Jetskibum1
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Hi all, I am based in Tairua, New Zealand. We are a coastal town and on a peninsular which is often cut off due to weather events which bring slips and impassable flooding that close all the roads in and out. Apart from this excuse to have a Mog and wanting to build a camper, this may go down as the craziest thing my wife and I have brought.
Last week we took a flight to purchase a U1700L from Christchurch, a town in the south island which was 1040 kms ( 600 miles ) from our north island home. It was sight unseen but had had a private owner whom owned two of them for the last four years.
It is EX New Zealand Army prior to that and came with the scant records of repair that they seem to have as well as a new certificate of roadworthy which is required every six months.
We knew nothing more than we had read online and this was only the third mog I have been in so we were nervous to say the least as to our ability to drive home with no issues.
Turns out it went OK and we dawdled up the country at 70 kms which was a fine balance between noise level and not stressing anything too much.
It had just had a gearbox oil change and Im hoping this is the wrong weight as cold up shifts into 5th and seventh were horrid and down shift from 8th to 7th was never improving even with temperature. The box at idle with the clutch out is quiet cold and not so when hot.. I have some things to learn
The pics are on the North Islands Desert Road which is the main highway north to south but it is also the Army driver training area so it seemed a great place to stop for the first pics.
Last week we took a flight to purchase a U1700L from Christchurch, a town in the south island which was 1040 kms ( 600 miles ) from our north island home. It was sight unseen but had had a private owner whom owned two of them for the last four years.
It is EX New Zealand Army prior to that and came with the scant records of repair that they seem to have as well as a new certificate of roadworthy which is required every six months.
We knew nothing more than we had read online and this was only the third mog I have been in so we were nervous to say the least as to our ability to drive home with no issues.
Turns out it went OK and we dawdled up the country at 70 kms which was a fine balance between noise level and not stressing anything too much.
It had just had a gearbox oil change and Im hoping this is the wrong weight as cold up shifts into 5th and seventh were horrid and down shift from 8th to 7th was never improving even with temperature. The box at idle with the clutch out is quiet cold and not so when hot.. I have some things to learn
The pics are on the North Islands Desert Road which is the main highway north to south but it is also the Army driver training area so it seemed a great place to stop for the first pics.
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