Aces BBQ VII- 7-8th January

[Ace]

Hi guys, as posted earlier this month the next Ace's BBQ will be on the 7-8th of January 2006, the weekend after new years.

The Plan-

Arrive by 10am on the saturday and head up Mt Airley by 10:30am, arrive at the base of Mt Airley by 11am, head up and explore the area, there will be walking involved so be prepared to so some. If there is time we will come back Via Turon National Park and come out near portland. Then head back to my place for some food and refreshments.

Sunday morning, what we do on the sunday is really up to the group, we can discuss it on the saturday night, but Jenolan has been suggested again as there were heaps more tracks to explore that we saw last time, and they were fun to. Finish on the sunday when ever we want and head home.

Can anyone wanting to come please post here so i can get an idea of numbers. Matt

[Ace]

bump

[DEFENDERZOOK]

<span style="color:blue">dont look like anyone will be able to attend....?</span>

[tony]

G'day Ace

We'll be there dont know if morgan can make it yet


Tony

[Scouse]

I'll be there Matt.
Leslie won't be able to make it this time though.

Is the night drive still planned ?

[Ace]

Yes scouse the night run is still planned at this time, unless something something changes. I might need to fix my lights, still havent had time to track the problem yet.

Tony- no worries mate, did you sort the miss fire in his rangie out? Matt

[tony]

G'day Matt


Yer we did find the problem there is no compression in the cyl hav'nt had time to take the head off yet to see why but it runs on 7 so hes still driveing around......

The night drive should be fun scouse fixed my lights yesterday so now I have spoties..............good stuff...........

Tony

[Ace]

Originally posted by tony
G'day Matt


Yer we did find the problem there is no compression in the cyl hav'nt had time to take the head off yet to see why but it runs on 7 so hes still driveing around......

The night drive should be fun scouse fixed my lights yesterday so now I have spoties..............good stuff...........

Tony

Oh, ok, let us know what the cause is when you find out? Is it using any oil?

If scouse is into fixing lights he can do mine before we go out. https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

See you in a week or so. Matt

[p38arover]

I'm working 11pm-7am shifts both days.

Ron

[Ace]

Originally posted by p38arover
I'm working 11pm-7am shifts both days.

Ron


Phone in sick ron, tell em you got bitten by the land rover bug. https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

[tony]

G'Day Matt

Update Morgan will be joining us for the weekend 7 cylinders an all



Tony

[Ace]

Originally posted by tony
G'Day Matt

Update Morgan will be joining us for the weekend 7 cylinders an all



Tony

Goodo, the more the merrier.

What about you Yabbie, can you make this one? Matt

[Bushie]

Matt,

At this time I'm a definate doubtful, I had promised Ross I would take him down to the SummerNats (on that weekend) If I can wrangle Friday off and go down then I should be OK to come up.


Bushie

[dullbird]

hi ace
just readin your description of the bbq areyou guys camping somewhere or are you just meeting up on the sat going home then meeting up again on the sunday??

either way not sure whether we are going to be able to come as the disco being the only car at the moment we can't afford to do any real damage!
being as though we don't have any tools at the moment (they are on the ship with the ninety)

but aside from that we don't have any rescue gear and it would be a race to get some rescue points on the car.....we shall see what happens
the plus side is me and my boyfriend are both off work. so if we can't make it we could sit staring at the wall all day wondering what a nice time we might of had 8O

cheers
dullbird

[tony]

Hi Dullbird

Don’t worry about recovery gear there will be more than enough to go round but you wont need recovering as there’s always an easy track round any hard bits

and if your camping gears on the boat don’t worry there will be enough of that to go round as well

Gotta be better than staring at the walls

see you on the weekend

Tony

[George130]

dullbird The only damage should be from being stupid like me last time but the vehicle was still able to be driven home. Its a great way to meet the group and do some exploring.

