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HOTFR8 · May 19, 2015

Just going off topic for a little here and the reason why I did not sort out the enclosed car trailer brake issue over the weekend as I was involved with National Motoring Heritage day here in Castlemaine.

View media item 50804This was my pick of the day and he went home with a bag of goodies.

We had two Presidents Choice Trophies.
View media item 50805President of the Castlemaine Historic Vehicle Club chose this International.

View media item 50808President of the Castlemaine Rod Club chose this Pontiac.

View media item 50809How often do you see a Lotus parked beside a P76 Leyland ?
Well both got a long distance goodie bag. Neither had met before and they both came from the west of the state. P76 was from Warracknabeal and the Lotus from Rainbow. Both had traveled along way for the day.

View media item 50806This Mini Mack was built by an Artist and we invited him to the event for the day.

View media item 50810There is my International in the background first in and last to leave. I busted the zipper on the canvas cover on the back but managed to fix that. Lucky I did not need anything out of the back.

View media item 50807My F4 (HOTFR-8) with the trade trailer. I took the trade trailer with Bollards and flags to coordinate the parking as they drove in as it was easier to carry them in the trailer than the back of the International. (see that zipper was a pest).

Now back on topic as I would have taken the enclosed car trailer with the 1923 T Roadster if I had the brakes working so now I am working on those lights and I have to get back to the brakes when the weather improves and maybe next year I will get the Truck to tow the Roadster to the event.

Once again Hewie looked after the weather for the National Motoring Heritage day but is not looking after it for me to sort out the enclosed car trailer brakes.

Nursepeter1973 · May 19, 2015

I'd love either of those top two utes... I can only dream I guess

HOTFR8 · May 19, 2015

As I said the Jailbar was my pick.

Whilst I am still off topic I found a mention of my work on the Davies Craig Website today as to how I fitted the electric water pump on my XP Falcon sedan and how I resolved the heat soak issue. The photos are out of date so I sent them some new ones and you can read the post on that site here > http://daviescraig.com.au/blog/one-of-our-customers-was-happy-to-share although they need to update it a little more.

HOTFR8 · May 19, 2015

9mm of rain here again over night so again to wet to be trying to do anything out side. Checked a couple of suppliers for lights so it now looks like I have to make a trip to Bendigo to find them.

metalhead140 · May 19, 2015

Thanks for the pictures of the show, looks like a good turnout and some neat cars. Good luck with the weather and getting the trailer and lights sorted.

1/2 Cup · May 19, 2015

Fantastic pictures of the your National Motoring Heritage Day HOTFR8 :thumbup:

Not a lot of rain here, 2mm at best most of the grain growers are screaming for it.

Regards

HOTFR8 · May 20, 2015

Back in post #522 I posted a photo showing how I fitted a Davies Craig Electric water pump to the V8 in my Falcon sedan. This information has now been shared on the Davies Craig web site. Just shows some very simple fabrication can fix a problem easily. I would post a link to it but they mistakenly used the wrong photos so this is my photo again.
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HOTFR8 · May 23, 2015

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Perfect weather here today although a frost this morning. I hooked up the trailer and reset all the brakes and away I went. Had to configure the settings high even with the trailer empty but it worked.

:sad:

The sad thing now is I know I have a fault in the International to sort out before I can tow the trailer with it again. I am sure once I get to it that it will be something simple.

I still have to replace those brake tail lights as well in my other trailer and on the back of HOTFR-8 when I find some more.

akdiesel · May 23, 2015

HOTFR8

Yeah need to get those tail lights fixed on the HOTFR-8 since that is all they will be seeing anyways.
Love those older trucks. Nice pics.

HOTFR8 · May 26, 2015

I have some new lights today. Different pattern in the LED and a different plug as well but they look like they should all fit into place. I'll post more when I have them fitted up.

HOTFR8 · May 27, 2015

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I fitted up the new stop tail lights to both the trade trailer and the F4 truck. They had to be a different shape and have a different lead with a plug but all went together and worked OK. The difference did mean they had to be harder to fit up but then what else would you expect when you have to change to something new. The lights sure look better now on the F4 and the trade trailer looks just as good.

