And last night she added 130L of premium unleaded!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Avo
Now up at 4.30 to wave her off to Hong Kong before heading to the farm...
What a night!!!
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And last night she added 130L of premium unleaded!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Avo
Now up at 4.30 to wave her off to Hong Kong before heading to the farm...
What a night!!!
Ouch that's a fair bit, premium too!! haha. . . Guess I've been guilty of that one before. How'd you very rid of it, drain it yourself or mechanic? Or its still in there. ?Quote:
Originally Posted by bigguwesty
Um yea.. I've got a few years of lawn mower fuel that's for sure..Quote:
Originally Posted by Rossco
Syphond it all out..
Have filled main again with 400mls of 2 stroke and have double checked the sub this morning..
Yeah that's what i did with the stuff i drained from the work car, made up some 2 stroke and put some in the motor bike. . . They were pretty smokey and smelt like a diesel bit they kept going haha. Nearly used it all up, didn't like the thought of wasting it . .Quote:
Originally Posted by bigguwesty
It only had about 20L of deisel in it so it is quite thin.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rossco
And seeing it's premium I may run it threw the falcon blended half tank at a time..
Even then it's like 2 months of fuel lol..
Not really fond of 120L of premium in the shed lol..
Did you have that many Jerry cans to use?Quote:
Originally Posted by bigguwesty
Took MrsTea out for her final practice before her course with the 4wd club next weekend today ............. & tested the strength of the pod! Backed into a tree (doh) & mangled one of the drop down spare wheel holders. I was not a happy chappy. And yep it was ME who did it. Thought I’d just turn the car around where we stopped for lunch out in the pines, believed I was on the track, & somehow had an 80 foot tall pine tree jump out in my way. Despite mangling the tyre holder there is no distortion or damage to the pod, & I’ve since been able to remove the tyre holder & with a vice, lots of leverage , a 4lb club hammer & my little stick welder have it almost as good as new again.
Was really pissed at myself, but what was worse was when I told MrsTea she should’ve been looking our for me .... she laughed. Guess I deserved that though! All things considered I got off very lightly .... it could’ve been *much* worse if the pod itself had been damaged & it says a lot for the robustness ofthe ex-Telstra Rosscos made Pods.
Bugger..Quote:
Originally Posted by Cuppa
Them dam trees jumping out behind you
Nice one GeorgeQuote:
Originally Posted by Cuppa
I reversed into a tree on Fraser Island a couple of years ago, the tree was not there when I pulled in and someone must have planted it when I was not looking.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cuppa
My excuse was sun-glare and a hangover. My wife was helpful, she yelled out to stop after I had hit it.
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Because we have only one car in family, my wife drives our shorty as everyday vehicle, in light offroad also.
Mrs HYs has done advanced 4wd driving course same as myself, and does a little off road driving but prefers to passenger. We tend to tow the camper trailer most times,and whilst happy going forward, not a fan of reversing. She can handle the manual fine, but IMO, brakes later then I like considering we are about 4T all up. Too used to her zippy SUV. My wife is pretty impressive though, moterbike licence, Airline pilot licence, loves remote camping and is happy to fish croc infested creeks with me in our little tinne.
We are both self sufficient enough to enable return to civilisation if the other becomes incapacitated while remote. I applaud you Cuppa for having the forethought to prepare for the worst, not enough people do this before heading out alone to the greatest parts of this awesome country.
My missus drives 'our' Patrol daily , & since I put the tigged intercooler on it & pulled the 44gallon drum sized muffler out from underneath it it makes a huge whoosh noise when you give it a boot full & back off so she does that A LOT 😝
MrsTea completed the course yesterday & returned home feeling very pleased with herself that she had passed. I was confident she would. It's only a basic course, but it (& the practice leading up to it) has served the purpose... to give her the necessary confidence to drive the Patrol. S'pose I'll have to give her a go with the Tvan hooked up now.
Great stuff Mrs Tea, more girls should get behind the wheel. There is always a chance that a problem may arise where you may need even basic skills to help solve a bad situation. My wife knew where the little stick was and how to use it, hi and low range, plus how to put the hubs in. So if a situation arose where she had to drive, ie , me being anable to drive or a bad medical situation she had the skills to help out.Alittle knowledge can save someones life and the more we know the better, Well done,