News from Jambo 2010

[Bear]

Just received this from Wolfe.

Bear

[Wooders]

You should have seen the look on the firemen that were washing Jeeps ;)
It's been a great event - especially loved our post dinner pizza & bevvies around the fire last night :)
Now getting ready for our last day.....

[glend]

I have just arrived back. Stayed overnight at Albury last night. Many stories to tell and there is some good video about to pop up on Utube (right Andrew)? Stragglers are still out there, gi-frog is headed to Canberra, and I don't know where Dave and the bbq trailer got to.

[Hunno]

DAM What a Weekend!!!! Sitting in Warragul Pub having a beer while awaiting a new fuel pump as the second hand one used is seizing up.

"Overnight Parts from Japan"

Bugger another pub.............. with a shower & a bed
O'well at least the heeps on 4 wheels still & no holes even thou it got it's back side slapped

[Bear]

I have just arrived back. Stayed overnight at Albury last night. Many stories to tell and there is some good video about to pop up on Utube (right Andrew)? Stragglers are still out there, gi-frog is headed to Canberra, and I don't know where Dave and the bbq trailer got to.

Hi, this is actually Dave at Maggie and Reg's house. Got here about 4.30 and parked the trailer for them. Had a great trip back, left Jambo at about 4.30 yesterday after a fun "morning" drive (that got back about 2.30) and overnighted at Seymor about 100kms North of Melbourne. A much better trip than going down via Healsville and The Black Spur.

Maggie has asked me for a "Jambo Report" for Wednesday night, so any contributions from anyone about other trips etc greatfully accepted.

Thanks, Dave

[Steve F]

Home as well now, we stayed at Albury last night, left there at 8:30 this morning and spent 1 1/5 hrs roughly at Holbrook going around the submarine museum there and just taking it easy. Also took it easy the rest of the way with a lunch stop at Gunning and then back to Chris's place to drop him off.

I'll post up some pics later this evening :) Also looking forward to some video from Hunty :)

Cheers
Steve

[ACJ]

home now aswell what a great trip can't wait for the next one thanks to Wooders and Colin for taking me
the only thing was I got bitten by the jeep bug again but thats all good.
Now I may have three jeeps
cheers Allan

[Hunno]

Wolfe just rang he made it to Bairnsdale & blow the rear diff seal. Diff Speicalist in town said couple hours to fix but will have to "Overnight parts from Japan" or if Bursons has the one he needs I will deliver as they're here in Warragul

[Hunno]

looking forward to some video from Hunty :)

Cheers
Steve


Ummm Yer could be worth a laugh.
Hoping he might of got sound & reactions of people when recovery hook & snatch Strap meet arse of Cherokee & one or two interesting parking spots/angles. Not quite as good as the Ziggy trip by the looks.

[Steve F]

Some pics

Mine at the Show and shine

http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/album940/IMG_3527.sized.jpg

Wolfe after 10 minutes getting out of a deep bog hole

http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/album940/IMG_3519.sized.jpg

Hunno stuck in a bog hole, getting him out ripped the recovery hook off of Ryans jeep, it pulled the bolts clean out of the nuts tearing the thread off!!! Luckily everyone was well back and the hook hit the plastic rear bar on Hunnos jeep with no damage.

http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/album940/IMG_3551.sized.jpg

Little Jeepers having some fun

http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/album940/IMG_3534.sized.jpg

More later.

