Stuck at Cape York (Double cardan joint in the front axle failed.)

[DaveB]

The John Canny video of his trip to Cape York (Part 1) shows you part of the PDR:


View: https://youtu.be/a3bP6ur6A-M?t=1948

I just watched part 3 while having a morning tea break. Unfortunately you can't see any footage of the 4th vehicle crossing
The first three have snorkels/RAI's and it looks pretty deep.
Unfortunately no footage of the 4th vehicle was taken.
It would have been interesting to see how a vehicle with no snorkel or RAI handled water this deep.
The video just cuts to a splash screen with a simple large statement with an !!!!!!

 

[NQ94]

I give it 10 days and there will be another video from the US YouTuber My Ineos obsession. Follow by TFL with breaking news. This is not going away until Ineos PR shuts it down. I don't think they owe us anything but from a PR standpoint either they need to step up or someone needs to take a new Prado/LC set it on fire. Then say it was a hybrid issue

There has been a LC250 fire in the last week in Australia. That had a comment free for all which is the norm for any Toyota misfortune here in Australia. No brand is immune from creator videos or crucifixion by comments. Even Fords release of the Ranger Superduty in Australia has copped the comment and video flogging.

 

[Tazzieman]

There has been a LC250 fire in the last week in Australia. That had a comment free for all which is the norm for any Toyota misfortune here in Australia. No brand is immune from creator videos or crucifixion by comments. Even Fords release of the Ranger Superduty in Australia has copped the comment and video flogging.

So we can escape the heat, and breathe easy!
Those with snorkels , which is a small few.
Speaking of escaping the heat , name your Aussie poison today!

 

[TheDocAUS]

I just watched part 3 while having a morning tea break. Unfortunately you can't see any footage of the 4th vehicle crossing
The first three have snorkels/RAI's and it looks pretty deep.
Unfortunately no footage of the 4th vehicle was taken.
It would have been interesting to see how a vehicle with no snorkel or RAI handled water this deep.
The video just cuts to a splash screen with a simple large statement with an !!!!!!

I think they chose not to include it. Regardless the 4th car was on the track and it had to make the river crossing. You see the cars together later.

That was a strange message to post, but doors and vans have seals, the airbox much less so, especially if you have no RAI. Again none of the posted videos addresses, talks about or even mentions the cars going over the max wading depth - the silence is deafening.

 

[DaveB]

So we can escape the heat, and breathe easy!
Those with snorkels , which is a small few.
Speaking of escaping the heat , name your Aussie poison today!
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1st day of summer
11:45 am and only 33 degrees
getting down to 19 tonight/tomorrow at 4:00 am
The two below are in my fridge ready for end of day

 

[DaveB]

I think they chose not to include it. Regardless the 4th car was on the track and it had to make the river crossing. You see the cars together later.

That was a strange message to post, but doors and vans have seals, the airbox much less so, especially if you have no RAI. Again none of the posted videos addresses, talks about or even mentions the cars going over the max wading depth - the silence is deafening.

I feel you might be right and maybe the 4th vehicle footage ended up...as they say.....on the cutting room floor.

 

[Shopkeep]

So we can escape the heat, and breathe easy!
Those with snorkels , which is a small few.
Speaking of escaping the heat , name your Aussie poison today!
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14.7 degrees and cycling through heavy rain and sunshine in Melbourne and its the first day of summer! Who says climate change aint real! (Four seasons in one day, lying in the depths of your imagination, worlds above and worlds below, the sun shines on the black clouds hanging over the domain....)

 

[TheDocAUS]

I feel you might be right and maybe the 4th vehicle footage ended up...as they say.....on the cutting room floor.

Yes, the elephant in the room.

The owner got a good result, then they put the second video out - wow just wow.

 

[NQ94]

So we can escape the heat, and breathe easy!
Those with snorkels , which is a small few.
Speaking of escaping the heat , name your Aussie poison today!
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Cool day 31C overcast and only 54% humidity. I'll have a few Qld peasant beers later and watch the cane fires next door.

