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General Category => CF Bedford Chat => Topic started by: BlackBedford on December 08, 2008, 10:05:36 PM
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Good evening
I am home finally! Got home about 4pm.
For those that do not know I have sold the off white CFL van to photol because he wanted it.
http://www.buga.com.au/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=2&topic=515.0
I delivered it on Saturday doing 860kms to get there. It was a pleasant and enjoyable trip across the countryside.
I bought a CFL pantech van from Frankston and drove it 905kms home.
What a trip...
The auto shuddered and slipped and the motor boiled if not moving, but I got through Melbourne mostly OK and stopped to say goodbye to everyone. I then went to go onto the Hume Highway. The van wouldn't turn over. There was an intermittent problem with the starter motor that would give me trouble all the way home. I got it to turn over but it would not start. The points were stuffed and were replaced to get it going so I did not leave until 3pm. There is a very loose tie rod end and when traveling below 80km/h the whole van shook uncontrollably. So I had to keep my speed up however over 90km/h the motor started rattling badly. The radio knobs, and aerial, fell off so no music. The bolts fell out of the engine cover, so I had to hold it down with my left foot. I fueled up a couple of times OK (about 210kms to a tank) but when I got to Jerilderie, I fueled up and had trouble starting it. It was getting dark and I turned on the headlights. They worked for 5 minutes and then started to yellow. The alternator was not working. I drove by moonlight for 2 hours, pulling over to the side of the road when a vehicle came the opposite way. I ran out of battery 55kms from West Wyalong at 11:30pm. I checked out the alternator and wiring to determine it was stuffed. I wired up the ignition to my power pack but had to wait for a car to come by to ask for a jump start. None came so I went to bed about 2:20am. Bed being the floor in the back of the Pantech. Big trucks went past every quarter hour or so shaking the Van so I did not get sleep.
I got up at 5:30am and waited an hour for a car to pass. I got a jump start and drove 220kms to a mates place. I put a battery charger on and checked the oil, water etc. When I leaving I left a 300mm wide oil slick down the street and all the way out of town onto the Highway. The motor was blowing lots of oil out the dipstick. I stopped it by wrapping a bit of rag around the dipstick and jamming it into the tube. I got covered in oil while doing this.My mate saw it later and got worried and drover 80kms to make sure that I had got home. Well 30kms from home with me traveling at 90kms/hr, a family in a late model Landcruiser tried to overtake me at high speed and lost it, crossing back diagonally about 30cms in front of me and running off the road and rolling about 4 times. I stopped and checked what happened. By some miracle nobody was hurt. Police, Ambulance and Tow Truck sorted it all out and by chance a mate drove past and gave me a jump start and so I finally made it home with the motor rattling real bad. I don't think that I will try a trip like that again.
I am going to bed.
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I bought a CFL pantech van from Frankston and drove it 905kms home.
Frankston, FRANKSTON, FRANKSTON!!!!!
That's my home town, should of popped into rest. Where are the photos of the 1 you bought, the running gear doesn't sound too flash what's the shell like?
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Damn! What an adventure! :o
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hey doofhard i slept outside your house for about 2 hours sunday morning hahaha..
it was way to early to wake you thou. i remember last time i woke you up lol.. it was like lunch time!!!! you had no hope. 8am!!
faro out chris thats a lot more trouble than ive ever had driving a van home interstate!!!!
hmmm i think ill be putting one of those jumper battery packs in my tool kit for next time.
cheers
ben
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wow. sounds like a really long tiring movie where the doors of the cinema are locked and you're the only one there. those landcruiser folks are so so lucky. i've had near death on the road. i know what luck is. :)
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Sorry doofhard,
it all sorta happened at short notice and I didn't know you were nearby.
It was at Langwarrin.
