hidden_hunter

Where can I get housing that cheap… like our Canadian friends our politicians have firmly planted their foot on the gas pedal to inflate property price. Big enough block for a shed, in a good area even in a 100k pop regional town is pushing a million these days here

I flicked through my parts book and it looks like the type 59 was when a major redesign occurred and then again for the type 61

I’ll check my parts book when I’m next able to, but are you talking about the pin that goes from the pedal? It’s about an inch long, with a point on it and a flat cut out of it (could be a change in newer cars) otherwise I’m not sure which bolt you’re referring to but I’ll check my book

Can you take a photo of the piece that’s sheared? at least on the type 61 there isn’t much that would prevent removal from the car

It’s what I had on hand

Thought I'd provide an update, we managed to get it going The culprit appears to have been the cork gasket, we switched to a paper one and recut it and is filling correctly once more Thanks for all the advice everyone

My modern station wagon gets around 23mpg mixed use and spirited driving it drops to just over 10

I figure 8-12mpg in the Cadillac

Alright got a bit of time this arvo and took the tank apart verified that the float is in the centre hole and moving freely sprayed wd40 around all the connections to see if it’s sucking anything in (couldn’t see any) cleaned the tank mating surface and made sure it was flat Still no luck

Just tried it by blowing through the fuel hole and moving the float up and down, seems to be sealing ok and moving freely It looks like I’ve got the hole in the right place on the gasket but I might try poking it through with some fencing wire to check it’s clear

Some great suggestions, I’ll see if I get a chance to try them out this week and report back

It just drains the vac tank, it’s not refilling it - is that still the expected behavior? I have a 1.6mm cork gasket on the lid and the banjo fitting has a fibre washer either side. Could either of those be the culprit?

Yep cleaned it all out, totally clean Haven’t done it for a while but was all within a couple of psi for all cylinders Thanks Roger, I think that’s what my next step is

Hi team, Bit of a strange one, I’m having a few issues with my vacuum tank on the 1926 standard. It had been running perfectly for a number of years From what I can tell it’s not making vacuum from the manifold (but my diagnoses could be wrong) what I’ve tried was 1) replacing all the gaskets 2) reseat everything 3) checked all parts moved in the lid 4) pushed gas through from the rear gas tank using air (so lines are clear) 5) blown out all the lines 6) manually filling the vac tank with gas it runs perfectly until it runs dry I can’t think of anything else to check but it all seems to point to lack of vacuum but not sure what would cause that any suggestions?

The fun of an old car for me is working on it, $150k pays for a lot of tools and jobs that are either too hard or make a hash of

Cable lube can also help

Best wishes for a speedy recovery from all of down under

I'm trying to stay within about a 10 hour flight from Melbourne so it rules out the mainland - we like a bit of variety when we're traveling so some history/scenary/shopping. Some of the pacific islands are really nice but dont' really have that variety (e.g new caladonia has fantastic beaches but history wise there isn't much to see)

I’m not necessarily trying to be cheap, more work out value for money most of the travel agents around here are pretty bad, they just tell you to go places they or their company get kickbacks from

The food looks pretty reasonable/cheap compared to what we pay in Australia so not too worried about that - it’s mostly the accomodation that seems to be really pricey (relative to everything else) We’ve travelled the mainland fairly extensively at this point so mostly looking to do thing specific to Hawaii rather than generic US things (I’m up to about 30 states now…)

Hi guys, A bit off topic with this one, but I'm planning out a trip for my wedding anniversay and have been thinking about a trip to Hawaii and was wondering if any locals had any pointers Firstly are there any antique car must seen sights? The aircraft museum and of course pearl harbour will be must sees The prices of hotels around Waikiki seems ludicrously expensive, is there anywhere max 30-45 mins drive that are reasonablely priced that people would recommend? (that then don't have a parking fee that makes it just as expensive...) We've got a 3 year old so we're trying to find a suite where he can go to sleep and we're not forced to go to bed at 7pm

I never understood why it has such a crazy effect on prices, i'm just like huh cool but doesn't really change much for me

playing video games online in the early 2000's....

Do you currently have a broken one? most hear riser systems are bypassed as they’re not required these days

Have done paypal numerous times on the forums, I suspect being around on here for a few years does help a little bit with people not thinking you're a scammer (getting stuff car shipped here from other places you generally have to use a forwarder)