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11月13日 Another trip to the mechanicJohn swears blind everytime we take Kermit out he spends the next 2 weeks in the mechanics.
Well this week is no exception - we found out that the headlights was just a corrosion thing happening with the fuse box and a bit of cleaning helped that out - we now have headlights on a regular basis.
We havent been ready to admit it but the only thing holding the seats in Kermit is the person sitting on them with the seat belt - so this week we finally got around to having them fixed to the floor properly. Another job done.
Then on Saturday we went to Jimna to find the Landcruiser Mountain Park - which is a private 4wd park - it was quite a trip and we took 3-4 hours to get there. Had a lovely lunch at Woodford, found a FJ40 Landcruiser repair manual in a second hand shop and generally just had a nice afternoon. We arrived at about 4 had a quick look around - realised we should have bought petrol at Kilcoy - 60k's back and decided not to try out the trails as we would use too much petrol - however we will go back - we hope to buy a tent and do some camping.
On the way back we consulted our "Dirty Weekends in South East Queensland" book and went via Neurum Creek Bush Retreat which has another private park. No 4wd tracks there but close to the state forest. As we left the GPS pointed us to a dirt road - 10k's to Mt Mee Road - however we must have taken a wrong turn - and ended up driving thru the state forest for an hour and a half looking for the way out - we started to get concerned about 6pm and finally got out at 6.45pm.
John swore black and blue we would never do that again - however if we have a map it would be a fun afternoon.
What we didnt know was that some strangling vines had grabbed the front blinker and ripped it off - it was hanging by a wire - so another trip to the wreckers to find one. The one that broke was quite corroded and probably wouldnt have lasted that long anway.
Kermits new tyres held up quite well only next time we will let them down a bit - the sharp stones were a bit threatening. There was nowhere to stop and let them down and darkness was encroaching.
Kermit just keeps going - John commented again he cant believe how reliable he is - we had a little problem with the starter motor a while ago and he has a nice new one now - we are far more confident about going out in the wild now. |
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