FWIW we have arrived in Vancouver, well really Salt Spring Island just off Vancouver Island. As far as Vanagon notes go: 1) We had to tighten one coolant clamp, 2) The oil pressure buzzer went off and after spending CDN $200 to find out that the oil pressure is OK, and the pressure sensor is OK, seems to be a fault in the electrical ribbon behind the speedo, Speaking of speedos, 3) The speedo cable snapped in two right where it goes into the front diff (Jeff???), 4) The brakes had been a bit spongy since leaving Halifax, I had to pump once to get good pressure then again to brake. While going up and over the Rocky Mountains, and using the brakes a lot more, brake fluid began dripping from the bottom of the tranny. Again another CDN$200 was what it took to replace that section of the brake line which had worn a hole from rubbing on top of the tranny. 5) I will be searching the archives to find why the sliding door seems to prefer the open position to the closed position, as the door latch lets go at random. The van is still sucking a lot of oil up through the crankcase vent tube, but that is not a trip stopper. So, all in all, the trip has been fine. To see all of the varied landscape of Canada: Eastern mountains, Mid-western forests, the great plains of Manitoba, Saskatchewan & Alberta. IMHO you can all skip the Canadian Rockies, just huge mountains, beautiful lakes & varied wildlife, and to many people, (Kansas is much nicer, go there). As we left Halifax we toasted the Atlantic ocean, and now we have toasted the Pacific ocean., one month to the day, and I wish I knew how many kilometres, but I’d guess about 5 to 6,000. Of that, only about 500 kilometres were on 4 lane roads, and only two major cities (Winnipeg & Vancouver). We stick to the small 2 lane roads as we travel. We will be here a week, and then we will again test the van to see if it can make it back to Halifax, this time through the northern US. Take care. Malcolm & Pat __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com |
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