Re: FP-11 Withdrawal Date

[karlm@blitzen.canberra.edu.au (Karl Maftoum)]

david virgo (dvirgo@pcug.org.au) wrote:
: more work was done on the wiring and electricals compared to FP11. It may
: not be a major change to most but if you're working on the blessed things,
: the changes (such us wiring through terminal blocks, the type of wire used
: etc) make a difference.

Yup :) 
 
That is for sure :) 12 is very different to 11. 7 is different again, 7 still has electric radiator fans, it must have been the only one built like that as the comeng plans record the  change in '68.

: As far the difficulty in getting parts for transmissions and engines, (Karl
: can correct me here) the transmissions were available until recently as they
: are common to some Army Personnel Carriers. The engines are Leyland 400s
: which we think were common in quite a few road vehicles. Of course once
: these parts became hard to get NEW and locally, then I suppose the workshops
: would have stopped maintaining the vehicles.

Voith has told me they can still get parts/repair those 542 U+S transmissions in sydney if needed.

Leyland 400s aren't too hard to get parts for, I suspect many Leyland buses from around that era were fitted  with that type of engine. Some of the transfer buses they use at the domestic air  terminal sound similar!

Karl


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Karl Maftoum
Computer Engineering student at the University of Canberra, Australia

Email: k.maftoum@student.canberra.edu.au