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[trout]

I found a small oil leak on my Disco yesterday whilst I was doing a "Pre Start" on it for the trip, Turns out to be the power steering pump :dash1:
I admitted her to the Landrover Hospital and the good news is it will be fixed today So the trip is still a goer :yahoo:
I am glad I found the problem before I went as it is pretty remote where I fish and would have totally spoilt the trip.
Just shows to me how important it is checking your gear before you head off:ok:

[Triggersmob]

I was taught that you should always check your POWER, before heading off.
P....Petrol
O...Oil
W...Water
E....Electricals (lights)
R...Rubbers (wipers, tyres)

[JeffH]

No that is a good acronym.
Every time I drive our family car (not much) and go to use the windscreen washer I find I am wiping a dry, dusty screen. I wonder if I am game to try that one on? [Could be risky methinks.]

[Unicorn]

Turns out to be the power steering pump :dash1:

Coincidentally the last two times we've taken the wagon to town it's lost power steering fluid. (I guess you'd expect it eventually with the car being a 1979 and all).

Anyhow I'd pulled it to bits on Wednesday and found the leak in the fluid cooling return pipe under the radiator.

(Wallaby is an apprentice ...... his mates are just that [notice the blurred one]..... their guardian is just that too in case you'd like to argue with anyone).

[trout]

I had to cut the fishing trip short because I had a fall on the limestone rocks and hurt my shoulder.
I was going to "Tough it out" but my young bloke insisted I get it checked out and we came home Saturday, there was a bit of blood involved. :dash1:
I went to the hospital and all that is wrong is I have torn a ligament in my upper arm and lost a bit of bark and few stitches sorted that out, all is good I recon it will be "Good to go" by next weekend (I heal real quick).
When I did it and next day it hurt like hell But today I can feel that it is getting better.
I have left the car and the boat still packed up so we can head back and finish the trip.
We did catch a few fish and had a great time so we will be heading back up there ASAP :good:
The 12v/240v fridge freezer I bought worked perfectly with the solar panel set up :yahoo:
Can't wait until next weekend to get back up there :angel:

[Cougar]

be careful buddy and rest up. Never any fun with those ligaments.

[Basil]

Yeah,sorry to hear that,noodling coins is safer,you just have to be quick to get your feet out of the way if you knock over a beer.!!!!!

[trout]

Yeah,sorry to hear that,noodling coins is safer,you just have to be quick to get your feet out of the way if you knock over a beer.!!!!!

That's the problem, I was stone cold sober when I did it.
If I had of had a few beers I probably wouldn't have got hurt :angel:

[autocoupler]

Turns out to be the power steering pump :dash1:

Coincidentally the last two times we've taken the wagon to town it's lost power steering fluid. (I guess you'd expect it eventually with the car being a 1979 and all).

Anyhow I'd pulled it to bits on Wednesday and found the leak in the fluid cooling return pipe under the radiator.

(Wallaby is an apprentice ...... his mates are just that [notice the blurred one]..... their guardian is just that too in case you'd like to argue with anyone).

No wonder the Wallabies look concerned uni...that car is out of bounds :laugh2::laugh2::laugh2:

[Unicorn]

No wonder the Wallabies look concerned uni...that car is out of bounds :laugh2::laugh2::laugh2:

:laugh2: .... Plenty of 'bounds' there Auto!

I think the fast moving one got a little close to the Cleveland and it rubbed off .....

Original pic .....


Action closeup .....

[autocoupler]

hehe...love it. Those US road runners ain't got nuffin on our HO ROOS uni...oops :police_car:

[robbiegal]

monster weekend cook-up at our place
39 jars of rhubarb chutney and jams (cherry and apricot)  for Chrissy and the pantry stores 2016
yum yum

[trout]

Mrs trout and myself went and looked at a second hand Camper trailer yesterday and we ended up buying it.
I will set it up later this morning and get some images and post them :ok:
It took about 5 min to set up the main part but I haven't set up the annex and the other bits yet But I imagine/hope that it won't take that much effort to do.
As I can put my little tinny on top of this I have already booked another fishing trip to Carrarang Station .
No more screwing about trying to put up tents and tarps in the wind for this little black Duck and Mrs trout will finally come fishing with me now :dance2:

I Do Love new toys :angel:

monster weekend cook-up at our place
 39 jars of rhubarb chutney and jams (cherry and apricot) for Chrissy and the pantry stores 2016
 yum yum

Looks very professional RG.:good:
Every time I do a batch of pickles or beetroot I tend to end up with an assortment of different jars, Nothing as organised as yours :angel:

[Robster]

Rhubarb chutney sounds intriguing.!!

[robbiegal]

made up 3 kilos of apricot jam tonight as well

yeah the hubby went and bought those very tidy jars ball-mason from the USA
so Robbie's gaggle of collected jars remains at the back of the pantry
I kind of missed using them too

but these ones have the special lids for boiling/canning