Pay and play Stainby Grantham Pics vids and discussion

[fuzion]

Cracking vid of Cocothechef and Tiger

[marlbororman]

The line up

http://s87.photobucket.com/albums/k122/ ... 007023.flv

[fuzion]

double post

[marlbororman]

Yer, dont know who it was, might be Darrens toy4x4, but defo not Adrian aka Tiger

[fuzion]

Yer, dont know who it was, might be Darrens toy4x4, but defo not Adrian aka Tiger

Ahh, yes you could be right

I helped remove the roof, forgot it had the roof on to begin with

[T5ER]

great site and a nice weather,nice to see you all had fun,sorry for not coming in my fronty but its dead so for all those that were there and dont know me i was the one that turned up saturday afternoon in the mk2 cavalier sri with misses and kids,did have a chat to a couple of people.Would like to say a big thanks to Chris a.k.a muddyplucka for the tour in his fronty up untill the point were we went through a huge water splash and it died late to find out that it has dumped a valve so not so good,did take out the plugs empty the water and tow start it before we found this out and could not understand why it was sounding ruff.Nice to see another of my old friends in one of the pics (the recovery lorry Dawson and Mitchell) i have known these guys for about 20 years glad to see they were helping out

Wayne

[fuzion]

great site and a nice weather,nice to see you all had fun,sorry for not coming in my fronty but its dead so for all those that were there and dont know me i was the one that turned up saturday afternoon in the mk2 cavalier sri with misses and kids,did have a chat to a couple of people.Would like to say a big thanks to Chris a.k.a muddyplucka for the tour in his fronty up untill the point were we went through a huge water splash and it died late to find out that it has dumped a valve so not so good,did take out the plugs empty the water and tow start it before we found this out and could not understand why it was sounding ruff.Nice to see another of my old friends in one of the pics (the recovery lorry Dawson and Mitchell) i have known these guys for about 20 years glad to see they were helping out

Wayne

Ahh, so you were Wayne

Well done for helping Cj out with his truck

[T5ER]

great site and a nice weather,nice to see you all had fun,sorry for not coming in my fronty but its dead so for all those that were there and dont know me i was the one that turned up saturday afternoon in the mk2 cavalier sri with misses and kids,did have a chat to a couple of people.Would like to say a big thanks to Chris a.k.a muddyplucka for the tour in his fronty up untill the point were we went through a huge water splash and it died late to find out that it has dumped a valve so not so good,did take out the plugs empty the water and tow start it before we found this out and could not understand why it was sounding ruff.Nice to see another of my old friends in one of the pics (the recovery lorry Dawson and Mitchell) i have known these guys for about 20 years glad to see they were helping out

Wayne

Ahh, so you were Wayne

Well done for helping Cj out with his truck

Yep that was me,sorry for not introducing myself to all,i have known Cj for a few years and i have not seen him debs or the kids for a while,as for helping him out thats just second nature to me i have been n the motor trade for 16 years and did all my time on mk1 astra`s mk2 cavs and have owned a few so being able to get my hands dirty on a petrol fronty was just so irrestible LOL had to be done

[fuzion]

great site and a nice weather,nice to see you all had fun,sorry for not coming in my fronty but its dead so for all those that were there and dont know me i was the one that turned up saturday afternoon in the mk2 cavalier sri with misses and kids,did have a chat to a couple of people.Would like to say a big thanks to Chris a.k.a muddyplucka for the tour in his fronty up untill the point were we went through a huge water splash and it died late to find out that it has dumped a valve so not so good,did take out the plugs empty the water and tow start it before we found this out and could not understand why it was sounding ruff.Nice to see another of my old friends in one of the pics (the recovery lorry Dawson and Mitchell) i have known these guys for about 20 years glad to see they were helping out

Wayne

Ahh, so you were Wayne

Well done for helping Cj out with his truck

Yep that was me,sorry for not introducing myself to all,i have known Cj for a few years and i have not seen him debs or the kids for a while,as for helping him out thats just second nature to me i have been n the motor trade for 16 years and did all my time on mk1 astra`s mk2 cavs and have owned a few so being able to get my hands dirty on a petrol fronty was just so irrestible LOL had to be done

