Thread: MURPHYS CREEK

Sadly my engine chucked a rod on the way home without warning
I can now say I have destroyed three engines in about 45 years,
Wanna buy a disco?

crap. thats not good news. Sorry to hear Harry.

It was still a good day , see a D3 And a D4 perform trough the creek . Amazing vehicles .I wouldnt be dare taking such a nice cars anywhere near a place like that . I now can say that the Mudhogs can handle serious mud with ease , the self cleaning abilities of them is amazing . Thanks everyone .
George

Originally Posted by harry

Sadly my engine chucked a rod on the way home without warning
I can now say I have destroyed three engines in about 45 years,
Wanna buy a disco?

Not good news Harry! Maybe the V8 Disco will return to duty???

Cheeky has been driving me crazy all week; she has been nagging for a drive for months now. She has been whining that the MongrelJeep has been having all the fun; and she has better tyres.
She is very proud of her MTZ’s, the Jeep stole her Km2’s while Cheeky’s motor was sick
“Karma is a bitch” says Cheeky

Unfortunately we slept in; Cheeky was in a bit of a mood about the late start, but she soon got excited as we were catching up to Harry


We arrived at Murphy Creek at about 8:30 to find the rest of the Rovers ready to get started


The rains had taken its toll, so we had a couple of attempts to find some drivable tracks

[funny]
Harry went exploring



Cheeky to the rescue


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More exploring looked promising


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When the tracks have had sustained water, the track ratings climb several notches
Things which maybe easy when dry can become impassable when soaked
As some other Toyota drivers have been having fun in the area


Dave went for a look up the track we were looking for, I could here lots of Isuzu noise in the bush, by the time I got the camera going I just caught the exit of the creek, he had just struggled through.

See video Here Mar 9, 2013 1:46am | Facebook

We decided that we had had enough and would head home
Just as we were heading towards the Gold Coast on the toll road, way past Ipswich more than an hour after leaving Murphy’s
I saw something fall off under Harry’s car, at first I thought it was just a bit of mud.
While I was busy dodging the flying shrapnel, I noticed Harry slow and head for the nearby exit off the freeway.
The radio soon crackled “I lost the engine”
Unfortunately the exit was not friendly and turned into the centenary highway, Harry rolled to a halt in the middle of a merge, and inspected the damage


Seems to be a new inspection port for number 4 big end

I hooked Harry up to Cheeky and I dragged him to the nearest off ramp which turned out to be 5km away.

We found a car park, rang RACQ and waited
All that was left was to have happy hour


Eventually


Thanks for the trip Dave, the area looks promising looking forward to trying again when the weather drys out a bit.

Sorry to hear about the Disco Harry.

Have quite a few photos to post from the trip including the "big" recovery. Hopefully up for view this evening

Certainly an eventful day.

Phil

Cheeky reminded me that I forgot to mention the best part of the trip

1 RRC
6 Disco's
1 other ugly thing (which we wont mention)

in case you missed it 6 Discos

Apparently all the other RRC's were retired hurt and out of action

RRC was the best looking car there.
I own a Disco and was scared to take it in case l broke it