Date:         Sat, 25 Jul 1998 10:15:57 EDT
Reply-To:     Scooter061@AOL.COM
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From:         Scott DeSanti <Scooter061@AOL.COM>
Subject:      The Alaska Trek Continues....
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Well Volks,

     We were able to get 300 miles in yesterday after getting Faith's coolant
system flushed of all the DEXRON.  I was able to stand by and assist the
friendly fellows at G+G Radiator in Dawsons Creek, BC as they had never even
been under one of these vans before.  But we muddled through with some help
from my list printouts and a call to the dealer in Grande Prarie and were
successful in remove 99 percent of the ATF.  Of course, they still charged me
for the flush and fill and two gallons of extended life Zerex, which I will
probably have to flush out and replace when I get to Anchorage.  The bypassed
tranny cooler is fine and not a drop has spilt since leaving Dawson Creek.
We're just taking it easy.... 40 up steep grades, 60 max on the flats and
downhill.  And on a good point, just before leaving Dawson Creek.... I heard a
faint mewing under the shed behind the hotel....sure enough it was our wayward
cat, Elmo.... he's now back with us and more affectionate than ever after his
ordeal in the Canadian wilderness.  Well....we're off to Swift River, Yukon!

Scott De Santi
86 Vanagon (Faith)