Well left home a few days ago and taking the "scenic" route north into Queensland and have had some mishaps....
1. Got to Kumbia (south of Kingaroy) and as we where about to leave the plastic hatch on the roof broke whilst putting it down. No probs, I'll just duck-tape it down til I can get a new one.
2. Got to Wooroolin (north of Kingaroy), pulled up, switched off and got the blocks out ready to drive up, go to start the beast and CLICK, CLICK, CLICK..... The Starter motor is stuffed!. Called RACQ, they came out and confirmed, "Yep, the starter is stuffed". With that the RACQ guy gave me a list of Auto Electricians in Kingaroy but only one does a mobile service and here we have been now for 2 days waiting for the Auto Lecky to come back with a new starter.
3. It's probably going to be the bill from the Auto Lecky, as it took nearly 4 hours to get the starter motor out.
BTW It's bloody Cold here in Wooroolin.
cjt55 said
09:43 PM May 12, 2016
Steve,
Keep the faith mate. You will have good days and bad days. Everyone on this site will tell you that. You WILL have great times in the future I can promise you that.
Bruce and Bev said
09:56 PM May 12, 2016
lets hope it does come in 3's, because you've really had 3 good (or is really bad??) ones?
Fingers crossed that that's your lot for vehicle problems for the next year !!
Good travelling from now on......
Happy Camper said
12:58 PM May 13, 2016
Madaboutled:- Keep the faith brother things can only improve.
Your not on your own.
LLD said
02:53 PM May 13, 2016
Today is Friday 13th. If you are waiting for a third calamity, then don't hold your breath today.
Ge said
03:25 PM May 13, 2016
Know how you feel, been there done that.
Still always look on the bright side of life (lol)
Have fun happy traveling.
madaboutled said
07:54 PM May 13, 2016
Thanks all, the new starter motor was fitted this afternoon so we're mobile again ready for the big drive tommorrow... Wooroolin to Murgon!. Can't rush these things. Hopefully the bad luck streak is over. The upside was the bill, I was expecting a lot more, the boys from Herbons Auto Electrical in Kingaroy did a great job and looked after us. I will post their details in recomendations section next.
Desert Dweller said
04:29 PM May 14, 2016
Definitely in 3's. eg: Just arrived home from a 5 week trip from our Melbourne home along the Gippsland coast & as far as Eden NSW. Got as far as Yarram & my wife's Nikon SLR camera pooped itself. Our main reason for traveling is nature photography. Bought her a new Nikon in Sale. At Genoa we stayed 3 nights. I left my towing mirrors on after unhitching our caravan. Drove 3kms up the Princes Hwy & got pulled up by the Highway Patrol, $227 fine. We departed Orbost this morning & when we got home realized that we left one of our levelling ramps behind. Bugger. Still smiling because we had a great trip, the weather was beautiful & we got some fantastic photos. Life's great isn't it!
rainy1850 said
05:31 AM May 15, 2016
Love the ****er spaniel. Ours is exactly the same.
Well left home a few days ago and taking the "scenic" route north into Queensland and have had some mishaps....
1. Got to Kumbia (south of Kingaroy) and as we where about to leave the plastic hatch on the roof broke whilst putting it down. No probs, I'll just duck-tape it down til I can get a new one.
2. Got to Wooroolin (north of Kingaroy), pulled up, switched off and got the blocks out ready to drive up, go to start the beast and CLICK, CLICK, CLICK..... The Starter motor is stuffed!. Called RACQ, they came out and confirmed, "Yep, the starter is stuffed". With that the RACQ guy gave me a list of Auto Electricians in Kingaroy but only one does a mobile service and here we have been now for 2 days waiting for the Auto Lecky to come back with a new starter.
3. It's probably going to be the bill from the Auto Lecky, as it took nearly 4 hours to get the starter motor out.
BTW It's bloody Cold here in Wooroolin.
Keep the faith mate. You will have good days and bad days. Everyone on this site will tell you that. You WILL have great times in the future I can promise you that.
Fingers crossed that that's your lot for vehicle problems for the next year !!
Good travelling from now on......
Madaboutled:- Keep the faith brother things can only improve.
Your not on your own.
Still always look on the bright side of life (lol)
Have fun happy traveling.
Thanks all, the new starter motor was fitted this afternoon so we're mobile again ready for the big drive tommorrow... Wooroolin to Murgon!. Can't rush these things. Hopefully the bad luck streak is over. The upside was the bill, I was expecting a lot more, the boys from Herbons Auto Electrical in Kingaroy did a great job and looked after us. I will post their details in recomendations section next.
Definitely in 3's. eg: Just arrived home from a 5 week trip from our Melbourne home along the Gippsland coast & as far as Eden NSW. Got as far as Yarram & my wife's Nikon SLR camera pooped itself. Our main reason for traveling is nature photography. Bought her a new Nikon in Sale. At Genoa we stayed 3 nights. I left my towing mirrors on after unhitching our caravan. Drove 3kms up the Princes Hwy & got pulled up by the Highway Patrol, $227 fine. We departed Orbost this morning & when we got home realized that we left one of our levelling ramps behind. Bugger. Still smiling because we had a great trip, the weather was beautiful & we got some fantastic photos. Life's great isn't it!
Love the ****er spaniel. Ours is exactly the same.