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ToranaGuy wrote: 20+ years means it's time to say stuff it & just keep doing it. Too late now to stop!  Timken do make good bearings, but I have never had a problem with repco wheel bearings to be honest. Failed bearing I had was a cbc packaged kit. Make sure you take a RACV/NRMA/Whatever group card with you if you don't have a trade card, so you can get 10% off the price if they are not already on sale. (I can't remember what is & isn't on sale week to week lol). If you don't have a cash trade card, ask the guys/girls behind the counter for a form to get one, you do enough work on your car's to warrant it. If you want to know a bit more about a cash trade card, pm me. Cheers ToranaGuy Thanks mate, I will deffinately look into this. I have spent a bit at Repco lately! Cheers, Mick
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Not happy Jan!
   Upper Ball Joint rooted......lowers not much better!  This is the spindle assembly from the DC......what it should look like! 
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NCIILANE wrote: Time to hand the wagon over to the professionals from now on.......I couldn't live with myself if a component failure which could have been picked up by a licenced mechanic was missed by me and the result was the loss of a family member or other innocent party. you should know by now no-one takes as much pride in their work then the owner of the car im sick of having to redo jobs that i paid some other useless prick to do
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EVL098 wrote: One thing I have noticed on here is a lot of members seem to work on the principle of fix it when it breaks not before it does..... .....In all seriousness its not dear to pull the front end down and replace everything one parts starts failing. If one bit lets go and the car has some k's on it the rest of the stuff is soon to follow. because that defeats the purpose of owning an older car example, my father in law drives a 310,00km AUII Futura, pensioner, does not spend a cent on it at all since he bought it 4 years ago. It drives great, does the job even though it needs some work here and there and here i am with my new AUII Ghia low kms, im replacing everything that looks shot whilst doing necessary repairs, spending a friggin heap, honestly after the coin im spending i could finance another couple k and buy something alot better  moral is, idiots spend money on cars, the smart ones drive them into the ground, then polish them up before sale and make their money back |
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Got stuck into the DC today! Not much left of her now! Interior except the dash gutted, front guards, doors and boot lid off. Now I just have to get the dash, full wiring loom and the motor and box out and the shell will be off to scrap. Bit of a pity really, the shell turns out to be almost perfect.......not a spot of rust anywhere, not even in the sills or rear dog legs
 Pity I need to clear the space, or I would just hang onto it and perhaps rebuild it from a bare shell up. Must admit, it has been fun pulling it apart........not so sure it would be as easy putting it all back together again 
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Well, it seems my love of the old LWB boxcar's has rubbed off on my daughters boyfriend. He just picked up a mint NC Fairlane for $500 (requires blue slip), but from the pic's he's shown me, it looks pretty tidy! No prizes for guessing what colour it is
 Time to upgrade the security on my parts shed me thinks 
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Where do you guys keep finding these?
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awesome stuff... shame about the DC shell.. i still think you should make a fairwagon.. you have panels in the correct colour
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NCIILANE wrote: Well, it seems my love of the old LWB boxcar's has rubbed off on my daughters boyfriend. He just picked up a mint NC Fairlane for $500 (requires blue slip), but from the pic's he's shown me, it looks pretty tidy! not sure if i read that properly did the bloke buy $500 worth of Mint's........ or did he pay $500 for a mint Ford?
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He's just on his P's, so it's a 4.0l. The mint bit is open to interpretation. But $500 seems to be a fair price regardless, we'll just have to wait and see how much difference there is between what a 17yo considers to be "mint" condition and what I feel it's worth.
And a big NO Huggie, there will be no frankenstein creations happening with the wife's wagon. I think the fairwagon's are just plain but ugly! I probably won't see it until he get's the thing registered anyway. I have already had the daughter and him both hassling me to bring it here so "he" can work on it............not gunna happen champ!
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Ash wrote: Talk about him doing his best to get into his girlfriend's Dad's good books. Watch that boy Mick, next he'll be moving in lol. That's funny stuff there Ash. NCIILANE -> I'd say that for the money, if the blue slip list isn't very long it's probably going to be a good car, but unless it was from some old dude who drove it to church on sundays & didn't park next to anyone, it won't be "mint"..... Cheers ToranaGuy
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maybe it was "mint" to be better than it is!
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Ash wrote: Talk about him doing his best to get into his girlfriend's Dad's good books. Watch that boy Mick, next he'll be moving in Don't worry Ash. That topic has already been raised and shut down just as quickly...........not gunna f**k happen as long as I am alive and kicking! Made that pretty clear I think 
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Ash wrote: Oh no. Still a few years until I get to this stage with my kids but I am not looking forward to it at all! Don't get me wrong, he's a good kid, but I look forward to the day my kids leave the nest, not bring there mates back here to roost
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Ash wrote: WOW! What a beast.....and how about that track 265 top speed in a big tank....not bad at all!And how about that pic! I like....I like very much
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