HBWC & the trip of insanity

[HBWC]

well starting this thread to keap track of where i am and what im doing i'll post when ever i have net signal or i'll ring mr landy andy to update it for me
first pics tomorow morning



well i was meant to be off tomorrow early
but hell hit the roof again now i'm leaving around 11am

[Grockle]

stay safe Jono,good luck and I hope you have a great time.

[p38arover]

Ahh, now I know who HBWC is!

Safe travels and I hope you enjoy it.

[The ho har's]

Stay safe Jono and happy travels:D


Mrs hh:angel:

[big guy]

Steady as she goes mate.:)

[LandyAndy]

Safe trip Johnno.
You didnt mention what happend to your written off trailer???
Andrew

[Bearman]

Safe trip Jono and thanks again for delivering the gearbox.....Brian

[taff]

have a good trip butt - see if you can't bring us back some rain, i'm dying to get out and have a play

[Sleepy]

Good Luck Jono,:) Have a wheely good time :D:D:p

[HBWC]

have a good trip butt - see if you can't bring us back some rain, i'm dying to get out and have a play
i'll try my best but i dont want any till i finish the scat


Safe trip Jono and thanks again for delivering the gearbox.....Brian
thats alright mate

Safe trip Johnno.
You didnt mention what happend to your written off trailer???
Andrew
ive bodge it till i get to adle (naughty naughty) it needs a new a frame and hich as the hich is jamed on the car but it was nothing a new plate a rodeo and a chain carnt fix

pics in the morning when not so tyred

[HBWC]

did have some of the 3 flat tyres i had but carnt seem to find them


all packed forgot a few thing but can live without
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speedo befor leaving
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[big guy]

Thats a lot of fuel you are carrying.:p:p:p

Safe trip and hopefully the camper from melbourne will sit a bit better than the one loaded up at back of your Disco.

Thanks for that again mate.

[isuzurover]

Have a good trip Jono! I recognise some of the items on that trailer ;).

[HBWC]

lol in norseman now got 2 new tyres given to me for the tralor in kal
with that i'd recomend brigestone kal to anybody

talk to you on the other side

[drifter]

waiting for you to get to the other side...

Hoping it is all going well for you.

[DeanoH]

Crikey! Stay safe but don't be sensible. Enjoy yourself but try to stay out of jail. Did you bring the new Coke bottle and fishing line? We've got KGW over here too you know.
Have a great trip Jono. Remember we're two hours (not including daylight stupidity), and 10 years ahead over here so you'll be able to catch up on all the soapies.

Deano:)

PS. You can buy fuel over here Jono.

[LandyAndy]

Got a message on my phone last night around 8.30pm our time.
Johnno had made Border Village despite hitting 2 roos.All is OK.
Andrew

[rovercare]

Cool, look forward to piktures:)

[LandyAndy]

Hey Deano
We may be backward Hilbillies over here,but its NICE:p:p:p:p:p
There is a reason Johnno is carting that fuel.50cents a litre!!!!! Pity he is 10 years behind:D:D:D:D
Andrew

[LandyAndy]

Spoke to Johnno just now.
He is in SA in a place that sounds like Lullalight???
2 houses and 1 pub in town.
Made the trip across OK.
Andrew

[HBWC]

Crikey! Stay safe but don't be sensible. Enjoy yourself but try to stay out of jail. Did you bring the new Coke bottle and fishing line? We've got KGW over here too you know.
Have a great trip Jono. Remember we're two hours (not including daylight stupidity), and 10 years ahead over here so you'll be able to catch up on all the soapies.

Deano:)

PS. You can buy fuel over here Jono.
as andy said its cheap and you going to take me out fishing


Spoke to Johnno just now.
He is in SA in a place that sounds like Lullalight???
2 houses and 1 pub in town.
Made the trip across OK.
Andrew
lower light mate got internet going now

[isuzurover]

You must have been doing a good pace Jono!!!

