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PostPosted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 9:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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a sad day, but a great adventure! what are you going to do with all the lessons learned...


Lesson no 376 - if yer gonna use a funky Home Depot valve spring make sure you leave the pushrods for that cylinder out
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 9:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

campingbox wrote:
mandraks wrote:
a sad day, but a great adventure! what are you going to do with all the lessons learned...


Lesson no 376 - if yer gonna use a funky Home Depot valve spring make sure you leave the pushrods for that cylinder out


I said I drove home with three. I figured the pushrod part was assumed. Let me edit that part for you.


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PostPosted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 9:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sorry to hear of the latest update! I'm hoping a Samba person in the area can help you get it repaired and on the road to home soon. You've had such an epic adventure and that old bus has been good to you.

I'm very glad you've taken the time to update this thread. I've really enjoyed it (except the roll over and latest issue).

Here's hoping you get the engine fixed quickly!
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 9:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Smile by the mile. You sir have totally scored.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 9:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'd call it a win, regardless of the oil puddle.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 9:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wheelie Pete wrote:
campingbox wrote:
mandraks wrote:
a sad day, but a great adventure! what are you going to do with all the lessons learned...


Lesson no 376 - if yer gonna use a funky Home Depot valve spring make sure you leave the pushrods for that cylinder out


I said I drove home with three. I figured the pushrod part was assumed. Let me edit that part for you.


Oops. I did not read very closely. Sorry to hear about the failure. Maybe back to back aaa calls can get you home?
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 9:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You have absolutely nothing to be ashamed of, you've pulled off an epic trip most of us only dream experiencing and to call a tow truck a few miles from home is just a minor speedbump in the big picture, well done! (That goes for both you and the bus!). Applause (oh yeah....., Frankie too Very Happy )
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 9:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What city are you in? Your epic adventure is definitely a win. This last hurdle just a test of The Odyssey.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 9:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Breckskier wrote:
What city are you in? Your epic adventure is definitely a win. This last hurdle just a test of The Odyssey.



thats a VW not a Honda. Razz
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 10:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hey, great trip..sometimes the tow truck is just a part of the journey (better than the impound lot!!). You may become a stock nazi after the failures from high dollar aftermarket parts/big cc engines. 1500 sp w/ cool running, fat OG pistons/jugs sure deliver the smiles after 1000's of trouble free miles. Interstate travel is out of course...Best travel thread of 2014 by far. Thanks so much for sharing..your good at this!
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 3:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nothing to be ashamed of at all. These trips have turns like this and yours has just had another chapter of fun. Hell with it, let AAA bring her home in a restful fashion, she has earned it.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 4:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I live the other side of the world from you and everyday I have logged on and followed your adventure,you have not failed in actual fact you have acheived more than most and travelled a hell of a lot further in a shorter time, learning as you go. Hold your head up high.
Great story, great adventure.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 4:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Considering all that you have done and seen, and the adventures (and mis-adventures) you have experienced, you have had one hell of an adventure. "If" it's an easy fix, then try to repair and drive home, but hell, I wouldn't be ashamed of loading the old girl onto a flatbed tow truck for the last piddly 263 miles home after all she's been through. Give her a ride, a little rest, fix her back up, and start planning your next wonderful adventures! You were obviously born to do this! And thanks so much for sharing the fun with us all!

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 5:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Pete, my brother
I'm glad you made it so close to home before the bus driving part of your adventure came to a close.

You have travelled ten thousand miles, taken a thousand pictures, met hundreds of people.
You have had epic experiences that you will look back on and smile about decades from now.
You have captured the imagination of thousands of Sambanistas and had us rooting for you the whole way as we lived vicariously through you.
Frankie dog has had such a great go of it too.
You have nothing to hang your head about!
The final push back home to Detroit will just be an other part of the adventure!


You, my friend, get a standing ovation.

Bravo
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 6:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 8:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Riff Raff wrote:
Pete, my brother
I'm glad you made it so close to home before the bus driving part of your adventure came to a close.

You have travelled ten thousand miles, taken a thousand pictures, met hundreds of people.
You have had epic experiences that you will look back on and smile about decades from now.
You have captured the imagination of thousands of Sambanistas and had us rooting for you the whole way as we lived vicariously through you.
Frankie dog has had such a great go of it too.
You have nothing to hang your head about!
The final push back home to Detroit will just be an other part of the adventure!


You, my friend, get a standing ovation.

Bravo


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PostPosted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 8:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thirded, fourthed, and fifthed....just goes to show, how a little kindness goes a long way.

Outstanding Smile

As for that roofrack, I hope you doff your cap to it every time you walk past Smile

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 11:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's been great following your adventure, Pete. It's still a win by any definition.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 11:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You got brass balls!i would have the tow truck drop me a few miles from home,fill it with oil and drive it the last couple of miles, throwing oil and smoke.awesome adventure!!!
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 1:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The trip was a huge success, losing the engine is disappointing but in no way diminishes what you accomplished. Maybe you can swap a running motor in along the roadside and still drive those last couple of hundred miles?
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