Topic: What did you do to your non-motorcycle vehicle today?

[Terry in Australia]

I hate working. There, I've said it, it's fcuking boring, and I'd rather stay in bed. Today wasn't too bad though. I had to move some "special" equipment to an army base an hour and a half from the city, so I took my little truck to work, loaded it up and drove to the base to drop it off. While I was there, I did the unthinkable (no photography allowed) and took a pic of my little truck parked alongside some new "Rheinemetall" HX 8x8 trucks.

All up I did around 160 miles and the truck went like a new one. I refueled it on my way home and was happy enough that it's returning around 30 MPG (Imperial gallon) but I'm waiting for a new MAF sensor to arrive, and hopefully the fuel economy will improve a little more. I was also happy that, after removing the unsightly truck door mirrors and installing new, more attractive quarter vent mirrors, the wind noise that was pissing me off has disappeared.

Triton Friday 2 Sep 2022 1 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

[dave500]

great!now our enemies will think tritons are a secret weapon?so theyll start equipping their armies with them?

[ken65]

lol, good one.

[Terry in Australia]

great!now our enemies will think tritons are a secret weapon?so theyll start equipping their armies with them?

Well, not that we actually have any enemies (everyone loves Aussies, yeah?) they're still using the same engine and drivetrain...... in Chinese vehicles.....

[dave500]

probably whats in our submarines the way that debarcle is going?

[Terry in Australia]

Well the inside scoop is that the French subs were like everything made in France (except their food, which is good) and the frogs are cnuts to do business with Dave, so we're lucky that someone in the ADF had the balls to whisper in the ex-PM's ear and he told that little prick in Paris to piss off. We've swapped out the Peugeot for a Chevrolet, and the Navy dudes are very happy, thank you very much. Well, apparently the new subs are part British too, so hopefully they didn't build the wiring harness or gaskets.......

[dave500]

hopefully not lucas electrics?well i got motivated enough to flush my cars brake fluid,been three years,wasnt black but i couldnt see the bottom of the reserviour with a torch/flashlight through it,i have a good cheap copy vacuum sucker thats a siphon thing powered by your air compressor,had it coupla years works great,fast n easy!works best if you teflon tape the bleeder screw first,that blue haze must be from when i held my foot on the pedal afterwards to be sure its all holding,probably released a little of the old fluid from behind the seals?

[grcamna2]

hopefully not lucas electrics?well i got motivated enough to flush my cars brake fluid,been three years,wasnt black but i couldnt see the bottom of the reserviour with a torch/flashlight through it,i have a good cheap copy vacuum sucker thats a siphon thing powered by your air compressor,had it coupla years works great,fast n easy!works best if you teflon tape the bleeder screw first,that blue haze must be from when i held my foot on the pedal afterwards to be sure its all holding,probably released a little of the old fluid from behind the seals?

Which automobile is that for Dave ?

[dave500]

my old Holden Bill.

[Gurp]

No work. Just drove the 61 to work.
Sooner than I like I won't be driving it due to winter. So trying to get the miles in now.

A local car club is doing a cruise down to Williamson, WV in 2 weeks. Trying to convince the ole lady to ride with me for a date night. They are having a old fashioned cruise in down there.

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[grcamna2]

my old Holden Bill.

Ah yes,that nice classic blue one. 
Show us a pic of it Dave. 

[Terry in Australia]

No work. Just drove the 61 to work.
Sooner than I like I won't be driving it due to winter. So trying to get the miles in now.

A local car club is doing a cruise down to Williamson, WV in 2 weeks. Trying to convince the ole lady to ride with me for a date night. They are having a old fashioned cruise in down there.

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That looks great mate. This winter I bought two different 12V fan heaters for my daily driver (old Subaru) because the aircon died and I needed some extra heat to demist the windscreen, but sadly they're both fcuking useless. It's a pity, because a good 12V heater would be really handy in old cars and trucks in winter, but so far I haven't been able to find one.

[Gurp]

I've been fortunate to have good heat in this. Not lot after I got the truck the radiator started leaking. Instead of taking the 50+ year old part to be sealed, I ordered a new 3 core all aluminum job. Flushed the heater core and block. Really warmed up my winter heat.

It's slow to warm up but keeps it warm enough to drive with the littles down into the 30s. I don't drive it in the snow/salt. Like it to last as long as it can being a old work truck.

[dave500]

here you go Bill!head mechanic at work has a genuine HQ gts four door.

