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Re: Little workshop of horrors
Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2018 5:44 pm
by Dazza92VP
Yea truck was full loaded with avgas big twin steering 8x4 FYH for a couple of weeks we weren’t allowed to do basically any welding in the workshop as it was full while we worked on it think it had 18t of fuel on board. Driver reckons he sucked up a bit of the seat cover when it went off stopped and blocked up the only bridge on and off an island
Re: Little workshop of horrors
Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2018 7:49 pm
by firebug
I've been around trucks for a long time, never have I seen aftermath that extensive...
Re: Little workshop of horrors
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2018 12:49 pm
by Charlescrown
Wow my first words were the same as vlads. I know diesels don't like dribbly injectors but that is extreme.
Re: Little workshop of horrors
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2018 1:06 pm
by immortality
Dazza92VP wrote:Yea truck was full loaded with avgas big twin steering 8x4 FYH for a couple of weeks we weren’t allowed to do basically any welding in the workshop as it was full while we worked on it think it had 18t of fuel on board. Driver reckons he sucked up a bit of the seat cover when it went off stopped and blocked up the only bridge on and off an island
Surprised they left the trailer with you, it's a lot of $$$ left sitting idle.
Re: Little workshop of horrors
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 11:18 am
by Gareth
So I’ve got a VS Grange that’s been in storage for a while and I’ve recently got it out, had old fuel and ran with a miss, added fresh fuel and pulled the plugs for a look, I found three different part number NGK plugs fitted to it, FFS....
Re: Little workshop of horrors
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 11:26 am
by vlad01
well if it had aftermarket seats with wood blocks and self tappers holding them it, the spark plug mismatch will be the tip of the iceberg.
Re: Little workshop of horrors
Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2018 8:10 am
by Gareth
Re: Little workshop of horrors
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2018 2:05 pm
by Gareth
And just when I was starting to think that I’d seen it all this comes along...
Re: Little workshop of horrors
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2018 2:59 pm
by immortality
Needs a little work on the hand stitching
Re: Little workshop of horrors
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2018 8:29 pm
by FXST02
Looks factory