Short trip away in the 33

[Lawrie]

Like I said on the other post, I’m away for a few days in the 33,
To an old gold mining town(Crackow).
248 miles from home on mainly back country roads.
33 going great , and even better this arvo,
I noticed the engine gets a bit harsh when on the gas from about 40 mph up, but it gets a bit better when the eng gets nice and up to temp.
So this arvo while burning along at 45 -50 on a really nice country road,I had a play with the throttle pedal, and got my brain thinking,so I stopped and adjusted the vac brake,which is set most the way out, I turned it in two turns ,
Well what a difference, engine is way smoother and a lot nice when pulling on hills,it made the last miles a real pleasure
It must be making plenty of power,as it got up the kalpower range the other day in 2nd gear,this is a BIG long hill,but had my foot nailed to the floor in 2nd.
Lots of folks say the vac brake is not critical with modern fuels, but my experience is it is very important,
The lowest fuel we have here is 91 oct .
There is a lot of green grass out here due to the big rains from the last month, hence there is plenty of feed for the kangaroos,so they don’t have to get it from the roadside,and hence getting hit.
Some picks from the last few days
The army blitz is still used on the farm,
The plane is impounded,as it was used to fly a load of drugs in from Asia earlier in the year,it landed at this strip which is way out in the sticks,it only had the pilots seat in ,cops were waiting for it.
The murals are on the side of the buildings in the small township of Monto,
I stopped here for a few nights just to relax.
Lawrie