[grcamna2]

Nice looking cars Dave.
Did your Holden come-through with that nice Cyan Blue color ?
Which engine does that man's GTS run ?

[Terry in Australia]

I've been fortunate to have good heat in this. Not lot after I got the truck the radiator started leaking. Instead of taking the 50+ year old part to be sealed, I ordered a new 3 core all aluminum job. Flushed the heater core and block. Really warmed up my winter heat.

It's slow to warm up but keeps it warm enough to drive with the littles down into the 30s. I don't drive it in the snow/salt. Like it to last as long as it can being a old work truck.

Yep as a noob "Little Truck" owner I'm pretty impressed with the heater, and I realised that it's a generic heater used for both the twin cab and single cab versions of my little truck, so the heater works really well. It is the "Poverty Pack" version so no aircon, but I'll drive it on most summer days anyway because I'm not that dependant on aircon, except for demisting my windscreen in winter.

Triton Friday 2 Sep 2022 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

[BenelliSEI]

Our kids and their children spent several days at the farm while we were away on vacation………
Lots of repairs to do! Ripped the back off the “box” on the cart, flat tire, and the left front wheel bearing is shot! I can’t believe the old Yamaha G2 still runs! What a beast!

[BenelliSEI]

Our kids and their children spent several days at the farm while we were away on vacation………
Lots of repairs to do! Ripped the back off the “box” on the cart, flat tire, and the left front wheel bearing is shot! I can’t believe the old Yamaha G2 still runs! What a beast!

“Green Slime” (1/2 bottle) fixed the old tire. Good to go.

[RAFster122s]

John, that's some rough use...what the heck were they doing to have that kind of damage?

[BenelliSEI]

John, that's some rough use...what the heck were they doing to have that kind of damage?

Two kids in the back with their feet pushing against the back board. I added a thicker plank and two metal corner brackets! Tires are old, so too much bouncing around the fields..... my wife and I use a tank of fuel a month. They use one a day!

[Terry in Australia]

That "Slime" is good stuff John, I put it in both tyres on my Yamaha FJR1300 when I got 3 punctures in 2 weeks when I was living in a new housing estate in Canberra and the roads were strewn with screws and nails. Both tyres still had slime in them when I sold the bike 3 years later, with no issues.

Yesterday I used my little truck to drive 80 miles into the countryside to collect the remains of a couple of old BSA C11's. Years ago I bought Spotty's father's C11, which was missing the front end and all of the "tins" so I've been slowly gathering parts for it's eventual restoration. Rob, the guy in the pic who I bought the beeza's from, was very impressed with how clean my little truck was, so I explained that it had been a tray truck when I bought it, but I'd found a NOS tub for it, hence why there was not any damage/rust in the tub.

BSA Saturday 10 Sep 2022 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

The little truck drove like a new one, and nothing fell out of it, so it was a successful parts scrounging mission.

BSA Saturday 10 Sep 2022 4 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

[Gurp]

Yesterday I pulled a rusty hitch off a wrecked Chevy truck. That was a pain laying in a field to do. Stripped rounded bolts and such.
Today I put it on my 3500.
Still need to wire a trailer plug though.

[BenelliSEI]

Yesterday I pulled a rusty hitch off a wrecked Chevy truck. That was a pain laying in a field to do. Stripped rounded bolts and such.
Today I put it on my 3500.
Still need to wire a trailer plug though.

Last time I wired a trailer plug was for my wife’s small SUV. The guy at the parts store suggested a plug in unit. It came the next day with full instructions. Opened up a plug in the main harness in the back and inserted the jumper plug. Snapped it all back together and worked perfectly. Cost a few bucks more, but took 5 minutes to install. Totally waterproof connection, still working great.

[Don R]

 Not mine but I'm doing a 26 hour each way trip to Reno Nv with a friend to pick up an old car. I don't even know what it is. We're roughing it, taking his Tahoe and open trailer instead of his motor home. The trailer is sitting at the farm, I hope the tires are recent.

[Terry in Australia]

Not mine but I'm doing a 26 hour each way trip to Reno Nv with a friend to pick up an old car. I don't even know what it is. We're roughing it, taking his Tahoe and open trailer instead of his motor home. The trailer is sitting at the farm, I hope the tires are recent.

Road trip! That sounds fantastic Don, I presume that the weather there is still good, are you guys gonna drive straight through or stay/camp overnight? While I need to sell off as many as 20 bikes over the next few years I’d love to do a road trip interstate, maybe I should offer to deliver the bikes interstate when I sell them? “Reverse Road Trip”?