Any of you recognise these two?
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I used to work with both of these chaps in Madrid. Michael moved back to Australia about 4 years ago and Antoon, by another coincidence of timing, was visiting from Holland. They were waiting on Willem, another ex-colleague who was going to join them on a road trip up the east coast.
Michael was kind enough to put us up, prepare a multitude of steak on the barbie and show us round town on the Saturday evening. On top of that, having just about made it to their (very nice) house in a rather sick camper van, Michael allowed us to set about attempting to fix it on his driveway. Legend.
The van was misfiring and backfiring severely. The exhaust manifold gasket was leaking, an indication that the inlet manifold could well be leaking in a similar manner which would explain the current problems. Even if that was not the cause of the problem the exhaust leak needed to be fixed so there was no avoiding it. With encouragement from a hungover Michael and offers of help from Antoon (also hungover) I set to it.
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Due to sourcing parts, tools and materials it took us Sunday and Monday morning to to the job but the result was a van that was running much much better. Not perfect, but enough to get us to Sydney at least. A big thank you to Antoon for helping out, something I think he enjoyed, making a change from torquing CPUs on big servers.
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I must express my gratitude to Michael and Carole for putting us up, making us feel so welcome (something helped by their son, Nico, who was great fun), sourcing some tools and putting up with me fixing the van on their premises (something that I’m sure my mother will sympathise with). Dankjewel / Merci beaucoup!
Hi man,
Don’t fly to the US with those looks man… you’ll never pass through inmigration jajajaja
Hope everything is cool over there.
Say hello to Espe.
Un abrazo,
Raul
ah. the infamous torque discussion! completely forgot about it! 6 inch pound it seems to be for cpu’s though;-)
Antoon
I do sympathise with anyone who has one of Andy’s cars being ‘fixed’ on their property. WeI had one on our lawn for the best part of a year and the mini for a month. At least I wasn’t expected to help with the mechanics, though his group of large assistants trailed in and out needing refreshments.
Actually, Andy and Espe gave me a crate of beer for all the trouble of doing absolutely nothing. They are very welcome to break down in my driveway anytime but preferably summer so i can sit outside and drink the next crate of beer.
Always enjoy reading your site hope your travels are continuing to go well.
Uru.