[Ace]

Hi Dullbird, we will be camping at my place, i have 5acres 10km out of lithgow. I should be able to arrange some indoor space if necassary, I live on a block with a house and single room flat and a 2 room flat (mine), mum and dad own the lot. The house was empty, but mum and dad both have jobs here now so they are moving gear into the house, the room in the flat is spare so we should be able to squeeze you in. Failing that a cheap 2 person dome tent will get you out of trouble, you wont need cooking gear i have a BBQ at home and scouse and i have portable BBQs to cook lunch on the track, as Tony said there is enough recovery gear between all of us to manage without you needing to bring any. As for recovery points- do you have a towbar? That will serve as a rear recovery point, and it is very easy to fit a couple jate rings to the lower bolt holding the bumper/bullbar on, if you get them during the week we could fit them in 20 mins before we leave.

Now the track- its challenging, but non damaging if care is taken, i did this track a few weeks ago as a recce with two other members, each of us in stock discos appart from each having a 2in lift, but i have done the track without the lift and didnt have a problem. One disco, driven by Magic (we cant say his real name https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ ) had highway tyres and was driven by someone who had only been off road twice in his life and he managed fine.

Ok, i think that is all the things covered, dont think about it just come, they are top weekends and we always have a ball. The track on saturday is one way in and the same way out, so if at any time you dont want to continue you can park and go the rest of the way in another vehicle and we can pick yours up on the way back. I hope you decide to come, meeting new members is what these weekends are truly about. Matt

[Andrewpv01]

I won't be coming now. I was planning on it, but spent too much over christmas :evil: :evil:

Andrew

[Ace]

Originally posted by Andrewpv01
I won't be coming now. I was planning on it, but spent too much over christmas :evil: :evil:

Andrew

No worries Andrew. There is always next time.

Dullbird can you confirm whether or not you intend on coming so we can either arrange to have to join a convoy or me send you some directions. Matt

[George130]

Ace I am hoping to come but may not have a working CB. I will post up a message if I can make it.

[dullbird]

hi ace

look thanks alot for the invite but we talked and talked about it, and we are going to decline, it's not because of the recovery gear and stuff it's a multitude of things including the allocation of our time to important stuff we need to get done. but hopefully if you have another one soon and by the end of jan we should have most things semi sorted and also have everything we need to particpate.

then we can come over and have you ozzies show us how the off roading is done out here.........then i can film it and send it back to england.

thanks again
dullbird

[Ace]

Originally posted by dullbird
hi ace

look thanks alot for the invite but we talked and talked about it, and we are going to decline, it's not because of the recovery gear and stuff it's a multitude of things including the allocation of our time to important stuff we need to get done. but hopefully if you have another one soon and by the end of jan we should have most things semi sorted and also have everything we need to particpate.

then we can come over and have you ozzies show us how the off roading is done out here.........then i can film it and send it back to england.

thanks again
dullbird

No worries, there will definitely be more, but i am uncertain as to when the next one will be as i am will be back at work (teacher) in feb and have taken up a weekend job for the mean time to get some bills and stuff paid. Matt

[Ace]

Originally posted by George130
Ace I am hoping to come but may not have a working CB. I will post up a message if I can make it.

no worries ed, just let me know, matt

[Scouse]

Matt, I might have another starter for one of the days on the weekend.
Is Mt Airlie still the plan for Saturday ?

[Ace]

Originally posted by Scouse
Matt, I might have another starter for one of the days on the weekend.
Is Mt Airlie still the plan for Saturday ?

Yes mate Mt Airley is still the plan, but the weather has turned nasty (bloody Murphy i am going to shoot him when i find him- stinking hot weather an no rain for weeks, then we want to go up Mt Airley and it starts raining) it hasnt really rained so to say, the clouds are just hanging around and dropping that occasional annoying misty crap. But as of now I still plan to go up providing the weather stays good. Also dont forget there is a $5/vehicle charge now to go up. Matt

[Scouse]

OK, the other starter is confirmed (at this stage) for Saturday. He'll meet us at your place Ace (I've given him directions), I might even see him on Bells Line of Road as he'll probably come that way.

He's done Mt Airley years ago but this time he'll be in the company Disco3.

[Ace]

Originally posted by Scouse
OK, the other starter is confirmed (at this stage) for Saturday. He'll meet us at your place Ace (I've given him directions), I might even see him on Bells Line of Road as he'll probably come that way.