Here is a pic:
(http://www.tradingpost.com.au/is-bin/intershop.static/WFS/Sensis-TradingPost-Site/Sensis-TradingPost/en_AU/UserImages/volume1/C0/Z2/C0kKoQwkDQoAAAEaZgQg2xZ2/XkkKoQwiouMAAAEdRIouuckr/Resized/Resized640x480_IMGP2524.JPG)
(http://www.tradingpost.com.au/is-bin/intershop.static/WFS/Sensis-TradingPost-Site/Sensis-TradingPost/en_AU/UserImages/volume1/C0/Z2/C0kKoQwkDQoAAAEaZgQg2xZ2/XkkKoQwiouMAAAEdRIouuckr/Resized/Resized640x480_IMGP2526.JPG)
My grandkids have adopted the pan as a cubby house.
The brakes are definitely very good. I started unpacking this morning and found that when I did the emergency stop everything in the back of the pan slid to the front including a 202 motor and trimatic that was securely roped in.
This is the third 4WD accident I have witnessed.
I saw a Landcruiser loose it and go under one of the trailers of a big cattle truck. It was a mess.
I saw a Patrol snap a power pole at speed.
The loneliest time on the trip was broken down in the middle of the night, in the middle of nowhere, and no cars passing for hours.
There were other stuff I forgot to mention such as the seat had sagged and I scrounged in a dumpster to find some packing to raise the height.
The speedo mileage bit broke so I had a hard time tracking how far I had traveled and how much further I could travel before refueling.
I am still very tired.
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You must be!..... I'm tired just reading about it. It's a good and lucky thing you made it home alright and didn't get taken out by the loony in the car that should be in the bush!
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hey doofhard i slept outside your house for about 2 hours sunday morning hahaha..
it was way to early to wake you thou. i remember last time i woke you up lol.. it was like lunch time!!!! you had no hope. 8am!!
cheers
ben
Sunday I was up early actually. It's not always a miday wake up, just last time you came was after a 21st.
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Asleep by midday, after a 21st? Ida thought you'd still be up! ;D
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I had only just gone to bed haha.
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above all the dramas you had its good for us to know that you made it home safely, I have attended countless road accidents over the 15 years I have been in emergencey services and none are attributed to luck, in my opinion one road accident is one too many regardless if there is an injury or not or at the very worst a fatality, makes you take very very deep breaths when you have to deliver the bad news to a family, always saddens me ....... stay safe out there brothers and sisters
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above all the dramas you had its good for us to know that you made it home safely, I have attended countless road accidents over the 15 years I have been in emergencey services and none are attributed to luck, in my opinion one road accident is one too many regardless if there is an injury or not or at the very worst a fatality, makes you take very very deep breaths when you have to deliver the bad news to a family, always saddens me ....... stay safe out there brothers and sisters
So True Eddy, especially if you experience it up close and persoanal.
As a city commuter, with daily times to meet I used to rush every where, trying to save that minute here or there. Changed my Job requirments, and the pressure is off, so now it doesnt matter, so long as I arrive safely.
Warren
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just ready this,,, wow,, but theres that '3' in this post aswell he has seen 3 - 4wd stacks... hahahahaha
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G'day
I am in the local Bush Fire Brigade unit. We have the Goonoo Forest on one side and the Newel highway on the other side, so we get first callouts to the forest fires and motor vehicle accidents in our area. I have seen some real bad stuff, the stuff that gives a grown man nightmares. I wont even begin to describe some of it. Just take care on the road because when we come to put you out, you wont be much good by the time we get the fire out.
If you run into a power pole we are not allowed to put the fire out until the County Council gives the all clear. We stood and watched a nearly new Volvo prime mover and alloy tipping trailer catch on fire and burn to the ground and we knew the power was out but we didn't have County Council clearance.
Other than that drive it like you stole it and have fun.
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G'day
Today I went to move the truck from where I parked it when I got home and the transmission is dead as.
Looks like I am lucky!
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Three times even by sounds of things
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you are lucky to make it home man!!
ben
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I do believe the last few kms were by pure willpower alone.
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..................ohhh my GOD Chris, you didn't deserve any of that, not after your Samaritan run to my place....
now I'm almost too embarrassed to post my part in the adventure.....(but having met you I know you'll appreciate it, in its context)
................and I heard the rest of the story..................geeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzzzz
...........Glad you're finally home safe and sound (despite the radio)
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G'day
Thanks Oliver.
