Back on the road again- NOT!!!
Submitted: Saturday, May 02, 2009 at 12:41
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Member - Josh (VIC)
Morning all,
Well, as I mentioned about 2 weeks ago the old cruiser needed a rebuild. When I booked it in they said it would take a week.
Well we got the car back yesterday at 3 o'clock, 2 and a half weeks and a lot of dollars later. Not sure why it took 2 and a half weeks apart from the fact they ordered wrong parts etc. We headed off to Byron Bay finally. We got to
Grafton and pulled over for fuel. I head a noise under the bonnet so had a look. one fan belt had come off the alternator and the 2nd one was about to shred it self. Yes these are the ones the run the water pump, you know the thing that stops the engine blowing up lol. So we got the car towed back to coffs thanks to RACV and are now sitting in a motel room again thanks to RACV. Anyone travelling I would highly roadside coverage through your local organisation.
Anyway we are now waiting for the Repo repairer in Coffs habour to open on Monday so we can get it fixed and try again to head off on the rest of our trip. The worst thing is the fishing has been average because of the rain they have had here.
Its been an interesting couple of weeks. Worst part is not knowing when we will be back on the road. The girls are so over us saying it will be another couple of days.
We are just really glad that this did not happen really remote somewhere.
Hope things are going better for all you folk out there.
Josh
Reply By: Member - Stephen L (Clare SA) - Saturday, May 02, 2009 at 13:18
Saturday, May 02, 2009 at 13:18
Hi Josh,
All the best and I know what your thoughts would be. I hope that you give the repairer a good serving.
A number of years ago, while preparing for one of our Simpson Adventures, I thought I would do the right thing and have the alternator serviced, as we had seen a couple of water crossing prior to the trip. All was
well, and about half way across
the desert, the belts were starting to make a noise. As I had new belts fitted at the same time, I thought, that is alright, the new belts may need adjusting, so out with the tools, open the bonnet - the bolt that holds the alternator in place, missing. I will not tell you my thoughts at the time, but after going through the vehicles to find a correct size bolt to use, we finally were able to get a correct size bolt as a make shift affair. Try to get the correct bolt at Mount Dare, but no luck. Me made it
home, but makes you loose faith when you try to do the right thing in the first place to ovoid problems when in remote
places.
Cheers
Stephen
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