Beerwah trip

[NOZ]

Well that was an experience, almost not enjoyable but as the D1 didnt end up laying on its side and only receive some minor panel and paint damage, it was a great days 4wding.

Thankyou to Trav and the rest of the guys for the day, I dont think I could have joined a club with a better bunch of people ( must be something to do with owning a Rover ;) ) .

Hope you got home ok Dranged.

Looking forward to the next trip, and will see you soon Dranged for some protection equipment:eek:

[drivesafe]

Come on NOZ, don’t leave it in the air like that.

Where some more details.

NOW!

[DRanged]

Hey Noz

Yep what a day and I agree what a good bunch of people. Tracks were challenging, and mate that near roll onto your side, I had the microphone in my hand, but no words came out. Well done to give it the right boot and drive out of it. Yep detonating the rear diff was a bummer, but the harder you play, makes you pay!. Its given 20 years service, and the last 10 mainly off road working hard,so its entitled to let go. Got home ok but, had to put the locker in and let down the front tyres to get up my access road. Go to the stage when the tractor was thought of, but she got up.

Thanks again to all that helped. And to the think tank for the sealing of the axle. Lost about 20ml of oil all up.Not bad eh.

Good wheel travel and great D2 wheel stands were the course of the day, although Tomos 3.5 reving at 53000rpm was a chilling sound. Are you sure your centre diff was in Tomo???????.Some people can get away with it. If I did that to my old 2 door, or Dranged, it would send parts into orbit. Its a shame the mozzies were so bad where we were fixing my diff, as a couple of brews and a sit down were looking great.

Will put it on the hoist tomorrow and drop the centre out. Can someone PM me and tell me how the post photos and I will.

Regards Justin

PS Kathryn did'nt hit me up for another horse Mick, just a new saddle.( I hav'nt told her that both centres have to be changed) sshhhhhhh

[dungarover]

Hey Noz

Yep what a day and I agree what a good bunch of people. Tracks were challenging, and mate that near roll onto your side, I had the microphone in my hand, but no words came out. Well done to give it the right boot and drive out of it. Yep detonating the rear diff was a bummer, but the harder you play, makes you pay!. Its given 20 years service, and the last 10 mainly off road working hard,so its entitled to let go. Got home ok but, had to put the locker in and let down the front tyres to get up my access road. Go to the stage when the tractor was thought of, but she got up.

Thanks again to all that helped. And to the think tank for the sealing of the axle. Lost about 20ml of oil all up.Not bad eh.

Good wheel travel and great D2 wheel stands were the course of the day, although Tomos 3.5 reving at 53000rpm was a chilling sound. Are you sure your centre diff was in Tomo???????.Some people can get away with it. If I did that to my old 2 door, or Dranged, it would send parts into orbit. Its a shame the mozzies were so bad where we were fixing my diff, as a couple of brews and a sit down were looking great.

Will put it on the hoist tomorrow and drop the centre out. Can someone PM me and tell me how the post photos and I will.

Regards Justin

PS Kathryn did'nt hit me up for another horse Mick, just a new saddle.( I hav'nt told her that both centres have to be changed) sshhhhhhh

Glad you got home okay Justion. I wasn't keen leaving the group (I was the trip leader after all) but I had to get back in time as I was going out for tea last night. Mick must of found his way out of Beerwah, it's not too hard (find a main gravel road and keep going coast-bound I discovered).

Well, I think we all had some carnage.

Tomo's rear air locker wasn't working so it was 5000 rpm job to get anywhere as the Rangie kept blowing fuses. Somehow ARB had wired his air locker into the ingnition not direct to the battery 9that's how I would of done it especially on dodgy Lucas electrics).

I've either broken a CV or stub axle and also I had a flat at the servo. I was just aboyut to re-inflate my last tyre and when I pushed on the valve the entire valve took off inside the tyre :eek: :eek: :eek: Never seen that before. Put the spare on and it was all good. To add to the list, my ARB bar is now about 3 inches closer to the Rangie's bonnet after misjudging a tree.

NOZ I guess had more pannel carnage than anything as his Disco had the least ground clerance but did well all the sme.

Mick, can't recall if he did anything . Hardy was carnage-free (made up for his at the Ipswitch cay trip a few months back). Geoff also was den't and mechanical damage free.

