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Starter Motor
Join Date: Oct 2020
Posts: 1
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Hey blokes,
3 months ago I purchased a 1998 XH Ford Falcon Longreach ute and had to get a blue slip as I was transferring it from Vic to NSW rego. It was knocked back on a couple of easy fixes, one problem though, was that the engine block number was extremely hard to read/pretty much unreadable. I've tried pushing some baby powder into it to make the numbers a bit easier to read and I can make out a couple of figures which seem to be different to the engine number listed on the info plate in the engine bay. Has anyone had a similar issue to this? If so, did you have a trick to read the number better? And if the number is different, what's the process like for updating the information through the RTA. |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Trinity Beach FNQ
Posts: 807
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Mate try using your phone to get close to it and take a few pics from different angles. Sometimes it's amazing how well the camera captures the characters.
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praek tih kl jo kr
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Atwell W.A.
Posts: 1,649
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Quick rub with some sandpaper, dab with paint pen and wipe, I do this before licencing cars here in WA, many times I have been asked to make engine number readable.
The phone is a good trick, I have done this on many Hyundai Getz, as the number is above the bell housing on the back of the block and impossible to see. |
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