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want to help me tow a Celica home from Warwick (Qld)?
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Fri, 09 April 2004 12:47
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Hi folks,
anybody (in BNE) got a decent sized car that could:
- tow a car trailor with an 1100+kg RA40 on it
- do it this week before friday (am back at work then) or on the weekend
- put up with me complaining about how much money that goddam turbo has sucked out of my wallet...
i'll cover costs of trailor hire & petrol - and if your brave, some road-junk-food?
why?? ... the 18Rturbo decided that going up thru Warwick was a good time to run so fucken lean that i got the whole exhaust manifold and turbo snail red-hot...(long story, ask me another day) ... at 11:30pm on thursday nite !?$&^%!
...so i've obviously trashed the turbo bearing, shaft and exhaust turbine - and it's likely that the exhaust valves are also in need of maintenance... and ii'll have to do a comp test to see how sick the rings are... <grrr>
Wilbo has some raw vid of the glowing manifold & turbo on his camera but it'll need enhancing to make it viewable before we post it somewhere
the upshot of this fine adventure? ...the turbo's coming off, i'll NA EFI this engine with my Megasquirt hardware and run the engine into the ground <grrr>.
BUT WAIT THERE"S MORE... after returning to brisbane to get Wilbo's car, his cressida decided that the rear seal/bearing in the auto trans should fail while returning a loaner car to Toowoomba ... so we CANT MAKE IT TO THE NATS  
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I supported Toymods
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Re: want to help me tow a Celica home from Warwick (Qld)?
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Fri, 09 April 2004 12:52
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Get on ICQ stupid.
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I supported Toymods
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Re: want to help me tow a Celica home from Warwick (Qld)?
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Fri, 09 April 2004 13:01
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Ok so you dont like that idea. Give me a call then sometime 
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Location:
Rocklea qld
Registered:
February 2003
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Re: want to help me tow a Celica home from Warwick (Qld)?
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Fri, 09 April 2004 22:31
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you still need a tow or is something sorted. let me know and we might be able to sort something out. Ill make some calls if your interested.
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Brisbane
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February 2003
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Re: want to help me tow a Celica home from Warwick (Qld)?
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Sat, 10 April 2004 01:45
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hi folks,
shane has offered to drive & help me retrieve the car on sunday...i guess i owe shane & wilbo lots of beer now...
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Re: want to help me tow a Celica home from Warwick (Qld)?
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Sat, 10 April 2004 02:15
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| thechuckster wrote on Sat, 10 April 2004 11:45 |
i guess i owe shane & wilbo lots of beer now...
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Yes, yes you do
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Brisbane
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February 2003
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Re: want to help me tow a Celica home from Warwick (Qld)?
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Sun, 11 April 2004 07:15
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hi all,
many thanks/cheers to Shane for helping me out by towing my car back to Brisbane.
I'll post pics of the damage when i've sobered up and have helped Wilbo get his gearbox transplant completed.
so... do Wilbo & I get awards for damaging our vehicles while trying to get to the Toy' Nats?  
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Brisbane
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May 2002
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Re: want to help me tow a Celica home from Warwick (Qld)?
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Sun, 11 April 2004 08:54
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lol we should at least get the "we tried the freaking hardest to get there award!"
Cheers
Wilbo
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Re: want to help me tow a Celica home from Warwick (Qld)?
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Sun, 11 April 2004 08:55
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The old Falcoon had fun today bellowing out loud as we went up them hills with the RA40 on the back 
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