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No, I watched him chain it down, all good.
Not so all good, just found out that the replacement shock apparently can't be air-freighted from Melbourne because it's classed as dangerous goods (something to do with containing fluid under pressure) so now it has to be trucked via Perth. It'll take at least a week.
Also interesting: the cost of a replacement shock: $800!
If the shock can be in Perth by Friday morning, I can bring it up if required. I'll be passing through Perth Friday midday and in Broome on Sunday night. Chris
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I thought i should learn a bit more about high temps and found this :
http://www.shockabsorbersport.co.nz/...93/sasi.html:p
Tough research project that...:o. But very useful...I'd consider donating some of my office time to help contribute to the cause, even if it was just by assisting with change-out of shock absorbing sets during the trials :angel:Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyG
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Not as bad as I thought they might be, considering the cost of D3 shocks from LR.Quote:
Originally Posted by GregMilner
Chris that's a very generous offer. I doubt that the shock can be in Perth by Friday morning though, it 'might' have left Melbourne this afternoon but more likely tomorrow or the next day. In any case, I got word today from Barbagallo in Perth that Land Rover might be prepared to fly us down to Perth and truck the car down when repaired, or for repairs at Barbagallo, so, fingers crossed, it might all turn out well.Quote:
Originally Posted by cjc_td5
Have already written 3,500 words for 4X4 magazine, the ending will depend on what happens with Land Rover.
Andy I have plenty of time on my hands up here in Broome, I have also volunteered my expertise (limited) to the research project. I wonder if LRA will cover the costs????Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyG
Hi Greg,
That tilt tray in your photo is the same one that picked me up last year when my 5L40E tranny went !! Fortunately we were on the bitumen 100 km south of Kununurra, we were due to head out to the Mitchell's 3 days later. In our case RACV total care saved the day, shipped car, trailer, and us home to Me lb. I wouldn't head anywhere without it (even if driving something made in Japan).
Re tyre pressures when I did the same trip 12 years ago in my D1 we aired down the 16" to 24 psi no problems at all, had a discussion with a local paramedic on the Gibb he runs a troopie at 16 psi !
We ran standard 18" on our 02 L322 3 years ago on the Ghan track to the centre, at 26 psi - as low as I thought prudent, again no probs the whole trip - incl gulf road back thru Qld. The roads that year were worse than the worst we encountered on the Kimberley trip.
If I had your model car I would be trying to fit a set of GO compomotive rims and run 65 profile tyres - they will fit.
Finally good luck with the repairs, I hope it gets sorted soon.
Peter
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Particularly in the area of oversized 'air bags' causing shocker stress, would require a hands on approach.:pQuote:
Originally Posted by GregMilner
Good info Peter, thank you. That tilt-tray is doing a roaring trade again! Check out the attached picture. The recovery operation for us was a 3,500km plus exercise, I should think the biggest and most remote recovery Land Rover has had to deal with in a long, long time. When our driver finally dropped our car at the Land Rover agent in Broome, he took a picture of his odometer - the devil's number, twice!Quote:
Originally Posted by peter g
I would have killed to be able to put smaller wheels/higher profile tyres on before we left, but as I understand it, you can't fit less than 20s on the later model L322s because of the size of the brakes.
In any case, the point of the exercise was to see if a Rangie, reputedly the 'world's best luxury 4WD', could in fact be driven straight off the showroom floor and into the heart of the back country. Clearly not, in our case anyway. Having said that, prior the shockie failure, we'd taken it down some pretty gnarly, sandy, rocky tracks to find fishing spots along the banks of the Pentecost River and it performed beautifully, thanks to that amazing terrain response system, and with the tyres aired down to about 30psi, as low as I dared in those circumstances, given we had to drive out again, across the Pentecost's rocky crossing and back up the Gibb a few kilometres to Home Valley Station.
UPDATE: late yesterday I heard from Barbagallo, the Perth dealer, that Land Rover were considering flying us back to Perth and putting the car on a truck, given that the replacement shock is having to make its way to Broome via road transport, since it's not allowed to be flown here.