Another Team Wales Epic....

[Darwin]

Time for a reshell I think :augie:augie

na rubber hammer and new mirror and its all good.

 

[lacroupade]

na rubber hammer and new mirror and its all good.

exactly!

 

[extreme-4x4]

yep .... team wales does rock.

im in shock .... and i know pete and what he's capable of

bloody funny. if you need parts pete or any help fixing the truck up give me a shout


bet paul wins the photo comp this month

 

[extreme-4x4]

just spoke to pete on the phone he's fine and happy ... will be on later . he's having his tea now:thumbs

 

[lacroupade]

just spoke to pete on the phone he's fine and happy ... will be on later . he's having his tea now:thumbs

good jobbie!

 

[lacroupade]

By the way Colin, droplink bushes were on wrong...had a bit of clonking underneath today and it was cos both bushes were on top of the wishbone (should be one either side I think), so spanners out tomorrow before I drive back to Oxford.:doh

You're fired....! :lol:lol:lol

Ordered a new set of locknuts off the Bay so when they arrive I'll be jamming an old socket on the existing ones to get them off for good and try those new wheels....

You shoulda come today and ridden shotgun....mind you, which truck would you have picked??!! Could have ended up with a headache...!

 

[makeitfit]

"Evenin" !!
I tell you what...................gear box oil stinks!:augie
Any way up, home now safe n sound and a large , I say LARGE glass of wine to hand
Body damage is minimal but there is a little more wind noise than usual!:augie
Also noticed, while waxoiling the underside in the woods ,as you do, there's a little patch of welding needed,
So I may have a couple of days with a big hammer later this week
And another thing, I had no idea I had so many screws, fuses, screws,tools,jelly babies and screws loitering around in the car..........:augie
I'm still finding bits in me hair
Wife says I'm not setting the example she had hoped for my son. He of BMX fame and all his mates thought the truck's now well hard

I did promise there be no digging this time Told you Colin:augie

So who wants to come next month?

Anyone?


I'll put some scenic pics of Paul in a min:thumbs

 

[extreme-4x4]

By the way Colin, droplink bushes were on wrong...had a bit of clonking underneath today and it was cos both bushes were on top of the wishbone (should be one either side I think), so spanners out tomorrow before I drive back to Oxford.:doh

You're fired....! :lol:lol:lol

Ordered a new set of locknuts off the Bay so when they arrive I'll be jamming an old socket on the existing ones to get them off for good and try those new wheels....

You shoulda come today and ridden shotgun....mind you, which truck would you have picked??!! Could have ended up with a headache...!

put your one on the way mine came off. so i recon its right.
could be your lift giving you some knocking.

i would have loved to have come. however i did go and view a track today as we are doing the sarn next month. and this track is close by .its called the mud run .... i looked and i retreated.

so next month is the sarn helen. banwen and the mud run if you dare

im just off out for an hour on the sarn now back soon hopefully

 

[zippy656]

SO WHAT MADE YOU GOT FOR A roll THEN??


JUST A SLIP UP OR BEEING DAFT?

 

[lacroupade]

put your one on the way mine came off. so i recon its right.
could be your lift giving you some knocking.

i would have loved to have come. however i did go and view a track today as we are doing the sarn next month. and this track is close by .its called the mud run .... i looked and i retreated.

so next month is the sarn helen. banwen and the mud run if you dare

im just off out for an hour on the sarn now back soon hopefully

Colin - if you check page FA-20 in that expensive manual I gave you, its true, definitely one bush above and one below...so yours must have been wrong as well! Makes sense if you think about it, why would you stick two bushes on one side-could just use a single larger bush if that were the case.....so tomorrow I'll whip them off and put one either side....they are already deformed by the pressure but still got the rubber ones that came with the new droplink so might use them if the others don't come off looking OK.

I'm up for the Sarn (most of it anyway!) but I might ride shotgun on Banwen, can't have my nice clean truck scraped to buggery! LOL

 

[makeitfit]

SO WHAT MADE YOU GOT FOR A roll THEN??


JUST A SLIP UP OR BEEING DAFT?