He's done Mt Airley years ago but this time he'll be in the company Disco3.

Sounds good, i am keen to see the D3 in the rough stuff, the Mt Airley track should be a good challenge. Lets hope the rain holds off. It has been raining, but only that misty crap, nothing to actually wet the ground. With any luck it will stay this cool and be sunny. Matt

[George130]

Ace I will be there. I am travelling friday night via the back roads so will sleep somewhere along the way and shuold be at your place saturday morning.

[Scouse]

Matt, I've another starter for Saturday through work if that's OK:
Geoff from Getabout would like to join us in his D2 https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ .

[Ace]

Originally posted by Scouse
Matt, I've another starter for Saturday through work if that's OK:
Geoff from Getabout would like to join us in his D2 https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ .

That sounds great, i have seen that D2 around and have always missed the opportunity to chat to him.

Ed- if you get this before you leave you are more than welcome to turn up tonight, Magic might be he isnt sure yet. Matt

[Scouse]

Matt,
I've just had word that there's been a fair bit of rain your way that might affect the Mt Airley run.
Is it possible for you to contact the owner to see if the track is still open ?

[Ace]

I spoke to him a while ago, and he said as long as there hasnt been really heavy rain the day before or on the day of the trip he is ok with us going up there. There has been a bit of rain here today (and some during the week, but nothing i would call heavy) but it was barely enough to settle the dust. I will ring him in the morning before we head up just to check, if it is sunny tomorrow there wont be a problem. Matt

[George130]

Thanks Ace. I will have a friend with me. If I drive through we would get there around 2am. Well see how we feel.

[Ace]

Originally posted by George130
Thanks Ace. I will have a friend with me. If I drive through we would get there around 2am. Well see how we feel.

If you decide to drive right through, just open the gate come on in and set up camp in the back paddock. Matt

[George130]

Cool. No worries.
Ace do you know what the roads are like when travelling crookwell, oberon to lithgow?

[Ace]

Originally posted by George130
Cool. No worries.
Ace do you know what the roads are like when travelling crookwell, oberon to lithgow?

I am sure you will have left by now, but from crookwell to oberon i am not sure. But dont go to lithgow from oberon that is the long way. Go down the main street of oberon, from the big round about, then turn left at the shell servo and head towards Tarana. Follow this road for 21km, it comes to a T-intersection, turn right, and about 10km or so you come into Tarana, you then come to another T-intersection in town, turn right again and you will pass the pub on your left, after the pub the road takes a sharp right, directly after this you will see a left turn on your left (obviously) take this and it takes you under a train bridge. Follow this road (not sure of the distance) but a fair way along you will come to a right turn, onto dirt, dont take this one take the next, the first one is a dead end. There will be a house with a shed on the corner of the intersection. Follow this road and it comes out on the main highway between lithgow and bathurst, turn right onto the highway and this will take you to lithgow. Once you pass the Wallerawang turn off take the first right and that is my road, you know the rest. Matt

[p38arover]

Have a good weekend you blokes and think of me, here at work slaving over a hot panel. I would have come up tomorrow morning after work but I didn't get any sleep today. I might have come tomorrow arvo for the BBQ but I'm working tomorrow night at 11pm as well.

Ron

[hiline]

sorry guy's i wont make it :wink: :wink:

but have a good one anyhow https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

[DEFENDERZOOK]

Originally posted by hiline
sorry guy's i wont make it :wink: :wink:

but have a good one anyhow https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ https://www.aulro.com/afvb/






<span style="color:blue">worried the dam might be a bit too full......?</span>

[hiline]

[quote=hiline]sorry guy's i wont make it :wink: :wink:

but have a good one anyhow https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ https://www.aulro.com/afvb/






<span style="color:blue">worried the dam might be a bit too full......?</span>


full of cars https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ :wink:

no room to turn the kabota around 8O :wink:

[Andrewpv01]

Have a good weekend guys. I will make it next time hopefully :cry:

Andrew

[Sub000]

Hey guys this it Edd.
I'm using Johns new account. We made it back without any issues. The weekend was great. Did your rangie get home ok Tony?
How did magic's steering go ace?

