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field repairs and possibly other repairs during our travelling.
Our van is reaching 370.000km. As usual, every 10.000 km the oil and the filter is changed, but this time some more work was needed. The last major work was done in Chile: the rear axle was partly re-welded (it started leaking at the leaf spring supports) and we got … Read more
With 347000km on the clock and long stretches of difficult mountain roads, desert and high altitudes, the van has to work hard in less-then-ideal situations. So when we arrived in Chile it was time for some maintenance again. Rear Axle First point of attention was the rear axle. It started … Read more
Sommerwind was the first place where we stopped for the night in Ecuador. It is an official campsite, run by Hans, a German guy. When we arrived we didn’t know yet that we would be here much longer than anticipated. But Sommerwind is a very nice campsite for overlanders: cars, … Read more
After a few months of having smaller and bigger issues with the van (you can read about it here), we finally had one big issue. The van was running hot (again) after we had been driving some stupendous steep slopes in Costa Rica. It was not the first time. For … Read more
In the last months, we have been in garages quite often. Of course, before we started our long journey, we made sure our Mitsubishi was in good shape, but we did not go as far as to restore or overhaul our vehicle completely and exchange all wear parts for new … Read more
Now, Marcia already wrote something about shopping, and for technical stuff it is a challenge as well. So many things that are common in the western world are less common in the overland zone. Even, or should I say especially, concerning bikes it is sometimes a challenge. The early mountain … Read more
While driving between Grabovë E Poshtme and Grabovë E Sipërme, in search of yet another illusive canyon, our van started to make terrible noises. Because we were (still) waiting for some parts, I thought that the bushings of the upper suspension arm finally gave up. A road side inspection revealed … Read more
Well, I did my first “field repair”. It’s between brackets because, to be honest, it was not literally in the field, but on a hotel compound. Still, I did it completely by myself with the tools I took with me.So, what was going on? For some time now, when starting … Read more