interstate by Bedford,it made it !!

Yes the Bedford is back in cribby from Parkes NSW,an epic journey it was,starting with realising this truck has not been started for 2 years! running out of fuel after 300 mtrs,with almost no brakes,flat tyres, misfiring and cobwebs you could not fight your way throughwe got to the roadhse in Parkes to prepare for the trip home,at this point i was thinking i had taken on a bit much this time http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz71/cribpointtowing/Bedfordj1recoverytrip002.jpg?t=1263681501first stop Forbes we make lights work,tighten mirrors etc general maintanancehttp://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz71/cribpointtowing/Bedfordj1recoverytrip008.jpg?t=1263681664we hit the road again 78 kph seems to be the sweet speed dont want to scare the old thing to death http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz71/cribpointtowing/Bedfordj1recoverytrip009.jpg?t=1263681838after stopping to investigate diff noise we find diff is almost on fire,the one thing i forgot to check for oil,so we fill that with motor oil and do more maintanance lots of WD40 motor oil change,more fiddling with carby and dissyhttp://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz71/cribpointtowing/Bedfordj1recoverytrip011.jpg?t=1263682126finally make West Wyalong(AWinWW where were you when needed ) spend 2hrs doing more work,greasing,oiling,sparkplugshttp://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz71/cribpointtowing/Bedfordj1recoverytrip010.jpg?t=1263682360fixing something somewhere http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz71/cribpointtowing/Bedfordj1recoverytrip024.jpg?t=1263682622even the roadsigns have a sense of humour http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz71/cribpointtowing/Bedfordj1recoverytrip012.jpg?t=1263682720we hit the border tailshaft vibrating when i back off now due to flogged out pinion bearing http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz71/cribpointtowing/Bedfordj1recoverytrip014.jpg?t=1263682995we stop at Seymour roadhse and the points have a melt :'( so its overnite in seymour thanks to RACV totalcare,bit of a rest is much needed anyway http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz71/cribpointtowing/Bedfordj1recoverytrip023.jpg?t=1263683052now i had the choice, the plan was to run into melb at nite when the roads were quiet,that plan stuffed,but brakes were good now, however the option of a free RACV tow home was to good to knock back http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz71/cribpointtowing/Bedfordj1recoverytrip026.jpg?t=1263683197one set of points later and off for a good wash http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz71/cribpointtowing/Bedfordj1recoverytrip028.jpg?t=1263683607

You seem to love a challenge Julian, our Bedford guru might be able to find a new diff for you.

yes im familiar with that position it must have a name

Looks good Cribby.

Looks Good
It's kind of fun when you attempt a venture like that......

yes im familiar with that position it must have a name

BEDFORD OWNER ????? ian .

LOL

BOP

Bedford Owners Position

BOP till U drop

LOL



LOL

Cya

[ch9787]

and here I was thinking he had hit a bump in the road and dislodged his pie so he had gone looking

well done Cribby, new points and a wash,
sounds like it is ready for a trip to Alice now, and Rear Hub caps should fix the wobble.



/me

Done sarge i put the front hub caps on the back,and gave it a good scrub made some more adjustments, cut the tow bar off that was welded to the tray and chassis,and put the steering wheel on straight http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz71/cribpointtowing/2009murraymarathon007.jpg?t=1263727239http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz71/cribpointtowing/2009murraymarathon008.jpg?t=1263727302 http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz71/cribpointtowing/2009murraymarathon009.jpg?t=1263727398the thing came with a 240 volt inverter and alternator welder under the hood as well,worth more than the truck http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz71/cribpointtowing/2009murraymarathon006.jpg?t=1263727526