[p38arover]

Originally posted by Sub000
Hey guys this it Edd.
I'm using Johns new account. We made it back without any issues. The weekend was great. Did your rangie get home ok Tony?
How did magic's steering go ace?

Well, that's a teaser. We need a report! (and pix)

Ron

[disco95]

Originally posted by p38arover+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(p38arover)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-Sub000
Hey guys this it Edd.
I'm using Johns new account. We made it back without any issues. The weekend was great. Did your rangie get home ok Tony?
How did magic's steering go ace?

Well, that's a teaser. We need a report! (and pix)

Ron[/b][/quote]

I agree with Ron, I'm drooling already in anticipation.

[George130]

Well Sub000 and arived at 5:30 am on staurday after suffering 1 puncture and umpteen sessions of overheating. We did about 130km having to stop ever 30-50 km to bleed and fill the water :evil: . 8:30 am saw us having the tyre repaired as as the temperature was behaving we set out with everyone for MT airly(airley?). Truck over heated on the way and again when we got there. My CB also refused to work :cry: . We had to abandone the truck for that trek.

Back at aces we pulled half the hoses of to get to the
thermostat and bingo it wasn't opening even when boiled over the stove. Tony drilled around the insides of the thermostat and we riped it out and put everything back together. We also changed the cap for the old one I had that won't hold pressure. I took the truck for a run into lithgow and back while not letting the revs drop below 3000 rpm and everything was as cool as an igloo. Oil pressure was up to so Yay we were mobile again.
She hasn't used a drop of water since 8)

My top radiator pipe also has a worn bit from the bracket it sits on so will need replacing ASAP :roll:

Magic bent his steering on sunday when trying to fly and tony's rangie kept failing to proceed until we replaced the coil for the second time as well as a few other bits.

P.S. I the D3's keep embarrasing us all with their ease off road we might have to ban them. Wow they walk up and down anything!

[p38arover]

Originally posted by George130
Well Sub000 and arived at 5:30 am on staurday after suffering 1 puncture and umpteen sessions of overheating. We did about 130km having to stop ever 30-50 km to bleed and fill the water :evil: . 8:30 am saw us having the tyre repaired as as the temperature was behaving we set out with everyone for MT airly(airley?). Truck over heated on the way and again when we got there. My CB also refused to work :cry: . We had to abandone the truck for that trek.

Back at aces we pulled half the hoses of to get to the
thermostat and bingo it wasn't opening even when boiled over the stove.

Why do these thing never happen at home? :? :?

Ron

[George130]

Because then the wife would see us pulling the things apart and pretending we know what we are doing :oops:

[p38arover]

My wife and daughter have absolute faith in my ability to fix anything - seriously.

Me being trained as an electronics tech (three years fulltime at tech) plus having a qualified mechanical engineer/fitter & turner/mechanic for a father helped a lot.

There's very little I won't tackle.

Ron

[George130]

I do most of my own maintenance. It's still embarrasing when you find your rig can't even go to the shops. at around 4:30am a nissan cab shassis drove past us in the middle of nowhere in the rain and fog. He just looked at us while I was pooring water into the truck.

[Jamo]

Originally posted by p38arover
My wife and daughter have absolute faith in my ability to fix anything - seriously.

Me being trained as an electronics tech (three years fulltime at tech) plus having a qualified mechanical engineer/fitter & turner/mechanic for a father helped a lot.

There's very little I won't tackle.

Ron

My wife has absolute faith in my ability to fix anything. It's when I'm driving that her faith starts to waver.............

Me being trained as a property valuer means I'll tackle anything even if I haven't got a clue what I'm doing. Which is most of the time! I figure if someone else can put it together, then I can pull it apart! https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

[Scouse]

Well, I thought Matt would have had an album up by now but he must still be cleaning the Disco https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ .

I've put most of my photos in a Trip album:
http://www.aulro.com/modules.php'set_album...=view_album.php (http://www.aulro.com/modules.php'set_albumName=album382&op=modload&name=gallery&file=index&include=view_album.php)
(Someone had set this up for some reason last week but it was unused. I thought I would put it to some use.)

