| Scott Base |
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| 23-31 Oct |
Minor repairs and familiarisation of toboggans. Repaired pull-start cord and broken drive-chain during field testing of equipment. |
| Taylor Glacier |
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| 4 Nov |
Locking nut on end of flywheel and primary clutch sheave coming loose. |
| 10 |
Locking nut still coming loose. Scott Base sending out new one on next resupply |
| 28 |
Left hand idle spring replaced |
| 29 |
General toboggan maintenance and tuning |
| 1 Dec |
Replaced shoulder for leaf spring left ski and one right hand idle spring. |
| 5 |
Left hand idle spring replaced. Changed primary sheave locking nut and flange. Took slack out of drive-chain. Clean and check plug gaps. |
| 16 |
Toboggan running rough, seems like fuel starving. |
| 8 Jan |
Replaced fuel pump, still rough. |
| 12 |
Replaced pull-start recoil spring. Still poor carburettion, but no solution. |
| 17 |
Primary sheave clutch spring broken, temporary repairs. |
| 18 |
Base mechanic did check of toboggan. Points, advance and retard, fuel mixture all checked. Replaced primary clutch assembly. Still not running well underload and when warmed up. |
| 21 |
Both rear swinging arms and bearings replaced. |
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