OZ Marina -

Ok,
: I thought i would stick my neck out and write a bit, even if not all is prepared yet.
: I'm planning to take my Marina 6 to North Cape this year.
: Celebrating the newly aquired Norwegian license plates would try to make a online diary here and on a UK forum for marinas.
: There is still one month before I leave, but i'm being tied up with work all month long so I wouldn't have enough time to go through the car properly.
: Still I wil try to do some kind of preparations before filling it up with the family and all of the usual vacation stuff.

: What really set things off was Adrian who VERY VERY kindly sent me 2 oil-filters as they are not obtainable in Norway.
: BIG BIG thanks to you mate .
: As the trip is about 2400 km each way I was planning on one oil change before departure and one midways somewhere.
: Waiting for the filters I thought that I should take the car out of the barn and wake it from it's winter-sleep. Startet up quite quick and took her for a spin.
: It soon became evident that the LH brake caliper was sticking .
: So I limped home and got underways.
: My hope was that the marina 6 caliper would be the same type as the european ones as I had one LH nos one - but as you can see on the picture i wasn't in luck (all pictures will be in the photos dep)



: Brake pads and the caliper itself are much bigger.
: The bolt-spacing on the caliper however was the same so I thought I would give it a go and just make a new brake pipe.
: But then it turned out that the marina6 have 13mm disc, compared to the european ones at about 10mm.



: So i decided to take them both off and take them to my local brake- specialist on monday.

: If we get lucky we'll find something that fits While at it i greased up all trunnions and packed the wheel bearings with new grease. Also changed both track-rod ends - these were the same as the european ones. So the car will go in for a wheel alignment as soon as the brakes is back on.




: Then it was time to do something less dirty . After a round of hand- cleaner I turned my attention to detalis like this metal sign which will be stuck on the rear quarter-window.



: And i also think that every australian car should have one of these sun-shades so i got one from Australia this winter.



: Will keep you posted on the progress getting the car ready for its big trip

Oz Marina 2008

Australia to North Cape Norway

Norsmen Epic adventure by Jan

Episode # 1, June 2008