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Well the Australia day meet has come and gone and was a very good test to see how Bruce's heart transplant has gone...... I must say very well indeed.
The drive up was perfect with Growler and I both having accurate digital temp gauges and comparing notes and also comparing with AB's intercooler and Daz was overheating so not much to compare there.
My water temps were very good towing a trailer going up those long hills in NSW on a pretty hot day with temps peaking once at 99 degrees once and the rest of the time averaging 94 on the big hills.
Intercooler temps were never a problem but AB's one the day in that department with about 60 degrees on average cooler than Growler and myself.
The car was a smooth as a babies bum and I could not fault it.
On the drive home both water and intercooler temps were affected.. the water temps were about 2 degrees higher but still managed to not go over 99 degrees and the intercooler was the same but took longer to come down.. upon inspection the intercooler was blocked up a bit and the radiator will have to come out again to be cleaned properly as there is a fair bit of crap jammed around the bottom and the compressed air cannot get to it.
At the Meet up I did have some problems only to do with being a child and playing in the mud ... I snapped an alternator belt just as I got back to camp and wondered why I lost brake pedal and clutch and my first assumption was a vacuum leak.
When I replaced the belt (thanks to Winnie and offers from 500 others.) I must have pulled the small vacuum hose off and with higher revs brakes and clutch were not a problem but as I got home I had no brakes at all.
My rear brakes also got stuck on a number of time and after a couple of hits with a hammer they freed up but I am thinking the problem lies with the brake bias as it seems the rears are working way too hard and the fronts are not even warm when I check them?
I have just spent nearly 2 hours unpacking and cleaning the inside only and will head off to get filthy cleaning the outside...yuck!!
After this trip I am convinced of the TD42 with a turbo and would swear buy it.
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