 

[Tazzieman]

I'll have a few Qld peasant beers later and watch the cane fires next door.

"Laugh and think, this is Australia"

 

[NQ94]

The result of a hydrolock in this old polaroid I had of a Volvo THD101 horizontal dry sump engine in a bus that had an environmental failure through knee deep fresh water at around 2000rpm. No1 punched through both sides of the block, crank cam and the oil pumps were all destroyed.

 

[Commodore]

A very interesting comment appeared on the John Canny YouTube video that showed the trucks wading the river. The author claims to have spoken to individuals that were on the trip and that the group is basically coving up what actually happened to help the owner collect insurance. It does explain why we haven’t heard from anyone on that trip here on the forums.

Gotta say that if this is true then I hope Mr. Canny gets a good serving of karma.

 

[Tazzieman]

Well that certainly rams a stake into the heart of the whole sorry story.
But I suspect the final paragraph hasn't been written.
Once again it appears IA is behaving as professionally as many of us have believed them to be.

 

[DenisM]

The result of a hydrolock in this old polaroid I had of a Volvo THD101 horizontal dry sump engine in a bus that had an environmental failure through knee deep fresh water at around 2000rpm. No1 punched through both sides of the block, crank cam and the oil pumps were all destroyed.

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I did something similar once in 1969 to a Morris 1100 at 11.30 pm on a frosty mid-winter's night 30 miles north of Canberra where I was headed.. . 5700rpm in top gear . about 80mph. And I was nowhere near water

 

[Shopkeep]

I just watched part 3 while having a morning tea break. Unfortunately you can't see any footage of the 4th vehicle crossing
The first three have snorkels/RAI's and it looks pretty deep.
Unfortunately no footage of the 4th vehicle was taken.
It would have been interesting to see how a vehicle with no snorkel or RAI handled water this deep.
The video just cuts to a splash screen with a simple large statement with an !!!!!!


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Its interesting that all the pics put up show the Grenadiers leaning to the right where the intake is. So, if one was faced with a similar crossing and had no other way around, having observed the first crossings would it have been wiser to do the crossing in reverse and have the intake on the higher side? I appreciate there may be challenges in terms of the gearing but reverse is a low gear anyway???

 

[Tazzieman]

Its interesting that all the pics put up show the Grenadiers leaning to the right where the intake is. So, if one was faced with a similar crossing and had no other way around, having observed the first crossings would it have been wiser to do the crossing in reverse and have the intake on the higher side? I appreciate there may be challenges in terms of the gearing but reverse is a low gear anyway???

After you!

 

[NQ94]

I did something similar once in 1969 to a Morris 1100 at 11.30 pm on a frosty mid-winter's night 30 miles north of Canberra where I was headed.. . 5700rpm in top gear . about 80mph. And I was nowhere near water

That's the best hydrolock photo I have. The others the blocks were repaired and patched or only were smokey from slightly bent rods or we got the water out with no engine damage and just an oil change.

 

[MrMike]

Well that certainly rams a stake into the heart of the whole sorry story.
But I suspect the final paragraph hasn't been written.
Once again it appears IA is behaving as professionally as many of us have believed them to be.

That has always been my experience, they went out of their way for me and others that had issues early on, and seem to continue.

 

[DenisM]

There has been a LC250 fire in the last week in Australia. That had a comment free for all which is the norm for any Toyota misfortune here in Australia. No brand is immune from creator videos or crucifixion by comments. Even Fords release of the Ranger Superduty in Australia has copped the comment and video flogging.

Goodness me! You mean an LC250 actually had time to catch fire before it was stolen?

 

[Max]

Its interesting that all the pics put up show the Grenadiers leaning to the right where the intake is. So, if one was faced with a similar crossing and had no other way around, having observed the first crossings would it have been wiser to do the crossing in reverse and have the intake on the higher side? I appreciate there may be challenges in terms of the gearing but reverse is a low gear anyway???

And watch the whole disaster plus the barra going by.