Well it certainly wasn't planned
I just found out the hard way how far over a mav will go:lol
Also worth noting there was def. no time to check an inclinometer or whatever it's called:augie
Just keep both hands on the wheel and NO hand signals:clap

 

[Liam]

Colin - if you check page FA-20 in that expensive manual I gave you, its true, definitely one bush above and one below...so yours must have been wrong as well! Makes sense if you think about it, why would you stick two bushes on one side-could just use a single larger bush if that were the case.....so tomorrow I'll whip them off and put one either side....they are already deformed by the pressure but still got the rubber ones that came with the new droplink so might use them if the others don't come off looking OK.

I'm up for the Sarn (most of it anyway!) but I might ride shotgun on Banwen, can't have my nice clean truck scraped to buggery! LOL

Might explain the problems you are having when in 4wd,Colin.

 

[makeitfit]

Wine has hit the spot now so I'll show you some of my snaps of the day

Seems so peaceful !

My new friend

Landy brigade on manuvers, they just can't keep their nose out can they?

Panorama or what? It was just after this I spotted this little play ground area that Paul seemed to find so facinating:lol
I've got some video on photobucket, so will try and do link thing when the wine eases off

 

[extreme-4x4]

Might explain the problems you are having when in 4wd,Colin.

hardly... i dont have a front arb . i took mine off and put pauls on how mine came off.
i got good suspension now. and no problems with the auto hubs
i just cant get it to steer straight in 4wd.... its very responsive in 2wd

new bushes and im away

but ill fix it ... just done the sarn in 2wd and most of banwen

 

[extreme-4x4]

Colin - if you check page FA-20 in that expensive manual I gave you, its true, definitely one bush above and one below...so yours must have been wrong as well! Makes sense if you think about it, why would you stick two bushes on one side-could just use a single larger bush if that were the case.....so tomorrow I'll whip them off and put one either side....they are already deformed by the pressure but still got the rubber ones that came with the new droplink so might use them if the others don't come off looking OK.

I'm up for the Sarn (most of it anyway!) but I might ride shotgun on Banwen, can't have my nice clean truck scraped to buggery! LOL

pop it in on way to work ill change it around

 

[willow]

:lol:lol Some people will go to great lengths to win the photo comp:lol:lol

Great set of pics you 2 and I am glad you are ok :thumbs

Lucky you had the ability to get out of the situation, well done:thumbs.

 

[makeitfit]

:lol:lol Some people will go to great lengths to win the photo comp:lol:lol

Great set of pics you 2 and I am glad you are ok :thumbs

Lucky you had the ability to get out of the situation, well done:thumbs.

Cheers Willow, you see it was worth going to scouts:thumbs
I'll never be without a mile of rope again.(or a towel).
Basically just did a 2:1 pulley system round a tree and a willing volunteer!Cheers Paul.
Got some polyfiller to put on now :sly so tara

 

[lacroupade]

pop it in on way to work ill change it around

No worries Colin, I'll have a go here before I leave - got next two days off so a bit of time to sort it...got to be back in Oxford tomorrow though to demolish a couple of walls! (with a Kango of course, not a NissMav!).

 

[lacroupade]

Cheers Willow, you see it was worth going to scouts:thumbs
I'll never be without a mile of rope again.(or a towel).
Basically just did a 2:1 pulley system round a tree and a willing volunteer!Cheers Paul.
Got some polyfiller to put on now :sly so tara

Kind of understates the effort required LOL! That was after we'd tried a straight pull from the woods behind, which turned out to be swampier than a swampy thing from Planet Swampy - we're talking bottomless here people, so I nearly ended up getting stuck too....we'd have been a right pair of plonkers.....fortunately the two cyclists we'd overtaken on the route up seemed to have gone a different way!

 

[Liam]

Kind of understates the effort required LOL! That was after we'd tried a straight pull from the woods behind, which turned out to be swampier than a swampy thing from Planet Swampy - we're talking bottomless here people, so I nearly ended up getting stuck too....we'd have been a right pair of plonkers.....fortunately the two cyclists we'd overtaken on the route up seemed to have gone a different way!

Remember I said in an earlier post that some of us Irish might even get across to Wales for a bit of green laning? Well in light of Team Wales two recent forays, I think we may have to reconsider or else bring plenty of rope,food,tea,towels,waffle boards,winches etc.etc.etc. Maybe even a couple of these