Date:         Tue, 31 May 2005 17:29:59 -0500
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: Halifax to Vancouver & back
Comments: To: Malcolm Stebbins <mwstebbins@YAHOO.COM>
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Good luck on your journey.

Zoltan is right. Though there are plenty of mechanics and shops around,
nobody is going gong to know your van like you do. So you are in a
sense, all alone. If you tended to every thing befor departure, chances
you will have a trouble free trip. Just do your routine maintenance as
you go and you should be ok.

Longest trip for me so far  was the leg from Anchorage to Birmingham in
my old '85 GL - 4500 miles. NO problems at all on the journey until 60
miles out of Birmingham, and  the water pump went out. Had to be towed
that last 60 miles. Frustrating.

But that pump had 200,000 miles on it so it all was forgiven.

Good journey and fair weather to you.

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Malcolm Stebbins wrote:

>We leave tomorrow for an 9,000 or 10,000 mile trip across Canada and back through the northern US
>in our 91 Westy.  I've never made a trip of this length without some mechanical failure. So what
>will it be this time????  May the Vanagon gods watch over the van.  Malcolm
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