Couldn't make it...
My grand adventure to Alaska has been scrubbed for this year. My plan to take a used TV with only 8 months shake-down time on it was too bold I guess. While driving through Montana, I hit 95-100 d...
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GordonThree wrote:Put a extra engine oil cooler on it and get back on the road to Ak. PS I live in AZ. we have real hot days, not baby heat like 90's or 100 temp.
My grand adventure to Alaska has been scrubbed for this year. My plan to take a used TV with only 8 months shake-down time on it was too bold I guess.
While driving through Montana, I hit 95-100 degree weather for two days, and it revealed some sort of fault in the cooling system. I pressed on, driving slower, taking breaks during the hottest parts of the day, etc, to Lake Louise. The cool mountain conditions helped a lot. I headed back to Calgary and had an auto shop check everything, they could find no fault except low fluid. I asked if there was no fault, where did the fluid go, they had no answers. I spent the next day driving around town in 85+ degree temps with no problems. The day after, I head back toward the Rockies and despite cold mountain air, the cooling system is acting up again. I pull over to a wayside, and the fluid is low again! With a heavy sigh, I refill, and turn around and head east.
Trying to make the best of my return trip was unsuccessfully too. I come back to my home state Michigan to find the temps in the upper 90s, the few days I tried to spend camping in the U.P. were spent mostly hiding in the air conditioning of my trailer, suffering from heat induced migraines.
Oh well, maybe next time.
