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Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 12:47 PM Subject: sale of 163 John, I have become a member of the owners group, but not too sure what happened with my registration, so I have done it again. Further to my email to you some time ago, I thought I might try and sell my Oka 163 thru the site. I am in the process of ordering a new one and thought I might get this one out to a potential buyer. I will include some specs for you to publish on the newsletter. Regards, Alan Payne. Oka 163 DOB. June 1994. One Owner. Speedo. 126095 km Good Condition, all factory updates. Dual Cab, 3 recliner seats, ladder racks for spare wheels, hot dip galv tray with canopy. 6x 900/16 Michelin XZL on rims. 4x 900/brawny recaps, excellent on the tar, on rims. Dual fuel tanks plus one @ 450l in the back. Total 670l. Bullbar, Towbar, Rallye 4000 spotlights. Magnum compressor and tank. 110l SS Water tank. 12000 lb MegaWinch. Rooftop camper. (Universal Canvas Adelaide) Comfort Plus!! Carpet throughout. CD Player, CB radios x2 Oka Service Manual, spare hoses and belts. Baird Bay Charters & Ocean Eco Tours Email: sealions@bigpond.com Website: www.bairdbay.com FOR SALE
1997 LT Oka no. 392, 181,000 kls. Fitted out as a motorhome. Features include- Poptop
125watts Solar cells on roof 40lt Engel fridge/freezer 100lt stainless steel water tank 150lt & 160lt diesel tanks 13,000lb hydraulic PTO air activated winch with 200ft of rope Purchased off Oka, September 1998 with 14,000kls. 80lt Engel fridge 60lt stainless steel petrol tank Towbar
Glind shower system, on bull bar Endless air compressor with large holding tank 12" Orion TV unit with VCR GPS- Garmin with external aerial Numerous spares including new alternator, starter motor Awning left & right-hand sides- Fiamma 45 Sunvisor- factory Honda 1kva generator Stihl chainsaw 3 batteries Security screens for cab,also security screens fitted to motorhome ( crimsafe ) Price $105,000.00 Optional
13ft Avon inflatable boat with canopy, 5hp Mercury motor $6,000.00 Trailer with superglider independent suspension & Honda 450 Quad bike (130kls) $15,000.00 This Oka is only offered for sale as we would like to buy a new Oka, all work on motorhome has been professionally done. For any further inquires please do not hesitate to phone Bob or Sue on 0266246611 (home) ARB diff lock front axle Satellite phone- Westinghouse Full recovery gear 9 0266621136 (work) 0412113897 (mobile) 0145113897 (satellite, when travelling) Regards Bob & Sue Worling P.S. We are posting you a photo of our Oka as we do not have a scanner to email it to you. WANTED TO BUY Hi I'm in the process of looking for an OKA motorhome or bus to convert into a motorhome. Any help in locating one or information on what to look for would be very helpful. Does any one know how many Km's the engine will last if looked after? Then how many after a re-build? Amanda
tokwaikato@bbigpond.com FOR SALE
Oka bus. 1995 build No 325. 2 owners both the sole drivers. full service history from new. genuine 187,000 km. 14 seats all in perfect cond. Full roof rack and ladder plus front roof rack. bull bar. 2 speed winch. 115 litre and 175 litre long range tank. Rear mount spare wheel plus under carriage spare. Tow bar. Tachogragh. Cargo barrier, convert from 14 seat to 10 or 7 seat. $65,000 ONO. Paul Nott is familiar with this bus. Would be the best example of this model out there. Urgent Sale so talk to me. Lindsay Black 03 5997 1725 or 0403 323 981. FRIENDSHIP PRAYER May the fleas of a thousand camels infest the crotch of the person who screws up your day, and may their arms be too short to scratch..... Amen. 10 Hi Everyone, OKA OWNERS GROUP (PUTTING PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT FIRST) NEWSLETTER January 2005 Please accept our apologies for being a bit late with this newsletter. We seem to be starting off dragging the chain for 2005, but we hope we can only improve! We are hoping that ’05 will be a bit better weatherwise, as the drought is still persisting. Anyway we would like to wish you all the best and hope that this year will be kind to you all. When we hear of the troubles some of us have had with our OKAs, and we are starting to think that burning them would be too good for them, it is reassuring to hear from people like Coke & Helen Haywood who live at Moonbi. Theirs is one of the early ones off the assembly line and was purchased new, and they not only use it to go to church on Sunday, but use it all the week contract spraying. They are surprised at the problems we have with ours. This tends to suggest that it is not the vehicle that is the problem but rather the flogging the have had