Fair play mate

Just a pity Cjs truck was a bit worse than first thought

[T5ER]

great site and a nice weather,nice to see you all had fun,sorry for not coming in my fronty but its dead so for all those that were there and dont know me i was the one that turned up saturday afternoon in the mk2 cavalier sri with misses and kids,did have a chat to a couple of people.Would like to say a big thanks to Chris a.k.a muddyplucka for the tour in his fronty up untill the point were we went through a huge water splash and it died late to find out that it has dumped a valve so not so good,did take out the plugs empty the water and tow start it before we found this out and could not understand why it was sounding ruff.Nice to see another of my old friends in one of the pics (the recovery lorry Dawson and Mitchell) i have known these guys for about 20 years glad to see they were helping out

Wayne

Ahh, so you were Wayne

Well done for helping Cj out with his truck

Yep that was me,sorry for not introducing myself to all,i have known Cj for a few years and i have not seen him debs or the kids for a while,as for helping him out thats just second nature to me i have been n the motor trade for 16 years and did all my time on mk1 astra`s mk2 cavs and have owned a few so being able to get my hands dirty on a petrol fronty was just so irrestible LOL had to be done

Fair play mate

Just a pity Cjs truck was a bit worse than first thought

very true,was chatting to him today about engine options for it and to be honest if he wants to spend the cash i think buying a trashed 2.8td trooper would be the way foward,i have hopefully just sold my very poorly fronty for £300 on ebay(no oil pressure and bottom end has now gone) but i will be back in a 4x4 very soon just a shame it is not a fronty but it is close as it is a trooper swb 3.2 v6 with a 3" lift and runnin 35 12.50 15 tyres n steel rims,tried and tested for the last 3 years and came second in the rtv= class with the viking 4x4 club so i know it is a good un oh and it is my best mates truck to boot LOL

[fuzion]

great site and a nice weather,nice to see you all had fun,sorry for not coming in my fronty but its dead so for all those that were there and dont know me i was the one that turned up saturday afternoon in the mk2 cavalier sri with misses and kids,did have a chat to a couple of people.Would like to say a big thanks to Chris a.k.a muddyplucka for the tour in his fronty up untill the point were we went through a huge water splash and it died late to find out that it has dumped a valve so not so good,did take out the plugs empty the water and tow start it before we found this out and could not understand why it was sounding ruff.Nice to see another of my old friends in one of the pics (the recovery lorry Dawson and Mitchell) i have known these guys for about 20 years glad to see they were helping out

Wayne

Ahh, so you were Wayne

Well done for helping Cj out with his truck

Yep that was me,sorry for not introducing myself to all,i have known Cj for a few years and i have not seen him debs or the kids for a while,as for helping him out thats just second nature to me i have been n the motor trade for 16 years and did all my time on mk1 astra`s mk2 cavs and have owned a few so being able to get my hands dirty on a petrol fronty was just so irrestible LOL had to be done

Fair play mate

Just a pity Cjs truck was a bit worse than first thought

very true,was chatting to him today about engine options for it and to be honest if he wants to spend the cash i think buying a trashed 2.8td trooper would be the way foward,i have hopefully just sold my very poorly fronty for £300 on ebay(no oil pressure and bottom end has now gone) but i will be back in a 4x4 very soon just a shame it is not a fronty but it is close as it is a trooper swb 3.2 v6 with a 3" lift and runnin 35 12.50 15 tyres n steel rims,tried and tested for the last 3 years and came second in the rtv= class with the viking 4x4 club so i know it is a good un oh and it is my best mates truck to boot LOL

At least you are now back in the 4x4 fraternity

I have to admit that i was extreemly impressed with Monty the Monteray (rebadged Trooper) 3.2 V6 off road

I was previalleged to be a passenger with both Debs and Cj on different occasions and the auto box was awsome