I still have another disc of photos left but it developed an error late yesterday & doesn't want to play ball anymore :cry: .

[George130]

I was waiting for ace to set it up. John and I have tons of photo's and little video clips.

[tony]

G'Day Ed & Johno

Glad to here the 130 got back o k but dont forget we only fixed the symptom not the cause the rangie got home o k went like a dream has johno found a rangie yet.....................So Ed when you gonna put the pics up



Tony

[Ace]

Hi guys, it certainly was a top weekend, as usual. Magic's steering is fine, but the rear end of the camry he hit on the way home isnt, not a mark on the bullbar, but the back end of the camry is a bit worse for wear.

I havent loaded my photos yet because i dont even bother doing it from home, it takes as long to load 10 photos at school as it does one at home, so i will have a run to school this week to load them up. I spent all of today forming up some concreting for my grandfather at a block of flats he manages. Gotta poor it tomorrow.

I will do the trip report one day this week, probably when i upload the photos.

Thanks again to all that made the trip over, i gather you all enjoyed yourself. The next one will be a while off yet, but there will be plenty of notice. Matt

[Andrewpv01]

Looks like a top weekend. Toobad I missed it :twisted: :twisted: . Did you walk to the lookout at the top of the track?

Andrew

[Ace]

Originally posted by Andrewpv01
Looks like a top weekend. Toobad I missed it :twisted: :twisted: . Did you walk to the lookout at the top of the track?

Andrew.

No we didnt, there were some rather nast clouds hanging around so we didnt bother just in case we were stuck out there in the rain. Next time. Matt

[George130]

Originally posted by tony
G'Day Ed & Johno

Glad to here the 130 got back o k but dont forget we only fixed the symptom not the cause the rangie got home o k went like a dream has johno found a rangie yet.....................So Ed when you gonna put the pics up



Tony
I am starting to load the Pictures tonight. I will be chasing the new pipe and bits this week. I'm also going to get the coolant(water right now) tested to see about the head.

John has started looking on the net at prices of the rangies. He will need to cull his masive collection of vehicles first I beleive.

Ace its a pity to hear about magic's misfortune on the way home.

[Ace]

Originally posted by George130+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(George130)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-tony
G'Day Ed & Johno

Glad to here the 130 got back o k but dont forget we only fixed the symptom not the cause the rangie got home o k went like a dream has johno found a rangie yet.....................So Ed when you gonna put the pics up



Tony
I am starting to load the Pictures tonight. I will be chasing the new pipe and bits this week. I'm also going to get the coolant(water right now) tested to see about the head.

John has started looking on the net at prices of the rangies. He will need to cull his masive collection of vehicles first I beleive.

Ace its a pity to hear about magic's misfortune on the way home.[/b][/quote]


Buying a rangie will be the smartest move john has ever made. It will be worth selling all the other vehicles he has. Matt

[tony]

G'Day Ace

So tell us more about Majic was it on the way back to your place or bondi????I guess the right foot had something to do with it.........


Tony

[George130]

Tony Magic made it back to Ace's fine as we worked on his steering before setting of for home.

[DEFENDERZOOK]

<span style="color:blue">hey.....this looks like it may have involved a bit of panel beating.....?</span>
http://www.aulro.com/albums/album382/MVC_019F.jpg

[George130]

Zook
Ace got away un scathed if I remember correctly.
Anyone heard more about the damage to the getabout 4wd adventure disco?

[disco95]

Nice pics guys, look forward to seeing the rest of them.
Looks like you all had a good w/end.

[DEFENDERZOOK]

Originally posted by George130
Zook
Ace got away un scathed if I remember correctly.
Anyone heard more about the damage to the getabout 4wd adventure disco?



there was damage to cars...?


and whos is that disco....?

[George130]

The drivers side shock tower had torn away so the shock was resting on the engine. Main damage was done a while ago but our play on saturday flexed it enough to tear away. Sorry but my poor memory has lost the name but Ace will know.