Carves · May 27, 2015

geeez ... you coulda taken more than just one piccy of the much maligned P76 ..

Would have been a good vehicle if it had been given 1/2 a chance ... One I had for a while was quite OK.

Your Inter looks good sitting amongst all the others .... Sort of in a class of its own .. :thumbup:

HOTFR8 · May 27, 2015

Carves said:
geeez ... you coulda taken more than just one piccy of the much maligned P76 ..

Would have been a good vehicle if it had been given 1/2 a chance ... One I had for a while was quite OK.

Your Inter looks good sitting amongst all the others .... Sort of in a class of its own ..

I did not have much time that day to take many photos being a member of both clubs and one of the main organizers of the day.

On a side not the car trailer runs all P76 wheels all 6 plus two spares and I ran into trouble one day as I had a Ford Falcon wheel with the same pattern that did not fit. So I had to find and I now have all Leyland P76 wheels on the enclosed car trailer.

As for the International truck you do not see many in as good as condition as mine so it does stand out. I still have to find out what is wrong with the electric brake controller in the Inter.

I had a good look in the dark and the new LED's stand out 100% better than the ones I replaced on the F4.

HOTFR8 · Jun 3, 2015

Here is a link to the Davies Craig Web site on the fitting of the electric water pump to my Falcon.

> http://daviescraig.com.au/blog/one-of-our-customers-was-happy-to-share

HOTFR8 · Jul 1, 2015

HOTFR8 said:
The sad thing now is I know I have a fault in the International to sort out before I can tow the trailer with it again. I am sure once I get to it that it will be something simple.

Brake controller in the International failed and being a Kelsey-Hayes unit it looks like I can not replace it.

Not as simple as I expected as the Kelsey-Hayes unit looks like it is no longer made.

Oh well at least I know the electric trailer brakes are not at fault and do work with the F4.

Edit note: I have been told I have to up the power with the brake controller on the F4 so I again have to reset it all so the trailer brakes harder.

1/2 Cup · Jul 2, 2015

What a shame that you can't get replacements for the controller, are there any electronics gurus in your neck of the woods that can help?

Regards

HOTFR8 · Jul 2, 2015

Spotted one on E Bay for $30-00 but it is not worth the risk. Looking at a Redarc as a possible replacement as it is Aussie made. For the price of a new brake controller I am best to toss out the old one no one wastes time trying to fix something like that any more.

HOTFR8 · Jan 6, 2016

Found a few old photos today in relation to another topic.
This was during the build and some years ago now. Hard to believe the F4 has been on the road since late 2009.
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1/2 Cup · Jan 6, 2016

Thanks for sharing HOTFR8.

I sure looks different. :thumbup:

HOTFR8 · Jan 6, 2016

1/2 Cup said:
Thanks for sharing HOTFR8.

I sure looks different.

All we had to load it was a hand winch. :sad:

Never expected it would do the job and it failed. I can add I should never have let that fellow do any work on it as the Air Con and LPG have been a headache in the past. Still all resolved now and all in the past. Still the photos are history and that trailer is massive.

gf0012-aust · Jan 22, 2016

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very nice shot.... I remember seeing an XP in NSW a few years back that had a ZH fairlane nose and grille grafted on.... seemed to work even though it was way out of keeping in period. good to see the corporate colours across your "fleet"

HOTFR8 · Jan 23, 2016

gf0012-aust said:
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very nice shot.... I remember seeing an XP in NSW a few years back that had a ZH fairlane nose and grille grafted on.... seemed to work even though it was way out of keeping in period. good to see the corporate colours across your "fleet"

All but one have the fleet colors. The International is still PMG red.

HOTFR8 · Sep 2, 2016

View media item 63478This has appeared in another of my topics but should appear here.
I have been asked if I can reproduce it in real life so who knows what may happen.

HOTFR8 · Nov 4, 2016

A couple of outings recently still turning heads with that distinctive Cummins sound and the looks of the vehicle.