Glad you all enjoyed the trip. Keen to run another maybe early next year sometime and maybe damage-free. But I always say that these sort of trip will incur damage at some point, you get lucky somethimes and luike yesterday, not so lucky.

Have yet to look at the video, didn't get as much as I liked but hard to run a trip and take vids.

Trav

[drivesafe]

I think this was a good day to have missed but you lot sound like you had fun ( of sorts ) anyway.

Hope none of the damage is too expensive to fix.

Cheers.

( Duck Creek is looking real good )

[NOZ]

No one got hurt, so anything else is cheap no matter what;)

[MickG]

Mick, can't recall if he did anything .

Washed the car this morning only to discover that I have pushed in the trim on both the passenger side doors and slightly buckling them.........oh well you get but I had fun doing it!!


No one got hurt, so anything else is cheap no matter what;)

Exactly........although clearly we are a club which brakes things from time to time, I would still consider us to be a very safe club.......and as said before, a club with a great bunch of folks:D

Looking forward to the next trip but like you Noz, a trip to Justin's for some extra body protection I think;)

Cheers for the day Trav, and yes we found our way out eventually albeit after driving for some time down some new roads.....Jeff got us out;)

[DRanged]

No one got hurt, so anything else is cheap no matter what;)



Well the diff is knackered as you can see,but as NOZ said we all had a few moments but no one got hurt. Definately a reflection on the club and its members.

Regards Justin Go to galleries and look at Dranged album for a close up pic.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2006/10/70.jpg

[drivesafe]

Hi Justin, now I’m no mechanic but I take it LR don’t normally supply spare teeth?

That looks like it hurt.

[DRanged]

Its got to be the worst noise you can hear when trying to climb steep rock steps. looks like I will be saving for a set of 4:1 CW&P from Maxidrive.Hopefully it will then go back to screwing driveshafts instead??

Anyone got any Unimog Diffs??????????????????

Justin

[NOZ]

Hope someone posts some pics:D

[DRanged]

Got to look on the bright side though, at least driving home in the rain seems to have cleaned the mud out of the bead on my right front and it did'nt go down:eek:

Regards Justin

[dungarover]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2006/10/67.jpg

Sounded like the CW&P to me. I've done one before and it's not a noise that is forgotten in a hurry :eek: :eek: :eek:

Guess those 4.11's will get the go ahead now :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

Trav

[DRanged]

[Guess those 4.11's will get the go ahead now :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

Trav[/quote]

Yep I will be giving Maxidrive a call in the morning and see what the damage will be. Thank god I already have the lockers. Counted the teeth and made sure they were 3.54-1 and yep they were.

How many ding tally points do a crown wheel and pinion get???????????
Justin

[MickG]

Its got to be the worst noise you can hear when trying to climb steep rock stepshttps://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2006/10/67.jpg

Yep.....I hope I never hear that noise coming from my car......ever!!! Funny, the pic of your diff looks exactly like the mince I had for dinner last night;) :D :eek:

Good luck with Mal and remember to ask for the club discount;)

Aye, Mick

[dungarover]

Yep.....I hope I never hear that noise coming from my car......ever!!! Funny, the pic of your diff looks exactly like the mince I had for dinner last night;) :D :eek:

Good luck with Mal and remember to ask for the club discount;)

Aye, Mick

Mick, one you have done a CWP gear it's a noise that you'll never forget for a long time :eek: :eek: :twisted: :twisted:

Trav

[LoadedDisco]

Pics , Pics , Pics is like trying to squeeze blood out of a stone with you lot. :angel:

[DRanged]

Pics , Pics , Pics is like trying to squeeze blood out of a stone with you lot. :angel:


Sorry, I was a bit short for getting the CW&P set, so I made up the rest in blood. Hav'nt got any left:confused:

Regards Justin

[NOZ]

Yeah I was hoping to see some pics of my near roll over. I think Jeffs offsider whos name eludes me was taking lots of pics.

[MickG]

Yeah I was hoping to see some pics of my near roll over. I think Jeffs offsider whos name eludes me was taking lots of pics.

