1 Month into 12 month USA road trip - Late Gap Year

[DT]

Come on Swift pull your finger out. What an advert for your product.

 

[Coastal Cruiser.]

We subsequently received and email from dealers parts dept saying they could not identify the parts needed from the Swift parts manual. They have forwarded the images of the damage to Swift asking them to identify parts required

I’m afraid they would get a very sarcastic email back from me!!
Anyone with half a brain can see what bits you need so it seems they lack anyone there with half a brain

Luckily your van is still ok to drive and you can continue on

 

[Jez1966]

Just

I’m afraid they would get a very sarcastic email back from me!!
Anyone with half a brain can see what bits you need so it seems they lack anyone there with half a brain

Luckily your van is still ok to drive and you can continue on

Replying was my first thought, hold the manual the right way up, bottom of van draw and panels, but I need the quote.
Hopefully they are parts Swift can provide BEFORE we return in late April 2024, I'll keep you posted.
Just needed to buy a new, drinking water safe hose, the 2 we bought with use are stuck in the draw.
Thought it best to leave it stuck shut, instead of force it open and not be able to close it again.
US thread hoselock connectors were in the garage area.

Yep, could have been worse.

 

[Jez1966]

Come on Swift pull your finger out. What an advert for your product.

I've not seen the parts manual must be really poor if some is unable to work out parts for the top or bottom of the van
and the only side with a pull out draw.
Or possible as Coastal Cruiser suggests.

Either way hoping they are parts Swift can provide BEFORE we return in late April 2024, I'll keep you posted.

 

[Jez1966]

About to start month 9 and this is what 8 months and 42,000 miles looks like.

Polarsteps​

Polarsteps is the personal travel log in your pocket.

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Polarsteps

Polarsteps is the personal travel log in your pocket.

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Average diesel price is now around $3.75 = £0.78 litre drop in US fuel prices after Christmas and £ = $ creeping up.

A new one on me while staying in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.
We noticed the vast majority of vehicles had the bonnet/hood open?
Enquiring relieved the local Pack Rats like to explorer and engine bays are a popular playground so not only
bonnet/hood open many had encircled their vehicles with lights ot had lights in the engine bay.
This is an issue throughout the senora desert area, so should you happen to be in the area, when in Rome.
Sadly no flashing lights

I did post this image on Outside from Inside but in case you missed it.
Image while driving Interstate 19 in Arizona.
What is "wrong" in this image.
The only Interstate marked in KM.

When the toilet door handle came loose for the 3rd time I decided to also reduce its intrusion into the limited space and apply a small amount of expanding Gorilla glue to the screw thread and a dab to screw head once refitted.

After a few days and nights of sub zero (-10C overnight) travelling back across Texas we burnt through 1 x 11kgs of propane.
And upon arriving in warmer climate discovered the fresh water drain pipe had frozen and pushed a joint apart.
The amount of dead water held in fresh and waste pipes between the tank and electric release valve has always been an issue
for me. When Swift replaced the manual taps (we have a manual fresh tap as the electric one was removed by a packing strap on the
motorway a few months after buying the van) with electric valves, guessing no one thought they could actually relocate the valve and
eliminate the dead water and a less vulnerable location.

Waste valve has started to drip, guessing it been hit by road debris 1 too many times.

Lost the manual fresh water tap last week, guessing it vibrated loose, luckily being a prepper I had our daughter bring 2 out when she visited in
September. Fitted replacement and some Gorilla tap to hold it is place, we also have the original damaged one, just drips.

Still getting some garage water ingress

Replaced the cleat plastic boxes with some new "Hefty" ones from Walmart. 8 litres larger than originals but having a locking lid the middle one
can be placed in upside down reducing the total depth of the 3.
Also with usage of things we've now packed all tools & equipment into 1 box and the other 2 are packed with souvenire T-Shirts and stuff.

Not seen this in a Walmart or any store before caveat emptor, very strange aisle combination

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[Jez1966]

Just

Replying was my first thought, hold the manual the right way up, bottom of van draw and panels, but I need the quote.
Hopefully they are parts Swift can provide BEFORE we return in late April 2024, I'll keep you posted.
Just needed to buy a new, drinking water safe hose, the 2 we bought with use are stuck in the draw.
Thought it best to leave it stuck shut, instead of force it open and not be able to close it again.
US thread hoselock connectors were in the garage area.

Yep, could have been worse.

Got quote today £3,000 in round figures other quote £2,000.

 

[Coastal Cruiser.]

Waste valve has started to drip, guessing it been hit by road debris 1 too many times.

Have found plenty of debris and road kill on our numerous trips over to the States, strangest one was going along the 192 in Orlando and there were what looked like 2 Rottweiler dogs on the centre reservation laying on their backs legs out and as stiff as a boarddefinitely looked like real animals !!
Plenty of shredded tyre dodging from Vegas to LA and back