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leyland brother
PostPosted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 9:02 pm 
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Well... The trip back from Penrith was pretty quick considering the distance, but had a few Minor dramas.

1. About 60km from Albury i was passing through a small town which posted 50km/h speed limit, so i went to drop it back to 3rd gear when suddenly the whole gearshift lever went sloppy. I pulled over and saw that one of the rubber mounts tore in half. I could still select gears so i continued on until Albury where i pulled into a servo and parked with the front wheel on the kerb so i could get under and fix it. I managed to get a rubber exhaust mount and two 5/16 washers from an Exhaust shop next to the servo. All was well again... until...

2. Saw a patch of fluid under the front of the car and noticed the bottom rad hose was dripping Very slowly. I topped it up yesterday before we left and managed to get it half way home so i decided it wasn't as bad as i thought so then...

3. About 30 minutes out of Albury (now in Vic) i can hear a squeaking sound from the dash, not much i can do so kept going. 15 minutes later... The speedo decides i doesn't want to work any more, so i have to judge my speed by my tacho (which has parkinson's!)

Anywho, thats my story of my drive home from MDU. (Spose it could've been worse :roll: )

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Good to hear you made it with only a couple of little things, but it wouldn't have been any fun if everything went fine.
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Pin4e wrote:
Good to hear you made it with only a couple of little things, but it wouldn't have been any fun if everything went fine.


All in the name of fun aye!

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you made it home ! *thumbs up*

was good to meet you Leyland Bro and Mrs. Leyland Bro :lol: :lol:

You better be back sooner or later :wink:

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glad to hear you got home safely!!

thanks heaps for making the treck down!
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I was great meeting you Santo and having plenty of laughs on Friday night. Good to hear you guys made it back home, go the mighty LS! :)

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Betty wrote:
You better be back sooner or later :wink:


I think if i mention the words "Mini" and "Roadtrip" again in the same sentence my wife will leave me :roll:

Nah... We both had a ball this w'end and loved meeting all the ausminiers from interstate!

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Nah... We both had a ball this w'end and loved meeting all the ausminiers from interstate!

Even billycart?! :shock: :lol:

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speedy wrote:
leyland brother wrote:
Nah... We both had a ball this w'end and loved meeting all the ausminiers from interstate!

Even billycart?! :shock: :lol:


He was a crack-up :lol:

I haven't laughed like that in years...

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leyland brother wrote:

He was a crack-up :lol:

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Narr just a tool :)


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there is a few of us..........

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"fiddle sticks I wish I was a MOD EDIT"

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"But i wouldnt live anywhere else"


bahahaha

good times

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For sure.

BTW those bomb videos (Camel took one, so did I), turned out very well :lol:
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