[HBWC]

kind of ben
first day took alot longer due to tyres on the trailer
day 2 some how melded into day 3 as i couldn't sleep i drove from kall to lower light (mates farm) but suffering now

[isuzurover]

kind of ben
first day took alot longer due to tyres on the trailer
day 2 some how melded into day 3 as i couldn't sleep i drove from kall to lower light (mates farm) but suffering now

I have found "lower light SA" on the map, but where is "kall"? Does that mean you did most of the Nullarbor iin one day???

[klappers]

kal as in gold fields "kal" kalgoorlie

[isuzurover]

It was the extra l that threw me... 2100km in 1 stint is pretty impressive!

[klappers]

That is one way to describe it

[DeanoH]

Long weekend over here this weekend, heading off early to Lake Tyers today for a bit of fishing. I'll be in touch.

Deano:)

[DeanoH]

Hey Deano
We may be backward Hilbillies over here,but its NICE:p:p:p:p:p
There is a reason Johnno is carting that fuel.50cents a litre!!!!! Pity he is 10 years behind:D:D:D:D
Andrew

Just joshing Andy.
WA's got to be my favourite state. If its not the South West, its the Pilbara or even better The Kimberley. Pity that idiot premier over there wants to put a gas plant at James Price Point though.
50c a litre hey, ask no questions told no lies?

Deano:)

[LandyAndy]

Deano
Thats the way I took your post,hence the smillies in mine.
He is running that D1 of Transformer Cooling Oil !!!!!!
You just pour it in apparently,must be OK or he wouldnt have made it over there!!!!
Andrew

[HBWC]

Just joshing Andy.
WA's got to be my favourite state. If its not the South West, its the Pilbara or even better The Kimberley. Pity that idiot premier over there wants to put a gas plant at James Price Point though.
50c a litre hey, ask no questions told no lies?

Deano:)
as andy said cooling oil the big transformers get their oil changed regularly and i buy some
sorry camera is in the car still
im of to love day tomorow

[rovercare]

as andy said cooling oil the big transformers get their oil changed regularly and i buy some
sorry camera is in the car still
im of to love day tomorow

Dude I worked with was doing that same, company I work for has a BIG transformer workshop:D

[HBWC]

Good to hear you are OK HBWC :D Had a few dramas tho by the sound of things ;) All makes for a good story tho ;)

well 2 roos a wombat 3 flats 1 hich hicker and a hell of a lot of intrested people where ever i stop

[HBWC]

just finished working out my fuel usage and i got 11.5 km to the litre
i thought that was excellent while towing a trailer

[Grockle]

aye up Jono,hope things are going well

[agrojnr]

Good to here your doing well jonno

11.5/100ks is pretty good when I last did that trip in a f*%d I was getting 21/100ks:(

Adam

[HBWC]

not to the 100 to the lt

had my alternator die today got a new one coming from adalaide

[LandyAndy]

Johnno called me this morning wanting help with his alternator.
He has since posted saying he has a replacement on the way.
If anybody wants to contact him send me a PM and I will pass on his mobile number.
Andrew

[big guy]

Johnno called me this morning wanting help with his alternator.
He has since posted saying he has a replacement on the way.
If anybody wants to contact him send me a PM and I will pass on his mobile number.
Andrew

Where is he?

[LandyAndy]

Still in SA
Wasnt very good phone coverage when we spoke.Ballana????? or similar????
Andrew

[clean32]

is he needing a hand?? if so flick his mobile

[LandyAndy]

Thanks Clean.
Mobile no sent via PM
Andrew

[Grockle]

Andy,pm his mobile no I'll ring him tonight

[Grockle]

Jono sounds like he'd been on the grog re his answer phone message :D

[LandyAndy]

Mate,he speaks like he types:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
Andrew

[Grockle]

Mate,he speaks like he types:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
Andrew

shirley nott ;)

[clean32]

Mate,he speaks like he types:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
Andrew

so hes not a stuck up poppy chick then ??

