sharing stories… sharing lessons… shoring up the future
It’s said that no plan survives contact with reality, so this is really a triumph of optimism over experience. We’re planning to go 10,000 kilometers in 45 days – ish, and I’ve mentally broken this down into four phases. Phase 1 is ‘Do these vehicles really work?‘ This is an easy phase, basically driving a…
Final servicing on Peter found this. Almost no brake fluid in one reservoir. A slight stain on the internal tyre wall gave a further clue. As the wheel came off, things looked dirtier and grimier – and this is the offending item cleaned up! A gremlin must have got into the wheel cylinder and gnawed…
I started this blog with a rush to get another Land Rover. But I didn’t say anything about the first one. If you have a family with no interest in camouflaged 4-wheel drive vehicles, its best if they have names so you can tell them apart! These are named after my parents who enabled us…
Time to get to work! Vehicle stripped back to basics, and 34 years of mud and grime washed off. The mud covered a multitude of other problems, like opening Pandora’s box. Corrosion on the galvanized sides, a weeping wheel hub, rubber seals that didn’t, a radiator full of rust, and tyres that looked, well, tired.…
So, we’re going to the Simpson. In two Land Rovers. Well, we’d better look for another…! This one came from auction, transported up from New South Wales. On the surface it looked ok – nice paint job, canopy a little worn perhaps! But on the inside it showed evidence of a harder life. Serious dings;…