Ravenswood Cruise night 29th October.
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View media item 649603rd November. Invited to the Autopro store 4th Birthday sale. Still turns heads. Got a few bargains and plenty of freebies as well. Truck was on display with a few others in the back room come workshop.

Roberts210 · Nov 4, 2016

What a great job you've done. Aren't Cummins' the best!! I've got 376,*** miles on my '95 Dodge/Cummins and it's never let me down.

HOTFR8 · Nov 4, 2016

My good friend at Cummins has been moved on to a better job and even though this was some time ago now we still keep in touch. He is now the manager for Cummins New Zealand. Next week I must send him a copy of that photo.

sean Buick 76 · Dec 6, 2016

WOW this is amazing I love it!! In my next life I will live in Australia for sure!

Bill Bowman · Dec 6, 2016

Very nice!

HOTFR8 · Dec 6, 2016

sean Buick 76 said:
WOW this is amazing I love it!! In my next life I will live in Australia for sure!

Why do you need to live in Australia? You could build something like this no matter where you live.

Bill Bowman said:
Very nice!

Thank you.

HOTFR8 · Mar 28, 2017

1/2Cup posted in the Aussie - Kiwi Social group about an Auction with collectable items so I decided to have a look and about the 4th photo I spotted this.

Well who would have believed it that the tin with the truck on it was already a collectable item.

C_F · Mar 29, 2017

Cool, your truck is famous! Now you just need to find the matching lunch box.

HOTFR8 · Mar 29, 2017

C_F said:
Cool, your truck is famous! Now you just need to find the matching lunch box.

Plenty of the biscuit tins getting round. More have seen the tin than the truck. :lol:

1/2 Cup · Mar 30, 2017

HOTFR8 said:
1/2Cup posted in the Aussie - Kiwi Social group about an Auction with collectable items so I decided to have a look and about the 4th photo I spotted this.

Well who would have believed it that the tin with the truck on it was already a collectable item.

HOTFR8, way to cool.. :thumbup:

HOTFR8 · Mar 30, 2017

1/2 Cup said:
HOTFR8, way to cool..

I still can not believe you did not see it.

HOTFR8 · Apr 2, 2017

Eventually things give up. I have only had to jump start the truck once since I have built it but over the weekend I had to jump start it a couple of times. I do not own a battery load tester so today I paid a visit to the local garage and had them load test both batteries. Both had dropped to a 1/4 of what they should be so time to replace them. Now the thing is here the vehicle is kept on a battery tender when not in use and the batteries are as old as this topic. Yes they are a couple of months short of being ten years old so I think that is pretty good going.

1/2 Cup · Apr 2, 2017

HOTFR8, that's a great run out of your batteries.. :thumbup:

HOTFR8 · Apr 2, 2017

Yes very impressed as they are only five months short of being in the truck for ten years.
Shows a good battery tender works well but at the same time running the Marine style battery also helped as they are the locally made Bond battery.

HOTFR8 · Apr 4, 2017

Put in two new batteries today and I expect them to last just as long. Went for a good long drive out to a mates workshop and well that felt great to be out for a drive.

Next on the agenda was to work out why the overdrive would not engage. Have checked out the wiring controls and they work. Oil in the unit is not dirty so that was good sounds like it is working but will not stay engaged in over drive so looks like that means in the next few weeks it will have to come out for a closer inspection.

Just when I was looking forward to taking it to another Street Rod Nationals. :sad:

1/2 Cup · Apr 4, 2017

HOTFR8, sounds like nothing that a good inspection and service wouldn't fix fingers crossed.

All the best for the Nationals :thumbup:

As usual we are looking forward to your pics.. :thumbup:

Regards

HOTFR8 · Apr 4, 2017

Sadly that closer inspection will mean we have to remove it from the truck. The electric motor is engaging but what it has to drive is not moving. We have checked every thing we can at this point in time. Vehicle can still be driven but without the overdrive it is a little limited to 80 KPH so not practical on the highway.

Nationals will just see me in the XP Falcon or the daily driver depending on how busy the Trade Stand is.

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