before they came to us, so hang in there. Rumour has it that some mineworkers were not in favour of OKAs and set out to wreck them because they preferred Lancruisers, which gave them access to parts for their own personal vehicles. This may not be so, but from our experience, there was little maintenance, and some of the repairs that were done were dodgy to say the least! We are planning to travel through WA, from Cocklebiddy north to Windy Corner, then to Rudall River NP, Newman, Karajini and back down south again to Perth and Kalgoorlie. We are then hoping to meet up there with some of the WA OKAs about mid August, ’05. We would be happy to have other Oka Owners accompany us on our trip, or even part of it, departing here early July. More about this at a later date. Don’t forget to keep us informed about all your doings with your Okas. Your input is vital for the newsletters. Hope you have a good year. Lloyd & Marj Rob and Shirley Burrows 173 King Road Oakford WA 6121 Dear Lloyd & Marj, I’m not one for doing a lot of letter writing, so I shall try my best. Enclosed are some photos of our new BABY. We think its GREAT – sorry, but it sounds like we are bragging. We have been in touch with a few OKA Owners and are looking at having an afternoon at our place on 30th January 05 around 2-3 pm and staying for a sausage sizzle for an evening meal. If it’s not too late to put it into the newsletter that would be great, and anyone else that may be in the area. If anyone wants to come earlier and stay, that’s OK as well. We have 10 acres here. The only thing is to be in touch, as on Saturday nights we dance. The only form of contact is by phone, or leave a message on the answering machine on: 1 08 95251070. I hope you can see by the series of photos how we put ours together. We still have little bits to finish off and our water tank to go on. We have two spares on the back now, not one as the photo shows. We had a short couple of trips away but as its now summer we have to be close by for irrigation. You never know, someone may come soon and buy our property and we will then be up and away. We are looking forward to it. Oh, we get some good long looks at our OKA as we drive along and lots of people looking. We love to show it off. Bye for now, Rob and Shirley PS Ours is No. 9, an XT. (We are still working on our Oka, but find that the jobs that need to be done now are just small ones. We have found that the clattering in the bottom steering shaft can be reduced with a small mod. which take about half an hour (if that) and cushions it with grease. Thank you Leigh Goldsmith! It seems to work just fine. We have also had the two drive shafts overhauled and balanced and you wouldn’t believe the difference it has made to the ride, much smoother, and it has eliminated some of the rattles as well. Also we finally found out how to turn off the red brake light that resulted from the loss of brakes on our trip in July, and also the green 4WD light that came and went while we were driving along. Little things that just annoy.) Hey LLOYD You have told us about the problems. How about telling us how to FIX ‘em!! I have the rattles too and my light keeps coming on and off when in 4wd. Where is the switch for the light, I assume it is loose? These are the things I would like to see people putting in the newsletter. Michael Michael, the 4x4 light indicator switch is a post located on the top and towards the front of the transfer case, mounted above the slide shaft that engages 4 wheel drive. This post has a reasonably long thread. If you undo the lock nut, you can unscrew the post up or down until it does the right thing, and then lock it in place. The brake indicator light switch is under the dash above the “go” pedal (accelerator). You usually don’t have to take it out to reset the brake light, just undo it, and you’ll hear it click as it resets, and then just do it up again. As far as the steering rattle goes, mine is good now, thanks to Leigh. I think this would be easier to explain over the phone, so if anyone wants to know more, perhaps they might ring me. I hope this throws some light on our mutual problems. Lloyd
