sclarke
19th September 2005, 10:50 AM
Well where does one start after spending far to long in the bush waiting......
OK
Yesterday i went out with 8 other guys from 4wdmonthly and we went up to Mt Dissapointment in Vic.
I conquered, i exceeded what i thought it would not do then all of a sudden...... No Clutch.... or more to the point, No hydrolics..
I pulled over and was luck enough we had just stopped on a Major Dirt road in the National Park.
We had a look and it was like the slave had given up the ghost... but we were later to find out no it was not....
I had full clutch in the drive line so i could drive out on the "Crash Box" Method.
I headed off and thanked the other blokes for a Great day.
so Dave and i headed off into the Distance to only get 1 km before it went bang and no Drive.... well just a little... it was just enought to kreep but that was it. So we pulled the Slave Cylinder out and the Fork moves and does not Seem to be punched thru.
Time to Call RACV Total Care... and get a Tow Truck.
I called RACV at about 3.30pm Sunday (yesterday) and was told I would be called back shortly….
4pm came and no phone call, so I called back. Sorry Sir we just located a recovery vehicle and it will be there in 2 Hours…..
6pm Called up to see what was going as we had no Grog and Dave had 2 Ciggy’s left.
Sorry Sir we cant find a recovery company that will come into that part of the National Park.
After convincing them that it was a 2wd Dirt road and the most major road in that park they called Wallan, Kinglake, Whittlesea, Broadford and Kilmore to be told NO, we wont go in there….
So a Towtruck was despatched from Dandenong and sent 2.5 hours to where we were and the nice fella picked us up and brought out Smokes and a 6 pack of Beam and Coke….. Now that is service….
Well we got back at about 10:30pm to Mitcham (Hardcore 4x4) and droped Camilla off… And we got to see the Swat team in action Ringwood east also….
Did you know they have 2 Defender’s as Armored personal carriers. I was impressed to see 8 blokes in full gear and guns jump out and start acting as thou they were in LA and jumping fences and running around like the world was about to end…..
So anyhow this week I’ll pull the box out of Camilla and plonk a new clutch in and do the gaskets and seals on the transfer, LT77 and rear main….
Last clutch was 80k ago, so its time to replace it even if it is ok…
So after all that make sure you yell at RACV when they tell you they cant get you for 5 hours….. it does not help, but makes you feel better…….
End of the day the Tow was covered under Total Care..... $161 per year...
OK
Yesterday i went out with 8 other guys from 4wdmonthly and we went up to Mt Dissapointment in Vic.
I conquered, i exceeded what i thought it would not do then all of a sudden...... No Clutch.... or more to the point, No hydrolics..
I pulled over and was luck enough we had just stopped on a Major Dirt road in the National Park.
We had a look and it was like the slave had given up the ghost... but we were later to find out no it was not....
I had full clutch in the drive line so i could drive out on the "Crash Box" Method.
I headed off and thanked the other blokes for a Great day.
so Dave and i headed off into the Distance to only get 1 km before it went bang and no Drive.... well just a little... it was just enought to kreep but that was it. So we pulled the Slave Cylinder out and the Fork moves and does not Seem to be punched thru.
Time to Call RACV Total Care... and get a Tow Truck.
I called RACV at about 3.30pm Sunday (yesterday) and was told I would be called back shortly….
4pm came and no phone call, so I called back. Sorry Sir we just located a recovery vehicle and it will be there in 2 Hours…..
6pm Called up to see what was going as we had no Grog and Dave had 2 Ciggy’s left.
Sorry Sir we cant find a recovery company that will come into that part of the National Park.
After convincing them that it was a 2wd Dirt road and the most major road in that park they called Wallan, Kinglake, Whittlesea, Broadford and Kilmore to be told NO, we wont go in there….
So a Towtruck was despatched from Dandenong and sent 2.5 hours to where we were and the nice fella picked us up and brought out Smokes and a 6 pack of Beam and Coke….. Now that is service….
Well we got back at about 10:30pm to Mitcham (Hardcore 4x4) and droped Camilla off… And we got to see the Swat team in action Ringwood east also….
Did you know they have 2 Defender’s as Armored personal carriers. I was impressed to see 8 blokes in full gear and guns jump out and start acting as thou they were in LA and jumping fences and running around like the world was about to end…..
So anyhow this week I’ll pull the box out of Camilla and plonk a new clutch in and do the gaskets and seals on the transfer, LT77 and rear main….
Last clutch was 80k ago, so its time to replace it even if it is ok…
So after all that make sure you yell at RACV when they tell you they cant get you for 5 hours….. it does not help, but makes you feel better…….
End of the day the Tow was covered under Total Care..... $161 per year...