All you had to do was select 3 drive and the truck did the rest, i was astounded

You dont need to blow your rad / engine with an auto, as it drives it for you

[T5ER]

great site and a nice weather,nice to see you all had fun,sorry for not coming in my fronty but its dead so for all those that were there and dont know me i was the one that turned up saturday afternoon in the mk2 cavalier sri with misses and kids,did have a chat to a couple of people.Would like to say a big thanks to Chris a.k.a muddyplucka for the tour in his fronty up untill the point were we went through a huge water splash and it died late to find out that it has dumped a valve so not so good,did take out the plugs empty the water and tow start it before we found this out and could not understand why it was sounding ruff.Nice to see another of my old friends in one of the pics (the recovery lorry Dawson and Mitchell) i have known these guys for about 20 years glad to see they were helping out

Wayne

Ahh, so you were Wayne

Well done for helping Cj out with his truck

Yep that was me,sorry for not introducing myself to all,i have known Cj for a few years and i have not seen him debs or the kids for a while,as for helping him out thats just second nature to me i have been n the motor trade for 16 years and did all my time on mk1 astra`s mk2 cavs and have owned a few so being able to get my hands dirty on a petrol fronty was just so irrestible LOL had to be done

Fair play mate

Just a pity Cjs truck was a bit worse than first thought

very true,was chatting to him today about engine options for it and to be honest if he wants to spend the cash i think buying a trashed 2.8td trooper would be the way foward,i have hopefully just sold my very poorly fronty for £300 on ebay(no oil pressure and bottom end has now gone) but i will be back in a 4x4 very soon just a shame it is not a fronty but it is close as it is a trooper swb 3.2 v6 with a 3" lift and runnin 35 12.50 15 tyres n steel rims,tried and tested for the last 3 years and came second in the rtv= class with the viking 4x4 club so i know it is a good un oh and it is my best mates truck to boot LOL

At least you are now back in the 4x4 fraternity

I have to admit that i was extreemly impressed with Monty the Monteray (rebadged Trooper) 3.2 V6 off road

I was previalleged to be a passenger with both Debs and Cj on different occasions and the auto box was awsome

All you had to do was select 3 drive and the truck did the rest, i was astounded

You dont need to blow your rad / engine with an auto, as it drives it for you

very true mate and to be honest the manual version is bang on aswell i cant really fault either of them and most serious off roaders run auto boxes LOL,i do know one thing though with a manual if you give it big licks up a incline when you reach the summit and all four wheels are of the deck at least you can dip the clutch to save half/prop shafts LOL been there in the trooper with me driving it

[fuzion]

great site and a nice weather,nice to see you all had fun,sorry for not coming in my fronty but its dead so for all those that were there and dont know me i was the one that turned up saturday afternoon in the mk2 cavalier sri with misses and kids,did have a chat to a couple of people.Would like to say a big thanks to Chris a.k.a muddyplucka for the tour in his fronty up untill the point were we went through a huge water splash and it died late to find out that it has dumped a valve so not so good,did take out the plugs empty the water and tow start it before we found this out and could not understand why it was sounding ruff.Nice to see another of my old friends in one of the pics (the recovery lorry Dawson and Mitchell) i have known these guys for about 20 years glad to see they were helping out

Wayne

Ahh, so you were Wayne

Well done for helping Cj out with his truck

Yep that was me,sorry for not introducing myself to all,i have known Cj for a few years and i have not seen him debs or the kids for a while,as for helping him out thats just second nature to me i have been n the motor trade for 16 years and did all my time on mk1 astra`s mk2 cavs and have owned a few so being able to get my hands dirty on a petrol fronty was just so irrestible LOL had to be done

Fair play mate

Just a pity Cjs truck was a bit worse than first thought

very true,was chatting to him today about engine options for it and to be honest if he wants to spend the cash i think buying a trashed 2.8td trooper would be the way foward,i have hopefully just sold my very poorly fronty for £300 on ebay(no oil pressure and bottom end has now gone) but i will be back in a 4x4 very soon just a shame it is not a fronty but it is close as it is a trooper swb 3.2 v6 with a 3" lift and runnin 35 12.50 15 tyres n steel rims,tried and tested for the last 3 years and came second in the rtv= class with the viking 4x4 club so i know it is a good un oh and it is my best mates truck to boot LOL

At least you are now back in the 4x4 fraternity

I have to admit that i was extreemly impressed with Monty the Monteray (rebadged Trooper) 3.2 V6 off road

I was previalleged to be a passenger with both Debs and Cj on different occasions and the auto box was awsome

