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Date:         Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:39:16 -0700
Reply-To:     Mike Miller <mwmiller6@ATT.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mike Miller <mwmiller6@ATT.NET>
Subject:      Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
Comments: To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <1311204053.15244.57.camel@TheJackUbuntuNetbook>
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That's the Sherwin Grade.

I've come down it at 160 and my temp gauge never budged from normal. Oh, did I mention? Not in a van.

You can go to Bishop to hunt, fish and drink, and pretty soon you get tired of hunting and fishing.

Mike

Used to live there a while back.

On Jul 20, 2011, at 4:20 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:

> On Wed, 2011-07-20 at 15:04 -0700, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: >> there is a big climb northbound on 395 in California ...north of >> Bishop. >> A diesel vanagon giuy was telling me about going up that at only >> about 30mph >> .. > > I did that climb -- the Sherman Grade -- in my van in 2008 in August, > pulling my camping equipment trailer, in midafternoon, easily over 100 > F. First gear was all I could use. I watched the coolant temp gauge > like > a hawk. I also watched my rear view mirror as more modern cars with > better aerodynamics and stronger engines blew up the grade behind me, > hoping they'd see my blinkers. I can't imagine what the oil temp was. > > I've blown the cooling system on two cars going up that thing in > summer. > Had to limp back down to Bishop. Guess which end of town the two > radiator repair places are? North end, end closest to the grade. With > all the cars that fail, they do a land office business, I can tell > you. > So do the cheap motels at that end of town, folk overnighting waiting > for the rad shop to get the parts and finish the job. Bishop is not > the > most interesting town in the world. > > Same deal for the desert grades I clumb over last summer. Second gear? > Forget it. Too steep, too much campin' and kayakin' tackle along. Just > grind up the hills and hope for the best. > > -- RJS


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