Even the Great Lord Vada shall neel before Lord Dunga:DQuote:
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Even the Great Lord Vada shall neel before Lord Dunga:DQuote:
Originally Posted by aquarangie
Only if he can understand your spelling Big D :wasntme:Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Dog
You know me Rod "Kneeling " is something I dont practice. (probably because my knees are shot mate)Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Dog
Darth
Hi All,
Sorry for the delay in posting something.
Having looked at our pics, 95% are of my car (good work Mel! :angel:), but I have some videos.....
At the end of the second section of the creek run (which we explored on the Saturday), there's a small climb over some exposed roots. I used waaay too many numbers which resulted in a fairly bumpy ride and some momentary air for the front axle! :angel:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EPL2fyzCyQ"]Levuka Jan 2012 041.MOV - YouTube[/ame]
Grimace showing how it can be done with far fewer numbers and no lockers! :mad:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWe5EsKkKok"]Levuka Jan 2012 043.MOV - YouTube[/ame]
Cheeky running all 8 for once!
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tqxfelLvu4"]Levuka Jan 2012 052.MOV - YouTube[/ame]
Harry trying to recover Inside.....
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4ht2ypRnbI"]Levuka Jan 2012 049.MOV - YouTube[/ame]
Grimace applying some numbers on the slippery climb - Rosemary's Road
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIvlILBLAXY"]Levuka Jan 2012 103.MOV - YouTube[/ame]
Harry discovering his front locker and power steering was stuffed!:(
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgujI1pcpNU"]Levuka Jan 2012 116.MOV - YouTube[/ame]
Some of us (Pete, JohnR, GuyG, Me & Grimace) went for an explore on the Sunday morning. Pete led us through a tricky gully: (nice video of the mud Mel! :angel:)
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2rPbLpRxhs"]Levuka Jan 2012 163.MOV - YouTube[/ame]
See Dave's (djhampson) post for videos me and Grimace through the same gully. Elliot was shouting "Go Daddy, Go", even when we nearly drove down the side of the bank (see JohnR's pic).
And the last one - Elliot talking to the cows eating the "gross grass", "cows, no eating the grass please".
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRMIxCt2jJI"]Levuka Jan 2012 068 - YouTube[/ame]
We arrived to camp just in time to see everyone making their way to the tracks. Big thanks to Grimace for staying and helping us to air down so we could join in the morning fun.
We had some great new driving experiences. We watched all going through the nice little mud hole and wondered how we would go. :unsure:
Thanks to some great tips from Pete we almost made it - now we have muddies high on the "wish list" for upgrading the car. We got so close, but needed just a little snatch to get over the last slippery log - thanks to the recovery team[biggrin]
After lunch we headed back out with Stevo's group and had a little fun in the playground. After some encouragement from the group, I got up the nerve to try the dips and what a rush when I made it out the other side.
Big thanks to Stevo for being the trip leader and guiding us around (and for showing us what to avoid ):clap2:
We both had a great weekend. Thanks to all.
Kayti.
Sorry my report has taken a while. I got a new piece of software and I have been playing with the photo's.......
What a great weekend, as everybody else has said. I am not usually a huge fan of Levuka as it has the tendancy to scary the pants off you at times when sliding down muddy hills :eek: I must say I still scared the pants off a couple of times when we slid down a couple of hills as passengers in our own car :o
But the new KM2 tyres and twin lockers made a huge difference on the rest of the tracks. :D I can highly recomend the KM2's they're awesome!
anyway on with the photo's:
First creek run was fun with a few slides on the rocks!
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...2012/01/96.jpg
A tight exit and then a quick climb out
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...012/08/938.jpg
Another fine Puma gracing us with it's presence (that made three on this trip :D)
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...2012/01/97.jpg
A nice bog hole. Which had a few trying hard. I must say I was really impressed with the traction control on the D3's and the Puma's! I am not really sure what tweedle dum and tweedle dumber are doing here???
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...2012/01/98.jpg
I don't think Pete even noticed the hole in his revamped Beastly "Little Landy!"
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...2012/01/99.jpg
Back to camp for some lunch. Then we split into two groups to make the going a bit easier
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...012/01/100.jpg
Pete's Defender has some awesome mods now
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...012/01/101.jpg
A fun climb, which Guy drove brilliantly!
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...012/01/102.jpg
Grant giving it "Some Numbers!!"
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...012/01/103.jpg
Grimace just chuckeling at the madness :p
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...012/01/104.jpg
Two mighty Defenders :cool:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...012/01/105.jpg
Grimace foolishly sucoming to a silly dare :p
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...12/04/1405.jpg
Pete's mighty machine. The mods are fantastic! I am just not sure about the new paint job :p (Sorry Pete couldn't help myself)
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...012/01/106.jpg
A quick dip in the mud
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...2012/01/87.jpg
Guy ploughing his way
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...012/01/107.jpg
Grant was having a ball in his play car :angel:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...012/01/108.jpg
Grimace, as dirty as ever
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...012/01/109.jpg
Steaming up the hill with the roar of the V8 :twisted:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...012/01/110.jpg
Another shot of the mighty little landy :eek:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...012/01/111.jpg
I even got a drive of the Beast! Mind you I was only allowed in 1st gear Low Low just to show off the new under-drive :p:wasntme:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...012/01/112.jpg
Thanks to all who attended and made for another great GCLRC weekend away and a special thanks to Pete & Stevo for leading the groups :D
Oh and thanks for letting me have a drive of the Little Landy Pete, It's ok even if it isn't a Puma! :p
Cheers,
I would like to second Kayti's thanks, and (I hope) I have worked out how to post up a few photos we took:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im.../2012/01/3.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im.../2012/01/4.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im.../2012/01/5.jpg
Don't worry Stevo, we won't mention what is going on here....
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...12/02/1507.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im.../2012/01/6.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...12/02/1508.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...12/02/1509.jpg
Don't worry Stevo, we won't mention what is going on here....
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...12/02/1507.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...12/02/1508.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...12/02/1509.jpg[/QUOTE]
so what happened here stevo?
the cat's out of the bag, time to fess up!
....looks like the same hole Grimace tried to destroy with numbers...almost scared Reggie out of the hole! :angel:
Couple of pics from Levuka Trip. Was great fun.
Arrived Friday evening having had the diff pinion seal replaced (thanks Pete) setup tent and then sat around the fire. Saturday morning I had to go get fuel, (Urbanville has Deisel, 91 and 95 Octane Unleaded and is only 10km away), the tank was reading about half but it drops extremely quickly after that and I didn't want to run the risk of being out of fuel somewhere in the bush. Saturdays driving was fun - pretty sure I did all the tracks that Pete took us through, even a couple I've chickened out of in the past. Sunday morning I packed up everything as I wanted to see what was the best way to carry it all in the car while 4wding to ensure that it didn't move. The last thing you need is a jerry can bouncing round the back of the car. We installed tiedown points for the Cape Trip but didn't actually need them, however they did work very well as nothing moved during the Sunday morning drive.
Got rid of any cobwebs that may have been lurking anywhere in the car:twisted:. It was a nice change to be able to use the car properly and not have it start to overheat due to a) the incorrect timing (Gordons Country) or b) an old viscous fan hub (Emu Creek).
Thanks to Jaffa for the suggestions on where to trim the inner rear guards to stop the tyres rubbing/being sliced - this worked well, the only rubbing I heard was from the tyres on the radius arms on full lock, although there was evidence that they also rubbed above the rear springs.