Safari Vehicle Breakdown and how much did it effect your hunt

[Ontario Hunter]

A couple of band-aids to take along on next safari. When the vehicle suddenly craps out and won't restart it's often due to electric fuel pump going out or computer needs reset. Find a long stick and thump on the gas tank. It works! Ask me how I know. Enough to get home anyway. To reset the computer, disconnect the battery for fifteen minutes. Reconnect and fire it up. There. Something to impress your PH.

 

[Tokoloshe Safaris]

A couple of band-aids to take along on next safari. When the vehicle suddenly craps out and won't restart it's often due to electric fuel pump going out or computer needs reset. Find a long stick and thump on the gas tank. It works! Ask me how I know. Enough to get home anyway. To reset the computer, disconnect the battery for fifteen minutes. Reconnect and fire it up. There. Something to impress your PH.

The only cruisers with computer are the V8s.
The breakdowns described sound like hot wire to injector pump switch
90% likely 10min fix. The second place to look on 79 series is speedometer sensor at the transfer case. There is another hot lead that can break (usually picking up a stick) stick. This can be diagnosed by speedo not working will usually blow ign fuse.

Lon

 

[Safari Dave]

There was a time when I had to give my PH a rubber glove to patch a tire...

(he had already used 2 plugs)

I didn't mind at all. It just added to the adventure!

(we were headed back to camp, after I had taken a good buff)

Now if a major breakdown had robbed me of a day or more of hunting, that would have been a different story.

My safari company had another Landcruiser at the ready, so the worse that could have likely happened was an hour's walk.

 

[Safari Dave]

IME, African PH's are much more prepared for contingencies than American "guides".

 

[BRICKBURN]

Stuck in the mud, stuck in sandy creek bottoms, frozen fuel, mechanical, etc.
No matter which country, it ended up being nothing other than a small break in the action and once that just changed what I hunted for an hour.