don282

Hi I am looking for information or copies of the 2 information panels that are on the overhead part of the cabin between the windscreen wipers. I have all the info on all of the other plates to enable me to make new ones from the workshop manual but these 2 are not in there and all we have is 2 totally rusted plates. They would be a little larger than the fuel tap labels in the battery compartments. I cannot access the vehicle at the moment but I am sure people will know what they are. If some one has a picture of them that could be emailed to me that would be great and if I get it soon enough I may be able to create new ones in time for the 981 to go to the Road Transport Hall Of Fame display in Alice Springs, leaving here in about 7 days time Regards, Don....:-D... PS. They are not the 2 smaller labels for Buzzer operation and To Drain Cooling System .These are smaller and further to the outside of the cabin . The ones we need are in the center with something small between them cant remember what it is.

HI Neil, I dont know but will ask when I ring him in a day or so. He is pretty busy at the moment,he has just gone into training for child abuse in his quest to become a detective. He has had his fun for a few years in the hoon squad and has done his drug squad training and now this and then a couple more modules and he will be another Dick Tracy HI. He has done a lot of prosecuting so he may well know Mike. Don......

Hi, well take a visit down here and see if the t shirt and shorts work for you here, expecting 0deg C in the morning and between 0 and 1 each morning this week. My son who is a copper up there keeps rubbing it in too lol. Don......

Hi all,many thanks for the welcome, I presume the gentleman from the Red Center refered to Kurt Johansen, no association at all, also I don't think Kurt is with us anymore, busy driving the Road Train in the Sky now :-(. Don't worry about the spiders we have the appropriate size boots to look after them!, we don't like them either. I must make it clear that I'm only a helper albeit a lot of hours, but I don't own the 981. I generally Get to do the awkward things ie electrical etc. At the moment making a 2" to 3" kingpin adapter for the 5th wheel so we can hang a load on the back and try and wake it up from its 20 year sleep :yawn:. Pictures, I will try and get some but they are a bit reluctant to publisise it at the moment as there is a lot invested in it, and there are not many in this country and they are a bit nervy, but I will ask again. Regards, Don.......

Hi James, I would like to catch up with you one day, I am at WILLAURA. Don.....

Hi all,many thanks for the welcome, I presume the gentleman from the Red Center refered to Kurt Johansen, no association at all, also I don't think Kurt is with us anymore, busy driving the Road Train in the Sky now :-(. Don't worry about the spiders we have the appropriate size boots to look after them!, we don't like them either. I must make it clear that I'm only a helper albeit a lot of hours, but I don't own the 981. I generally get to do the awkward things ie electrical etc. At the moment making a 2" to 3" kingpin adapter for the 5th wheel so we can hang a load on the back and try and wake it up from its 20 year sleep :yawn:. Pictures, I will try and get some but they are a bit reluctant to publisise it at the moment as there is a lot invested in it, and there are not many in this country and they are a bit nervy, but I will ask again. Regards, Don....... PS approx 1400 trucks this 10th aniversary meeting at Alice Springs and 3000 beds short in the town, the mind bogles.....

Hi Paul, no I am about 300Km west from Lilydale which is on the eastern extreme of the Melbourne suburbs. I am near the Grampians. Don.....

Hi my name is Don and I am another newbie, I don't have a MV but I am involved in helping restore a Diamond T981 which will be shown at the Alice Springs Truck show in Central Australia the last week in August. We have been working on it for about 2 years. It has been interesting to say the least, I have never worked on anything this big or old or heavy before. those diffs are beasts. We have rebuilt from 4 diffs 2 good ones with all new bearings and all of the teeth intact, new tyres all round. Stripped it bare and had it sand blasted, cabin had all rust removed and new "A" pillars (the doors fell off), new glass all round and new paint. Guards and bonnet being done now. We have put another Hercules engine in as the original ran a big end about 25 years ago and had the piston and pushrods for No 5 taken out, the oil hole blocked with lead and a hose clip around it and the injector pipe stuck in a gallon container which was emptied back into the tank about every 2 hours. It was run like this for few years before it went to pasture, literally, in a farmers paddock till we retrieved it a couple of years ago. More to come if anyones interested, it has a varied history. Me... I am retired, I am a Ham Radio operator, I love machining and have a reasonable workshop 60 x 25, a couple of lathes , Parkson Mill - modified it is about 13 years older than me and most of the other things you need, MIG,TIG,OXY etc. Keeps me out of trouble.:-D Sorry for the long winded intro but tend to be vocal when I write. Regards, Don.....