There where some other bits of the story that I didn't mention involving a Highway Patrol suspecting me of being a courier or something.
Part 2
I decided to buy a cheap car to drive around in while I fixed the pantech and bought a nice VS Equipe model Station Wagon on ebay. Picked it up on Friday and seized the V6 motor on the way back. The tow truck bloke said it was the second one this week.
I have just got home and will have a 600km with a car trailer to pick it up.
Tow truck, motel, XPT train, taxis, hire car, car trailer, new motor, Ouch!
That has been a misadventure.
Regards
Chris
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hahah dont you just luv bedfords the day i bought my van started at 6.0 in the morning and finished at 7.30 at night that was only from the gold coast to brissie but they are worth it
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Seems like the VS way to go. We seezed ours up on the way back from Rocky. Anybody wonna swap? Our VS wagon for a perfectly straight LWB or SWB with no rust and registered? ;D
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G'day
I hate to upset you Tweaker but I only paid $1500 for a fully optioned series 2 wagon in top condition. I reckon you would need 2 to 3 wagons to trade for 1 CF.
VS Commodore Equipe Wagon (Series II) Item number: 320322098110
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=320322098110
I now do not have any vehicle going and registered, which is a problem when living out of town. I had to organise a car trailer and a ute to retrieve the VS. I got a mate to run me around in his Ford Econovan today which started out alright until the rear universal collapsed. We spent hours trying to get a new one and even checked out a few laying in paddocks. Ended up welding in a smaller uni from a from an old Holden tailshaft found in a scrap heap. I am not usually that Bodgey but we were stuck.
And I lost another day.
Regards
Chris
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Bloody hell Chris ..You didnt run over a black cat on your travels did you? talk about bad luck!
Hang in there dude.. ;D ;D cheers...Johnno
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Bloody hell Chris ..You didnt run over a black cat on your travels did you? talk about bad luck!
Hang in there dude.. ;D ;D cheers...Johnno
Maybe... or Maybe Chris just likes a challenge :D
Warren
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Talk about black cat...
I have just realised that I left a book on the train that I was halfway through reading and will not be able to replace.
And it was a good book.
Grrrr!!!
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Talk about black cat...
I have just realised that I left a book on the train that I was halfway through reading and will not be able to replace.
And it was a good book.
Grrrr!!!
What? you cant get Mills & Boone titles on back order :D
Warren
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What? you cant get Mills & Boone titles on back order :D
Warren
Get away with you.
It was a first english edition of a popular Russion book.
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Sorry Chris, couldnt help taking the Piss.
I know how annoying losing something ireplacable is :(
Warren
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It wasn't Russiion philosophy was it? And no by this, I don't mean quik thought ;) A mate of mine has a collection of the stuff :-\
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G'day
The book was Anastasia, the first book in the Ringing Cedars series:
http://www.ringingcedars.com.au/
Well there are still some first edition copies available.
I went register my car trailer so I could retrieve the dead VS, only to find out the RTA computers were down. I had already hired a ute and had to waste time waiting for the RTA.
Finally got going and travelled nearly 600kms to retrieve the VS without further trouble.
The Railway Station rang me to say that they had my book.
Finally a break!
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You go you good thing! If you have a week like last week but in reverse, your gonna be sorted! ;)
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......I'll second that, you deserve a BIG break Chris.....wishing you lots of good CARma
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Don't you mean VANma ;)
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or BEDma
or Bed Ma
or BED! MA
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.....I think what hurt the most was the VS Commodore thing, which is a CAR, sorry to speak for you Chris, and besides if your gonna do the twisted linguistic thingy it works best if at least it sounds right, but hey that's just me......
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.....I think what hurt the most was the VS Commodore thing, which is a CAR, sorry to speak for you Chris, and besides if your gonna do the twisted linguistic thingy it works best if at least it sounds right, but hey that's just me......
He he he, I'm a Dj so I'm half deaf ;)
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G'day
I was a radio tech so I take it all with a grain of salt.
The wife's washing machine blew up and I found a bad connection the motor position sensor. At least that's one thing fixed.