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Lew Radbourn Trader Queensland / Gold coast jzs147 93 TT / uzz30 93'/ 2 X uzz31 92' s
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Sunday, December 09, 2007 - 12:17 pm, by: Lew Radbourn(Marlew)
Day 5; we its get up early and in to it. Down to Neils shop Have a coffee and Look at the SILVI8 Very nice work mate Neat and tide (as i would only expect the best from you.hehehehe) any way move that one off the hoist and put the van on. drain the diff and check some other stuff. put some new oil and additive in the diff and every thing is fine. Take neils parts out of the van and load up with some more bits and pieces. By this time its 11.00am so its time to start thinking about going again. Program the Gizmo and see what it has to say Just under 1200kms to go and recons 14+ hrs OK so thats about 1.00am in the morning arrival time plus fuel stops for me and the van. now seeing how the fuel tank is only 45ltr. that makes it twice as many stops as the soarer and a feed for me so I should arrive about 2.00ish. just in the outer edge of Canberra i ring the wife tell her the bad news(heheh) of when i should arrive. so around Newcastle area i got sick of CD's and was listening to some radio station. Hearing there was massive storms heading there way and seeing the clouds coming there was no time to waste Get the Fluck out of there. BUT the funniest thing was to here the guy on the radio say do not stop on the motor ways in the storm just keep on driving. Remembering what the rain was like when i caught up with Will and there was no mention on the radio about that rain, BE BUGGERED if i would keep on driving if its going to be that strong.
Now i could sit on around 110kmh BUT had to have tubular bells playing on the CD. and some other music that had different pitches in the music.
Also one of the flanges has given away on the exhaust To much getting belted from the diff housing. SH*T ROADS. so drivers window was down all the way home from Canberra and every now and then here is me hanging me head out like a dog. Now there is one streach of road i like up here coming up the hill before byron bay and across the top and down the other side then is dual lanes all the way home from there. Seeing the dual lanes and knowing you are only about an hour away from home you tend to come alive (or was that the hill i just climbed )heheheheh I recon it could have been the hill. any way the sat nav gizmo has not a clue with the new roads around tweed heads but who gives a crap i knew were i was going anyway i really wanted to see what times it recons i should get to my destination OK all home now and i won against the sat nav by 56 mins the best thing was just getting in the door and having a coffee and playing with the dog (and wife). what ever you do on a trip don't get a coffee from red rooster it is crap.
and the speed limits 105 and 110kms
well with all the screwing around i did when the van got first going and the playing since the diff has EX WIFE SYNDROME and after changing the oil in it at neils the EX MOTHER INLAW joined in as well. whining bitches.
so thats the trip all in all it was fun and catching up with some good friends
