On arrival at Dry Creek, Bruce the mechanic surveyed the engine and declared that we could probably do all the travelling we wanted without intervention and that I could buy a lot of oil for the price of a reco job. When I remarked that if I once forgot to check it I could have a cooked engine, he countered with "thats what the oil light is for". But it was eventually decided to go ahead with the job so he replaced rings, bearings, pistons, liners, some hoses and various other things.
It was found that the rings were seized, worn to witness marks and ring ends were in alignment ( all allowing oil through) also electrolysis had eaten halfway through the walls of the cylinder liners plus the big end bearings were worn out as well as other minor things like leaky hoses and adjustment of tappets and fuel rack
The standard of knowledge, workmanship, ethics and kindly treatment was unsurpassable and a breath of fresh air after previous treatment and if anyone is interested in having Bruce do work for them, I would be only too happy to put them in touch with him.
We were there for a total of 10 days while he worked between mine and other jobs.
We were advised to take a trip to Murray Bridge and back, about 75 km south/southeast of Adelaide as it included a gradient climb of 1 in 9 rise for 27 km and other sharp pulls through the Adelaide Hills, to bed the engine in. But we only got half way at Mt. Barker when we liked the look of the countryside, found a bus parking area beside a park and and decided to camp here.
Today we took a close look at Hahndorf, a neighbouring town about 8 km away.
It has a single main street about 1km long and is filled with the yuppiest stuff you could cram into it. Everything from german sausage to Lladro.
In 1839 a group of religously persecuted german refugees arrived here with the help of the Captain Hahn a dane, and master of the ship in which they travelled Wtih his assistance they set up a community in what would become the Adelaide Hills and in gratitude they named it after him -hence Hahndorf
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