After going to Springs 4×4 Park with the new ute, i found that the PS pump was overheating big time. After a few hours of trail driving the PS would almost be non existent. Sooo went out to Repco and bought myself a V6 Auto tranny cooler, i attached it behind the grill on the drivers side..which is closest to the PS pump…geez i made a difference, the PS doesnt fade at all now, even after 6 hours of 4x4ing.

Went out for our first visit to Springs 4×4 Park, I really liked it, the tracks were rated spot on, the map was ‘reasonably’ easy to follow and best of all the owner / operator is a good bloke.

4 Vehicles were in the group this time, a Jeep Wrangler, a Mitsubishi Challenger, Jim’s GU and my new Ute

We ended up staying at Lake Leslie near Warwick because the camp sites at the park were completely booked out for the weekend.  This place also had very friendly owners!.

There was a reasonable amount of carnage straight of the bat, with the Wrangler staking a sidewall on a nice new BFG, and the Challenger getting stuck in a creek bed and pushing the exhaust back under the car.

I was having hassles with the power steering overheating a fading to the point of being useless, and Jim managed to mush a few few panels on some of the tighter tracks.

But all in all i had a good weekend, and will go back there as soon as i can manage it!