Breakdown, Mate and Chamamé.
After making it to the “end of the World” with no major issues, the Van’s kidneys finally gave up! I’ve been stuck in the South of Chile, fixing the fuel injector pump! Although it...
Category: maintenance
Pana Brasileño
After all my border drama, things start to look a bit better. Arriving in Boquete I met Marco, a Brazilian dude living in Panama for 20+ years. He runs the biggest QuadBike Adventure business...
Beast Van vs Monster Truck
After 12 nights stuck between borders, help finally came, in the form of a bad ass looking truck, going empty all the way into Panama. Van loaded, paperwork done, hammock sellers waving good bye,...
Getting ready for Central America
It doesn’t feel right welding plates on the doors of the van, but I need to add some extra security. “If you want to take it, you’ve got to earn it”. I was really lucky...
More brake problems!
Went to pick up Amelia last night and the van shaking like Jelly, stopped at the same shop I got to look into the tires balance/alignment at the first time I was in Prince George....
She got blinded
Was so much lose rock and road construction from Watson Lake to Fort St. Johns, that I ended up with a broken fog light. How I will find a replacement is the question now!
Pass me that alternator!
We managed to drive 600km without an alternator, from Fairbanks to Achorage. Now we found an alternator rebuil shop, but they need the alternator out of the car. So we parked the van on...
Engine revitalisation
During a test drive on the weekend, I’ve noticed a increase on temperature when driving with low pressured tires on sand. And after some investigation I found out that delicas don’t have a very...