FiftyOne Bronze Donating Members 1,145 Member For: 10y 9m 18d Gender: Male Posted 21/08/14 10:44 AM Share Posted 21/08/14 10:44 AM (edited) Well, I got an emergency call out to drag a P platers car back over the ranges from Gisborne the other day. Story is its got 230k on it but ran "ok", was owned by the eldest son of my business partner til recently when it was sold for nix to the younger son. Apparently probably never saw much love from filters, oils, etc etc. The new owner who's had a licence less than a week has been repeatedly told to take it for a general check up from his dad, but ignored the sage advice. Just cause you've got a licence, doesn't make you a responsible road user. His mates had him thrashing about in a paddock for a bit within that week. Still no mechanic. Got the call that it had broken down so grabbed a trailer and headed out with some basic tools and my xcal to see if I could pull a code (f*cked if I was going to drag it if I could drive it to a mech & leave it. A friend of ours was there already travelling that way so he had a bit of time to stop and attempt to assist. Getting to the scene, first thing I grabbed was the xcal & set out popping the bonnet. Our friend said "oh you've got a diag reader? cool. It's spark plugs are covered green" I dropped the bonnet and said "right, on the trailer"Turns out the rad is bone dry. The level sensor (if it has one?) didn't trigger and the temp gauge fluctuated, indicating that it wasn't/couldn't see the water temp. He'd had a mates dad "look at it" and advised it was a faulty gauge. So basically the car was driven from Bendigo to Gisborne over the ranges at +110, no coolant. The engine is pretty much a brick, so the below image is the return journey it made on the back of the ute, The fastest it'll be travelling in a long time. Dragged like a dream, just cruised back 90-100 the whole way. endrant/ Edited 21/08/14 12:31 PM by Dagabond 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genuine honest person Member 2,769 Member For: 10y 2m 22d Gender: Male Location: near brisbane Posted 21/08/14 10:52 AM Share Posted 21/08/14 10:52 AM no water no temp reading ,lol happened to me about 27 years ago . and that was a fully rebuild engine that had a old radiator hose that split going up a hill . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johno Donating Members 773 Member For: 13y 6m 8d Gender: Male Location: Mt Gambier, SA Posted 21/08/14 11:03 AM Share Posted 21/08/14 11:03 AM Did it hurt your foot when you "toed" it? How about towed??Sorry, just in one of those moods. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixy Angel Expert Donating Members 9,132 Member For: 19y 1m 23d Gender: Male Location: North Jamberoo, NSW Posted 21/08/14 11:15 AM Share Posted 21/08/14 11:15 AM oh well after he gets the bill he might look after it a bit better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiftyOne Bronze Donating Members 1,145 Member For: 10y 9m 18d Gender: Male Posted 21/08/14 11:35 AM Author Share Posted 21/08/14 11:35 AM Did it hurt your foot when you "toed" it? How about towed??Sorry, just in one of those moods.MMMMOOOOOODDDDDSSS, tell him to knot b so meen. Actually, can we get that fixed? ) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyP MattyP Cruise Control 6,317 Member For: 11y 11m 15d Gender: Male Location: Central Coast Posted 21/08/14 11:37 AM Share Posted 21/08/14 11:37 AM I love that car but it's stressing me out too much Stupid mechanics having it for 8 months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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