Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 13:46:12 -0500
Reply-To: Vincent Dow <ianvincentdow@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Vincent Dow <ianvincentdow@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Trip.
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Alright!
O brother, I so know the 395.
It's one of the best. Feels like a downright adventure at those high grades
south of Walker canyon.
After I bought my (troubled) vanaru in Aug 09, the first BIG trip I did was
reno to Palmdale
so I could get a Kennedy smog plaque in my engine bay. It was just me and
the dog.
It was up in the high country I discovered the van had no heating system. I
froze at the front wheel,
only to broil later that day in palmdale... and the dog had it even worse.
Coming from Kennedy, under the shadiets spot could find, bolted on a new
muffler/cat, glued in my plaque, went to three smog shops before came up
lucky (had no CEL at the time)
Got smog approved and made the Palmdale DMV in time to get tags. The next
morning drove off headed to barstow, Vegas, S.L.C. I-80 to the
Detroit/Windsor crossing, and the 401 highway up to Montreal.
On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 1:05 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Just arrived in the desert sw after a smooth and pleasant trip along the
> east slopes of the Western coastal mountains. A favorable weather pattern
> allowed me to take other than the I-5 super-slab. Made The Dalles, Or. to
> Gardnerville, Nv. the first day's driving on dry roads. Slept over in a
> Walmart lot in about 15f temps with my doggie as a heater. On to Bishop,
> Ca. where I stopped for the morning to ride my bicycle back up the Sherwin
> Grade on the old highway. Mid-Dec. almost, and riding was pleasant in
> shorts, with a surprising number of cyclists out for mid week early winter
> in a small remote city.
> I recorded an all-time high gas mileage @ 26.xx mpg, bringing my recent
> (since I begin using the Fuelly app to track my mileages) average to 24+
> mpg. My ABA 2.0 l inline VW is doing good.
> Woke and found a flat, loose valve-stem, easy. Also my idle has now
> began to sometimes be too low...either the Idle control valve or the
> throttle switch. Anyone have any simple way to determine which is causing
> the problem? I know the IAC valve hums.. Haven't gone in to listen for that
> yet.
> Today the west coast storm caught up and it's actually sprinkling in the
> desert. Don Hanson
>
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