2012 FX/FJ Holden nationals at Bathurst NSW
Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 7:45 pm
Hi all
Just recovered from a fantastic few days between christmas and New year at the FX/FJ Holden Nats based at Bathurst showground.
I left Newcastle on Thurs 27th Dec around 8.00am in my FJ ute with 10ft supalite van on behind.
Travelled Via the F3, M2 and M& highways then on up to Katoomba .. across to Bell and on down into Lithgow and over to bathurst.
Arrived about 1.30pm.
After unhooking the van i notoced that the left rear wheel was itting well back in the wheel arch. U bolts had come lose allowing the diff to move back about 1 1/2".
Easy fix .
Had a cruise up around Mt Panorama and a welcoming BBQ on the friday arvo at Mc Phillamy Park.
Saturday was a huge day at the show and shine with 173 Humps present....
Here are few piccies...
Took hundreds of pix... too many to list here..
Left to come home on New years Eve... car had trouble towing the van on the slow climb out of Bathurst. I stopped and checked the brakes ... baked the van brakes off a bit and added1 litre of oil to the gearbox. All went better then.
Climbed up Bells line of Ropad to Bell then cut across Gilberts causeway to Mt Victoria.
Right wheel on van locked up at Blackheath . Done some road side reapirs to free it up. Uneventfull trip all the way back to wityhin 300 metres of my place. Brake pedal went to the floor coming into a roundabout... no brakes at all. managed to get around the roundabout. Pulled up... selected first gear and crawled come.
Broken brake line pipe behind left rear wheel had let all the fluid out....
All fixed now... i am lucky the brakes never gave out cominmg down conrod straight... or.. anywhere else for that matter.
Cheers
Reddo
Just recovered from a fantastic few days between christmas and New year at the FX/FJ Holden Nats based at Bathurst showground.
I left Newcastle on Thurs 27th Dec around 8.00am in my FJ ute with 10ft supalite van on behind.
Travelled Via the F3, M2 and M& highways then on up to Katoomba .. across to Bell and on down into Lithgow and over to bathurst.
Arrived about 1.30pm.
After unhooking the van i notoced that the left rear wheel was itting well back in the wheel arch. U bolts had come lose allowing the diff to move back about 1 1/2".
Easy fix .
Had a cruise up around Mt Panorama and a welcoming BBQ on the friday arvo at Mc Phillamy Park.
Saturday was a huge day at the show and shine with 173 Humps present....
Here are few piccies...
Took hundreds of pix... too many to list here..
Left to come home on New years Eve... car had trouble towing the van on the slow climb out of Bathurst. I stopped and checked the brakes ... baked the van brakes off a bit and added1 litre of oil to the gearbox. All went better then.
Climbed up Bells line of Ropad to Bell then cut across Gilberts causeway to Mt Victoria.
Right wheel on van locked up at Blackheath . Done some road side reapirs to free it up. Uneventfull trip all the way back to wityhin 300 metres of my place. Brake pedal went to the floor coming into a roundabout... no brakes at all. managed to get around the roundabout. Pulled up... selected first gear and crawled come.
Broken brake line pipe behind left rear wheel had let all the fluid out....
All fixed now... i am lucky the brakes never gave out cominmg down conrod straight... or.. anywhere else for that matter.
Cheers
Reddo