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[tunnie]

Even though she does not read the forum, for letting me borrow her Estate.

For some time had a weeks camping planned with some mates in Cornwall, could not believe our luck at the weather reports.

I drove back from London with a mate, to get all the gear from my parents, pick up another mate and drive down. Stopped for gas, thought as I pulled out it sounded a bit throaty, looked down and found this:



Back box pipe had come clean off - Whats more annoying is this was a propper old skool GM zorst, double walled, last of the good ones

Luckily I had a spare exhaust in the garage, destined for father T's 2.2, he would not mind 

So I set to work....



Gets to 10pm at night, could i get the exhaust bolts out? could i !£^&%&%

So last minute decision i'd take mother T's Estate 

So off to my mates, and we loaded up the bus:



I treated it to a wash as I was borrowing it....



Arrived at the Campsite:



and cracked open some local brew:




Now we had good reports for the weather for weeks, so i was concerned about getting a pitch, I even rang up the day before, asking do you have space? "we can fit you in was the reply"

This was our field 



Burger Van field was empty too:



Went for a wonder around, rubbish weather!



Testing out my new camera, which was my Crimbo pressie from Sky 



It was all going well...



Until....



Managed to change it, even though I forgot to check the kit, i brought zero tools  Usually with mine i load it up with breaker bars ect, but as it was last minute thing to take the estate I did not bring tools 

Luckilly a nice bloke in a Merc lent me his breaker bar from his kit, which is much better than the shyte Vauxhall one, so got the wheel off:



Found a place near by for new tyre, thanks to father T for the quick googling 

Got back to the camp site, cracked open more beers and got the camp fire going



All in all best camping trip ever done, perfect weather, no crowds, loads of great BBQ food and great views 

[Andy B]

How many spacers have you got on the towbar? Looks to be ....... towbar/spacer/drop plate/spacer/towball  :-/ Those bolts must be working overtime! :-? :-? :-? :-?

[Nickbat]

That is a seriously nasty split in what looks like an otherwise very sound tyre. Wonder what caused it? 

Good pics, by the way. 

[Andy B]

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Luckilly a nice bloke in a Merc lent me his breaker bar from his kit, which is much better than the shyte Vauxhall one, so got the wheel off: ......

You need to treat yourself to one one of these. Cheap but quite effective.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-Extendable-Wheel-Brace-Wrench-17mm-19mm-21mm-23mm-/250682200669?pt=UK_Hand_Tools_Equipment&hash=item3a5dd2d25d

[Martin_1962]

Where was the site and the table view?

Lovely weather.

Was it a good break?

[tunnie]

How many spacers have you got on the towbar? Looks to be ....... towbar/spacer/drop plate/spacer/towball  :-/ Those bolts must be working overtime! :-? :-? :-? :-?

No idea, it was on it when we bought it. The electrical hook up is not even wired in 

Its good for taking out front bumpers though 

[dbug]

Is that a can of WD40 in the second pic down?  If it is no wonder you couldn't get the nuts undone 
WD40 is a water dispersant not a lubricant or derusting agent - you need Plusgas or Loctite do a good one now that really works well 

[VXL V6]

Guessing that tyre has been on the front with a camber problem at some point for the shoulder wear it's showing.

As an aside, when we first started towing the caravan with the estate I was surprised how much higher the pressure needs to be for fully laden - something like 46PSI from 34PSI on the rears (16 Inch wheels).

[tunnie]

Where was the site and the table view?

Lovely weather.

Was it a good break?

This was the campsite:

http://www.chycarne.co.uk/aboutus.html


Can highly recommend it, cost us £35 each for a 5 nights 

Brand new toilet block, free hot showers, and bog roll!

I picked it as its one of the few sites which allows open fires at night, which is a big part of camping for me. (have to use firepit, can be rented for £2.50 a night)

This was the view in the morning, we borrowed a bench from the other end of the site:

[fudgee]

That table view was stunning tunnie.

What a lovely place to relax and have a few cold one's.

Glad you enjoyed yourself mate

[tunnie]

Guessing that tyre has been on the front with a camber problem at some point for the shoulder wear it's showing.

As an aside, when we first started towing the caravan with the estate I was surprised how much higher the pressure needs to be for fully laden - something like 46PSI from 34PSI on the rears (16 Inch wheels).

It was passenger near side, to my knowledge its never been on the front.

I was running it at 38PSI, no van, but it was fully loaded. That tyre did actually have an issue keeping pressure, it would drop 5 psi or so over course of about 2 weeks, can't see that slash being the cause  :-/

There was as second slash bit futher on!

[VXL V6]

Scary, good job you weren't on the motorway when it decided to split.

[tunnie]

Is that a can of WD40 in the second pic down?  If it is no wonder you couldn't get the nuts undone 
WD40 is a water dispersant not a lubricant or derusting agent - you need Plusgas or Loctite do a good one now that really works well 

I know know, I don't have any proper tools 

that said, it worked a charm on father T's zorst, got home, took that off on my own no probs, fitted new one as well.

I had to set mr angry, the fat man a respectable admin who lives up the road to force off the offending bolt. 

[tunnie]

Scary, good job you weren't on the motorway when it decided to split.

Yup, no more than 30mph trundling along the Cornwall lanes!

[tunnie]

That table view was stunning tunnie.

What a lovely place to relax and have a few cold one's.

Glad you enjoyed yourself mate

Cheers, it was our best trip yet. We've been going on holidays (3 of us) since we were at college, gone all over USA, Europe, Japan ect, but this was our best camping trip by far.

We had all the right gear and tools (apart from the puncture) and it was just a really nice chilled week