Christmas 2019 in Vancouver part 2
I wasn't really hoping for a part 2 but we used the rv before I finished the renovations and now we're paying for it.
Went to pick up the kids in Kitsilano for supper and Van Dusan Gardens light show. Just as we get to her apartment building there is a thump,thump,thump under the hood. Uh,oh...
Pulled around the corner and stopped. Looked back down the road and saw a piece of wire lying there. Picked it up - not wire,belt. The serpentine belt had shredded a rib and when I looked under the hood the rest of it was still there (mostly). Well, I removed the loose bits that I could reach but left the belt in place.
The motor ran fine but I knew it could shred more or RIP or snap at any moment. Canadian Tire was 12 blocks away. We drove there on pins and needles, four of us ,two cats and our home on wheels. They didn't have the belt at that store, there was one in South Vancouver.
We put it on hold and headed there being careful to accelerate slowly and coast alot in the rush hour traffic. Yup, that's me making RV's look bad. Sorry. Got the belt but they couldn't install it. I would have to do it but not tonight.
We went down the road for supper then on to see the lights. The belt held. Finally we dropped off the kids and headed back to the campground- through downtown Vancouver and through the Stanley Park causeway and over the Lions Gate Bridge. White knuckles like you wouldn't believe! But we made it.
Tomorrow I'll try to replace the belt myself with my basic tool kit. It's supposed to rain. The campsite is gravel. I deserve it, I know.
Went to pick up the kids in Kitsilano for supper and Van Dusan Gardens light show. Just as we get to her apartment building there is a thump,thump,thump under the hood. Uh,oh...
Pulled around the corner and stopped. Looked back down the road and saw a piece of wire lying there. Picked it up - not wire,belt. The serpentine belt had shredded a rib and when I looked under the hood the rest of it was still there (mostly). Well, I removed the loose bits that I could reach but left the belt in place.
The motor ran fine but I knew it could shred more or RIP or snap at any moment. Canadian Tire was 12 blocks away. We drove there on pins and needles, four of us ,two cats and our home on wheels. They didn't have the belt at that store, there was one in South Vancouver.
We put it on hold and headed there being careful to accelerate slowly and coast alot in the rush hour traffic. Yup, that's me making RV's look bad. Sorry. Got the belt but they couldn't install it. I would have to do it but not tonight.
We went down the road for supper then on to see the lights. The belt held. Finally we dropped off the kids and headed back to the campground- through downtown Vancouver and through the Stanley Park causeway and over the Lions Gate Bridge. White knuckles like you wouldn't believe! But we made it.
Tomorrow I'll try to replace the belt myself with my basic tool kit. It's supposed to rain. The campsite is gravel. I deserve it, I know.
