Land Cruiser Car Wash............ Oops

[Bushie]

Warning idiot alert :):)
Sounds like a two stroke outboard at the end. :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw2tgyFfilg


Martyn

[dmdigital]

What were they thinking...:D

[MarknDeb]

HMMMMMMMMMMM:o

[spudboy]

Wonder what he told his insurance company????

[rangieman]

I have this funny feeling it might be clarkies mate i saw clarkies name in the credits:eek:

[loanrangie]

And of course revving the guts out of it after pulling it out of the drink is going to help the motor ! Was that in NZ ? Water looked too clear to be one of our rivers.

[Utemad]

I recognise the Gooch name from Overlander or 4wdMonthly. That would have been his Navara that did the recovery.
Perhaps it was a forum trip. If so there would be a write up of it somewhere you'd think.

[stevo]

I think I heard a kiwi accent the motor was still running when it went under so a expensive drive in the creek

[rangieman]

I recognise the Gooch name from Overlander or 4wdMonthly. That would have been his Navara that did the recovery.
Perhaps it was a forum trip. If so there would be a write up of it somewhere you'd think.

so what country are they from :eek:

it does look like the same spot clarkie gave camila a bath to me:angel:

[Phoenix]

I would have rememberd that if it was an overlander forum trip, maybe 4wd monthly?

Love the choice of background music :lol2:

[Utemad]

so what country are they from :eek:

it does look like the same spot clarkie gave camila a bath to me:angel:

Australia for sure.
It must be Oz because someone mentioned they heard (and saw) NZders :D

[D110V8D]

Clarkie is in the footage isn't he. I thought I saw his ugly mug on there.

It's in Oz.

[rangieman]

Clarkie is in the footage isn't he. I thought I saw his ugly mug on there.

It's in Oz.

yep i thought i saw clarkie as well and read the credits his name is in it as well:eek:

[sclarke]

Yes the clown jumping in to help is me.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw2tgyFfilg

the story.....

Coopers Creek camping ground.... Nov 06
we play here alot and the river has a hole we3 knew about, but due to a river being a river, it changes. The hole is closer now than it used to be. you used to be able to drive right thru there......

And after 1.45 hours we got it going......
next day and many hours of cleaning, drying and oil changing we drove it back to melb.

What got wet............ EVERYTHING, including the headlining

Yes we should have walked it 1st.....
ohh the Big rock on the other side has my name on it, or should i say, Camila's Tailshaft.

Clarkie

[Quiggers]

I suspect much of the 'reputation' (derisive) of the 'fabulous' Land Cruiser has to do with those who operate them.

Like the porcupine and the Porsche joke.

I still don't get why people do this and then wonder why they're in the pooh...

GQ

[LandyAndy]

The lenghts TOJO drivers go to wash their vehicle when water restrictions are on:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
Andrew

[MickS]

next day and many hours of cleaning, drying and oil changing we drove it back to melb.


Clarkie

What was the upshot of it/costs/damage etc?

Mick

[sclarke]

Oh....Loretta :o :o :o

Why Thank you, i always love the generousity of those who care.....

Cost to fix or loss of $$$$

radiator split between the auto and the coolant.......... we did not find that until 8 litres of trany fluid later it was still pink and milky..... we were flushing it when we found out about the radiator prob, it took at the end 28 litres of tranny fluid to flush it.
the rear diff got no water in it, fuel tanks took no water.

Laptop, 1 GPS's, 2 PDA's, 2 mobile phones, Stereo with bling subby ect... DVD player's, UHF, CODAN ..... lots of toys..... only thing not wet...... 1 sleeping bag that was floating down the river.

That cruiser has a 6" suspension lift, 2" Body and 38" MTR's its big....
When i was helping putting the 1st strap on (ARB) we could not get the pin in as the ARB straps are too big for receiver hitch's. Well done ARB.....:twisted: so i grabbed my winch ext strap and used it. We were treading water at the back and my guess was it was about 7-8 foot deep.....

When we pulled it out you can see it flots off again on the 1st pull..... it was on a rock, how much further would it have gone down????

Jamie (owner) was embarressed and upset and he took the Crown from me on Swimming 4wd's............
He was lucky when you think about it...... if it had been a deisel the cost would have been shocking after that drink.....

[sclarke]

Opps i posted it also.

i was going to post it weeks back, but forgot....

See other post...
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/showthread.php't=33129

So to recap on the questions.....

Coopers Creek on the Thomson River, I drowned Camila at Talbotville

Gooch had the Nivara, Jamie (LBD) 80 series.

more info on the above post.... Sorry to double up...

Mod can we roll this thread into one????

[hiline]

the true cost will come in time ;)

[mns488]

co-incidence, but i was speaking to someone at a xmas party on wednesday who also drowned a cruiser.

His was a diesel - but he turned it off as the water came up the windscreen so the engine was not stuffed (completely).

He also said he got it on insurance. I asked how? He said he told them he left the handbrake off and it rolled into the river...

He got writeoff value of car and bought it at scrape value (from the insurance company) and repaired it all... inside and out.

Must be something about cruiser drivers... showoffs!

[sclarke]

ohhh the funny part.......

All the way home the windows buzzed up and down the central locking locked and unlocked and the wipers kept wiping.......

Ahhhhhh love electrics...

Give me an old car anyday.....

[100I]

How old is it? I gather it has an ECU of some sort, amazing it hasn't wheezed as well

[rangieman]

Yes the clown jumping in to help is me.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw2tgyFfilg

the story.....

Coopers Creek camping ground.... Nov 06
we play here alot and the river has a hole we3 knew about, but due to a river being a river, it changes. The hole is closer now than it used to be. you used to be able to drive right thru there......

And after 1.45 hours we got it going......
next day and many hours of cleaning, drying and oil changing we drove it back to melb.

What got wet............ EVERYTHING, including the headlining

Yes we should have walked it 1st.....
ohh the Big rock on the other side has my name on it, or should i say, Camila's Tailshaft.

Clarkie


I win you loose

[sclarke]

yes i know.. i should have got in 1st Rangieman..... but who posted it on u tube???? ME.................

[rangieman]

:p
say no more

[sclarke]

No More

[spudboy]

I suspect much of the 'reputation' (derisive) of the 'fabulous' Land Cruiser has to do with those who operate them.

Like the porcupine and the Porsche joke.

GQ

So what's the porcupine and Porsche joke......

[953]

Sometimes the porshe is substituted with a cop car:o
Cheers Dean.

[Outlaw]

Mod can we roll this thread into one????
Yep merged ;)

[sclarke]

Good man......

Technology, it is our Friend.....:o

[DEFENDERZOOK]

So what's the porcupine and Porsche joke......



i have no idea......
but i do know that on a porcupine the pr1cks are on the outside........

[Tommy]

Now THIS is how he should have done it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzGh43-leO4&NR

Merry Christmas everyone.

Tommy :banana:

[stevo]

one way to test the snorkel is sealed properly