the all aussie dribble thread!

[splitpost]

Bought a new o76 in 1985'ish Benn*e and owned it to 2002 when I got an 066. Terrific saw the 076 btw.

Your post made me think back to its habit of smoking its ar*e off when first started after having been sitting for a while, testing the grey matter but I think a couple of weeks or more would bring that about.

It'd always start, but blot out the sun for a minute then totally normal after that.

I remember pulling the plug and it was very oily. All I could think at the time was if it was put away with a fairly high level of fuel the fuel was going into the motor and the petrol evaporating leaving the oil.

Your problem seems similar and it'll be interesting to see what you work out.

That saw also taught me that when checking the spark with the plug resting beside the plug hole for earth don't be surprised when the fuel vapour
ignites............

PS...thinking more, can also remember having to take the plug out to drain oil as it wouldn't turn over due to oil above the piston. Be good to find out.

haha had that happen to me last weekend while working on my brothers promac700,talk about scare the crap out of a bloke ,she flamed up on my work bench whilst checking for spark,i screwwdthe plug back in while she was still on fire and cranked her up.....piece of crap

 

[Creeker]

Whaddya mean piece of crap, spark plug had spark......................lol

 

[postrip]

Hmmmmm, a couple of new projects on the horizon!
I have big plans on the 3120xp, once I bring it back to life.....
The old Stihl 090, has some plans also.... A little trial and error coming up!!!

 

[VinceGU05]

$69 at Bunnings for that saw Vince.

I'm going to go and buy one tonight....it says on the website that this saw is intended for DIY use only. Does that mean you shouldn't lend the saw to anyone, or does it mean if you are a pro it then becomes a pro saw in your hands?

Do you intend porting that saw or running harvester chain on it?

lol yes that is the one.. got it started without the choke on!! thats how forgiving these saws are!! DIY users? bloody oath its for them ********* idiots and yobbos

 

[MCW]

Any aussies on here have a Remington bantam?? I just acquired one from my family, I also acquired a stihl 07, just wondering if anyone has any info on the Remington or maybe even some parts thankyou

Hi mate. Can't say I've ever heard of anybody here talking about a Remington Bantam. I know a few of the American members own then but can't remember who.

 

[MCW]

Finally got my trailer sorted. Checked 7 different places that import hot dipped trailer chassis in from China...quality varies enormously when it comes to the welds. All the chassis I found were pretty much engineered to around 3600kg GVM then just need to sort the suspension, hubs and axles....I went with the 2 ton brake setup (mechanical disks just on the front axle) but upped the axles to 45mm solid and light truck tires. Will be good for 4 ton...5 Cu. Mtrs. to the top of cage...that should do the trick 9x5ft w/400mm sides and 1800mm drawbar.View attachment 428221

Nice trailer mate. I reckon about 2.5 tonne is about all you'll fit in it with wood. I've had mine loaded to the top with dead split Sugar Gum and the best it will net out at over our weighbridge at work is 2.3 tonne. Mines an 8 x 5 though.

 

[chippy]

Nice trailer mate. I reckon about 2.5 tonne is about all you'll fit in it with wood. I've had mine loaded to the top with dead split Sugar Gum and the best it will net out at over our weighbridge at work is 2.3 tonne. Mines an 8 x 5 though.

That's nice to know Matt. That'll bring it to around 3.1t-3.2t gross, well within its designed capacity. Did you stack it tight and neat or just throw it in loose? What height is yours internally with the cage? Mines 1210mm to the waterline. I only went with the 800mm cage and not the standard 1 mtr.

 

[MCW]

That's nice to know Matt. That'll bring it to around 3.1t-3.2t gross, well within its designed capacity. Did you stack it tight and neat or just throw it in loose? What height is yours internally with the cage? Mines 1210mm to the waterline. I only went with the 800mm cage and not the standard 1 mtr.

My cage is 1200mm to the bottom of the trailer. The weights I mentioned are thrown in loose. I know I've had more weight than that in it with unsplit rounds though. My biggest issue is that the Ranger towball is just slightly too high for the trailer which jacks too much weight onto the back axle. Even though mine is the commercial heavy duty version she can get a bit squirrely with a full load of round hardwood. This Sugar Gum I've been doing is about 10-15% heavier than Red Gum.

