Driving down the road I noticed the dash lights looked dim, so a few more looks around the gauges revealed my worst nightmare, one that I had been waiting for since the swimming episode.
You guessed it, the Alternator has crapped out, so turn everything off except the lights I need, get gas, go to supermarket then off to mates house to pull alt out and see whats wrong.
ITS FUKT, burnt out diodes etc etc, beyond repair in a hurry
Out with the phone to start calling everyone in Welly to see who's got a spare, don't be stupid, who the hell is gonna have a spare Alt for an 80 the night before you are going on a trip
So we shoot out the Hutt to check out a few options, none of which will work, so sadly the 80 is sitting at my mates going nowhere for a few days.
Not to worry, coz another mate had kindly offered the use of his surf for my wheeling, so we picked that up and chewed the fat for hours whilst checking out all the cool stuff in his shed and have only just got home now.
Tomorrow its round the south coast for a drive/fish/bbq, then up to Rallywoods for the evening and help out track clearing on sunday
Its awesome how the 4wd community reach out to help when they can
See ya all out there
SKID
ah well new tube,ahh up early and into work.Chopping the back guards on Marmels Saf and a wee spot of rust to attend too.Then porbably start beating the white whale.Go catch up with DA RAM sundey
all i did was pull the boot back and push the piston back a bit to check for leaks .. 
so feel like absolute crap
