145s ramblings

As I wait for a time to do the trip back south with the 145s Ive been fiddling and fixing.
First the manifold as in the previous post.
Still working well.
Carbs need to be running a bit leaner bu that can wait for Tassie.

Then the instrument lights.
The dimmer was stuffed!


So I eventually bypassed it by linking the wires 1 and 13

it worked



Then I fitted an extra spotlight.



Then I swapped out the small wheel for a 72 wheel from my 164.



The small wheel was crazy with no power stearing and looked stupid



So much nicer to drive in town.
Now to fit a 164 alternator.

Got 24+ mpg on the drive to Oatlands - 1000km approx

164 140 wheels

Cant remember where I got this info but it was buried in my notes - credit to whoever wrote it - I just recompiled!

I was trying to identify the 5.5 inch wheels under my shed.

The part numbers are stamped on the wheels, even when the sizes aren't. 

P/N 688140-3 are the 15 x 4.5 inch wide, 5 x 114.3 PCD wheels, with 40mm negative offset (40 ET). Early 140 / 164 and P1800s with drum brake rear axles used this PCD.

P/N 684000-3 are the 15 x 5 inch wide, 5 x 108 PCD wheels, with 40mm negative offset (40 ET). These are the steel 140-style wheels you'll see around most often.

5 x 108 is also known as the "HG Holden bolt pattern". 

P/N 684001-1 are the 15 x 5.5 inch wide, 5 x 108 PCD wheels, with 40mm negative offset (40 ET).
Found on 1800s and 164s, '71 to '74.

P/N 1221462 are 1975 164 wheels, which are 15 x 5.5 inch wide, 5 x 108 PCD wheels with 25mm negative offset (25ET). (Anybody with the pdf copy of the 164 Parts Manual dated 1975-03 won't find this part number on Sida 2 of Grupp 6, since it appears to have fallen off the end of the page - but the p/n is in the the Numerical Register. These wheels were are one-year-only special).

164e mobile again.

This car feels strong.

Wheels off brake lines flushed and rear brake lines (rubber) replaced as they were original and blocked.

Brakelines were refilled with Nulon fluid as it is full of corrosion inhibitor and should prevent this stuff happening

After much flushing all brakes were freed. All need new seals but that can wait till i have them in hand.

Unrully idle was overcone by twiddlig the connections to these temp and warmup switch.

Then I drove round the garden testing the brakes and cluch.

Left hooked to a battery minder full of fuel preservative. (supercheap).

Next a windowscreen and a drive to the rego man

164 going :-)

2015

Here comes I head between legs......
Its now running - 
Strange draining the tank to get the stale fuel out. leaves the tank empty.
Cars don't run on an empty tank...

Talk about dumb - too many projects on the go in parallel. 

Now to tidy up my install of the holden fuel pump and reposition the fuel filter under the bonnet.
And fill the car with 98 octane fuel and fuel preservative.

Some time later 2019
still in Qbyn

It lives! Thanks to he who shall not be named who came up from Launceston to give me a second eye. We found the pipes were all blocked from the tank to engine! Thought I had unblocked before but.. add some high pressure air and the blockage came out - all over me of course. Then with the pump wired the right way it just started.
Now I move on the releasing the brakes and fitting 5.5inch wheels. Oh and "leatherique" on the spare leather seats.  

144 Roadtrip.

Drive to Melbourne

Be boring if I just said - well it was a 700km drive so what! But it was.

 Bugger
Mileages were ineresting;
At holbrook it was getting    11.8 l/100km (what a shit measurment)
Launceston        10.57 l/100km
sat on 100 to 110 prefered 103kmp                                        

Ferry

 I'm boring and love the ferry. Sleep and food is great. We were on level 1 with the 144 as my wife (the owner) requested.
First on last off and no caravans to booggy with.

Performance

 Faultless I cant see why people buy new cars. Sorry wait till electic is worth having. Till then a decent 1970's car will do.

Bloody Manifolds

My 145s has spent some time in Queanbeyan as I tried to move house to Queensland and sort the "phut phut" coming from the manifold.

I think I changed every hose and retightened every clip.

All to no avail!

Then I read that the manifolds with the flappy thing in them were prone to leaking and cracking.

They had...

And the flaps rattled indicating leaks at each end.

So it got replaced with a solid cast iron manifold

George provided the gaskets by overnight post.
Now she runs with out backfiring on log downhills or stalling at traffic lights!