 

[chippy]

I won't be splitting where I fell, because I haven't got the B double BBQ trolley setup yet, so big rounds it will be, and obviously only in the bottom because there's no way I'm going to do my back throwing them over the side of the trailer, if I can even lift some of them. Not much Redgum left my way that I can, um, legally cut (1000's of them on the road reserves and lanes though) pretty much mostly stringybarks and wattle (probably the best stuff to burn really). So if I stack the splits I'm probably going to go over....

 

[huntingrob]

Ive got no idea what wieght would be possible to tow behind the cruiser, the only problem has ever been stopping. I upgraded the suspension when I bought it to HD springs in the back and Rockcrawler torsion bars from the USA in the front......nobody in Oz made anything decent....I had to send my top and bottom lower control arms off to a suspension manufacturer in QLD, they made adjustable cam bushes for all my control arms, they also strengthened the control arms (not exactly legal)and used my setup as the template for further production for that vehicle.....they did that for free for me as otherwise they would have had to purchase a new setup from Toyota at big cost.

I once over did it with another vehicle and the axle twisted on the leaf spring setup in the rear and from that day onwards my car drove down the road sideways. Was hilarious.

What model cruiser has torsion bars?

 

[chippy]

What model cruiser has torsion bars?

Mines the 4.2TD 100 (2005) series with the 5 speed auto. They've got an independent front end on them and a torsion bar for each front wheel that runs rear from the lower control arm wishbone. It's the GXL model wagon.

They also have a coil spring live axle rear end in them.

 

[Rudolf73]

Finally got my trailer sorted. Checked 7 different places that import hot dipped trailer chassis in from China...quality varies enormously when it comes to the welds. All the chassis I found were pretty much engineered to around 3600kg GVM then just need to sort the suspension, hubs and axles....I went with the 2 ton brake setup (mechanical disks just on the front axle) but upped the axles to 45mm solid and light truck tires. Will be good for 4 ton...5 Cu. Mtrs. to the top of cage...that should do the trick 9x5ft w/400mm sides and 1800mm drawbar.View attachment 428221

Is that one of those U Beaut trailers?

 

[huntingrob]

Mines the 4.2TD 100 (2005) series with the 5 speed auto. They've got an independent front end on them and a torsion bar for each front wheel that runs rear from the lower control arm wishbone. It's the GXL model wagon.

They also have a coil spring live axle rear end in them.

Ah OK. I knew they were independent but thought they'd have the same setup as the newer hilux. I've got a torsion bar front hilux (99) with old man emu torsion bars in the front and leaves in the rear and can't complain, rides Ok and handles a full load of stacked split wood in the back (dual cab) quite well. Gunna have to look at something for the missus 80 series shortly, the 20 year old standard springs are starting to show their age!

 

[derwoodii]

ah found piccy of me old honda 900 must 1989 a run down to port Campbell with mates

 

[derwoodii]

sailing of metung hmm 90

 

[derwoodii]

gitting some air over Anglesea moggs creek hmm 87

 

[chippy]

Is that one of those U Beaut trailers?

I looked at them and would have liked to do a deal with James (the owner) as I reckon he's a good bloke. He actually put together an 8x5 for me but I rejected it cause the welds were totally crap....holes in every single visible weld and all the MIG splatter had been hot dipped over the top of it, I was not at all impressed. His welding on his trailers was spot on, but the stuff he was importing was not, and he knew it..

 

[chippy]

Ah OK. I knew they were independent but thought they'd have the same setup as the newer hilux. I've got a torsion bar front hilux (99) with old man emu torsion bars in the front and leaves in the rear and can't complain, rides Ok and handles a full load of stacked split wood in the back (dual cab) quite well. Gunna have to look at something for the missus 80 series shortly, the 20 year old standard springs are starting to show their age!

Rob, the rear springs on those are good until you run out of adjustment on the front head lights.....

Cheers

 

[huntingrob]

ah found piccy of me old honda 900 must 1989 a run down to port Campbell with mates

View attachment 428269

My old man had a gpz750 like that one in the background only with a half fairing on it. Was a good old bike in its day.

 

[huntingrob]

Rob, the rear springs on those are good until you run out of adjustment on the front head lights.....

Cheers

Hahaha. Got a few ks left in em yet then! [emoji2]