Monstar / Roadrunners

I had several rather short phonecalls from Kieran lastnight...tunnels, mountains, something kept cutting him off.

3 Breakdowns yesterday (monday)...
Pinky needed a new clutch cylinder, and then a battery ground strap, while the Roadrunners suffered a broken propshaft.

They are also maintaining radio silence at the moment, as the wiring's so bad the CB doesn't transmit properly if the engine is running.

Oh dear. Come on guys you can do it!

Lu :bom:

Doesn't sound too good but you know those with the "BULLDOG SPIRIT" I am sure it won't be a problem :bball: :bball: :bball:

Just to let you know we managed to get both vehicles back to Mansfield on Saturday evening without any further problems and on Sunday we could actually hear Kieran over the CB whilst going to Uni with him.

Whilst we were unlucky enough to suffer several breakdowns, I would just like to thank Fred and Dom for all their help with detaching the propshaft by the side of the motor way in France and then for fitting a new clutch slave cylinder to Kieran's Landrover (I'm not sure where the part came from but a BIG THANK YOU to you as well)

We then met a back street fabricator in Andorra who made us a new breakpipe for 20 euros. Thanks to John, Stu, Adam and everyone else who helped to get us back on the road in Spain.

And finally when the trailing arm decided it had had enough of being attached to the discovery, thanks to Sebastian and his father who cleared a space in their workshop to weld it back on. Come and see us when you come over to England.

I hope I haven't forgotten anyone who helped us out with the mechanics. despite all of this I still had a really wonderful experience and probably would do it all again. After all who could forget the Garvia Pass, Stelvio Pass and all those Ferraris coming down the Swiss Pass. ??

Glad all the trials n tribulations were worth it in the end and glad your thinking about doing it all over again, some things just have to be done!!

True, more problems this year than `07, but then again you had twice as much chance of breakdowns given that you had two vehicles this time around! But hey, with a little help from your friends, you both got there in the end - that is what matters!

Wasn't Sebastian helpful? Austria I recall, and what good English he spoke. Nice guy.