Our trip to MotorEx

Wednesday the 8th of July: 5:30pm admitted to Casualty with chest pains.. blood test and ecg confirm another heart attack.
later that evening before the quack came back to sign me in i cheacked out very quickly... yeh! got home arrange the girls to load the van

Thrusday the 9th: 8 am into the Menace and off to Sydney Tracey & I go, had a great run up to Goulburn where we stay for the nite.

Friday the 10th: arrive at Homebush checked in to the Novatel then went and parked near the front entrance around 1 pm to wait for Fres
to arrive and find Azza walking over so we had a chat for awhile then he had to head off so we went around to the enterance and got the van in then Mr. Fres rocks up and sorts out our site area, then the other start to arrive ( some "sweet as" vans ) by the end off the nite
there was 13 vans displayed ready for the show.

Saturday the 11th: well the show opened a bit quiet i thought but the vans were attracting alot of attention and other vanners came and said hi. we meet some vanners from here that we only knew on the forums and had a great day.

Sunday the 12th: once again show opened but it was much busyier and more vanners came along and lots of peoples stopping looking at the vans and chatting with us. great day again, after the show we all packed up and headed for home with a stop over for the nite at Goulburn
BUT 30 ks before goulburn in the dark my charge light came on solid.... bugger! we made it to the motel and decided to sot it out in the morning.

Jesus, you know how to push the envelope!!!!!! Hope your ticker is ok?
What about Menace's ticker? just a belt or the alt brushes gone?

Part 2:

Monday morning went out to the Menace tp tell my thoughts and see if i could find the problem,,, yep the Altinator is DEAD. well i have RACV total care but i thought i would drive untill i ran out off battery power ( mind you the batteries were low from running the sound & lighting at the event ) we drove to Holbrook & stopped for fuel and just got her to start again. and on the raod to home we went expecting to be stuck on the side of the road soon and calling someone who cares ( RACV ) we drove down through the clouds and the came the 125 ks of roadworks and finally back in victoria.. and the the rain started only using the wipers once in awhile to see and conserve power we kept going.
i was watching the fuel gauge and the dash instruments do funny things all the way home... yep we made it and the van cut out just as i rolled in through the gate. YEH! dam i must say there is now another reason i like 4 BIG batteries.. so tomorrow i will find out what the $$$ damage will be tho i know it wont be cheap so the Menace will likely be out of action for awhile.

thanks all for now folks pics will be posted in the topic soon.

Daz.

except for the heart attack (hope everthing is ok ) sounds like one of our trips thanx wizard

Bl**dy hell Daz, you guys could've ended up in a ditch! Wish you wouldn't push it like that, it wouldn't have just been your life. Anyhow, that aside, glad you had a good weekend in the end, shame about the Menace, hope it's ticker gets sorted as well and there wasn't too much damage by continuing to drive. Looking forward to seeing the pics. Take care and get yourself checked out too.

Far out Daz.
You like pushing yourself, don't you.
Does sound like an eventful trip though.

better than some others.

we're glad u made it back though. I believe Happy birthday is also in order? Did I guess right?

yep.. Party next year for 50th if i'm hang aroumd long enough//

i'm sure your pole will keep you upright!

hahaha lolol

Well heres the Menaces doctors report: Alernator = STUFFED, reco $350 to $650, new one $1600 from Ford, new from auto elec $1250..

so on to evilbay UK brand new with frieght to OZ $251.28 au. ( you guess which way i went? ) ordered Friday arrived early this morning
1/2 hour later shes running and charging fine... dam Aussies ripping us off on prices hey.

**** See what he would have charged you Daz (don't tell him you already got one!)****
Would be interested to see, prices on late model commercial vehicle parts are closer than passenger stuff......



Had similar issues with prices on alternators/starters etc, until I found this bloke who is only 500 metres up the road from work (even better).

Has really looked after me with prices compared to other Auto Elec's I have tried.

He has so far supplied the following on the white falcon van:

1 Huge Output Alternator. ($160.00 less than others quoted)
1 Automatic Battery isolator/switch. ($43.00 less than anyone else, ARB, TJM etc)
2 Heavy Duty Calcium N70Z Batteries. (retail was $360 +gst each, paid round $180inc ea)

So far I have never gone wrong with him, here's his details:

TRUCK START P/L.
Darryl Bradshaw.
Factory 6, 23 - 25 Swift Way.
Dandenong South.
(03) 9706 6066 or 0418 370 791.

Tell him "Dingo" John put ya on to him..... can also pick anything up from there for ya
during business hours if you can't make it there.

highwaymenace wrote:yep.. Party next year for 50th if i'm hang aroumd long enough//

You have to be here Daz, as I have already organised my trip down to celebrate with you XX

alien8 wrote:

highwaymenace wrote:yep.. Party next year for 50th if i'm hang aroumd long enough//

You have to be here Daz, as I have already organised my trip down to celebrate with you XX

that's ok Kath, we could celebrate anyway... but suppose it would be better if he was there in person... would kinda make it a little more worth while....