.

George wants to tune it all when I get back from the trip and also run it on his mates dyno to see what can be had.

The pump is tiny compared to the other.......

[mudnut]

I hope the pump does the job for you. http://www.austtrans.com/catalogues.aspx This mob were very helpful when I was looking at options for when my gearbox died.

[Parksy]

Nice work BA. Hope it sorts out your issue.

With regards to your gearbox issues, what's the condition of the bushes on the end of the gear selector? I know if these are worn it can make gear changes a bit grabby.

[Alitis007]

That base grommet doesn't come in the kit to mount that 38mm pump to a 52mm sender unit

[Bloodyaussie]

Its only logical now


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So just pick one.........

I will just pay with love !!!!! and maybe a few cuddles .....

[Bloodyaussie]

Just got my petrol bill this morning and Mags is getting pretty tired of it... (as am I) not sure how long I can sustain this..

Found out motopass have been charging a $60 late fee, only a day late... thats $120 in the last 2 months in late fees.. they can get faarrked !!!!!!

[rusty_nail]

Just got my petrol bill this morning and Mags is getting pretty tired of it... (as am I) not sure how long I can sustain this..

Found out motopass have been charging a $60 late fee, only a day late... thats $120 in the last 2 months in late fees.. they can get faarrked !!!!!!

whats motopass? is it like e-tag? how much is it costing you weekly to run the troll?

[Bloodyaussie]

whats motopass? is it like e-tag? how much is it costing you weekly to run the troll?

Motopass is a petrol card so Mags can keep tabs on our fuel use so when it comes to tax time she is not trying to find all my scrunched up receipts... think a basic credit card is the go for petrol only?

Last month my bill is $600 for my car alone but its not that its $600 its the fact I have hardly done any km's... I need to start keeping a log book like George does so I can work out exactly where its all going.

The month before my petrol bill combined was over $1100 and that included the Dargo trip and did a lot more km's and was towing a lot that month.

Saw a TD42 on ebay that suits being used as a donor but no turbo for $4700 ????

[rusty_nail]

Motopass is a petrol card so Mags can keep tabs on our fuel use so when it comes to tax time she is not trying to find all my scrunched up receipts... think a basic credit card is the go for petrol only?

Last month my bill is $600 for my car alone but its not that its $600 its the fact I have hardly done any km's... I need to start keeping a log book like George does so I can work out exactly where its all going.

The month before my petrol bill combined was over $1100 and that included the Dargo trip and did a lot more km's and was towing a lot that month.

Saw a TD42 on ebay that suits being used as a donor but no turbo for $4700 ????

yeah wow, thats a big bill. now you know why i passed on the shorty, they petrol and gas was just too uneconomical to run. and gas is just too hard to come by in remote locations. i think between todd and I we spent over $1000 on fuel on the october trip. im under no illusions driving 4wds isnt cheap but that was too much(it worked out at like $200 a day).

i know how much time and effort you have spent getting your current motor working well, and i know some people have suggested it before mate, maybe it is time to cut your losses and sort out the diesel motor. it would cost you more than 4700 tho right? i think rossco said his setup cost around 6K or more?

[Bloodyaussie]

yeah wow, thats a big bill. now you know why i passed on the shorty, they petrol and gas was just too uneconomical to run. and gas is just too hard to come by in remote locations. i think between todd and I we spent over $1000 on fuel on the october trip. im under no illusions driving 4wds isnt cheap but that was too much(it worked out at like $200 a day).

i know how much time and effort you have spent getting your current motor working well, and i know some people have suggested it before mate, maybe it is time to cut your losses and sort out the diesel motor. it would cost you more than 4700 tho right? i think rossco said his setup cost around 6K or more?

Yeah Rossco's was about the $6000 mark but he bought his stuff from Patrolapart and said he thinks buying another car is a better option as there were too many little things that he needed that you dont know about until you are into it.

I need to have a serious talk with Mags...... roll over from the auctions maybe??? I have spent so much on this thing lately.