A few more details
Hi All,
It's been a challenging couple of weeks. I was basically stuck in Zahedan which was the worst possible place. No freedom to move about due to security escorts. No internet at the rubbish hotel. And initially no local sim to make calls. It meant no comms to make arrangements. I had to got to Kerman for a couple of days to get everything underway. The Toyota lads in Zahedan wanted to help but ultimately it was too hard and I lost over a week with them and no progress. It took nearly 2 weeks but I'm now in Tehran with some gearbox specialists looking at the truck. It was a 48hour drive from Zahedan to Tehran in the world's slowest freight truck.
Hopefully I'll know if a day or two what the problem is. Then it's a matter of replacement parts or not?
The Toyota LC club in Iran have been a great help.
I've lined up a replacement gearbox, transmission from the UK if need be. However it's not cheap and I would prefer to source closer to Iran. I've got a few tips for parts. We'll see what we need soon enough.
I've got a couple of weeks left on the visa and the ability to extend. the challenge is that I've meant to be in Istanbul by Dec 24th to catch a flight to Paris for xmas.
It sure isn't boring around these parts. A little more stress than I really needed though. She'll be right!!