[Grockle]

so hes not a stuck up poppy chick then ??

no that's his Aunty Poppy;)

[JamesH]

Heading across the nullabor on Wednesday night, in a Volvo wagon not a Landy.

Heading out at 2am and want to breakfast in Southern X, I'm really worried about roos east of Merriden at dawn. It's their car and they are worried too but are used to country miles.

We don't plan to drive anywhere near dusk and dawn except for that first day but reading that Hillbilly hit three and a wombat on the way over gives me the fear a bit.

[V8Ian]

Heading across the nullabor on Wednesday night, in a Volvo wagon not a Landy.

Heading out at 2am and want to breakfast in Southern X, I'm really worried about roos east of Merriden at dawn. It's their car and they are worried too but are used to country miles.

We don't plan to drive anywhere near dusk and dawn except for that first day but reading that Hillbilly hit three and a wombat on the way over gives me the fear a bit.
Make sure your ambulance cover is valid, also that car and medical insurance is up to date. :(

[LandyAndy]

Nothing wrong with Volvo pilots Ian,Im paid to steer one:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
Andrew

[V8Ian]

Nothing wrong with Volvo pilots Ian,Im paid to steer one:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
Andrew
It's not the car that worries me, in fact if I had to argue with wildlife, short of a large 4X4, Volvo would be my choice.

[LandyAndy]

Its OK Ian,I dont think I would hop in a Volvo car and get steered around either:twisted::twisted::twisted::twisted:
Andrew

[HBWC]

Mate,he speaks like he types:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
Andrew
THANKS ANDY


Heading across the nullabor on Wednesday night, in a Volvo wagon not a Landy.

Heading out at 2am and want to breakfast in Southern X, I'm really worried about roos east of Merriden at dawn. It's their car and they are worried too but are used to country miles.

We don't plan to drive anywhere near dusk and dawn except for that first day but reading that Hillbilly hit three and a wombat on the way over gives me the fear a bit.
she'll be right their mainly in the eucla pass and just slow down not like me dooing 130km

[HBWC]

ok pics up on my face book page i'll put them up hear soon

[Grockle]

look foward to that then Jono

[HBWC]

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more to come

[HBWC]

yer but i dont put them on my paint work any more unlike my b&s days

[HBWC]

my temporary alternator or in lay mans terms a generator i drove around like that for a few days

[rovercare]

my temporary alternator or in lay mans terms a generator i drove around like that for a few days

Haha, thats awseome:D

[Grockle]

my temporary alternator or in lay mans terms a generator i drove around like that for a few days

can't fault ya Jono,thats spot on :)

[HBWC]

Sydney leg delayed carnt find where its sucking air from

[HBWC]

im now looking for a good rover mechanic in adalaide or the cheapest way to cart it home

[BigJon]

Triumph Rover Spares is one. 08 8384 6933
There is another called British something, should be in the phone book. British 4x4 Automotive 08 8266 4506

I will be back in Adelaide next Thursday if that is any help.

[digger]

sovereign auto.. great mob, give em a call!
Sovereign Auto Services - Over 35 Years Experience (http://www.sovereignauto.com.au/)
info@sovereignauto.com.au
238 Angas St Adelaide SA 5000
ph: (08) 8223 1997


and
http://www.britparts.com.au/
info@britparts.com.au
238 Angas St Adelaide SA 5000
ph: (08) 8223 2699

note a similarity in addresses?? -I havent used em...yet!


digger

[LandyAndy]

Had a chat with Johnno a short time ago.
It seems the lift pump has gone.
Says the rubber is all eaten out of it.
Perhaps a message for those that use alternative fuels.
New lift pump with a Viton upgrade getting fitted tommorow morning.
He has cancelled going to Sydanee.
Andrew

[dobbo]

cant you just bypass the lift pump and fit a $70 inline facet pump

[HBWC]

cant you just bypass the lift pump and fit a $70 inline facet pump
yes i can but im going both
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/technical-chatter/100662-electric-lift-pump.html