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MTM2010 - ANOTHER ONE DONE!
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well lads got back safe and sound. some bit a drive'n on the way down to carrick! seriously though for my first MTM it was an unreal event, theres a great sense of satisfaction when you reach malin, and the atmosphere is just class. it was some serious crack too meeting all the people that ya do be chatn to on the forum. well done to all the people involved in organising such a huge event, everything went off with out a hitch, you will definity see me there next year...roll on 2011!
thanks a million to tommy c who stoped in for me when the head gasket blow, joe who came from carrick to Belturbet to pick up the original head gasket and got stuck in straight in and steven ryan who offered me a spare head gasket (i think thats in joes car actually so must get it back to ya!!)with out them i wouldnt have made malin head!! thanks lads
my journey started on friday morning in dublin when we left for Limerick to meet colin and the lads...
thanks a million to tommy c who stoped in for me when the head gasket blow, joe who came from carrick to Belturbet to pick up the original head gasket and got stuck in straight in and steven ryan who offered me a spare head gasket (i think thats in joes car actually so must get it back to ya!!)with out them i wouldnt have made malin head!! thanks lads
my journey started on friday morning in dublin when we left for Limerick to meet colin and the lads...
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then i started having problems....
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i have more photos ands vids to post up tomorrow..better hit the hay!!
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Some lovley photo's there Jason & alot of hard work near the end. Fair play to ye all for get your car back on the road & for reaching Malin head.
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Great set of photos there Jason-makes me feel like I actually got to follow that part of the route afterall!!
The series of pics with yee lads doing the head gasket is fantastic and shows what a bit of determination can do.
The Mini World Spirit of the Event trophy was well deserved
Speaking of which, I'll be in touch soon regarding an official handover of the trophy once it arrives!
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The series of pics with yee lads doing the head gasket is fantastic and shows what a bit of determination can do.
The Mini World Spirit of the Event trophy was well deserved
Speaking of which, I'll be in touch soon regarding an official handover of the trophy once it arrives!
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Class photos Jason.
It's a better sense of achievement when you have to do a bit of open heart surgery on the way .
Handy that you had a Joe in the tool box.
I seem to remember Joe having a similar problem on his first MTM, must be a Whyte tradition.
Did you remember to re-torque the head when you got to Malin ?
It's a better sense of achievement when you have to do a bit of open heart surgery on the way .
Handy that you had a Joe in the tool box.
I seem to remember Joe having a similar problem on his first MTM, must be a Whyte tradition.
Did you remember to re-torque the head when you got to Malin ?
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I seem to remember Joe having a similar problem on his first MTM, must be a Whyte tradition.
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I seem to remember Joe having a similar problem on his first MTM, must be a Whyte tradition.
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"I seem to remember having a similar problem on MY first MTM"
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No, no, that was totally different, that head gasket was just resting in my engine.
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i was privileged to experience the "Whyte Experience" when you stopped to help with the bottom hose on my rad.... ! we didn't get the hose on, but the burst of energy after a 15 hour drive was very welcome! thanks again, guys!
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+1 Great photos jason...Flick thru' them quickly and it's like watching a short video
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Great pics Matt
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thanks for the comments guys, yup re torqued the head when i got down from malin. it was some crack i really injoyed myself.
heres some vids of the rebuild...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkVZYseXomY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-wdv6-u2s8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMYrXMs4aOY
and just to finish off posting my picks, colin typed in to the satnav the furthest point north, and away we went, a convoy with colin in front in joes mini, myself in the middle and joe in the toyota behind...we had alot of making up to do!!
and we made it!!
heres some vids of the rebuild...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkVZYseXomY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-wdv6-u2s8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMYrXMs4aOY
and just to finish off posting my picks, colin typed in to the satnav the furthest point north, and away we went, a convoy with colin in front in joes mini, myself in the middle and joe in the toyota behind...we had alot of making up to do!!
and we made it!!
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Who needs recovery when you have the Whytes:mrgreen:
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Savage job well done
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Glad you got sorted Jason, don't worry about the head gasket.Jason79 wrote:thanks a million to tommy c who stoped in for me when the head gasket blow, joe who came from carrick to Belturbet to pick up the original head gasket and got stuck in straight in and steven ryan who offered me a spare head gasket (i think thats in joes car actually so must get it back to ya!!)with out them i wouldnt have made malin head!! thanks lads
Here's a few of my pics
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great pics lads!
Steven, did you drive through a swarm or what!, lots of death on that windscreen
Steven, did you drive through a swarm or what!, lots of death on that windscreen
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I nearly had a colour coded windscreen at one stage with all the dead wasps and bees on it. The front of the car needed was worse
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The Whyte experience is something special and only once you experience it you realise how good they are when it comes to mini's, well done lads
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one word come comes to mind when seeing a head gasket being changed on the road!! Heroic
saw a load of minis on the way back from college in the viaduct in my own mini! called in and followed to bandon but had to break off from there!! maybe next year
Class pics!!
saw a load of minis on the way back from college in the viaduct in my own mini! called in and followed to bandon but had to break off from there!! maybe next year
Class pics!!
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glad yee all had a great weekend. pity we couldn't follow through... just want to say thanks to everybody and thanks for not having pics up of the "guiness spill" down in molls gap, its bad enough seeing it everytime either of us go out to the garage...
roll on mtm next year!!!
roll on mtm next year!!!
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Consider it just another small hick up in the mini ownership experiance.... Nothing that cant be sorted.
Have been discussing with martin murphy about having a MTM reunion run to get those who didn't get to the run or complete the run and also for everyone to meet up. We're talking about meeting along the east coast and heading down Dungavan way and hopefully get the Cork boys to do a run up the way and meet us there. When we met in Dungarvan we have something a bit 'different' planned..........
All will be revealed shortly....... Should be a Saturday in about 6 weeks time or so to give all a chance to get back on the road.......
Fingers out boys......
Have been discussing with martin murphy about having a MTM reunion run to get those who didn't get to the run or complete the run and also for everyone to meet up. We're talking about meeting along the east coast and heading down Dungavan way and hopefully get the Cork boys to do a run up the way and meet us there. When we met in Dungarvan we have something a bit 'different' planned..........
All will be revealed shortly....... Should be a Saturday in about 6 weeks time or so to give all a chance to get back on the road.......
Fingers out boys......
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Kenny,get the finger out and stop using the garage as a bump stop.And Paul,I know Mick must be gutted but hopefully we will see "Arthur" out and about on MTM next year.
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gareth wrote:Consider it just another small hick up in the mini ownership experiance.... Nothing that cant be sorted.
Have been discussing with martin murphy about having a MTM reunion run to get those who didn't get to the run or complete the run and also for everyone to meet up. We're talking about meeting along the east coast and heading down Dungavan way and hopefully get the Cork boys to do a run up the way and meet us there. When we met in Dungarvan we have something a bit 'different' planned..........
All will be revealed shortly....... Should be a Saturday in about 6 weeks time or so to give all a chance to get back on the road.......
Fingers out boys......
Will be down in the sunny south east last weekend in June so maybe convinced to bring the Mini along if it falls on that weekend.
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hopefully we will all going well!!kerryminigringo wrote:Kenny,get the finger out and stop using the garage as a bump stop.And Paul,I know Mick must be gutted but hopefully we will see "Arthur" out and about on MTM next year.
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