We spend the next few days before Sean has to leave relaxing and getting our Kebab on. But of course, you can’t leave a country without a good old fashioned transmission removal. What a heavy beast. We nail it in 4 hours though and the box is tucked into the wagon before we tow it back into the compound for parking. But we at least made the most of the week and headed out to the ocean for a few drinks and some river spots for the cook ups. A solid win in my books.
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- Bitta Shisha
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- Fish sorted for dinner
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- Mixology 101 – Choose a good location
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- That water
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- Coffee time in town
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- Our valentines day together. chicken kebab to follow
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- Bit more shisha
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- Steaks for dinner
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- The valley we couldnt get into due to no 4wd…
As you can see form the photos, the oil is a shiny metallic red, which leads me to believe that we suffered clutch pack failure internally. I will eventually open the gearbox up and rebuild it if possible.
That is not supposed to be that colour
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- Tools loaded into the rental car
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- Nice little spot out behind the complex
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- Even got some cardboard to lay on
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- And complete. 4 hours total
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- and we wait….
We also witnessed a few vehicles stuck where I go to mangal. The river is deeper than it looks and rocky bottom, so the cars sink and that’s it. Pretty exciting, we helped the van owner and were rewarded with tea. So, it always pays to be a good citizen. Shame we didn’t have the wagon as that would have made it easier to get everyone unstuck.
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- Don’t let the smiles fool you.. the water is freezing
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- Getting a tow out
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- Stuck
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- The big stuck
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- Nothing a beer cant fix
The next chapter brings a very amazing story! We head, shall we say, next door. Can you guess the country?
Huge thank you to Sean for some of the photos and being the best mechanical assistant I have had to date*
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*Subject to easily change...LOL
