Thread: Help stuck at Adelaide River

I'd pull the fuse to the compressor and drive it home (slowly). But I'm a mechanical dunce so please don't listen to me.

Originally Posted by djambalawa

Hiya folks i've just broken an air fitting in a bog and i've limped in to adelaide rvr... The car has gone down low low and its ride is very rough - the tyres aren't quite rubbing...

On the dash i get a message sometimes saying "car will kift when systems cools" or something... So i'm worried the compressor is workng too hard blowing air...

Should i drive it home? Its about 100km of highway...

Any advice greatly appreciated

The fitting/hose was a the front left under the bullbar

What's stopping you repairing/replcing the damaged air fitting, some Duct tape can cure a lot of ills, Regards Frank.

when you get home come see me i have an emergency kit i can lend you till you fix yours. pm sent

Dunno if it is of any use but I think Mark066 lives in AR.

Hi all thanks for the responses - pulling the fuse did the trick thanks and got me home. I had my nephew with me whos a mechanic and he reckoned it wasn't something he could fix up - although I did have duct tape with me...

It didn't seem too bad sitting on 80kmh - although a bit bumpy in sections I just took it easy... previous to that when I was limping home on the 4wd track trying not to bottom out it was pretty bad as the back end went really low for a bit for some reason... but from AR to Darwin it was just at its normal access height which was quite low enough but much better than it was...

This makes me think about why I should have a GOE emergency air kit.
Don't know how duct tap would go with 250psi.


Cheers Ken

Originally Posted by roamer

This makes me think about why I should have a GOE emergency air kit.
Don't know how duct tap would go with 250psi.


Cheers Ken

Thanks Roamer just looked that up and looks worth it!

What air fitting got busted?