Bush Mechanics are us !!! Brake Failure Prevention Tips After travelling back from Oka Lloyd Paradise Pad . A brake calliper restraining wedge had fallen out and allowed the calliper to fall off and the only thing that was keeping it from falling off was the inside of the wheel. This did make a noise but due to the nature of Okas being noisy it 2 was very hard to detect. Once I discovered it I looked at the calliper and come up with a cheap way to deter this incident. To explain this is quite difficult so I have enclosed to photos to explain what I did. The only thing that it requires is 2 x 1/8 holes drilled in the brake calliper support bracket close to the edge so it doesn't comprise the strength of the bracket and a piece of high tensile fencing wire per wheel, I feel this is a good prevention to stop callipers from falling off while you are travelling, that could possibly cause brake failure. NB: When applying the wire poke thru the holes and get a pair of vice grips to pull the wire as tight as possible so it also acts as a shock absorber to take the chatter of the calliper to prevent wear on the slides of the calliper. Janine, Darren, Luke & Hannah (Unfortunately the photos were incompatible with my computer, but these can be seen on the website. Marj) Smithards Saga: After leaving you we spent four days at Barn Hill caravan park with John’s cousin and his wife. We had a really great time with them, going for long walks along the beach each morning and evening greatly enjoying the rugged coastline scenery. After Barn Hill we went to Broome where John got the Hydraulic oil chamber for power steering welded at Minshull Motors which took most of the day. They actually allowed him to take the part out himself, they welded it and then he put it back in. We then stayed at the Broome Bird Observatory overnight and then had some more things to attend to in Broome. (a chiropractors and doctors appointment for me). After Broome we went on to One Arm Point, stopping in to look at Beagle Bay on the way. John’s cousin Peter and his wife Val were visiting their son John who was a teacher at the aboriginal school. We stayed there for four days and had a great time being shown around by Peter and Val and being taken to places that most tourists would not see. Once again we did lots of walking along the beach. Back into Broome and I went to the Chiropractor for a second visit (and after that was much improved) and John picked up his radio antenna, which had been damaged, the following day. We then proceeded to Derby and the Gibb River Road. We stopped at Windjana Gorge, Bells Gorge, Gladstone Lake, Mornington Wilderness camp, Lennards Gorge, Upper Manning Gorge, & Barnett River Gorge. Turned off on road to Kalumburu and spent 9 days there. The starter motor went and we had to get a new one flown in from Perth, so spent a week at the camp ground at Kalumburu and two nights at Honeymoon Bay. On the way back we went into Mitchell Falls and spent two nights there. Lo and behold on our way back the over heat warning light started coming on. Initially John thought it was the thermostat but it turned out to be a small hole in the radiator. We spent two nights at King Edward River and headed again for the Gibb River road. We were driving along when the over heat warning light came on again. Very luckily we were able to pull off onto a clear area and whilst looking at the heat situation John decided to look at the steering as it seemed very sloppy. He found to his dismay that only one bolt was still loosely in place. He was able to get two bolts done up tightly but could not get the third one in place. We stopped at Drysdale River station on the way down to see if they could help, but they did not want to touch it. John rang and booked the vehicle in to be fixed at Kununurra and we headed for Kununurra, stopping at Gibb River, Durack River and Home Valley Station on the way. At Kununurra we found out that the mechanic did not want to 3 touch it either, nor anyone else there. John then booked it into Minshulls Motors at Broome and we went to Broome via The Bungle Bungles, Halls Creek, Fitzroy Crossing. Along the way John found that the right hand front central bolt on the spring was sheared off. In the Bungle Bungles the whole front axle was moving back on the spring so we hooked up to a substantial tree and pulled it back into alignment, then set up a snatch strap to keep it in place all the way to Broome. We dropped the vehicle in very early in the morning and later that afternoon were advised that we would have to get a new steering box as it had been too damaged because of the centre bolt problem plus all the oil from the steering box. A second hand one they had in stock was put in and we went away for the weekend to await a new one coming from Perth, camping out of Broome at Prices Point. Eventually the new one arrived was installed and the central bolt on the spring was fixed and we went on our way heading for The Pilbara and Karijini National Park. As we approached Tom Price John said to me ‘Oh we don’t have any brakes, we’ll have to go into Tom Price and get them looked at.” So we booked into Tom Price caravan park and booked in to have them fixed. More parts sent from Perth (at least we