[Scouse]

Geoff from Getabout joined us for the day in his DiscoII.
He had hit a large hole a couple of weeks earlier & destroyed the O/S/F tyre. It appears that the damper mounting bracket on the chassis has cracked then & the extra stress from last weekend finally finished it off.

I've managed to recover 10 more photos from my last disc so they're now up https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ .

Ace's Disco was unscathed, can't say the same for Tony's RR though (at least it's running a lot better now thanks to Johnno :wink: ).

[stevo]

bugger sounds like it was another tough trip I wish I could have gone
but have only been back for a few days from the vic high country,
another bunch of pin stripes on the body work and a leaking air bag the only damage and redesign the hydraulic tank for winch.
will try for the next trip(may have to blow a shift)

[Andrewpv01]

How did the series (2 or 3?) go? And who owns it?

Andrew

[Scouse]

The DiscoII is owned by Geoff from Getabout 4WD Adventures & the Disco3 is a Trivett Co car brought along by Peter.
Both only came for the Mt Airly run on Saturday.

Both cars did the drive pretty easily as the track wasn't too hard. The mudflaps were removed on the D3 for the day just for a bit of extra clearance & the D2 has a slight lift.
Hopefully, I should be able to entice Peter out on another trip in the D3 https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ .

[Ace]

Hi Andrew, there series II/III you are refering to is a bit of a hybrid, its actually on a 110 chassis with the rear section cut of to make the departure angle better, the wheelbase is still 110in though.

I dont know to much about magic other than he hit the rear end of another car in traffic, the disco is fine. I think, on the next BBQ we all need to encourage him to drink less beer and slow down he is going to hurt someone, and i dont want people not coming to the BBQ's because of other peoples reckless behaviour.

Zook, not a scrap of panel damage mate, i got away pretty well. Matt

[tony]

Ace weres the photos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Majic weres the photos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Tony

[George130]

Tony I have heaps more to post but with dial up it takes ages. John's computer is now being repaired but when he gets it back I might get him to post any I have left.

[hiline]

Originally posted by Ace
Hi Andrew, there series II/III you are refering to is a bit of a hybrid, its actually on a 110 chassis with the rear section cut of to make the departure angle better, the wheelbase is still 110in though.

I dont know to much about magic other than he hit the rear end of another car in traffic, the disco is fine. I think, on the next BBQ we all need to encourage him to drink less beer and slow down he is going to hurt someone, and i dont want people not coming to the BBQ's because of other peoples reckless behaviour.

Zook, not a scrap of panel damage mate, i got away pretty well. Matt


did he come from Vic https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ :wink:

[tony]

WHO

[Ace]

Originally posted by tony
Ace weres the photos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Majic weres the photos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Tony

I havent had time to get to school yet, but will do early next week. Matt

[tony]

OK Ace no worries

I should be seeing majic this weekend so i'll try to get his photos up

Tony

[Ace]

No worries Tony, you up for a day trip to Zig Zag on Sat the 28th of Jan, a days exploring would be fun. Matt

[tony]

g'Day Matt

Yep an I bet Morgan will be as well.......wz only talking to Scott today about going somewhere......let us know wot you have thought..

can we ask K 8 and Majic as well pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees

Tony

[Ace]

Originally posted by tony
g'Day Matt

Yep an I bet Morgan will be as well.......wz only talking to Scott today about going somewhere......let us know wot you have thought..

can we ask K 8 and Majic as well pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees

Tony

Yeah, i'll send them an email and give them an invite. He will have to tone it down abit though, less grog and speed this time. Matt

[Scouse]

Originally posted by Ace+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Ace)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-tony
Ace weres the photos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Majic weres the photos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Tony

I havent had time to get to school yet, but will do early next week. Matt[/b][/quote]Well.............still waiting :? .


It's nearly Christmas :wink: .

