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Willie, It was Roachies fault cos John and Roachie were at Waraweena together and we all know what Roachie oops I mean Russel is like. You only have to be in his near presence to make things go wrong. For instance,on our way home from waraweena, we had a flat tyre caused by a rivet that fell out of Russel's vehicle and we had the misfortune to pick it up.

and I'm sure my camper axle broke because I followed Roachi to Warraweena

I'll second that

I'd say Roachie and his Chan has a lot to answer for .

Perhaps , just as a liquid can become saturated , so does a car become saturated with gadgets and can't hold onto them .

Obviously it is rivets from one of these jettisoned gadgets that caused your flat tyre Mr Lexic .

Willie

Leave off youze blokes!!! It would not have been Suzie's fault. She can't help it if she rides around in an 80 series with massive tractor tyres.....the main driver of which thinks his lappy can double as a wheel chock. I know John likes everything he takes away on a trip to have at least 2 uses, but hey, this is taking things just a bit too far!! hahaha

As for those disparaging remarks about it being MY fault.....Lucky can attest to the fact that I don't even know how to open a laptop computer, let alone turn it on etc.

Maybe John wanted to install a new program called "BFG35s" but couldn't get it to upload, so he's put the lappy on the ground so it could "download" using the assistance of gravity;-)) Anyway, that's what I would have done if it was mine..........

Yes! we know what you would have done Roachie if it was you.

No need to tell us. Ha! Ha! Ha!

John,
It turns out that the innards of JohnR's rear diff were genuine Toyota parts, installed by a disgruntled Japanese worker who was high on drugs and it was his last day on the assembly line (cos he'd been given his marching orders).

The mechanics in Pt Orgutta were totally dismayed that John had been able to drive as far as he did during the life of his Patrol.......they would have expected the HUGE power of the Patrol's massive 4.2TD power plant to have stripped the feable diff long before it actually did.

The only thing they could put it down to was that JohnR is such a careful driver who rarely uses more than a quarter of the available power he has on tap!........

Oh, I forgot to add......

With the laptop, if you can't find one with a matt black screen, I know a local hardware shop here that sells small cans of matt black paint......no reason I can think of why you couldn't carefully (of course) paint the shiny screen with a coat of this stuff......

As they say: "Problem Solvered"

After that last 'add-on' effort Roachie I now know who the highly and appropriate descriptive word - KNOB - was modelled on.

You! old son, you take the cake with that one. (LOL)

Also as usual you only get half the story and report a quarter of that.

Yes! The mechanics at Nissan Port Augusta were dismayed when they opened up and examined John (R)s diff.

Yes! it didn't have a Nissan diff centre

Yes! it did have a Nissan Pinion bearing which Chit itself causing all the drama by shooting bits and pieces into the Crown & pinion.

Yes! he has a power house under the bonnet that requires a special diff

Fact 1 - on opening the said diff the mechanics for the first time in their lives observed Nissan's best kept secret as to why their diffs stay in tact.

Here was this absolute killer diff that they hadn't seen before with a funny part No. on it ending -44

Hmmmm! have to source that from O/s said Nissan HQ Spare Parts, first one of those secret suckers we have had to replace. Take about 8 days.

Fact 2 - John (R) and Mrs (R) are stuck in Port Augusta for 8 days.

Fact 3 - Nissan can'y get this diff for another 3-4 days - has to come from Singapore (Alarm bells Alarm Bells)

Fact 3 Bugger!, bugger!, bugger! wouldn't you know it that funny Nissan Part Number belongs to a Dana 44 diff.

YES! trendsetters the secret is out, Nissan are now using JEEP Dana 44 diffs.

Fact 4 These diffs are so good that there is only one kept in stock in the Asia Pacific region as a spare and thats in the JEEP Spare Part Central store in Singapore.

When they went to get it they were informed that it had been sent to Melbourne Australia earlier in 2007 for a JEEP Cherokee that sheared a pinion clean in half.

Fact 5 It did turn up and John (R) was on his way

Fact 6 How do I know all this, well that JEEP Cherokee belongs to me.

Oh! ROFLMAO

You Nissan Galoots are a sad lot.

Eh John, the chips you found on the magetic differenetial plug were actually from a laptop that someone had run over. Nah, not really. We eventually got home thanks for asking, but the effort of getting a replacement was a holiday in itself.

It took two days to get the said Moses to Portorgutta as the first vehicle arrived with undersized wheels ('bout 14") and a flat tyre, with a broken spring too on the same axle. Bearing in mnd the transport guy had been to Warraweena about 20 times I thought that was a good effort!

The second time a truck arrived and it got to the dealer on Wednesday morning. From there it took two days to decide which spanner to lay on it. To remove the diff centre or the whole axle was the question and so discover the extent. Just two days

Finding replacement parts too more time, but we were reassured when different part numbers were used and a new diff centre was located. Yes, it was on back order though and several days out of Sydney.

Portorgutta only has 5 days a week of deliveries and we missed a Tuesday delivery, so it came just two weeks after Moses arrival at Portorgutta. We picked up Moses at about 5.20pm that day and drove hime over night with Kim in tow. I had to drive to Melbourne on Thursday arvo, so it was true to Japanese manufacturing form - "just in time".

Now we have just a small argument on the bill with the people we have the extended warranty with grrrrr {:-(( It almost seems that because it had done nearly 100k kms, it is seen like oils, belts, tyres and filters. Disposible! The said warranty finishes in 2009. Commercial vehicle so a bigger claim will be mounted, amounting to our accommodation and car hire, plus, Willem's getting us to Portorgutta too