I am back

[Bob696]

If anybody cares  :lol:

700 miles driven in the past 3 days. Some pics in my gallery in a few minutes

[mud-club-matty]

welcome back mate you have a nice time

[Bob696]

Oh yes indeed  :D


got so high at one point the V8 wouldnt idle due to the lack of oxygen or it might have been the cold of the glacier :shock:

Will put more pics up tomorrow and start to sort out whats happening with Malvern

[missroadrage]

Glad you had a good time the scenery looks fantastic - great photos

[Rich_P]

Hi again Bob.  Nice photos. :)

[TDi90]

brilliant, loks incredible.. where was it=?

[Edge]

Great to have you back Bob :D , fantastic photo's by the way 8) , you've made my mind up for me as to where i'm going for a holiday next year

[BrumLee]

brilliant, loks incredible.. where was it=?

Wales  :lol:  :lol:

Nah, I believe it t'was the Alps. Glad you and the family are back safely after your break. Only a couple of weeks left now to recover before your back to work eh Bob  

[Jas278]

Those photo's are superb , so jealous it looks fab.........MCBB 4 anyone ?

[Bob696]

As BL said it was indeed the alps. We did France, switzerland and Italy. All photos are now up. I will write a more detailed account and put it in the members travels section later.

[jjsaul]

Looks nice Bob

I'll have to drop down your way sometime soon for a full photo showing  :lol:

What happened to my picture messages then?? I made sure my phone was working  :roll:

[Bob696]

What happened to my picture messages then?? I made sure my phone was working  :roll:

Do you know how expensive it is to send a picture sms from france???? Had to save all the pennies for fuel  :lol:

[LandRoger]

Looks soo nice Bob, how did Sally handle the trip? more to the point how much in Fuel?, bet the old back was sore after that M8! :lol: nice one,

[Xtremeteam]

Those photo's are superb , so jealous it looks fab.........MCBB 4 anyone ?

NO

if thats where were goin some1 can pick me up at the airport  

[Bob696]

Looks soo nice Bob, how did Sally handle the trip? more to the point how much in Fuel?, bet the old back was sore after that M8! :lol: nice one,

Sally was excellent. Of the 8 cars only Sally and a 300 Tdi disco had no problems.
2 TD5 discos had ABS problems (sensors knackered or something)
TD5 90 had computer problems and it needed resting so the computer would reset itself
TD5 90 overheated. Driver had to drop out for a day so he could go and get a fan.
a 90 with a Disco 200Tdi engine conversion had a problem with the oil cooler pipe (fixed with a couple of jubalee clips and several liters of oil). Buzz (memebr on here) had them made up for him but the climb upto the glacier was too much for them.
A One Ten (4 months older than Sally) but that had had a new bulkhead, 300Tdi harness and a 200Tdi engine fitted developed an intermittent  starter motor problem as well has having no handbrake.

Havnt worked out the fuel costs yet but LPG (GPL over there) was available at 90% of the sevice stations on the motorway but it was a tad more expensive at about 52p/L although you do need to buy a converter at about £15 before you go.

Comfort wise she wasnt too bad. We did 350 miles one day with no ill effects except I am a little deaf now :roll:

Decided from our experiences on a few modifications though. We are going to
replace the springs (as they are now pretty knackered) with standard hvy duty and fit 2" extended shocks.
fit Caravan aircon on the roof
replace the gearbox as the worn gate between reverse and 1st gave us a few heart attacks on the switchbacks.
Might fit an additional 40L fuel tank as well.

[LandRoger]

Think the (Red/White) Police spec springs would do the job nicely-had them on a working disco that was allways loaded to the gunnels,they take the weight but give a nice supple ride,have you seen the kit the Plod get into a Rangie :roll:

[Buzz]

Hi Bob, great pictures, i didn't know you had so many with my motor in!

For Steph & me it was a really great trip, and we're already planning the next.

a 90 with a Disco 200Tdi engine conversion had a problem with the oil cooler pipe (fixed with a couple of jubalee clips and several liters of oil). Buzz (memebr on here) had them made up for him but the climb upto the glacier was too much for them.

The 90's now having a well earned rest, before i remove the oil cooler pipes, and throw them at the specialist high pressure hose guy that made them!  The jubliet clip managed to survive the last 10 days of the holiday, so that failed crimp must have been real pony.  Anyway i'm just glad that i heard the engine note change, and switched off before it seized.  

For those who don't know, the oil cooler hose joint failed as i rounded a hairpin climbing up a grave track, 8181ft up an Italian glacier.  All the oil was everywhere, except in the engine! The first repair attempt couldn't quite hold and slowly leaked my spare 4.5litres of engine oil onto the track, but a more thourgh search through my spares produced a better fitting jubilet clip, which did.  I then borrowed more oil from the others on the trip and managed to get it back up to the max, before decending back down the hairpins.

The engine smoked blue for the rest of the day, and when cold for the next two days, but appears not to have destroyed just accelerated the wear a little.  The power was down for a bit, but it came back during the next few days.

The trip was a real test for the motors, and i'm glad we all made it back to Dover in one piece.  Even after the red mist decended on the Val d'isere offroad course! (When i work out how to post the pic's, i'll give it a go)

Bob, Hopefully i'll see you at the peterbough show.

Buzz.