LCMP July 2010

[stikman]

Well another LCMP trip been and gone.

Arrived later then had hoped on Friday at just after 3 and contacted Trav and Kelvin who were out collecting firewood as they had arrived earlier. A relaxing set up and dinner and then short stint around the fire and the kids were ready for bed, not sure who fell asleep first

Up early on Saturday and noticed Bullet had arrived, oops must have been early to bed Kelvin advised the others were due in at about 8.30 so we had breakfest and got the cars ready for the day. About 9.30 with no one in sight we ventured off for a drive in areas close to camp and the main road in. A quick run through Cruiser Canyon and then up Telecom Hill before playing in the big wombat holes at the entrance to Telecom Hill, as Trav would say some real pucker moments We decided to swing by camp in case anyone had arrived but no yet so we headed up Club Rally Circuit and while waiting for another group to get through we heard Dave and the others on the radio. Quickly joined by Dave, Greg, Darren, and Tim we ventured down and around to the Pig Pen where the opportunity was taken to flex up for the obligtery poser shot, with even the old Game showing what leaf sprung landies are capable of There should be some photos floating around as the camera's were out.

Next on the cards was Test Track which is a fun little red run along a creek. One secion offers a nice little rock area where varying routes are possible. After being hung up badly on one section last time it was hard to resist giving it another go, which offcourse means follow the leader I will get some videos up which will show some of this once i stop fighting with the computer This little section resulted in a few getting bellied out which unfortunately resulted in some casualties.......4 engine mounts all on the one Rangie Guess Who? While spares were sourced and installed, gearbox's strapped down and secured a led the shrunken group back to camp so a few could get ready to leave and the kids could have a bit to eat. As we got back to camp for a late lunch (3pm) we found NOZ camped around the fire turned out he arrived about 30mins after the first group but missed us at each turn and on the radio due to a change to avoid radio traffic. Sorry buddy After a catch up around camp Kelvin, NOZ and I escorted Dave and Tim towards the office via Camp Road, which happens to have a nice wombat section at the end, perfect for an afternoon spring stretching session....good fun A few good byes and back to camp to have a chat and settle in for the night. Greg and Darren ventured off late afternoon and NOZ stayed for a quick campfire experience and then also headed home, back to three for the night.

Sunday morning and Trav packed for an early departure (hint) while Kelvin and I got the troops ready for a morning drive. Kelvin noticed that his rear springs were not seated properly so we looked for a spot to flex the d2 up for some quick repairs. We decided to have a look at Air Locker Ave which is a Red with extreme hills track that provided some challenges. Finding our selves going up and down some tracks that do not appear to have been driven in a while i know my lockers got some use, going both up and down hills. We decided to head towards Hilux Hill and detoured via a little play hill, the step up proved to be exactly 100inches long resulting in the d2 being stuck between the step and a tree to the rear, text book snatch and all was good until a hand break failure saw a car heading downhill without a driver luckily still attached via the snatch with only a little slack so a lucky escape...talk about a heart start moment though With just the two cars we raced through Claw Gorge and back around Test Track, taking the opportunity to play on a little clay hill climbing its way out of the creek (fun even if it did defeat me ). Having a look at Hilux hill we choose the middle option as being the wise option, some big step ups on a few of the hills which i was not keen on. As i was heading home that afternoon and the grey clouds were rolling in we ventured back to camp for a quick lunch and pack up, leaving Kelvin for one more relaxing night around the fire.

Overall a good weekend, with some fun sensible driving. Drive of the weekend has to go to Tim in the game, great fun to watch. Thanks to all that attended, was an easy relaxed trip to lead.

Will post up some video when i get a chance.

[Outlaw]

Good work... been way too long since you've led a trip Philippe

BRING ON THE PICS!!!

[Disco Inferno]

Awsum time. Thanks to Busman again for letting me ride shotgun, truly amazingly nice truck he has.
Here are a few pics from the phone and have a few more to come yet.


(sorry Tim for chopping off your roof but the flex pic just has to be in.)

[Timj]

It was a great day. Thanks for letting us come up for the day run. It actually surprises me how much flex the Game manages to get. I have played around with the springs quite a lot and it seems to have come out ok. Now for locker and stronger axles and it should be quite good. A bit more clearance would be nice too. I still had the dying on hills business though so I changed the carbie last night (again) so now I need another trip to see if I have fixed it .

I came down one of the wombat sections that we went through on the way out (Camp road?) and nearly lost the whole Game in one of the holes they were that deep. It was fantastic to watch Dave particularly go up that section with the back axle at full articulation one way and the front the other and just keep walking up with no problems.

Didn't get the camera out all day though as it is a bit of a bother when by yourself so I am looking forward to seeing all the ones everybody else took .

TimJ.

[dungarover]

It was a good weekend, ssadly the camping numbers were a bit on the low side but that meant the fire was roomy. I never got to have a rematch with that ****ing possum although I did hear something rumaging through my dirty pots and pans during the second night

Thye bullet was doing the job as per usual til some rock step decided otherwise destroying 4 engine mounts and nearly killing the entire cooling system in the process. the enfine had mobved that much the front drive flange was lathing itself away on the extractor flange Luckily greg came to the rescue just by purte luck that he had 2 engine mounts and in true dunga style eht other 2 gearbox mounts were roped up by Darren (will try and get some pics later). I will say that I've never broken 4 engine/gearbox mounts before, done 1 but nevere 4 so I can tick that off the carnage list

I was a bit ****ed off that I had to leave early but I was lucky to escape with the damge that I had done so I called it a weekend and left Sunday morning. It was a toruble-free run and the bullet is now awaiting it's new mounts and a new top radiator hose as the engine twisted allowing the top radiator hose to collide with the fins on the alternator . Luckily from previous expreicned with 80's RRC that this gets a tad close and put a flat piece of old mud guard rubber zip tied around that part of the hose, if I hadn't of it could have been worse

Special metion to Darren, Greg and Philippe for there help as well as Pete (Disco inferno). Yes rangies break down but they do it in style

Lesson of the weekend - The driver may have the ability to conquer all before him but the vehyicle may not, the bullet isn't a rock crawler and this incident reminded me of that

Trav

[disco_thrasher]

Was a awesome trip thanks Stickman and aquarangie and all the other who how showed up on sat for a day drive .

we arrived mid day on friday and left about the same on mon
campfire was blasting away in usual fashion and good that there was space for once around it .weather was awesome clear skies at night and partly cloudy during the day and as usual great tracks and driving by all even my very large bellied pregnant wife how drove the d2 back while i stayed to help fix Travis rangie , everybody said she did very well ,the banter on the radio on the way back between Tina and Mel and myself was there were 3 scenarios i will never get to sit in my driver seat again or a broken D2 or a baby been born in the creek ,well it looks like i have to fight for my seat now or just build a full comp truck for myself i like the later


here area few pics sorry about the non rotated pics i had spent ages downloading then relised the need rotating bugger

[stikman]

A few videos from my phone over the weekend, sorry no editing
(not embeding properly but click on the below which should link to Photobucket)

[grover69]

Top day had a great time , thanks to all can't wait to go back but for a full weekend to give the ute a full work .
thanks again