We all make mistakes ??

mmm... similar things on the border track... well used to be anyway. luckily the ones i saw were empty. you wouldnt want to run only only one side of the wagon through the 'water' could make things very interesting. ill never take a puddle for granted again.

Barry
The problem is it looks like you could of just drove round it?

Richard

Saw a Jackeroo "splashed" on the Cape. He just went straight in and that side was too deep. Result was new motor.

Used to love going through.

Now I just go around if I can. Every time.

Did a similar thing in mine under the powerlines at Gembrook. My passenger said that he had been through a week or two ago and that it was only hub deep...the intevening week was the week we had the big storm in Melbourne (Feb) and had seriously undercut the bushes off to one side. Ended up with my bonnet under water and water up to 2" below the pass side window, with water up to the jewels inside the car.

After being pulled out, with the ECU located under the pass feet against the firewall, removed, dried over another cars heater outlet, reconnected, wrung out air filter, and with much coughing and spluttering started and ran well enough to drive out and home.

But yeah, don't they smell :-(

Worst part????????????????? It was the SECOND time I had been stuck in that same hole (other end though, a hollow submerged and sand covered log crumbled wedging a wheel). Sometimes you really have to marvel at your own stupidity............................

Well at the risk of starting a mine better than yours argument and sounding like Na Na Ni Aah Na.

I did a similar thing in the old GQ many years ago. Stopped in the bottom engaged both diff locks, what great things they are, and drove out.

We had just gone for a quick drive in the bush after church and were all in our Sunday best so I was very relieved when it came out.

Mine didn't fill up with water and no one had to get dirty but it was still a bad feeling when I lost drive in the bottom of a very deep puddle. I guess yours was a worse feeling though.

Hope it dries out soon.

Duncs

Yup, I did a similar thing, went through a puddle on the side of the track (that I could have gone around) in winter, struggled a little but made it out. Went back in spring and though "ah, peice of bleep now it's dried out a little".

Well everyone else had had a go too in the meantime so the ruts at the bottom where deep. Got half way through and bottomed out....

I was VERY lucky as the water was just lapping over the door sills. Kept the motor going as the exaust was totally submurged and wallowed around in the black swamp mud for a while digging and attaching the snatch, much to my mates amusment of course!

What is actually worse is Knowing that with the water lapping the windows, You have to open the door to get out to be able to do something about the situation.
Now thats a nasty feeling.

Well, at about the same time as you were posting this, I was in the garage basement of my apartment building, my new '05 GU parked next to the '90 GQ. I was stripping all the bits and pieces out of the old girl to put them in the new car.

First thing to come out was the loose stuff, first aid kit, fire blanket, fire extinguisher so on. I just threw it all the back of the GU, planning to find proper homes for it all later.

Right, next step, the GME UHF radio. The old GQ had been sitting for almost 4 weeks unused, and the battery was on its last legs, and not holding a charge, and was totally flat.

So I start pulling apart the dash (why anyone would be an auto elec, who knows?) Finally I get it all apart, pull the radio out and get to removing the wiring. Bugger it, I've got plenty of good wire on a roll, so I grab my wire cutters and just cut through the power cable. ZAP, big blue sparks...cool, ah well, didn't get a shock, just a reminder that I'd wired the radio direct to the second (and still good) battery and not through the ignition either, so the wires were still live.

The the blue sparks turn into small yellow flames...oops, try to pinch it out with my fingers. OUCH, hot plastic. Ohh, those flames are getting bigger...and starting to disappear up under the dash...oh that wouldn't be cool (hmm, it's still insured...maybe let it go? Nah, its parked in the basement of a high rise apartment, that wouldn't be so flash!)

Ah...fire extinguisher, run to the back of the GU, there is a big pile of 'junk'...hmm where did I put that extinguisher?

Anyway, I finally find the extinguisher, and gave the dash a good couple of long squirts, far bit of smoke, which clears before the buildings alarms go off.

Gee those extinguishers leave a mess. Fortunately I checked all the wiring and the only cable that got burnt was the CB power cable, and nothing else got burnt.

After cleaning up, came back and found this thread.....

Hi Barry
I'm in WA lived here for 17 years
whats left of mine and the Misses family live over east in Vic and Qld
Have spent the last 10 years traveling across OZ back a forth finding deferent way you can see by my plot files

Had to get out of Vic pretty fast, left with a 4by Ute and the ct, something about wanting to take my drivers licence away?
But you get that
As my old man used to say losing your licence so was the best thing to happen to you

Things have worked out fine over here

By the way you never become a West Ozi unless your famous (Chris Judd) LOL

p.s I was Born in Broadford

Regards

Richard

He he, as i found out today, v6 jackaroos dont like pushing bow waves of thick sloppy mud which are over bonnet height, wasnt a side run available, and was easier than going back . Took an hour with the baby gerni at my mates house to even attempt to clean up the car / engine bay. Now i have an intermittent alternator drop out occuring, it'll go away when it dries out, yeah sure it will. ( if i tell myself enough it will happen :-0)

Anyway, i had to recover the troopy 3 times back out of the hole till he made it through, so i dont feel so bad :-)))) Damn suzuki flew through first time !!!

My biggest mistake - spending up big on MTR'S when the suzuki on apache remould mud tyres kicked my behind. Next time i'm going the $ 95 option....

LIVE AND LEARN - yeah sure we do