Our second alternator can’t be repaired because the mechanic can not discover the voltage regulator half to suit.
So subsequent week Layne flies to Miami and Key West the place we’re sending the elements from the manufacturing facility in Missouri. We spoke with Adam, the proprietor of Nation’s Starters and Alternators in Cape Girardeau and he was very useful. We even have the bar code of our explicit alternator:
In the meantime we now have to depart our cabin within the woods till Tuesday so we determined to take GANNET2 for a stroll to Isla Chiloé, mentioned to be significantly lovely. It’s a brief ferry journey south of Puerto Montt to the 100 mile lengthy island and we will discover it over the weekend when numerous Chileans in all probability will too…
Ordinarily the delay discovering the half to cost the home batteries with the engine wouldn’t matter a lot however after all right here we’re with our first deadline in a yr and we endure a breakdown. The irony is after all simply excellent however this plan ought to get us prepared for the Puerto Natales ferry December 2nd, with days to spare.
In the meantime we’re getting GANNET2 able to roll and transferring out of our cabin for 3 days. We’ve reserved it from subsequent Tuesday for ten days so I’ll have a snug spot with Rusty to attend for Layne to return.
Monica and Christoph, our German neighbors taken care of Rusty for a few hours and he was fairly relaxed after we bought again from amassing GANNET2, proof constructive he not solely likes them however he likes it right here too.
And why wouldn’t he? In the meantime our German neighbors are ready for information of the alternative axle they’ve ordered from Germany for his or her expedition truck. It’s imagined to arrive subsequent week however as at all times who is aware of what is going to occur between Munich and Puerto Montt? That’s why Layne is flying to the US to select up the tiny however vital half we’d like.
These are the nuisances we now have to study to cope with on the highway. Thus far so good.