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Sunday on Jeffrys Track
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:01 am
by bluesteel
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:05 am
by bluesteel
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:12 am
by bluesteel
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:16 am
by Suby Roo
Next time im taking an inverter and a hair drier. Is much easier to dry the dizzy's and plug leads.
Have you figured out whats wrong with the brumby?
For those not in the know... Picture the brumby in a pudddle with water sitting over the bonnet... Not good..
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:24 am
by bluesteel
oh and heres the
full album
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:27 am
by bluesteel
umm assuming theres some bent valves or something in the brumby
heres the theory...
drove into the hole, water starts coming in the window = bad idea, chuck it into reverse and drive back out of teh hole
brumby sits there idling for a couple of minutes
engine stalls and an exhaust full of water drains up into the engine through exhaust valves
try and start the brumby again later = bending of valves due to water now in the engine
will do a compression test when i get home tonight, then we will know for sure
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:38 am
by Suby Roo
Not nice at all. hopefully that is the only damage that it done to it. Was a fun day though and some good pics.
How did bens car turn out??
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:41 am
by bluesteel
bens car made it home! yay
broke a front driveshaft at some stage, so he was towing me out in rwd.
the poor ea82t was missing and overheating, but still pulling quite well on boost.
so we piled into his car and left the brumby in new norfolk.
picked up the rex from my place, drove back out to norfik and towed it home with that
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:47 am
by Suby Roo
nice work. the wrx would have done it a bit easier. The reason i ask is that ben said that for $2000 i can have the tourer AND the hornet. this a good buy??
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:51 am
by El_Freddo
Looks like a good dirty weekend out!
Love the pics. Hope the brumby is fine. That theory sounds okay, but i'm thinking that if the exhaust is lower than the engine, how does the water go up into the engine. I don't think cooling air would have that much cooling vacuum to bring it up the exhaust... Maybe there was some in the inlet manifold that entered the chamber en-mass when the car stalled...?
Anyhow, hope the fix goes well, good pics, i enjoyed them...
Cheers
Bennie
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 12:04 pm
by bluesteel
car was parked with nose downhill so it could have happened...
but it could have entered from the top as well... or not even at all and its something completely different
all i know is she dont go no more
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 12:09 pm
by El_Freddo
Maybe you did a cambelt?
Hope its something simple...
Cheers
Bennie
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 12:17 pm
by bluesteel
checked that too... cambelt is still good (only done about 1500km too)
is also has fuel pressure, and spark
when its turning over it spins fairly freely and makes a completely different noise to normal
ill check compression tonight, then we will know all
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 1:29 pm
by Subafury
great pics. typical that mud is so fun but can also be the most trecherous for the mechanicals.
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 1:54 pm
by bluesteel
okay lunchtime compression test results...
#1 - 55
#2 - 85
#3 - 60
#4 - 95
not so promising results hey!
engine out job me thinks
i still want to know why it isnt at least trying to fire tho
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 1:56 pm
by Suby Roo
if you need a hand just tell me and ill come along and learn and give you a hand.
It seems like its going to be the valves causing the problem.
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 3:39 pm
by FROG
great pics guys...
shame about the damage tho...
makes my $120 tyre that i did this weekend look a little tame
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 4:42 pm
by tommo
wow. looks like you guys have some awesome 4wd tracks down there. are they always that wet or just this time of year?
some very nice photos there whoever's taking them, great angles.
sucks about the damage though.
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 6:26 pm
by subelover
heya been a while since i posted :0
gr8 day very happy with the wagon except for the broken shaft but it happens aye
and jonny compression is really nice
valves me thinks brother i cant think of anything else it could be now bro and the photos are very cool thanks mainly to sir william (mysti) and for the record the shots of the brumby and my wagon lifting the wheels on the hill isnt on an angle its just very steep at that part anyway looking forward to it again fellas ps jarrod its a bargin m8 lol cheers Ben
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 6:42 pm
by Suby Roo
Yeah thanks will for taking most of the pics and to the other 4wd's that we came across and talked into tackling the bog. The wheel lifting happened on a bank on about a 60 degree angle. I know its a bargan, dad doesnt care but mum isnt liking it too much. Ill work on it.
Jarrod
