Green laning (North Wales) 17th Oct 2010 ***REVIEW***

[gregster]

Hope you all had a good days Laning in Wales...

Please post you pickies, vids and accounts of what went on here.....

[andysd1]

well let me be the first to say i broke my record for having the v6 off-road, this time i made it to 20 minutes in total off roading before breaking it again, not to bad this time, just the viscus fan gave up the ghost, had got about 100 yards up the wayfarer and the temp shot through the roof, had to get huggy to back down to let me of the lane, so i could make my way home, drove home fine, at least i got to do the carwash,

as i was about to back down the lane, simo run to the back of my truck shouting hold on hold on, then he robbed me of all the sausage rolls and pies, hope you choke, lol,

hope you all had fun,

ps, no sign of roo, must still be in Chester zoo

[BoxCleva]

Gutted for you Andy. Managed to get just three pics of you before retirement

Will add more when I get back. Oh, and Mrs and youngest say thanks V much for the cakes





More to follow later, got to go and pick the rest of the kids up .

[jontera]

just got home..will upload the piccies in a moment..

Exhaust just about made it home..it's a bit more wobbly and tad louder than when i left..well it was a blue peter can an gun gum jobbie.

right now time for a swift bevvie, before I go and pick the wife up from the train station...then a few more later.

thank you to the gate openers & closers..it means alot....note for future passnegers/ gate people..Don't wear nice clean WHITE trainers..

Cheers guys it was a good day and very enjoyable.

(pics to follow)

[simo_d]

hay all, been offline cos interweb in ours isnt great but had to come on and say sorry for jinxing andy (sorry andy) had a good time, splashy lane was quite splashy, havent bee offroad since bala so it was nice to get out up there. my nephews feet are all dry now after i made open and close gates and one of them was near a puddle and drifty made a wave and soaked his legs (funny)

well cheeres to all that came (even if some of us had to run home after 20 minutes) good company

ps andy i will pass ya stuff in tomorrow in work

[john boy]

Do the AAknow you've got one of there 4x4's looks well

[Norse]

in the third pic you can see boxcleva's fag too!

[bobbinsjob]

Come on chaps n chapess, we want more piccies n vids.

Sorry to hear about the Scorpion Andy. She is looking bloody good though, I love it, love it, love it. I thought you did the electric fan mod on it or was that on the 2.3?

[BoxCleva]

in the third pic you can see boxcleva's fag too!

Thats Andy in his yellow truck mate, not me. I was on the bank having a fag

Day started off cold (2.5c) , then the sun came out to such an extent it was actually warm at the top of the wayfarer

As Andy stated earlier, Andy managed to stay long enough to feed us (cheers mate) before his fan gave up the ghost 3hr round trip for 15mins green laning, did feel for ya mate , obviously while taking the p*ss at the same time

Had a few major tank slappers over the rocks and was grounding out for a past time. So much so that the Mrs has now insisted I get a suspension lift before I come out again. Happy days ! Only damage seemed to be a small tin bash guard that managed to wrap itself around my prop and score it Quick bit of brute force with a pair of molegrips soon sorted that. I actually led for a while which was cool as we were on my home turf.

Simo had spent all the time we were out trying to avoid hearing about the Liverpool vs Everton score as his Mrs was recording it for when he got home. He was doing really well until we nearly finished and a helpful Landy owner leant out of his window and said '' Liverpool 2-0 down against Everton lads'' PMSL

Another good day with a cracking bunch of lads. Thanks to all for making the Mrs and youngest daughter feel welcome. Even the Mrs had to concede that it was 'actually quite good'' She has agreed to come to the next annual meet but has made it clear she wants a tent with heating. WTF ? Women!!!!

Anyway, some more piccies. .....





Half way through the corwen carwash





On the way up to the Wafarer








Whitestones - I think ?











Steve having a kip before starting Splash lane



Splashy lane , unusually not quite as splashy as it normally is due to lack of rain.

[gregster]

Got a call from Dwifty earlier when he was waiting for the AA...sorry Andy doing an AA impression in his wannabe AA truck,.....to bring cooling water for Dwifty's wheel bearing...

