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Re: Colyton this weekend. whats happening?!?
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 6:45 pm
by Dr_PC
Was good to catch up with the 4 mouskeeteers from Wellington and put a vague face to the names. I did mention to Skid that they wereon site and he told me to lock up my beer and my Cat if I happened to have brought it as well
I thought it was a well run day seemed to be very organized but the wind was a little cool and we broke that bottom arm 3 times babied it left hand front shock stuffed and with the bend in the arm the left wheel is back about 2 inches compared to the right hand side
Re: Colyton this weekend. whats happening?!?
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 9:26 pm
by mudnutz
We started the day by blowing our rear diff on our 2nd hazard
.After finally finding a replacement the welly boys arrived and proceeded to fit the replacement diff and in no time we were away, very grateful to Reese ,marty, Graeme, Malcolm, and Jerry (instant pit crew) for the help
In the afternoon still with 8 hazards to go we blew a front diff
.After replaceing that and with bugger all time left we zoomed around the last 8 hazards and managed to complete the day
Re: Colyton this weekend. whats happening?!?
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 3:29 pm
by Cleary
Rolled twice (morning and afternoon).
Bent side bar on cage, bent bullbar, minor body damage.
Oh - and lost my dipstick - which is not great when you have a pressurised crank case.
Didn't lose too much oil before we noticed it - blocked it with a bolt, some duct tape and a small hose clamp. Got a text last night from Dan Cowper to say that someone had picked it up and given it to him...
No other probs. Starting to get the hang of my truck, but plenty more learning to do.
Re: Colyton this weekend. whats happening?!?
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 3:54 pm
by Pedro
Cleary wrote:Rolled twice (morning and afternoon).
Bent side bar on cage, bent bullbar, minor body damage.
Oh - and lost my dipstick - which is not great when you have a pressurised crank case.
Didn't lose too much oil before we noticed it - blocked it with a bolt, some duct tape and a small hose clamp. Got a text last night from Dan Cowper to say that someone had picked it up and given it to him...
No other probs. Starting to get the hang of my truck, but plenty more learning to do.
one hint is to use the wheels more, more traction than the roll cage i believe
pedro
Re: Colyton this weekend. whats happening?!?
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 4:02 pm
by SirGerald
Gee there was a heap of damage and roll overs this round. Nearly everyone either rolled, or broke something, or both.
Re: Colyton this weekend. whats happening?!?
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 4:42 pm
by Pedro
SirGerald wrote:Gee there was a heap of damage and roll overs this round. Nearly everyone either rolled, or broke something, or both.
well i did not roll (not due to lack of trying) and technically did not break, how ever the lockers did go on strike and refuse to work properly, so out they come on thur night and get rebuilt and sorted.
bloody truck
Pedro
Re: Colyton this weekend. whats happening?!?
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 5:27 pm
by Furgus
No breakages here either.....the rear shocks are stuffed though ....... but they were stuffed after Wanagnui & we never got round to fixing them........
Re: Colyton this weekend. whats happening?!?
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 5:49 pm
by skid
Furgus wrote:No breakages here either.....the rear shocks are stuffed though ....... but they were stuffed after Wanagnui & we never got round to fixing them........
ours are stuffed too
its a suck ride when the ass is bouncing all over aye
you guys doing whole season Gareth
Re: Colyton this weekend. whats happening?!?
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 7:25 pm
by Pedro
skid wrote:Furgus wrote:No breakages here either.....the rear shocks are stuffed though ....... but they were stuffed after Wanagnui & we never got round to fixing them........
ours are stuffed too
its a suck ride when the ass is bouncing all over aye
you guys doing whole season Gareth
hey am working on that problem
in theory by next trial, 2 reliable diff locks, rear shocks that work, new airbags setup in rear, and a maybe a few other "changes"
pedro
Re: Colyton this weekend. whats happening?!?
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 8:26 pm
by Cleary
Pedro wrote:one hint is to use the wheels more, more traction than the roll cage i believe
pedro
Yep - but both rolls got me better points...
Re: Colyton this weekend. whats happening?!?
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 8:45 pm
by Furgus
skid wrote:Furgus wrote:No breakages here either.....the rear shocks are stuffed though ....... but they were stuffed after Wanagnui & we never got round to fixing them........
ours are stuffed too
its a suck ride when the ass is bouncing all over aye
you guys doing whole season Gareth
Yeh we should be there for the whole lot.......but don't expect to see the new truck 'til next season.......
Re: Colyton this weekend. whats happening?!?
Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 9:53 am
by Jerry
Re: Colyton this weekend. whats happening?!?
Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 10:14 am
by Pedro
Re: Colyton this weekend. whats happening?!?
Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 8:48 pm
by Dr_PC
Some photos some of us some of others
Re: Colyton this weekend. whats happening?!?
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 8:42 am
by skid
mudnutz wrote:We started the day by blowing our rear diff on our 2nd hazard
.After finally finding a replacement the welly boys arrived and proceeded to fit the replacement diff and in no time we were away, very grateful to Reese ,marty, Graeme, Malcolm, and Jerry (instant pit crew) for the help
In the afternoon still with 8 hazards to go we blew a front diff
.After replaceing that and with bugger all time left we zoomed around the last 8 hazards and managed to complete the day
Re: Colyton this weekend. whats happening?!?
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 4:58 pm
by mudnutz
Who took that photo Skiddy?
Re: Colyton this weekend. whats happening?!?
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:10 pm
by skid
mudnutz wrote:Who took that photo Skiddy?
thats a faaaarken awesome shot aye
bottom right of pic has the guys name
we found it along with the other 380 odd pics at......................
http://picasaweb.google.com/4wheeldriverholy crap, just looked at his albums, he has lots of other trials too
Re: Colyton this weekend. whats happening?!?
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:39 pm
by SirGerald
There lots of trials pictures and even some others that honestly I found while looking at the 4wd ones
http://picasaweb.google.com/4wheeldriver/Stephanie#
Re: Colyton this weekend. whats happening?!?
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:56 pm
by lilpigzuk