All you had to do was select 3 drive and the truck did the rest, i was astounded

You dont need to blow your rad / engine with an auto, as it drives it for you

very true mate and to be honest the manual version is bang on aswell i cant really fault either of them and most serious off roaders run auto boxes LOL,i do know one thing though with a manual if you give it big licks up a incline when you reach the summit and all four wheels are of the deck at least you can dip the clutch to save half/prop shafts LOL been there in the trooper with me driving it

Lol Mate

Only one shaft got broken this weekend and that was on the Hi Lux Surf on Friday night sorry Nigel

The Frontys seemed to have more problems with over heating and blowing rads sorry Ian

[nitromotor]

What about you guys with the caravans, did you manage to keep your outfit in towing order for the journey back?

[marlbororman]

Only one shaft got broken this weekend and that was on the Hi Lux Surf on Friday night sorry Nigel

The Frontys seemed to have more problems with over heating and blowing rads sorry Ian

Not a problem mate, but i blew it in style at least AND I GOT UP THE HILL

[darren816]

Hi All.

We made it home under our own steam (smoke in Jen's case).
Darren's 300 tdi Disco had minor alternator problems and a bit of overheating for part of the journey which cleared itself.
Chris (Grimley Reaper) had a bit of overheating in his 3.5 V8 Classic Rangey on the way home (but he was pulling the trailer, as we knew Jen's was not up to it).
Jen's truck is dead!
It was poorly before we left (I think she dropped a valve when we were there last week), rather smoky and a bit of rattle here & there. She still dragged the trailer with the toy 4x4, albeit in 2nd & 3rd gear most of the way! Due to the truck being poorly & Jen not feeling 100% (too hot & pregnant), she decided to wait until Sunday to take (or should I say thrash ) her truck round the course, hence it looks clean in most pics. Debs has some pics of the truck filthy.
On the way home, Jen's alternator light came on for a little while & cleared itself. The bottom-end rattle got louder & the smoke got thicker & more interesting in colour the further we went, getting worse when going through gears for slowing down & accelerating (she smoked out two pc's who were stood on a roundabout doing speed checks & we were gobsmacked she did not get a tug). The last 10 miles the oil light was on, (hardly surprising as most of the oil had p!$$ed out of the exhaust!) & the engine was starting to really struggle, not surprising as the bottom-end had started to chew itself. However, she made it home.
Now watching for a good 2.4 engine for her.

Thank you to Cj & Debs for a fantastic weekend & yes you were fine hosts!

See you again soon,

Darren, Jennie & Richard.

[darren816]

Hats off to Ian.

After seeing Chris' Rangey breeze up the notorious hill, followed by Darren in the Disco on the 3rd attempt, Ian had to prove the Fronty could also do it!
After 6-8 attempts Ian's Fronty acheived what appeared to be impossible, albeit with spectacular results!
A huge round of applause earned here.

Not a problem with going for the replacement rad, just glad to have been able to help.
I am gutted to hear that you and so many others needed recovering.

Cheers,

Darren.

[marlbororman]

Thanks for the bravo


Think i may have a serious issue though with the engine.

I now think i had a problem before coming to Stainby, its just trying to find it.

I think the engine is presurising too much and thats the reason i blew the rad. temp gauge always used to read high on motorways but presumed it was normal after reading various posts on the subject,but after thought maybe not normal. in 4x4 low, it has no problem,but maybe up hill or that perticular hill

Anyway couldnt travel more than couple of miles without boiling over,so had it into garage today, tried driving without rad cap on,and still same, i removed the stat and tried again and its better,until you floor it then temp goes upto 95 to 100 again, had head gasket test and checked out ok. Oh before all this i flushed out the system completely engine,heater matrix,rad, everything.every pipe etc.

Still suspect head gasket,coz that might explain tappety noise and oil presure light on tickover, although it might be due to the oil thinning from high temp.

Will get to the bottom of it though

Cheers to Cj and Debs for a brill weekend.

[marlbororman]

Adrian Aka Tiger, the one with The Black 2.0 Sport, with the 6 spots on the roof and the snorkel Has asked me to post his pictures, as without a broadband conection,it would take an age.... So here they are:---

[Red Oktober]

WOW ....Fantastic pics