first couple of days driving, what I noticed

[johntolhurst]

Hi guys, I ended up with a 2001 blue AU ute with carryboy cannopy in matching midnight blue.

A little rust at the base of the passenger A pillar. And on some of the carryboy fittings. Fisholene?

Seems its been under the trees for 6 months, lots of cleaning to do.

I delayed filling the tank till it said 40ks left. Then on the way to the petrol station up a short bridge and the engine conked. Over the crest, it came back to life. Up the short steep bit after that. Stopped. Rolled it backwards to a level and it started, so I navigated a flat course to a petrol station. Phew. But why?

Motor sounds good, really nice. But there is 290k on the clock, so other stuff is tired.

Leak from the sump plug bolt, no worries there.

A drip from a seal on the auto, not sure what that means, probably need to have a mechanic evaluate that. Seals were done 6 months ago.

Fan works, or does it? its on-again off-again on settings 1 2 or 3. And flat out on 4. For that sensual hot again cold again experience.

Head lining sagging, so as suggested here, out with the headlining for a refit will be the job - although I can spend all day with the car and not notice it.

Interior is in really nice condition. Just a bit of vib coming from the round panel of the centre console. My 1998 AU sedan had that too.

A lot of red dust inside the vents and a cocktail of aromas, from that dust, air fresheners and I think there is an ants nest somewhere. Ants certainly pounced on my lunch the other day while it was sitting in the cab.

Driving. Smooth take off, good changes.

I do get a strange sensation when tapering off speed to keep with the traffic flow at 40 to 60 km/h. Seems to push and drag. Like the engine isn't getting a smooth fuel flow. I wonder if I can feel it also cruising at 60ks. Maybe something simple like the fuel filter? Just my naive thoughts.

Remote locking was working. Then when I was washing the car the alarm went off. I hit the red button on the remote to kill the sound, now the remote locking doesn't work. Hmm.

I like that I can carry lots of stuff in the back. I paid 2900 for it. Probably more than many here would have!!!!

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