Hello it's Happy hr...

[dapope]

Spring is being remade in Brisbane, hopefully today. It then gets freighted to broken Hill via adelaide. There is no freight delivery to Broken Hill sunday or Monday. If we get lucky, it will arrive on Saturday, and the bloke at the spring place that we are camped outside will put it in there and then. not even going to mention the other side of the equation! Back disks are cracked...................but I am ggoing to pretend we dont know about that, even though I have already asked Swagman to find us a fresh set

[Dot]

Could the back ones have cracked because of the pot hole trip?? OR would they be under warranty of some sort? certainly an adventure filled trip so far..

[dapope]

No, I think theres been some brake riding on hills ,and overheated the discs.....and having just typed that, I wonder about the front ones now:(
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No warranty, private sale at the end of the day

[Dot]

Are you sure Derek hasn't taken it for a drive may as well get them checked while you are parked up. It's a long run back home. U thought Swagman looked her over for you?

[T1 Terry]

Does it have a working exhaust brake Martin? If not, get it fixed/refitted and use it the way it's intended to be used, the foot brake is not designed for continuous retarding down a long hill, that's the exhaust brakes job, the foot brake is for pulling up the vehicle to a stop.

T1 Terry

[Dot]

I hope you lot watched Mrs Browns boys with those poor Mormans, nanna nappies well used tonight..

[dapope]

No, no exhaust brake. 6 speed allison pushbutton auto, been reading manual etc about locking into low gear etc, but no need so far, all the big hills have been up!! My pattern is usually to brake briefly and reasonably firmly and then get the foot off the pedal to allow them to cool again.
I take notice of warnings to shift down gears, and that is when I lock into a lower ratio, and if anyone behind me gets annoyed, well then they should have got up earlier Its got some fancy air system, takes a minute or two to pump up and a button for handbrake, lots of hissing!!
Mrs Brown with the morons was bloody funny.... saw it recently

[Dot]

Hope you are well and truley bunkered down for the next couple of days over there, can get very nasty when hot.. Has ChrisR been by again? give him a kick from me if you see him again

[dapope]

Hope you are well and truley bunkered down for the next couple of days over there, can get very nasty when hot.. Has ChrisR been by again? give him a kick from me if you see him again

with both air cons running its positively freezing!!!
Will give him a stir, he kindly toured us around for a day

[T1 Terry]

No, no exhaust brake. 6 speed allison pushbutton auto, been reading manual etc about locking into low gear etc, but no need so far, all the big hills have been up!! My pattern is usually to brake briefly and reasonably firmly and then get the foot off the pedal to allow them to cool again.
I take notice of warnings to shift down gears, and that is when I lock into a lower ratio, and if anyone behind me gets annoyed, well then they should have got up earlier Its got some fancy air system, takes a minute or two to pump up and a button for handbrake, lots of hissing!!
Mrs Brown with the morons was bloody funny.... saw it recently

You may remember from Derek's brake failure, the Alison auto and engine managment have a self protect feature, if the engine management determines the engine RPM are above a safe limit it will up shift the transmission. This vehicle should not have been allowed on the road without an exhaust brake or some form of retardation of the engine speed as this is the only method of slowing the vehicle in the case of a brake failure, if it doesn't have an exhaust brake then get one fitted.

T1 Terry