team wales and dadba... we did it

[extreme-4x4]

finally we spent the day off roading and all completed the course.
the trucks all made it . and not a roll of a flip in sight


dadba and his wife ..... rock

 

[extreme-4x4]

sorry zipps no pics yet. my camera is broke

pete makeitfit survived the day without fault (well he bent his nice new bumper)

paul blew a tyre

dadba no problems


and you guessed it. i broke my steering again.... oh and holed the rad, brakes failed half way round (had to temp fix in the rain). and cb died


had a fantastic day.... wife happy again . (not)

 

[makeitfit]

Me enjoy muchly today:thumbs
Just got home after a strugle, my blasted crank shaft position sensor is now toast Never seen so much smoke . Driving along like a battle ship in stealth mode:augie
Extreme's tyres are the mutz nutz period
Us mere mortals had to creep roud 2ft boulders when he just drove over them like they weren't there, good boy:thumbs
We a little playing on the way home just to give Dadba a quick taste of team wales activities:sly
We had to distract Linda while Dadba did the naughty route
Vids n pics to follow:thumbs

 

[makeitfit]

Stranger danger!

On the way to Strata Florida today we came across this bizzare image

Things you see on road side:lol

 

[lacroupade]

No idea who that handsome devil is but theres clearly more than one in the village!

 

[Deleted Member D]

Team Wales are the bizz

Got home just an hour ago after stopping at Mucideez in Newtown on route.
Brilliant just brilliant and brilliant wkend Gents thankyou from both me and Lynda for your friendly and welcoming hospitality.
Im Knackt now and am off to bed so say & show more 2mora.
Thanks team Wales.

 

[zippy656]

he thinks hes a tea pot?

On the way to Strata Florida today we came across this bizzare image

Things you see on road side:lol

 

[lacroupade]

I'll scratch yer eyes out Zippy!

Tony/Linda - thanks a lot for coming down, it was really great to meet you and we had a terrific time! Shame about the rain and the usual 'eventful' Team Wales outing - blown tyres, punctured rads, leaking brake calipers etc.. the list of stuff we have to take with us gets longer and longer, but its amazing what a few tie wraps can do!!

We had some entertaining moments with the brummy bikers as well which helped - plenty of pics and vid to come!

Oh and happy birthday Tony - hope we made it a good one mate!

And quick thanks to Nat for the routes he posted - we only had time (between incidents and a few goes at the really nasty bits on Strata!) to do Soar-y-Mynydd, but what a great little route - cost me a tyre but I forgive you! Cheers!

 

[nejones]

Seems you had a really eventful day but loads of fun too.

Looking forward to seeing the pics and vids.

 

[zippy656]

I'll scratch yer eyes out Zippy!

Thats so unfair!

 

[Liam]

dadba and his wife ..... rock

and Pete makeitfit doesn't roll

 

[zippy656]

and Pete makeitfit doesn't roll

Oh yes he dose..

just not every time he goes out!

 

[extreme-4x4]

fixed the rad today... hole too big for bars leaks so lucky managed to just squeeze the damaged pipe with some long nose pliers that almost sealed it run it with the bars leaks for an hour and its as good as new

fixed the steering too.... you wont believe this... the steering idler was bent about 20mm
now if you know what the steering idler is, you will know its well tucked up inside and behind some pretty tough chassis etc. so it cant of hit anything and there was no sign of it being hit.
so it must have been heavy breaking on the front wheels as the rears are very poor. one is even blocked off to stop the leaking seal
or the wheels are too big and causing something to bend. but id expect it to bend either left or right if that was the case not straight back 20mm
that's bad , really bad ..... and it was new from milners 2 months ago

got pics too

wont buy another, ill only use a Nissan one from the breakers now. i wont pay full whack for new Nissan

so breaks tomorrow then and pauls wife needs a little something too:augie
have your ordered the part paul?

 

[lacroupade]

not yet Col - just got back from the hospital cos I didn't get any sleep last night - in bloody agony. turns out the doc was wrong, x-rays showed not one rib cracked but two, no wonder it hurts to laugh!!

All that bouncing around yesterday probably didn't help so now I have to sit down for a bit LOL so will go and edit pics now!

 

[extreme-4x4]

All that bouncing around yesterday probably didn't help

lucky git..... i didnt get no bouncy bouncy:naughty.... cos i broke the truck

all i got was no tea and moaned at

 

[lacroupade]

lucky git..... i didnt get no bouncy bouncy:naughty.... cos i broke the truck

all i got was no tea and moaned at

Oh very funny! I left half an hour after you did and got moaned at too!

anyway time for some piccies....

 

[lacroupade]

Initial lineup at Strata Florida Abbey, a mile from the start of our second route....

 

[lacroupade]

The teddy bears picnic....thank goodness dadba was there with his field kitchen facilities or Pete would have lost all his coffee in one hit...

 

[lacroupade]

Birthday Boy dadba (and Linda) givin' it some!

 

[lacroupade]

Colin (Extreme) also givin' it some..shortly before his rad burst....shortly before his brake caliper started leaking, which if I recall rightly was shortly before his steering linkage bent...mmmm