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Did you notice Andy that I covered those whistling holes with sellotape?

JennyTyger wrote:Did you notice Andy that I covered those whistling holes with sellotape?

I did thankyou, i did come prepared just in case

Thanks to all, Russell and his winch, Andy for the steering and various other bits, Clive and Jenny for sorting the weekend
The terrain was completely changed and very challenging, a great eye opener.
The wayfarer was a nice lane and especially as we had such a warm welcome at the end of it.
Hope all arrived home safely and have been able to de-mud a little.

What a weekend
I have some fabulous footage, well over an hour. Andrew had his mates round earlier for a preview and they have all gone away in awe.
I have started the copying process as I'm trying to blend 2 devices into one.
All three red head girls had an excellent time although I don't envy Shamsa's washing pile
Andrew thoroughly enjoyed himself with AndyS and was quite eager to dish out advice when I snuck behind the steering wheel and tackled a challenging ascent

Shami loves that washing pile even more so now that the washing machine has decided to give up.
Will have to get a part for it tomorow.

I hope that you'll stay late at the workshop to fix the washing machine just like you did for the syncro

thanks to everyone for a great weekend, didn't have time to get the mud off, just stuck the alloys back on in a downpour this morning, changed into dry clothes and back to it...noticed this evening the brake drums are still mud coloured not red

Can't wait to see the DVD Sharon and I think Ollie is putting something together too for the website.

In the meantime:







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Five Syncro pickups driving the Wayfarers track across the Berwyn hills




Andy Mc leads with Aidan navigating, MatFlint behind, Jenny&Clive, Pete&Sharon&Georgia , followed by Andy Simpson with Andrew Pollard passengering


Sleepers across protected marshland






Accidental or deliberate damage?



The replaced visitor's box at the summit



Five VW workhorses put out to grass (but worked harder in retirement than ever they did in their heyday!)



The Pollard family - minus son Andrew ('twas a fair to middling wind cutting across the peak there)











Beautiful dry stone slate wall, much longer than the photo shows... they last at least 150 years (I heard that tonight on de radio, serendipity)



Yes, you got it, sheep, very smart looking bright white wooled ones!

vwjon~australia wrote:i'm impressed! three single cabs and two double cabs! no vans or kombi's, i thought single cab syncro's were supposed to be rare??
whats the last pic of? the fastening mech on the yellow double cab tail gates, but why? cheers, good one

The only damage jon, a slight nick in the top, and a small scratch on the dropside... there's some pretty tight rocks towards the exit and two narrrow stone gates

some piccies from me

Many,many thanks to all the brave and hardy souls that attended this weekend and made us both so welcome,especially Jenny and Clive for all their efforts, after an eight hour drive and non stop rain it was still a very enjoyable weekend.
P.S. Mrs Crocker's cake recipes are available on request!!

It was a shame that i couldn't be there for the whole weekend and participate with you lot, but fun was had at the workhouse although i'm off the westons organic cider for a long time. Clive... whilst having a look at my cvj and all the bearings i noticed that when the rear nearside wheel was off the spring was loose...??? this must be wrong and the cause of some noise as the offside spring is solid and doesn't wobble! any views....?i'm not driving it for the weekend so hopefully i can get it sorted very soon.

Broken pig-tail at the top or missing spacer?

Look up at the top and see if the spring ends in a premature break or neatly curls to a smaller radius (like the bottom and the other one)..

Dead easy to change remove the bottom shock absorber bolt, loosen the top one (both tight, 70 ft-lbs or thereabouts) and replace it, checking the radius arm locating 'tit', 'teat' (or whatever is PC for it) for rusting away at the same time.

New spring or Syncro-Nutz or Syncrospares can probably supply you a used one. Tighten the shock absorber bolts back up with a jack or stand under the radius arm, (i.e with weight on suspension)

If 'tis not that, then let us know...

Managed to sort out my pics so here's another load .........







I think Charlie's pleased at Aidan's success with the bonfire!
I have a sequence of Andy S parting the Red Sea which I will attempt tp set up as a slideshow.

Apologies for the delay in the DVD but I have had an absolute mare of a week wich ended up with all of the DVDs completely unreadable
So I shall begin again and I will have some ready to post later tomorrow