b'Dec 2022 Trackwatch.qxp_Trackwatch Layout 17/12/202210:21 pmPage 19 DestinationTrue Grit 4x4 ClubCape York AdventureTwo years ago my husband Daniel said: for my 40th birthday Im going to be standing atthe tip of Australia, (Cape York). From then on we started slowly planning the places wewould visit.Two years ago my husband Daniel generic codes. We cleared the codes kept going.It was thrown into limpsaid: for my 40th birthday Im going and kept going, stopping at a mode again!We were still 150kmsto be standing at the tip of Australia, mechanic/auto electrician in Emerald from Cairns. We knew the mechanic(Cape York).From then on we started just to get a quick once over. They needed to see the codes to accurate-slowly planning the places we would gave us the all clear and could see ly diagnose the issue but it was avisit, gradually upgrading things on some old codes on there, thought it Friday and there would be no way wethe car and organising spare parts may have had something to do with would make it there before they shutetc. We put it out to our local 4x4 the battery but should be OK. We for the weekend if it was in limpclub, True Grit, and we had another continued driving but between mode, so we cleared the codes againfour vehicles that were going to come Emerald and Townsville it went into and kept going.When we finallyalong for the adventure. The plan was limp mode another three times, every made it to the mechanic they spent athat we would all make our own way time when we were going uphill.We good hour and a half having what wasup and meet in Cairns.were towing a three tonne trailer and supposed to be a quick look. TheyWe had just passed Roma, had a few things hooked up to the did a couple of tests and couldnt findQueensland when the car went into battery and everyone we spoke to anything obvious so booked the car inlimp mode.Daniel has a scan tool, so was saying it was the alternator. We to have a better look.We were goingplugged it in to have a look and it arranged an auto electric/mechanic in to have a few days in Cairns beforesaid something about the ECU and Cairns, unplugged pretty much every- meeting the rest of the gang andTransmission, but they were very thing other than the essentials and heading to the Cape anyway. While we enjoyed a few days visitingthe reef and Kuranda, the day beforewe were to start heading north theauto electrician said he had found adodgy wire, so hopefully that wouldbe the end of our car issues. Thatnight we met up with our friends andthe next morning we excitedly headedoff towards Laura. Unfortunately ataround Marreba we were having carissues again!We kept going and made it to justbefore Laura when we pulled the pinand decided we needed to headback to Cairnsas we had gone backinto limp mode several times.TRACKWATCHDECEMBER 2022 17'