Sadly my journey has come to an end

frangipani · Guru

Sadly my journey has come to an end

KFT · Guru

Sorry to hear you have had such trouble

did they tell you what the problem was?

maybe you can get her fixed and start again

hopefully

frank

Dunmowin · Guru

Can any of our Perth friends help Frangipani?

frangipani · Guru

KFT wrote:
Sorry to hear you have had such trouble

did they tell you what the problem was?

maybe you can get her fixed and start again

hopefully

frank

something about the computer not talking to everything else? But everything else is in good condition :(

frangipani · Guru

Dunmowin wrote:
Can any of our Perth friends help Frangipani?

thanx. I'm shattered :(

cooee · Senior Member

What a shame. We were all enjoying your adventures,

I hope you get things sorted and start again

Dunmowin · Guru

Frangipani wrote:
Dunmowin wrote:
Can any of our Perth friends help Frangipani?
thanx. I'm shattered :(

I have sent you a PM

Jayco Gypsy · Senior Member

Hi Frangipani

What vehicle do you have. We have mechanical contacts in Perth and may be able to point you in the right direction. There is a company we have used for freighting a car from Queensland to Perth who were reasonable, may even be able to get a back load to reduce cost.

I've sent you a PM.

-- Edited by Jayco Gypsy on Friday 5th of September 2014 10:05:52 PM

sufil · Guru

Where are you? What happened to Athena?

Poppy sore eye · Senior Member

so sorry to hear of your trouble. I wish we could help in some way.

Maybe your travels are only stalled, perhaps we will see you at greens over Xmas.

frangipani · Guru

sufil wrote:
Where are you? What happened to Athena?

Norseman, i stopped to make coffee and she would'nt start again

frangipani · Guru

Poppy sore eye wrote:
so sorry to hear of your trouble. I wish we could help in some way.
Maybe your travels are only stalled, perhaps we will see you at greens over Xmas.

thanx, yes I would like that

Johanna · Veteran Member

Have a good cry, wipe your tears and think about a solution which is somewhere. Remember there's light at the end of the tunnel. I had to sell my treasured Transit more then a year ago for financial reasons. but have bought another transit and transforming it hoping to get on the road in a couple of months. Hope to see you some day, some where.!! johanna

Blue · Senior Member

as if they couldn't fix the thing in Perth...

for crying out loud... who told you that?

what absolute garbage...

shekon · Guru

Fran, that is so sad. Do what you have to and hopefully you will find a good doctor for Athena and you will be travelling again soon. Take care of you also. Xx

kesa32 · Senior Member

It sounds like a sensor or something like that has gone, high unlikely the whole computer would drop dead , if the vehicle was running fine prior to stopping , and was turning over when you tried to start it ? , it would have to be either something wrong with fuel delivery or ignition
Engines are pretty basic things as in they need fuel and a means to ignite it , modern engines have heaps of stuff going on to tell the engine management system how to run them , so if you can find a half decent mechanic you should be back on the road in no time !

Jonathan · Senior Member

Sorry to hear of your misfortune Fran ..

I remember something you once quoted when speaking with Nelly .. " where there's a will, there's a way "

I'm sure you'll sort it out .. I wish you well !

jules47 · The Happy Helper

Fran - you are closer to Perth than Melbourne - get it bought back here - there are people you know here who can help, once the initial shock is over and you have calmed down - get in touch with some of them. Grey Nomads are a helpful bunch. Sorry for your troubles, and this is not the end of the journey, just a hiccup along the way!!

Nelly · Guru

Fran how sad for you but you are a strong women - you proved that by doing what you have done - I am sure there would be someone in Perth that could fix it for you. As Jules said 'not the end of the journey just a hiccup along the way' - it won't be long before you are out there again I am sure.

GaryKelly · Guru

Jules is right, Fran. Once the tears are wiped away and you pull yourself together again, this will be a hiccup, not a disaster. Chin up my dear and answer some of those PMs. There are people waiting and willing to help.

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

Sorry to hear of your troubles, you need to get it back to Perth there must be somebody to help here, will also be cheaper to get here, that is unless you have already shipped it to Melb, you will find that they know nothing about campers in remote areas and will always suggest shipping it out to somewhere, so get it back to Perth and we can all help.

banjo · Senior Member

Get it taken to Perth as suggested, get it placed in a CP, Karrinup Waters is a good one, then as mentioned you have several options, and some friends near to you.

What model and make is it ? as said most things are a simple sensor causing shut down or some bad fuel. Think positive.

Just had a thought as well, the towing chap at Noresman has a reputation from what I've read so don't just take his word for anything, he's in it to make big $$.

Even Kalgorlie would have good service facilities !

-- Edited by banjo on Saturday 6th of September 2014 10:56:59 AM

the rocket · Guru

Hi Frangipani, Unfortunate. Get it fixed and up and off again.

TopCat · Veteran Member

Hi Fran, just a thought: We were stuck in Alice springs a while back at a CP and the navara "stuffed up" - so we thought.
Called the road service and all it was - the water level in the radiator was low and there is a sensor in the radiator "somewhere".
It happened again when we got to Norseman (2 months later. Again it was remedied by topping up the radiator.
I also had a situation in NSW where I picked up some dirty diesel. The insurance came to the party and replacd the FULL fuel system
- just on $11,000.00.
Good luck with it mate hope all goes well for you.
cheers
TC

SnowT · Guru

Fran, get it checked out....

Do NOT give up...

As the other have said it could be some as simple as sensor that has failed..

Hope it not the diesel system as that could be very expensive.....

You should be able to get the system checked..
Get someone who knows what they are doing, to plug into the On-board computer and get it assessed.. The Diagnostics will tell you what the issue is...

-- You need to use the correct system to do the check...

Juergen

jon641 · Veteran Member

Hi Fran, your problem seems to be that the onboard computer wont talk to their diagnostic machine, I recently had the same problem in Kalgoorlie, was stuck there for 6 days before they figured ( at my suggestion ),firstly that there was a power supply problem, your battery only has to be down slightly to affect the readout /connection to the diagnostic machine, so once they recharged the battery the readout went through, turned out to be a loose wire to a camshaft position sensor that had shaken itself loose with all the corregations we had been on. The battery seemed fine to me at the time as it started ok and I don't run any auxillary power from my car battery, anyway they traced the wire to under the dash and repaired it, $300 bucks labour for having to trace the wire and remove the dash and I bought a new battery and "happy days", no further problem. As an aside if you are using the repco guy in Norseman, he is an absolute ****head, had a few reports about how he operates and one personal experience that caught my son out, he has reported him to the auto association in WA.

Don't give up, there will be a solution, nothing is unfixable.

Cheers