Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 13:28:42 -0800
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Yucatan trip report (not mine)
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having a car issue in the boonies or Mexico or wherever is part of the fun
and adventure.
Great way to meet people too.
There is a natural tendency, usually, to help a traveler having a problem.
Then there is 'creativity'............like not being able to find a
compatible voltage regulator for a 1959 Fiat 600D car in La Paz, Baja
California one time..........( even though voltage regulators for generators
are semi-generic, and several types of voltage regulators probably would
have worked ) .,.........it was easy to wire voltage feed to the generator's
feed for night running.............with high beams on ........
full field-ed like that makes a generator put out max amps.............
and running without charging during the day .........got me 1,500 miles
home just fine. Kinda fried the battery doing that ........but no big
deal.
when what really really matters is being able to keep the rig moving
..........
there are all kinds of fun things that can work........heck, you could
replace a broken coil spring with a piece of log if you have too, for
example.
Or......you can use water for brake fluid, if you just have to.
I've heard of flashlight batteries being used to make air-cooled VW engine's
ignition systems work.
For broken throttle cable.........in places like Baja people have been known
to wire the throttle about 3/4 full on, then use the key for a pure 'fully
on, or fully off, 'throttle.'
.............or jam a large socket into your Citroen nitrogen-brake fluid
suspension system when you bust a sphere on a pot holed road ........
Endless possibilities.........and the real fun is it doesn't have to be
fixed really right actually.........
only good enough to keep you moving until you get to a place for real
repairs, or home.
Traditionally, in Mexico the natives are very used to fixing things, and
making something work when the perfect thing isn't available.
for electronics, you gotta have spares, or call your friends back home to
send you those......
Mechanical issues just add to the adventure though, if somehow your pre-trip
prep missed something, or something 'just happens.'
Just go for it, get all the gusto and adventure you can.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Hundt" <dhundt@BENDBROADBAND.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 1:02 PM
Subject: Re: Yucatan trip report (not mine)
> Plus there's the whole camping thing, Chris. Thought you weren't into that
> sort of thing. : )
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: JordanVw@AOL.COM
> Date: Sunday, March 1, 2009 3:04 pm
> Subject: Re: Yucatan trip report (not mine)
>
>> In a message dated 2/28/09 6:47:38 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>> mdrillock@COX.NET writes:
>>
>>
>> > My friend Brian called me today to say he was back in the US
>> after 6
>> > weeks south of the border. He traveled through Mexico, into
>> Belize and
>> > Guatemala and back again. He has an 87 Syncro Westy with nearly
>> 300,000> miles on it.
>> >
>> >
>>
>> sounds like an awesome trip. id love to do something like that
>> but what
>> happens if you have a mechanical problem out in the middle of
>> bumblef*ck and
>> with no way to get parts... thats the part that scares me.
>>
>> then your stranded.. and the cannibals eat you alive. LOL
>>
>> chris
>>
>>
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