NOMADICISTA

Parked at Lake Ruataniwha .
pretty sure I spelt that wrong .....

Observed bits of dam stuff ....

Eventually , the sunny day bought everyone together

I thought this image was fun



Then this nice old Ford bus turned up to have a looksee.

A couple of interesting back loads were seen

This guy had an early tram for delivery to Ferrymead Museum



And this guy seems to have found another project

Stopped at Lake Pukaki to look at Mt Cook (NZ highest at 12,349ft) A difficult thing to photograph , because it is normally hidden by cloud and today , because the tourists were hogging the view , looking at the truck LOL ... I had to wait for ages..



closer



max zoom on the dumpster camera



yeah , yeah , I know its a crappy shot , but I only get to see that sight about once every 10 yrs.

On The Road Again .........



Regards

Dusty, you're a lucky man.

Great pics and a story to go with them. Truck and camper look great. Your country is one of the few I have any desire to visit, such beautiful scenery.

Dick

Beautiful place you live in. I particularly like the shot of the lake looking over the hood of your truck.

Looks like you had a better labour weekend than me, I worked right through it.

I also had someone recently come knocking on my door, with the impression that my VAS was for sale. Though I haven't done anything to it yet, it most definitely is not for sale.

Summer has come and gone , I've had a huge time going away in the camper most weekends . Done LOTS of miles
Mostly I've been going to old car events , traction engine rallys vintage plough events, swap meets etc .

Found a few treasures , met a bunch of people I only see at those places , it's been great.



The truck has performed faultlessly , used a lot of petrol , attracted more than it's fair share of attention , there must be some way I can charge for all the tourist photographs , LOL.

So the camper is off for the winter and I hear a little noise in the engine bay ......... not supposed to be like that

After some educated guesses , I decide to fix it before it becomes terminal.
So into the shed with it . Out with the engine etc , investigate the insides ....... find stuff ...LOL





I find the fibre cam gear is badly worn and the noise is the excessive backlash thrashing the crank gear.
Cool , I've got a NOS gear in the box, no trouble , just press the old one off and the new one on

Got that done at the engine shop , nice job.

Get home fit it all up , line up the dots ..................................



Hmmmmmm ........ what's wrong with that pic ??

Yep keyway not in the same place ??????????

That sent me round the garden path a few times , finally got it figured out (earlier after market parts ) got the cam timed , made some gaskets got it back together and back into the truck.

Phew.

So it seemed like a good time to fix the wee weep the radiator has had for years . Off to the local Radiator shop , "nope the core is too old , gotta put a new one in."

$$$ !!

Much ado about delivery times and I get it back , fit it up .... nope , bolt holes in the frame are horribly wrong



Yep , that's 20mm out of alignment ... how the hell ???

So they tried to fix it 3 times , failed 3 times, words were exchanged and I came away with a different view of the shop.
Incompetence won.
I took it into the city , got it fixed properly , no fuss , just more $$.

Just waiting on USA supplier now , for the engine mount rubber . (took 20 days to process my order ?? man , it's hard to get good help !)

I'm starting to chaff at the bit , gotta get the truck back on the road .

Its been a busy fortnight , during the truck repair , the yellow 240D benz diff failed (old age and high miles), the blue 300D benz rear CV joint failed (old age and high miles)(fixed it) my mother died (old age)(can't fix that) the flat is FINALLY inspected by EQC for the earthquake damage of nearly 3 1/2 YEARS ago. and they find asbestoes in the stipple on the ceiling so a whole 'nuther drama erupts over the removal of that , time moves on .........

I reckon it's gonna get smoother soon ............

Got a smile on my face again .

Truck is well and on the road again

Thanks Dusty ...
Love the journaling ... tips ... views ... and the good attitude
GoodClue

I just spent a week away helping on the http://targa.co.nz/ rally. It was a big deal for me 'cause I don't really 'do' people but they were short of help and I figured it was an opportunity not to be missed.

I did about 1000 miles and the truck went Great met some interesting people too. Nice to see how the other half play .

I was on the start line of some special stages. After 200 cars , usually twice a day , and all the associated people and high octane petrol fumes , I was very relieved when it was all over and I got to drive back thru the McKenzie Country , where there was no one about at all . Phew....

Camper is off the truck for the next few weeks in the build up to xmas etc.

Sounds like fun to me