what for 400,000km service on a Brumby?

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what for 400,000km service on a Brumby?

Post by steptoe » Fri Aug 23, 2013 1:54 pm

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A moment to capture ....gets camera out...gets warning no space ....memory card still in reader at home....BINGO! Reach down and disconnect cable from back of speedo head and wait 'til home :p

The engine has already done 500,000km (last 130,000km in the other Brumby) , just waiting for the rest of it to catch up.

Oil change due at least, gave it a new coil and ignition module and leads recently for good measure, and had the bits anyway

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Lol ...

Post by Bantum » Fri Aug 23, 2013 3:22 pm

:cool: ... Now, how many turns did you really give it on the drill ? ... :p

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Post by NachaLuva » Fri Aug 23, 2013 6:32 pm

steptoe wrote:Image
VERY COOL :cool:
A moment to capture ....gets camera out...gets warning no space ....memory card still in reader at home....BINGO! Reach down and disconnect cable from back of speedo head and wait 'til home :p
Lol
The engine has already done 500,000km (last 130,000km in the other Brumby) , just waiting for the rest of it to catch up.
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Post by tambox » Fri Aug 23, 2013 6:50 pm

Give it a birthday present, clean the instrument cluster:D
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Post by El_Freddo » Fri Aug 23, 2013 7:51 pm

I had a chuckle at the fact you pulled the speedo cable to get this photo. Now it's incorrect!

500k km on the engine, impressive! Been rebuilt I presume?

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Post by Tigger » Fri Aug 23, 2013 7:56 pm

Congratulations on reaching such a great milestone!
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Post by steptoe » Fri Aug 23, 2013 10:10 pm

:) Watch this space for the 500,000 to tick over! I was impressed when i had the cluster out to replace the crash pad with a nice one. The cogs of the speedo was still well greased up - ensuring this cluster keeps ticking over. The original donk engine number seemed to match with another 92 Brumby VIN and eng # wise when compared. Given the amount of black crud encasing the original engine when it came out - it was the original, suspect no work done on it. I scrubbed it to like new, gave it new seals and gaskets and stuck it in the other Brumby to knock up a further 130,000km to hit the 500,000km mark. Nothing on the 800,000km Brumby I know of - working as a delivery ute for a fang mechanic now retired I suspect. Odo did not make it that far - was just averaging 40,000km a year , no engine work at all !!

Bennie, surely, over 400,000km a 20km correction needs to occur to bring things back to true :)

Ha, now that it has been declared disconnected no one could suspect either way if I was stationary or moving when this pic was taken ;)

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Post by Brumby Kid » Wed Aug 28, 2013 8:55 pm

steptoe wrote:Ha, now that it has been declared disconnected no one could suspect either way if I was stationary or moving when this pic was taken ;)
Yeah but being you steptoe you were probably on the freeway, camera in one hand, and a drink in the other lol

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Post by Wooster » Mon Sep 09, 2013 2:19 pm

At 400000K, I suggest she is entitled to a nice cup of tea, a bex powder and a good lay down whenever she likes

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Post by steptoe » Thu Sep 12, 2013 5:16 pm

Not this Brumby, still gets up and boogies - as much as a rebored/cammed EA81 can :)

A regap of the plugs should have been first thing on the cards when chasing a savage low rev/high load flat spot. Took me no more than 15 minutes this arvo, to find the culprit - last plug ya look at as always. Closed the gaps from 0.8mm down to 0.6mm , as I should have done when she went LPG. Found one sitting at 1.0mm. WHUMP gone !

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