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thermidorthelobster

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Hi all, I'm back!

We didn't quite make it to Ghana because of the 50 degree heat around Mali, so we drove to Guinea instead and then came back again. About 14,000 km in total.

The truck had one or two mechanical mishaps, but then again, it's a Land Rover, so what do you expect? We kept it rolling throughout however, thanks to a good selection of spares.

If anybody is interested you can read all about it on our blog:
http://westafrica2006.blogspot.com

Cheers,
David

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Ex Disco 200TDI, P38a 4.6HSE and 101FC 6x6 Camper. Africa Trip Blog

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« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2006, 13:29:32 »

Glad to see you got back safely.

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« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2006, 13:46:27 »

David

Well done ....we have been reading the blog and kepping up to date

Darren

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« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2006, 13:51:15 »

By the way, I've put a video of the 101 climbing over a little dune in Western Sahara on Google Video. The fact it took 5 goes was entirely down to the driver!

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« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2006, 14:32:54 »

Welcome back! Sounds like you had quite an adventure.

P.S. I've got a new toy while you've been off galivanting.

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« Reply #5 on: June 22, 2006, 14:39:16 »

Welcome back :D , just goin to have a peek at your video

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« Reply #6 on: June 22, 2006, 18:10:17 »

Welcome back, :D

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« Reply #7 on: June 22, 2006, 23:58:32 »

Good to see you're all back safe and well....

=D> =D> =D> =D>

where next? :shock:

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« Reply #8 on: June 23, 2006, 00:23:58 »

Quote from: "Dude"

where next? :shock:

Challenger 4x4, to get the transmission repaired!

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« Reply #9 on: June 23, 2006, 11:28:07 »

what's up with it?

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« Reply #10 on: June 23, 2006, 12:41:01 »

In Western Sahara, I lost 6wd; the rear axle's driven by a separate transfer box which has the centre diff welded up, and it's got un-welded-up, right at a very inopportune moment during a dangerous hill climb.

Then in Morocco I lost low ratio in the main transfer box - I think the gears are fine but the selector shaft is stuck, but it's a [!Expletive Deleted!] to get to the access plate so I thought I'd let Paul do it!

Apart from that, various bits of wear and tear need sorting, nothing surprising really after the pummelling it's taken.

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