were getting a little closer) by truck. Whilst waiting John fixed the brakes well enough for us to visit Chichester National Park and Karinjini Park whilst we waited. After the brakes were fixed we kept travelling south to Exmouth staying at the national park there. Down to Carnarvon, then to Kalbarri National Park and Northampton where we stayed with a couple who were wheat and sheep farmers we had met at Honeymoon Bay. We proceeded on towards Perth taking an inland route and going to Coalseam National Park. We greatly enjoyed the wild flowers. At Perth we stayed with relatives for four days. Marvellous, we had a shower every day and I did a load of washing every day and cleaned out the camper thoroughly. John then decided that rather than follow our original plan of going to Kalgoorlie and Cosmo Newberry and Ayres Rock we would go around the southern coast visiting the forests and beaches. The coastal scenery was terrific with crystal clear turquoise water, squeaky fine white sand, and great rock formations. We went to Albany, Esperance, Cape Le Grande National Park and then on a gravel road to Balladonia, visiting historic old homesteads, and then across the Nullabor. We went around the Eyre Peninsula, (where we ended up at Coffin Bay Motors getting a wheel bearing fixed up) to the Flinders Ranges, which we always enjoy, then to Burra Gorge and across to Bordertown to see Rebekah. We spent four days with Rebekah and sadly farewelled her and headed home arriving on the evening of the 29th October. Sorry to have taken so long to get in contact with you. We were interested to read of your trip. Sounds like you kept up a fairly quick pace. As you can see with all of our repairs we would not have been able to keep up with you. Would really love to catch up with all of you again. P.S. I forgot to mention that when we were in Perth John went to see OKA 2 days in a row and got some work done. Hmm... about $1400.00 to be precise. All in all our repairs cost a lot, especially with airfreight costs. Hope you have a really great Christmas with your family and find time to reflect on the reason for the season the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. With kind regards, Di and John. 4 HIGH COUNTRY TRIP – 7TH – 10TH JANUARY 2005 Written by Rowena Paterson We had a total of 7 OKAs come together for a rally at Sheepyard Flat, 40km from Mansfield in Victoria. The 7 OKAs consisted of myself, Greg & Maree Boyle along with family Phillip, Thomas, Emma & Robert, Jurgen & Claudia Mauracher & son Robbie, Geoff & Sandra Wilkinson, Geoff Alush & Peita Moss, Paul Nott & Ian Jones & Michael & Virginia Hession along with friends John & Jacki in their Landrover. We set up a nice base camp at Sheepyard Flat and completed day trips from there. Saturday & Sunday was spent discovering the High Country. I recently purchased a new Yamaha dirt bike and Geoff & Peita brought along their Suzuki Quad bike, so the weekend was spent riding the bikes around the mountains and 4wd tracks. The others decided to take 3 OKAs for a drive around the cattleman huts etc, doing a little of 4wding along the way. Geoff, Peita & myself firstly headed up to Fry’s Hut (not far from Sheepyard Flat). We then headed back through Sheepyard Flat and followed the main track towards Upper Jamieson Hut, stopping along the way for smokos along the beautiful creek. We rode as far as Upper Jamieson Hut and decided to tackle the steep track and creek crossing into the Hut. Geoff had no problems tackling the creek with the Quad but when it came to my turn I decided to walk my bike through as I am a learner. I was a little worried when the water started to creep closer to my engine, but was assured it was ok by Geoff. I ended up getting stuck in the middle of the creek with the bike and looked up to see 3 OKAs appear on the track and heaps of people watching me. They all showed me the shallow area to wheel my bike through and I finally made it to the other side with a few cheers. We then watched the OKAs leave as they tackled the creek with ease and then jumped back on the bikes and rode the rest of the way until we reached Upper Jamieson Hut. The Hut was nice with a fire place, upstairs sleeping area and small kitchen, but it definitely needed a little repair. We slowly headed back on the bikes to Sheepyard Flat. We had been riding for 5 hours, how time flies when having fun. The OKAs appeared (shortly after we arrived back) from their trip through the mountains. We stoked up the fire, had dinner and all settled around a huge camp fire for the evening. It doesn’t get much better than that as the weather was absolutely beautiful. I entertained with my Didgeridoo along with help from Sandra