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[robbiegal]

good grief
i am amazed that you haven't blown yourself up
will you have to replace the tank?

[ausjack]

Not now there's a screw in it RG :winkextra:

[trout]

good grief
i am amazed that you haven't blown yourself up
will you have to replace the tank?

I have made "Temporary" repairs on fuel tanks with tech screws in the past that have outlived the vehicle, as long as the repair is done on a nice flat and not curved part  of the tank.:good:
Bush mechanics 101  :whistle2:

[robbiegal]

well far more sophisticated than my mintie days

[trout]

Soap and Minties work well on petrol tanks but not a good option for diesel tanks

[robbiegal]

yeah we never had diesel cars back then
too expensive or something

[ausjack]

Maybe it was because the old diesels lacked power but were good for towing heavy loads but with the modern motors and turbo's they've stepped up but then the old 4x4 didn't have all the mod cons of today's 4x4 so they were a lot cheaper as compared to today's 4x4.
Diesels have always been better for engine life as well as you'll get two to three times the amount of miles out of a diesel compared to a petrol motor.

[JeffH]

And diesels are usually excellent for fuel economy as they are not throttled.
Would be even cheaper to run if Government policies did not load diesel fuel prices for normal motorists. Diesel fuel is cheaper to produce than petrol from the same crude oil.

[ausjack]

Diesel use to be about half price of petrol until the fuel companies worked out all the yuppies in the cities were buying 4x4's :@
Put a snorkel on a diesel and they can go just about anywhere, just as long as it can breath

[Triggersmob]

Best to fit a good auxilary fuel filter system to your diesel though.
Have you seen the price of new injectors on some of these late
model diesels.

[ausjack]

Poor quality fuel is to be expected in this day and age along with everything else. The price of everything is getting beyond a joke and especially cars, who wants a 4x4 work horse that has power windows and everything else electric and leather interior that is leather but it's crap leather that they buy dirt cheap then shave it paper thin then glue it back together and sell it as if it's good stuff, very sad the little tricks everyone is up to these days.

[autocoupler]

The price of everything is getting beyond a joke and especially cars,

Hmm...have to disagree with that AJ In 1972 I purchased a run of the mill Mitsubishi Gallant for $2,700. Based on that figure a similar vehicle today should set you back about $54,000 IMO, and using the latest Mitsubishi Lancer as a guide, a new one of these is just 20 something grand.

Straying off topic now :dodgy: but the same goes for most other vehicles, and as with just about everything else in society today because many people choose to live above their pay grade and buy at their limit, and can because it's so easy to borrow. I wouldn't know to be perfectly honest, but I'm guessing the actual cost of living is cheaper today than ever before if you exclude the ridiculously high cost of housing compared to earlier decades.

Getting back to cost of vehicles, manufacturers and vehicle importers must have been laughing all the way to the bank in earlier times, but the balance of local jobs versus cheap imports today serves to reinforce a sense that all is not well. Just my two bobs worth :angel:

[ausjack]

I agree and disagree as cars should be a lot cheaper now we don't have a car industry so they should have got rid of all the tariffs. Don't know mate in 1972 I don't think they'd have given a two year old a licence :mocking: But I was thinking more about a standard 4x4 as compared to today where they're very expensive unless you buy a great wall and personally I wouldn't touch one of them or any others like them as they're just cheap and nasty. As for the price of live and living within one's means well on the DSP I don't have a choice and the things I do have to buy to eat and live are getting dearer on average and that's why I grow my own. I would prefer an older car that was made of actual metal that the junk they sell us today as you see a car that's been cleaned up by a truck and there's not much left and no the driver doesn't get to walk away like they would have you believe they would according to the crash tests where they run a car into a wall at 40kph but in reality where the cars do 100+kph and the trucks do the same so why don't they do tests for that scenario. Anyway doesn't matter because I'll never be able to afford a new car anyway.

One thing that really annoyed me with cars we've exported and mainly to the US is that they bought them a hell of a lot cheaper there than we ever could like the ford capri in the late 80's early 90's and then the monaro a few year ago and mind you then had to ship them and change from right to left hand drive and a heap of things over as they didn't meet the US spec's so it was nearly cheaper to buy one from there and bring it back. I think as usual our government is still screwing us on cars, just my view :angel:

[autocoupler]

Don't know mate in 1972 I don't think they'd have given a two year old a licence :mocking:

:laugh2: they weren't handing them out in 1953 either, although I do remember steering the Old Mans early 40's Chrysler Royal into the shed :yahoo:

[JeffH]

May I tell you how I obtained my heavy vehicle license?

What! No! Well I am going to do it anyway.

Many years ago I worked for a County Council (electricity distributor) and the line crew vehicles were tray back Toyota Landcruiser fitted with toolboxes, ladder racks and such. In those days a car license allowed you to drive a vehicle up to two tons and some of these vehicles were a hair under that and some were a hair over that. So management decreed that everyone who might be required to drive such a vehicle should get their license upgraded.
In those days Narrabri (for that was where it was) did not have a motor registry and all license tests were carried out by the local police. A day was duly booked and a number of us turned up, at the appointed time, with a suitable vehicle. Police sergeant sorted the paperwork, lined us up in same order and asked first in line to drive around the block and park back in the same starting spot. Repeat for next applicant.
Then Sergeant made a comment about the amount of paperwork we were subjecting him to and 'it is thirsty work'. We retired to the pub across the road (very convenient that), took up a collection to lay on the bar to ensure he would not go thirsty whilst fulfilling his duty.
Licenses all duly granted.

I still have a class 5 national license (maroon) + motorbike but it is several years since I have driven a vehicle that requires such a license -weight limits for 'car' licenses are much more liberal now.

One day I will tell you my story about obtaining a boat license in the same town -no navigable waters around there; except for the occasional flood.