Cheers
Steve

[Wolfe]

Hi all, just had chinese meal and Sam is watching Harry potter, mechanic will look at truck in morning. Had a great time at jambo now just gotta get home , hope to be at meeting on Wednesday

[Steve F]

Jackos new Jeep, the paint was still wet!!

http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/album940/IMG_3541.sized.jpg

For sale for $25000, running a Chev V8. We tried coming up with a timeshare agreement between a few of us but for some reason everyone wanted it Saturday and Sunday and nobody Monday

http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/album940/IMG_3529.sized.jpg

2 wheel drive and running a nice sounding V8 along with a moon tank in the tray, a great machine and would be a lot of fun, sounded awesome cruising around the campsite.

http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/album940/IMG_3539.sized.jpg

Cheers
Steve

[glend]

I didn't get many photos out on the tracks (a little bit busy out there), but here is one of a bog hole on the Friday C grade trip - that got much more serious later on. That's Andrew at the camera.

http://i555.photobucket.com/albums/jj454/glend1450/DSCN0876.jpg

And for the sea faring folk, there are not many chances to walk the deck of a submarine this far from the sea. The Otway at its mooring in Holbrook NSW.

http://i555.photobucket.com/albums/jj454/glend1450/DSCN0879.jpg

[Pura Vida]

Wolfe ...blew the rear diff seal. Diff Speicalist in town said couple hours to fix but will have to "Overnight parts from Japan"

I noticed that my rear diff is leaking where it connects with the drive shaft, but I made it back. From a quick google search it sounds like that is fairly common and is most likely the seal as well. I'll have to do a bit more research into how to fix it and whether or not I can do it myself.

[Steve F]

I noticed that my rear diff is leaking where it connects with the drive shaft, but I made it back. From a quick google search it sounds like that is fairly common and is most likely the seal as well. I'll have to do a bit more research into how to fix it and whether or not I can do it myself.

Its a fairly cheap fix and possibly one of those things that is more convenient to get a diff guy to do due to the torque on the pinion nut.

Cheers
Steve

[Steve F]

I didn't get many photos out on the tracks (a little bit busy out there), but here is one of a bog hole on the Friday C grade trip - that got much more serious later on. That's Andrew at the camera.

http://i555.photobucket.com/albums/jj454/glend1450/DSCN0876.jpg

And for the sea faring folk, there are not many chances to walk the deck of a submarine this far from the sea. The Otway at its mooring in Holbrook NSW.

http://i555.photobucket.com/albums/jj454/glend1450/DSCN0879.jpg

I thought my Dad was involved in the building of the Otway but after a chat with him last night he said they built the "little submarines" along side the ones he was refitting, the nuclear submarines. I went on this one at the end of its re fitment before it went back to sea in the 70's and I remembered it being a lot bigger than the Otway. Still great to see the Otway and read about it's history.

http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/upload/img_400/FKD_000156.jpg

We went around the Submarine museum while we were there, very interesting way to spend an hour or more :)

Cheers
Steve

[Wolfe]

Trucks fixed hunno played delivery man and brought parts on his way from warragul . So we're both staying in bairnsdale motel tonite and will leave in morning

[Steve F]

Trucks fixed hunno played delivery man and brought parts on his way from warragul . So we're both staying in bairnsdale motel tonite and will leave in morning

So Hunno is sorted as well then :) Good to hear you guys are on the road, well almost anyway.

Cheers
Steve

[Hunno]

Some pics

Mine at the Show and shine

http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/album940/IMG_3527.sized.jpg

Wolfe after 10 minutes getting out of a deep bog hole

http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/album940/IMG_3519.sized.jpg

Hunno stuck in a bog hole, getting him out ripped the recovery hook off of Ryans jeep, it pulled the bolts clean out of the nuts tearing the thread off!!! Luckily everyone was well back and the hook hit the plastic rear bar on Hunnos jeep with no damage.

http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/album940/IMG_3551.sized.jpg

Little Jeepers having some fun

http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/album940/IMG_3534.sized.jpg

More later.

Cheers
Steve

Did any get these photo's to work?

[Hunno]

Looking for any photos people may have of the ZJ in play.

Thanks

P.S. Did I mention WHAT A BLAST!!!!

[Steve F]

Did any get these photo's to work?

The site hosting them is down for a bit, hopefully up soon otherwise I'll put them somewhere else.

Cheers
Steve