[HereRover]

You seem to be draging the chain Ace.. https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

[disco95]

Yeah, remember, it didn't happen without photos https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

[Ace]

I did try to upload them on monday, but the photos wouldnt load. The box that you add the photos to and then click upload just kept going to page can not be displayed and the little popup that tell you the progress wouldnt go away. I left one for half an hour and not one photo up loaded. Will try again tomorrow. Matt

[DEFENDERZOOK]

http://www.aulro.com/albums/album276/lithgow_trip_280706_004.sized.jpg



http://www.aulro.com/albums/album276/lithgow_trip_280706_007.sized.jpg


http://www.aulro.com/albums/album276/lithgow_trip_280706_011.sized.jpg


http://www.aulro.com/albums/album276/lithgow_trip_280706_012.sized.jpg

[Andrewpv01]

That looks like a good track 8O . I wish I hadn't missed it :evil:

Andrew

[feral]

Top pics, lads.

I am assumimg that this is Matt's Discovery.
But there is one question for the last photo.
On the rear axle left side there is a distinct wet spot where the shocker is attatched to the diff housing.

Have you popped or damaged a shocker already?

Cheers,
Lyndon.

[DEFENDERZOOK]

<span style="color:blue">youll find its just some mud that hasnt dried up yet.....
there were a few puddles around......</span>

[Scouse]

Those photos are from 14-1-2001 8O .

Defenderzook is even slower than Ace getting photos up :wink: .

[feral]

[quote=DEFENDERZOOK]<span style="color:blue">youll find its just some mud that hasnt dried up yet.....
there were a few puddles around......</span>


Ok......wet spot is the closest to the exhaust pipe. Rest of underbelly of vehicle is bone dry. 8O

Would it not be more likely that the wet spot in question would actually be the first to dry or anywhere the exhaust is in close contact?

Looks to me like a popped shocker and the oil has seeped down and soaked the bottom shocker mount.

Cheers,
Lyndon.

[DEFENDERZOOK]

Originally posted by Scouse
Those photos are from 14-1-2001 8O .

Defenderzook is even slower than Ace getting photos up :wink: .




<span style="color:blue">i thought i was quick......i had the photos before we went on the trip.... :wink:



every time the handbrake uses the camera she manages to lose the
battery and stuff the cameras memory....

and i only find out about it once the photos are downloaded to my computer.....


(they are from the weekend of the 28th January 2006)</span>

[Ace]

[quote=DEFENDERZOOK]<span style="color:blue">youll find its just some mud that hasnt dried up yet.....
there were a few puddles around......</span>


Ok......wet spot is the closest to the exhaust pipe. Rest of underbelly of vehicle is bone dry. 8O

Would it not be more likely that the wet spot in question would actually be the first to dry or anywhere the exhaust is in close contact?

Looks to me like a popped shocker and the oil has seeped down and soaked the bottom shocker mount.

Cheers,
Lyndon.

The shock is fine.


Zook- i will get all my photos up, i am busy getting an application ready for an internal promotion at the moment. Fingers crossed i get it. Will get the photos up once that is sorted. Matt

[DEFENDERZOOK]

[quote=DEFENDERZOOK]<span style="color:blue">youll find its just some mud that hasnt dried up yet.....
there were a few puddles around......</span>


Ok......wet spot is the closest to the exhaust pipe. Rest of underbelly of vehicle is bone dry. 8O

Would it not be more likely that the wet spot in question would actually be the first to dry or anywhere the exhaust is in close contact?

Looks to me like a popped shocker and the oil has seeped down and soaked the bottom shocker mount.

Cheers,
Lyndon.



[b]<span style="color:blue">if you look at the pic via the gallery in the full size mode......
you will see that above the diff all is dry....
the wet spot is from the spring base plate down....
hard to see in the size pic on this thread...thats why i had to look at the full size one in the gallery.....</span>

[Scouse]

Originally posted by Ace
I am busy getting an application ready for an internal promotion at the moment. Fingers crossed I get it. Will get the photos up once that is sorted. MattJeez - get your priorities sorted out Matt !! :wink:




BTW Good luck with the promotion.
Is this at the servo or at school ?https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ .

[Ace]

Nah its at school :roll: , Stacey is now working at the servo aswell, after the girl who was working weekends with me turned up 3 and a half hours late to replace me on sunday. I rang George, the boss, and he had to drive back from sydney just incase she didnt turn up at all. She was shocked to arrive to george unloading his car. Needless to say she got the sack.

Will let you know how the promotion thing goes. Matt