madfisher posted:

thanks Willem,
cheers Pete

madfisher posted:

Thats the sort of stuff I was Thinking off, good on you Phil
Cheers Pete

Robnicko posted:

I can 2nd the 'knead it'. My dads cruiser had a crack in the top radiator tank about 50mm long. I used knead it to seal it and thought we'd get it fixed back in Melbourne..........................................that was about 2 years ago.........still going

Rob

Always have some of this stuff in your tooll kit

Member - Davoe (Yalgoo) posted:

try the aqua need it - it dries underwater

madfisher posted:

We are going back sat, just needed people to show us where it was, and start removing the tree. Phils suggestion was what I had in mind.
Have used your suggestion in a old rivetted tinnie that poped a rivit once and it worked well.
Cheers Pete

Member - Royce posted:

I'd make a plug out of DRY wood, not green. That way the trannie fluid [oil] will make it swell and fill the hole.

madfisher posted:

Thanks Squizzy,
cheers Pete

madfisher posted:

John this sounds the go, I would appreciate it if you can find out for me. Once we get it off the mountain we can put it on a tilttray if need be,.
Thank you Pete

madfisher posted:

I agree. We will find out I guess when we fill it up with auto fluid. If the transmission is cactus it will need two 4bys to recover it. And I do not fancy going down hill in neutral either.
Thank you Pete

madfisher posted:

Thanks landed eagle but for our application the knead type of material will do the job,
Thank you Pete

Member - Glenn D (NSW) posted:

Devcon s the stuff to use , but I think it takes a fair while to go off , you can get different types , steel alloy plastic etc.

One of my friends cracked an alloy rocker cover in pieces and permanently fixed it with this .

Glenn.

madfisher posted:

Thanks chaps, would prefer one that goes off fairly quicky. Spent 7 hours just driving ea wat today.
Cheers Pete

flashcher posted:

You are a charmer, aren't you?

madfisher posted:

Thats right its school holiday time again.
I Have great respect and comradie with a lot of the wise people on this site and greatly appreciate their advice and friendship, its a shame I can not say the same about you.

Stephen M (NSW) posted:

Oh thats right schools out isnt it. Obviously !!!! Always a moron about. Shame you dont make use of your time finding a part time job ???

madfisher posted:

Good day Stephen, looking on the bright side we got to go 4wding in the bosses new lux. Thank god he just had eye surgery, the scratches are unbelievable. Beautiful scenery on the edge of the wollomai national park. This is when I miss my old lj80, never worried about scratches and it was so narrow it rarely got one.
God knows how they got a Rav as far as they did.
Taking a v8 traytop and the v6 dc lux over in the morning to recover it. Still got to get rid of the blxxdy great tree across the track yet as well.
Cheers Pete

Stephen M (NSW) posted:

HiYa Pete, I imagine will cost the customer a small fortune for all the damage and recovery cost, although I would imagine this is covered by your insurance and them paying an excess. They wouldnt be covered would they for taking off road?? It amazes me how some people treat a car/4wd what ever when they dont own it. Our company cars at work, some of them are a disgrace. If I was the boss I would be taking the keys off them till they appreciated having one. Im talking brand new VE calais, feet prints on the passengers side dash, chewing gum stuck to the steering wheel centre, puts his smoke buts out on the outside rubber just on top of door the part the windows slides up and down on (not suppose to smoke in them). Too lazy to lift anything they are putting in the back seat and drags it off the roof or the boot lid, paint scratched all over (dark blue in colour) mags scuffed all round, food scraps in back (from kids I would say) not to mention dents up the side of it. Hes not a rep or anything (still wouldnt be justified) just gets used for to and from work to home. Absolutely disgusting. Makes me wonder how some people live at home eh. Regards Steve M

madfisher posted:

The two young people are eco scientists sent up to study flora and fauna.Wanted to take their work rodeo, boss told them to just hire a 4wd when they got to Mudgee.Only spare 4wd we had their was the rav. They had no idea how rough the track was, and we had no idea where they where going.
They where such lovely young people it was hard to stay angry with them for long.
Insurance would be null and void I would think and would not cover wages for two days for three blokes anyway. It will cost in the thousands, but their work has agree to pay for it. The other Rav is also off the road after hitting a huge pothole and damaging the front suspension. I think it will be the last rav the boss will be buying.
On another note Steve how do you think we would go using the trayback as an anchor to get down the mountain, thats the bit that worries me. I guess some handbrake and keep speed right down would be the go.
It breaks my heart sometimes when you see the condition some of the cars come back in. Funny thing is some cars will clock up 60000ks with barely a mark, and others are wrecks by 20000ks.
I have a bit of a problem because I love 4wheeling but HATE getting scratches.lol. I think I must be getting to the old fart age
Cheers Pete

Member - Mark G (NSW) posted:

MAL & DI; WOT IS HIS PROBLEM.GEES?

MADFISHER only asked a Q's, maybe Steve should take a break from the forum for a while?

madfisher posted:

Had a look at the hole, no dent just like someone got a canopener to it. The box may well be stuffed as they drove it to a hut , stayed overnight next day no drive in any gears. They had a very long walk out. They went back with us today to show us whewre it was, and to help recover it. Lovely young couple doing eco research but it will cost them a lot of money, more if box is stuffed.
Cheers Pete

Member - extfilm (NSW) posted:

Bugga dude....... Lets hope the toyatas did the same as the mitsu's. If something broke in the box you would still be able to get it to a repairer. It would lock the box in one gear.
I wish you all the best in getting it back down

Member - grant M (VIC) posted:

Hi Pete,
The fire brigade im with use DENSO putty for fuel tanks, hope this may help. good luck . Grant

Member - Mark G (NSW) posted:

GRANT M; yes that DENSO putty is the go , we used that stuff when we attended truck rollovers to plug deisel tank leaks when i was in the brigade.the other thing is that KNEAD IT, i used that to stop radiator leak in my race car,only trouble its there to stay when you put it on!

madfisher posted:

Take a beer to kill the time whilst the putty goes off. lol
Sounds like a great idea, m,aybe the boss will shoutlol.
Unfortunalty I will have some curly downhill bits with hairpins to drive down with no low range, relying on brakes, better to save it till jobs done.
Thanks For the input Martyn,
Cheers Pete.

madfisher posted:

Thanks Rod,
Cheers pete