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vacation curse ends with a whimper
Posted by steveC in BC (more from steveC in BC) on Sat, 30 Aug 2003 12:45:23
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well I made it back from my 6000km road trip in my 1988 9000T with 279000km.
However there is a catch. my car is at a dealer in Richmond, and I had to bus it to the ferry to get back to Vancouver Island. A seamless trip came to a grinding hault in Vancouver traffic (going into Vancouver on the trans Canada highway (and of course at 5PM on a long weekend!) What happened? Well, the serpentine idler pulley EXPLODED (it is in pieces, and the bearing is nowhere to be found, leaving me and miss stranded with nearly an over heated Saab. I thought I would never say this, but puting in an 82 c thermo and fan switch 'to be safe' this trip paid off, and the fan brought down the temp to a safe level.
Anyway, we had an interesting tow truck ride and commute, to end a waht was a great trip!
I really think I'll retire this car to just weeekend warrior use, and local BC travel, as if that pulley broke in rural Manitoba, it would have been a bit more interesting!
next post will be high mileage items that should be replacved;-)
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