Thread: Murphy's Law, catastrophic failure in a very bad place

I think so. I hate to think of the total bill for the recovery, transport, repairs, air fares etc etc. I'm giving them a big plug in the magazine piece. They'd be mad not to use it in their marketing.

Here's the fateful moment when we realised our trip to Mitchell Falls was over...

[ame=http://vimeo.com/99127780]Shockie failure on the Kalumburu Rd on Vimeo[/ame]

Before things went pear-shaped. Crossing the Pentecost into El Questro station for a few days R & R.

[ame=http://vimeo.com/99133240]Small crossing on the Pentecost River at El Questo Station, East Kimberley WA on Vimeo[/ame]

Quite a small bodied shock. It doesn't look particularly special.

Nope. Just the standard off the shelf one that comes with the car.

Few places stock much nowdays, they all order it in. That's why the Toyota argument about them having such a big dealer network is misleading, because they also order in most stuff overnight.
Hope they get you going quickly.

Sent from my D1 using overweight hamsters.

Is that the jack the vehicle came with?
If so it is waaaayyyy better than the D3/4 POS jack.

No, that's a six ton bottle jack I bought after I used the standard jack once to change a flat tyre. The stupid thing twisted out of shape. I packed it away, never to be used again. Got me beat why Land Rover even bother with those silly, lightweight things.

so, do we know if an aftermarket "heavy duty" shock absorber is an option - or are we stuck with the LR version (which as a number of made the point, probably isn't up to outback Australian roads)?

cheers