A weekend away with some fellow CampervanCulture.com subscibers turned into a mission when the vehicles suffered mechanical failures – 3 driveshafts, 3 cv joints, 3 cv boots, broken steering rack, one slashed tire and one snapped drop link!!
It was a case of bad luck for one of the vans owned by Syncro nut Alan Hayes in his RHD 1.9 mTDI panel van/camper that had most of the issues that contributed to us taking 13 hours to do the Strata Florida trail / greenlane in South Wales. We have got to give Freds Garage a big THANK YOU from CampervanCulture for bailing us out and coming to the rescue by allowing us to use the workshop and a ramp to get sorted as well as providing Alan with a steering rack, CV joints and good old moral support to get things moving again.
Freds Garage is run by a great bunch of guys and fellow CampervanCulture subscribers that do everything from MOTs to servicing and repairs on any campervan and can be found at,
Salem Road
Llanelli
Dyfed
SA15 3PZ
Telephone: 01554 772 341
Despite the dramas a great fun packed weekend was had as its not always about the driving but the laughs you have with mates doing it…
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Nice video. Nice trip. Great work. Beautiful nature.
Cheers, Wales is amazing it has to be said.
Yet again some good camera work
Thanks mate.
I am finishing a 2WD 80 Westy. (I only have 4 CV joints) But, I still I wish I could get mine where you guys got yours! Thanks for the video…(and I still only have 4CVs to worry about)
Air Cooled?
Great weekend for camping. It is good that you have such a good group of guys and Gals to get through it though.
Its all about the CampervanCulture…..
talk about cursed… still that was a result with Freds Garage though. Envious Jed.
Exelent vid guys keep up the good times ,its inspiring to us other syncro nuts
Thanks Mike, Freds Garage rocks!!!
Jed, it’s always a fest to see One of your great Syncro-videos! Keep on your good work! You’ve inspired me to buy a Bundesheer-Syncro which is my everything…
All the best from Germany
Julian
that’s the spirit !! repairs are part of the fun !!
greetings from Down Under — Hartis
Haha, brilliant. kids want to know “what is “shit-faced”?” Keep up the good times!
Maybe wrong thread but can you explain the diff lock switches? I’ve seen vans with no switches then two and then three switches? Cheers john
Hi John, the one on the left locks the two rear wheels, the one on the right does the fronts and the one in the middle takes it in and out of 4WD.
Awesome video once again, I was enjoying my morning coffee, and happily tapping my foot to the soundtrack too. Good to see that the mechanical failures didn’t spoil the fun, and was all taken on the chin professionally
No worries Mickey.
Brilliant i have a t3 but 4 wheel drive would be cool
great video and the song [who is it mate]
have fun