Church stretton and long mynd shewsbury laning

[nathan5346]

Nathan, had a chat with someone who works at Merlin (might now be Stratstone) Landrovers in DOncaster ... he reckons the first 'fix' would be to replace all the Autobox oil and there's a filter too ... apparently it could be as simple as that! He asked "when it stopped, was it a shuddering sort of stop, or just gave out and no drive immediately? Apparently if it shuddered and vibrated a lot it's almost certainly oil related, but even if it just stopped working it's worth a try.

Gotta be worth £25 (whatever you can get it for) of oil before buying a whole new 2nd hand box ...

had the box pressure tested yeasterday and the bloke reckons theres no pressure at all, there were no shudders noises or anything else just seemed like it had drop into neutral, i thought the transfer box had slipped into neutral but als not that simple.
what is interesting is the garage showed me oil he'd drained off and it was black and ****ty but its still red n clean on the dipstick, spent a couple of hours on it today with G3 and a 240v mop.... couldnt believe the results.
When the next outing?

 

[Sirus]

had the box pressure tested yeasterday and the bloke reckons theres no pressure at all, there were no shudders noises or anything else just seemed like it had drop into neutral, i thought the transfer box had slipped into neutral but als not that simple.
what is interesting is the garage showed me oil he'd drained off and it was black and ****ty but its still red n clean on the dipstick, spent a couple of hours on it today with G3 and a 240v mop.... couldnt believe the results.
When the next outing?

12th September

 

[nathan5346]

12th September

Who's going? can i tag along?

 

[Sirus]

Who's going? can i tag along?

Do I need me a frame???

 

[nathan5346]

frame?

 

[Sirus]

frame?

A frame to pull you behind me

 

[Paul D]

... aaah, well if all the scratches come out it's not all bad then ..

Hope you get the gearbox sorted anyway, and cheaply if possible. .

 

[nathan5346]

A frame to pull you behind me

im on the look out for a disco i aint gotta worry about bostin so u wont need a frame

 

[Tim.C]

spent a couple of hours on it today with G3 and a 240v mop.... couldnt believe the results.
When the next outing?

So just to be clear - have you fixed it then !!!!!!

 

[nathan5346]

So just to be clear - have you fixed it then !!!!!!

no, im going for a s/h box next week but im gonna but one speshuly for laning

 

[Tim.C]

im gonna but one speshuly for laning

I new you'd be hooked - despite the shaking

 

[nathan5346]

the shakin was adrenaline no frrright

 

[Sirus]

Try the automatic gearbox company in Derby

 

[90boy]

the shakin was adrenaline no frrright

i think it wasa bit a both

 

[Paul D]

To be fair a couple of those lanes probably weren't ideally suited for a first-time green-lane experience, I think you (both Nath and Tim) coped really well under the circumstances!

However ... I loved it ... So nice to have so many good lanes in such a relatively small area, if I had that many near me I'd call myself pretty fortunate.

Favourite bit for me, I think, was actually the camp-site!! I know I've wild-camped before, but never in Caterpillar tracks!

and such good food ............ ;(

 

[90boy]

To be fair a couple of those lanes probably weren't ideally suited for a first-time green-lane experience, I think you (both Nath and Tim) coped really well under the circumstances!

However ... I loved it ... So nice to have so many good lanes in such a relatively small area, if I had that many near me I'd call myself pretty fortunate.

Favourite bit for me, I think, was actually the camp-site!! I know I've wild-camped before, but never in Caterpillar tracks!

and such good food ............ ;(

got to agree tim and nath did realy well, and as you say the camping was great even your bbq

 

[nathan5346]

i think it wasa bit a both

only fright wud av bin scared of denting me shiney disco

 

[90boy]

you going to come out again soon then

 

[nathan5346]

Can i tag along next time or wot?
im looking for a more suitable disco

 

[90boy]

Can i tag along next time or wot?
im looking for a more suitable disco

will get somthing sorted for the end of sept