It seems that his 2.8lwb decided it would rather be a three wheeler (almost), I thought he must have had the Bobbinsjob wheel nut mod as he said it , but I was wrong as it destroyed a front wheel bearing at speed!!!

Hope you all got home alright...seems to have been a day of breakages to more or lesser degrees....

[BoxCleva]

Oh, and last one when I got home. It's supposed to be blue

[BoxCleva]

Got a call from Dwifty earlier when he was waiting for the AA...sorry Andy doing an AA impression in his wannabe AA truck,.....to bring cooling water for Dwifty's wheel bearing...

It seems that his 2.8lwb decided it would rather be a three wheeler (almost), I thought he must have had the Bobbinsjob wheel nut mod as he said it , but I was wrong as it destroyed a front wheel bearing at speed!!!

Hope you all got home alright...seems to have been a day of breakages to more or lesser degrees....

You kidding ????? We did notice a slight knock from the front that we assumed was a CV joint. Did he really break down on the way home Greg ?

[gregster]

Yep...fortunately only about 2 miles from home the bearing kinda collapsed from what Ste was saying...they cooled it down and limped it a mile before it was red/white hot again, that was when I spoke to him, as Andy was fetching some more water to cool it down for the last little bit to get the truck home...

[BoxCleva]

Yep...fortunately only about 2 miles from home the bearing kinda collapsed from what Ste was saying...they cooled it down and limped it a mile before it was red/white hot again, that was when I spoke to him, as Andy was fetching some more water to cool it down for the last little bit to get the truck home...

Gutted Other than Andy's breakdown we were doing pretty well. Breaking down ain't good, but if you are going to do it it's best to do it close to home I suppose

[jontera]

[jontera]

sorry about the quailty

if anyone is wondering why there isn't any of me in the car wash, that's because I was first through..

[bobbinsjob]

AT LAST, EVIDENCE, CAUGHT IN THE ACT, WAIT TILL LEE SEES WHOS BEEN WINDOW SHOPPING

[Drift]

Thank you all for another cracking day, and what fantastic weather we had

Well from the freezing cold Corwen Car Park messing around and chatting and eating cakes for breakfast to our first stop at the river, and in that short distance it went from freezing to rather pleasantly warm




Then onto the Wayfarer, sadly this was the last time most of the guys except me saw Andy today, these where taken while he was going backwards




At the top Si needed to find some shade and the heat affected Simo a little bit.








Then it was onward to white stones







Then it was a trip to the short cut lane we never named but is mostly tarmac
At this point I hear a metallic noise from my front wheel, I checked and saw the inner cv boot had worked loose of the tie, so sorted that and just put the noise down to a partially locked hub, as it stopped after messing with the manual hub.
And then not so splashy lane.





And then, just over a mile from home as I was leaving the M57 after rather a quick dash, I thought I had blew a tyre, to limped off as was on the slip road, stopped on a grass verge low and behold the grass was on fire around my hub and smoke was bellowing out, so I squirted what water I had on the hub (not the disc or brakes) got the waffle board out jacked the car up took the wheel off, at this point Andy arrived within 5 minutes like a true AA gent in a yellow truck
So more water and a stop to cool it down, it was the longest mile ever and thew wheel was very wonky

We got outside my house and set to work on the red hot hub.

stripped down we found this




That is metal embedded into the mud guard

The other side of the guard



That gooey mess on the left used to be a bearing like the one on the right



So front inner and outer bearing and seal changed, brakes refitted, wheel wouldnt budge grrrrrr so off with the brakes and the carrier had been damaged and off centre and we couldnt get the caliper and carries separated...so me being a hoarder had a spare carrier and a refurbed caliper I did a while back....success it all works and lives happily ever after..bloody long day though.

Cheers for the help and support Andy, was a giggle lol.





just saw your post Greg....you knob pmsl good one

[gregster]

AT LAST, EVIDENCE, CAUGHT IN THE ACT, WAIT TILL LEE SEES WHOS BEEN WINDOW SHOPPING

I reckon that sheep was just WARMING herself up against Dwifty's nice toasty wheel bearing!

[Drift]

Haaaarrrr harrrrrrr