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Date:         Sat, 2 Jul 2005 15:09:59 -0700
Reply-To:     Claudio Cella <claudiocella@SHAW.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Claudio Cella <claudiocella@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: Halifax 2 Vancouver:  In Vancouver
Comments: To: Malcolm Stebbins <mwstebbins@YAHOO.COM>
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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).

Skip the Canadian Rockies ??????? You're joking right.

Claudio Cella 87 Vanagon GL 7 pass 90 Jetta TD 421,000 kms Okanagan Valley in the Canadian Rockies

----- Original Message ----- From: "Malcolm Stebbins" <mwstebbins@YAHOO.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 12:44 PM Subject: Halifax 2 Vancouver: In Vancouver

> 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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