Well I woke up at a reasonable time in the weatherboard house in Cook. A train was in and it features in photos that accompany this post. I packed up almost straight away and headed out of town after another quick look around, on to the start of a 100km rough journey. To my dismay, after covering about 50kms, the Jackaroo suddenly changed back in to first gear! Now, if I don't want anything - it's vehicle problems. Firstly you think of several things it could be, then you narrow it down and then you wonder if the cause of the problem is one that you thought it was not. It struggled to change gear - and sometimes it didn't. If I sat or a while, it would change gears properly when I took off again.
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