Thread: county goes clunk

Ah, Hedland.

I have worked out that way many years ago, on the Newman acces road along side the railway line, out near the East Strelley river and the Chinaman creek. Got our camp washed away in a flood there once too. Big low pressure system came across the coast and dumped a once in 25 year rainfall out there. We moved camp and tucked in with a nearby mining camp up on a hill.
After 2 days and nights of steady rain and electrical storms, we ventured down to the creek which was about 1 km wide!!

The flood plain stretched away into the distance and took a further 3 days to drop so we could get the Hilux across to look for what remained of our camp. We found some of the gear up in trees, an Engel fridge lid 7 feet up in one! 6 packs of Emu Export snagged in branches (Would've made a good photo that one!) and the fuel drums and 'lux's spare wheels etc long gone.

We discovered the drillers camp had even more fun than us. During the first night of rain, after an all day downpour, the Gen set went off, stopping the A/C in the van. When one of the guys woke up to go and investigate, he was ankle deep in water and it was about that time the van lurched and moved backward 6 or so feet into a tree. He forced open the van door, promptly filling it up with water, which stopped it floating away. They crawled thorugh the skylight to spend a nervous night on the roof, surrounded by water, wedged into a big ghost gum. After the water subsided, they went searching for the landcruiser ute and trailer mounted genset, which had both been washed a few hundred feet downstream. The cruiser started after a day or two of drying out and changing oils and fuel etc, the genset was not so lucky, as it was running when the water washed over it, and it hydraulic locked
The caravan was one of those ex main roads mobile quarters. It ran 750/16 's with tandem axles, and had a laundry at one end. It was big enough to be towed by the water truck when moving camp. The water mark inside the van was a foot above the stove top!!
They estimate the creek rose 5 to 6 meters in about 1 hour that night!

after that episode, I have a very high respect for the forces of nature!

JC

Originally Posted by wowscounty

thanks deejay for the advice iwas 3ks from home in a tidal swamp so thought best to get home as for the damage bill no worries had the car 18 mths no problems just got home from brisbane 10 thousand ks later with my new outboard for the haines hunter in the trailer busy working and fitting new motor thought the landy could wait for its service and yes serviced every 5 ths ks oil and filters to box and motor 10ths to diffs this is one of the best landys ive ever had out of 6 models porthedland to brisbane in 9days 3days there 3days stay 3 days home lovely drive through buccanon hwy nt but poor car is resting get back to you with what problem is thanks glenn

Glenn,
John has explained what it could be in a nutshell.
I expected you would get good advice. What I'm saying is that when something goes bang in the driveline its going to put metal grindings in the oil and that will work like a fine grinding paste on the bearings etc.
If its a CV or shaft & you put it in centre diff lock then the drive goes 50/50 so it will still be rotating the front diff & shafts.

Originally Posted by wowscounty

blew a fuse to my auto shut of for isuzu so i was just opening bonnet and turning it of manually untill the cable broke to open bonnet .thought owell fix it on the weekend so have been stalling in gear didnt want to just happend that way. mate rings up says his bogged in the poo go out to rescue him go to leave after rescue gearbox goes clunk no go in normal low or high no drive to front axile in dif lock but drives rear got home and just wandering if ive broke something in transfer case from loading it up stalling it any ideas were to start looking drives no worries in dif lock but nothing in normal drive thanks glenn

thanks all broken axile sheared of at diff bought 2 new axiles cv joints bearing kits $670 brand new again and im lucky i know some one in landy parts

Broken front axle