on the tapping sticks. There was plenty of socialising and laughing happening around the camp fire with the saying of the night going to Geoff Wilkinson “gee it gets late early”. If you can get understand that one you are doing really well? On Saturday we had nice surprise. Michael & Virginia had recently bumped into a documentary maker on their travels and mentioned to him that the OKA Owners Group was having a gathering at Sheepyard Flat. So Barry from Melbourne and his girlfriend turned up in their 4WD vehicle along with their 2 dogs and camera equipment to make a documentary on OKAs. They interviewed a few people on Saturday including Maree with the topic being on what it’s like to travel with children in an OKA. Barry also took plenty of footage of the OKAs during the day. On Sunday the Boyle family along with Paul & Ian headed up to Craigs Hut, Mt Stirling & Mt Buller with Barry in tow filming them. The Boyles & Maurachers headed home Sunday afternoon. Geoff, Peita & I spent Sunday on the bikes, firstly travelling on a 4wd track, which tested my skills. We then headed up another track, which wound its way up through the hills, with plenty of little jumps & dips in the track to give us a thrill. We ended up so high in the mountains that we could see Mt Buller and all the ski runs. Geoff & Sandra went for a day trip on Sunday to Whitfield and returned to Sheepyard Flat later in the day. Sunday night we still had 5 OKAs left, so we had another camp fire and fun night together. Geoff & Peita were up early the next morning ready to roll by 7am. By 10am Geoff & Peita were still with us, enjoying themselves I think as they were still happily chatting away. I had an interview with Barry before leaving. I was a little nervous and had to answer questions like what is an OKA and what the OKA Owners Group is all about etc... Most people had an interview and I noticed Paul was just as nervous as myself as at one point he froze when the camera was pointed at him. It’s not easy when you are not used to it. The footage will eventually be televised on Channel 31 in Melbourne and made into a DVD to be sold in shops. We will all receive a copy of the unedited version of the DVD at the next rally at Gembrook in March. Geoff, Peita & myself were first to leave on Monday morning and I followed them only getting a few km’s up into the mountains before we ran into trouble. Geoff & Peita were travelling a little way in front of me towing the Quad and I noticed their OKA looked a little strange as they went around the corner on the dirt road, like it was going sideways. I thought they just slipped on the corrugations and didn’t think much of it, until a vehicle coming the other way stopped me. They told me to stop my friends as their OKA was slipping all over the road. So I wasn’t seeing things after all and managed to radio Geoff to tell them to stop. When I caught up with Geoff & Peita we discovered the problem. The rear axle & wheels had moved out of place, nearly jamming the wheels into the mudguards. Geoff suspected the centre leaf spring bolt had broken on the right hand side. So Geoff jumped into my OKA and we headed back down to Sheepyard Flat to find Paul & Ian (who were packing up). Lucky we had our fantastic OKA mechanics with us (Paul & Ian) and in no time we had 5 5 OKAs on the side of road high up in the mountains helping out. Paul & Ian quickly got to work and we discovered that Geoff was correct, the centre bolt had broken. Geoff had another spare rod in his tool box, strong enough to do the job to get them home safely. So after a few hours the job was completed, the rear wheels back in their normal place and we were on our way again. Paul & Ian did a fantastic job, thanks guys. Even Peita gave “OKA boy” a big hug, as he was all OK & happy again with rear wheels in place. Our next rally will be at Gembrook east of Melbourne on the Victorian Labour day weekend in March. Thanks to everybody for coming along to Sheepyard Flat, I am sure everybody had a great time, I certainly did, it was magic! Looking forward to the next rally at Gembrook. A BIG THANKYOU Written by Peita Moss A big thankyou to Paul & Ian and also Michael Hession & Geoff Wilkinson for fixing “OKA boy” on the weekend of the High County rally. It’s great to have such people with expertise in our club. Also thanks to Sandra for her thoughtfulness in making sure the workers and onlookers were catered for by way of refreshments. After lunch we joined Barry (our documentary maker) and his girlfriend in Mansfield, then pottered along and arrived home safely. Regards Yüklə 2,02 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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