Well i never thought i would do this!

Hi Axle,
Growing old may not be too much fun but the other option ain't too good either.
Just remember growing old is mandatory; growing up is not. Keep the chin up & keep laughing. Take care mate .
Cheers,

I'm on my second Aurion, I reckon they are a great car, great smooth creamy power, plenty of space, cheap to run, but for the life of me I've never been able to lay under it without the trolley jack on full reach, they are very low to the ground. I havent done it but it would be a great car to drive around Oz, albeit without all the stuff you "need". Good you could work on it while you could.

After a lifetime of crawling over, under and into a variety of machinery both road going and sea going, including every car we have owned over the years, we bought the wife a new RAV4 3 years ago. It came with the usual 3 year warranty and capped price servicing. After all those years of being the bunny that wound up with dirty hands and skinned knuckles, it was kinda nice to sit back in the dealer lounge with a cup of coffee and watch the TV, or get dropped off at home by a courtesy car while some other mug mechanic did what ever they considered was necessary.
Now that it's out of warranty and the services are no longer capped, I have been lucky to find a qualified mechanic that works from his own shed and has all the gear including a hoist.
He has been servicing my son in laws's work van and the daughters car for the last few years. She reckons I am way toooo old to do the servicing.
Unfortunately I am starting to believe she may be right.
Also I have to admit the "thrill"...lol of grovelling around under cars has lost it's appeal.

(:=))

Cheers
Pop

Axle
After working under our motorhome a few months ago and on standing up I had a severe case of vertigo followed by vomiting and feeling very ill for the rest of the day.
Two days later I was under there again with the same bad ending.
Google found a condition called BPPV.
The cure for me was instant using the Epley Maneuver.
Google:
bppv youtube
epley manouver
dix hallpike maneuver
etc.
It may just work for you. It has not returned.
Neville

Axle,
I was standing in a chemist shop recently speaking to a friend of similar age and complaining about how old age sucks and he said to me, well Nev theres only one good thing about it, I said what,s that Colin?.........................................................................he replied....it doesn,t last long
Cheers, Nev

I had a dose of it about 15 years ago, so I know what it feels like, Axle. It's awful.Mine hasn't returned. I hope you have the same good fortune.

Cheers

I had bad vertigo when I was working in a tropical country in a very stressful environment.
My wife found out when I collapsed at home and made me go to the doc.
He diagnosed Meneuires disease and it turned out I had all the factors which made it happen.
Stress, too much salt in my diet and caffeine as we would have a coffee on our morning break.
I was put on Serc for a while, quit my job and came back to Australia, cut the salt and coffee and now I am back to normal, and no Serc either. My pilot medical is no more, but I have no stress now and can have a nice coffee occasionally.

I was the same working on the Landcruiser, laying on the creeper and head spinning like crazy. Went to a specialist who performed the Epley manoeuvre. Instant fix. Strongly recommend you try it. You can do it at home, you can't make it worse. I have been good again ever since, two years now.

Ditto Axle. I get a local 4wd shop to do all our mechanical and servicing work now. I can still do a few things like change wheel sets before a trip but nothing needing lots of strength or lying on my back. I can't lift the spare and have a winch system to lift it onto the rear carrier.

Things change quickly and all we can do is adapt and take it in our stride.

Phil

Missed this thread for some reason and would have posted earlier if I saw it.

My father in law who is mid 80's has been servicing his statesman from new. About 27 years. It is the original 5 litre. He brag's that he has not changed the plugs ever. No matter how much we tell him he should do it he just says they only have to fire the fuel and they do that so why change them? A bit stubborn the old bloke.

I on the other hand get my disco 4 serviced by the dealer. The bill is never small. My only consolation is that it only needs servicing annually.