Matt was his name and I hope he has some pics. What we should really do is on each trip we should asign a designated camera man/woman who's job is to follow each car through each obsticle........we have had some great moves missed due to lack of paparazzi;) Hope we have some footage/pics of Noz's "recovery" and gutted we missed Justin detonating his diff.

[dungarover]

Still yet to look at the video I took, but try and throw it together ASAP.

I didn't get as much as I liked (missed Justin's little 'incident', I was on my way down and then heard the delightful sound of shared pinion gear teeth :eek: ) but should have some good stuff of earlier tracks we did.

I've been slack, I still have yet to edit the Coffs Harbour trip :(

Trav

[stevo68]

Still yet to look at the video I took, but try and throw it together ASAP.

I didn't get as much as I liked (missed Justin's little 'incident', I was on my way down and then heard the delightful sound of shared pinion gear teeth :eek: ) but should have some good stuff of earlier tracks we did.

I've been slack, I still have yet to edit the Coffs Harbour trip Mate, not good enough :p , moreso when you put together such great video's. Hopefully you will find the time soon as would love to rub in my own face the 2 great trips I have missed out, Im starting to feel like Outlaw :twisted:

Regards

Stevo

[Outlaw]

Im starting to feel like Outlaw :twisted:

Regards

Stevo
Hehe must be karma :p

[dungarover]

Yep, know how you feel. I used to work nights and weekends and found it awfully difficult to get out on trips and missd out a fair bit.

Plus doing mods to your LR has it's sacrifices such as attending trips and many other factors in life.

Trav

[NOZ]

I am taking a camera next time, ;) Come on guys some one please post some pics

[MickG]

I am taking a camera next time, ;) Come on guys some one please post some pics

Picking up a disc of pics from Matt on Sunday - apparently he took around 200 and has a couple of crackers of you Noz.....will keep you posted and will try and post up here once I get them....although may need Josh's help for that part;)

Aye, Mick

[NOZ]

Crikey I thought 4 or 5 pics would have done, but I guess 200 is best:D

[4wdingmatt]

Hi all.

Now a member of this great club. I feel so warm and cuddly.

Here are some pic's of the trip.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2006/10/57.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2007/06/399.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2007/06/398.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2007/06/400.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2007/06/401.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2007/06/402.jpg

I took around 180 pic's so this is just a couple of good ones.

Cheers,

[MickG]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2007/06/400.jpg

Check out Chris's arm gripping the side of the door and the little spray of dirt off the tow hitch...........you can almost smell the panic in the pic:eek: :D

Great shots Matt, you are now the official trip camera man so well volunteered;) Looking forward to seeing the rest of the shots:D

Aye, Mick

[stevo68]

Yeah Baby, thats what Im talkin bout :D , looking forward to some more pics, wish I had been able to go with the D3 :)

Regards

Stevo

[NOZ]

No Panic there Mick, just exact judgement:eek: . More like we were crapping ourselves:D , it was the years of racing Drag cars that saved us I reckon

When in doubt nail it:twisted: .

Yep I think we were on the verge of out of control in that one.

Great pics Matt

[DRanged]

Ok thats it , we need to have a how to post photos on threads training session. I stuffed around for ages the other night and all I could attach was a ****y little photo.Matt knows how to do it, now I want to!!!!!!!!!!



Regards
Useless forum operator
Justin

[LoadedDisco]

Ok thats it , we need to have a how to post photos on threads training session. I stuffed around for ages the other night and all I could attach was a ****y little photo.Matt knows how to do it, now I want to!!!!!!!!!!



Regards
Useless forum operator
Justin

Justin I will show you on Saturday I will set you up a photo Bucket Album and show you how it works and you will be set.

[stevo68]

Ok thats it , we need to have a how to post photos on threads training session. I stuffed around for ages the other night and all I could attach was a ****y little photo.Matt knows how to do it, now I want to!!!!!!!!!!



Regards
Useless forum operator
Justin
I guess its lucky you are good with mechanical thingies mate :p , though calling yourself useless is a little harsh mate, I would have used a little dense instead :twisted:

Regards

Stevo

[DRanged]

Thanks Stevo, nothing like good freinds for a bit of confidence boosting. ( dense ) mmmmmm what can you help with on Sunday



Justin