Beginners and experienced Greenlanes Longmynd 28th June

[Truckosaurs]

i dont think anyone will be gitting stuck as the weather is looking ok anyone with AT's or road tyre's will be fine the other frontys made it sort of and the landys dident spin a wheel all day i will be honest there is one lane that im worried about we missed it last time because a landy was stuck on it in some monster ruts we will have a look but if it looks like there is any chance of getting stuck im not doing it because it will delay the day and i want to get to wales .
That dirty cafe sounds good to me im sure that breckie at the services cost £7.00 last time we did this what time?
Cheers Mart

[alex]

Let me see, 25 mins to M54 services so we need to be leaving about 8:30. If you want half hour to eat its 8:00am meet at Hollies truck stop.

Cant miss it, just watch the carpark, hit a bomb hole in the beast and unpacked the car in one bounce better than a pay and play day.

[Frontycustoms]

[FUDDY MUCKER]

[Frontycustoms]

Hey i'll have u know im the boss in my house..i wear the trouser u know ........................................................she just tells me which ones...

[Sir-Doris]

Bad news, although not quite metal snapping tomfoolery another problem has arisen!

The diff I got is from a 97' 2.2 Mine is obviously a 95' At some point which we think was when they did the facelift (96' on) they changed the driveshafts from a 28mm shaft with 26 splines to a 26mm shaft with 33 splines. As a result my driveshafts wont fit the new diff. A workaround has been suggested which is swap the halfshafts from my old diff to the new diff. Hopefully this will work providing they arent damaged in any way. So Im praying its just the pinion gear that has gone.

This took a 1/2 hour long phonecall to a mate of mine in the local VX garage to find out and discuss a workaround and a couple of calls to Paw4x4 (Paul there is very helpful and has an Ebay shop specialising in Fronteras) who I got the diff from suggested swapping the halfshafts.

Fingers crossed again eh. Anyway, looks like Im back on the provisional list again

[bobbinsjob]

hope it al fgets sorted out mate

[alex]

I think you may be lucky, the shafts are different lengths and matt going the other way had shafts too short to engage. May be worth a pm to nifty to ask an opinio n as he spent more than an hour or two head scratching on that one.

[Frontycustoms]

As the kids say...........ONLY 3 MORE SLEEPS TO GO
Then we're goin lanin

[bobbinsjob]

[Sir-Doris]

Just got home with the old girl, all is well, hubs are clicking into engagement, all 4 wheels are now doing what they are supposed to be doing. Its a go for saturday folks!

to share with you what happened, the halfshafts were swapped from my old diff to the new one as it was the pinion gear that had snapped on the old diff. thankfully the halfshafts were in good order.

Manual hubs next me thinks.

[Drift]

Hi guys, could I ask a favour of you please?

Ive just read on GRAG that there has been a lot of off piste damage in recent weeks at the Wayfarer summit and some surrounding areas.

This damage by all accounts is quite bad even by the summit standards, those of you who have been will know what Im talking about eg The Bomb Hole.

I am hoping to pop over to the Wayfarer in the evening if all goes well with the MOT this week, but if I dont make it could you take some pictures of the damage for me to help get something sorted.

The police have been informed but at this time no one has pictures, you may see the odd police vehicle out and about on the lanes in that area, they are friendly enough and like a chat and a bit of banter.

Cheers guys and fingers crossed I might see you up there

[Sir-Doris]

Will do, we would like to be the poster boys for a 4x4 responsibility campaign you know.

[Drift]

[Wneiljohnson47]

Ok now we have an order for piccys better make them good uns!

Well done Sir Doris now your truck is running too!

My old Fronty A is ready and raring to go as well. New tappets and new CB all is looking good.

Should be a great day for all.!

6.00am start for me drop the missus at work then off to the M6! A full days playin'!

[frontydan]

Hey Drift,
if you do make it in the evening bring them sunglasses if they are still available and i'll take them off your hands for you.
If not i'll pay you next week if they are still up for sale. If you have a free evening next week i might arrange to collect from you as i'm only in Chester and would love to start meeting other members in the area.
Cheers.
Dan

[Drift]

Sure will do Dan, be good to meet you

[alex]

Well done Phil, glad to here your on again.

Ste, piccies will be done, god knows how its been made worse, was never tidy up there.

[manny]

just a list of thing we should all check b4 leaving



CAR
oil
coolant
fuel
tyre pressures


also it would be a good thing if you know where you recovery points are front and rear
if got straps bring them along

now the main things
food and drink
cake we need cake to keep are brains work and we dont get lost then

[Sir-Doris]

Will be fitting the front recovery eyes tomorrow and possibly the rear ones as well if I can find a suitable place to locate them, think I may trim the rear bumper a bit to get them in.