Day 28 - On the Road Again...almost
Back on terra-firma again. The cruise was nice, but it was good to be back and return to the Model A’s. I’m still trying to figure out how come we had so many bags coming off the ship? Oh well, they did all fit in the Model A. We (Lindens, O’Briens, and Jack & Jo, in the motorhome) left the Cruisepark and headed towards Hope, BC. The drive was pretty easy, with few hills so it was an easy drive for the Model A’s. The only concern was the heat, as the area was having an unseasonably hot day. We left Hope after lunch and set our sites on Kamloops for our over night stop.
Things were going along pretty well, but as we headed east the hills turned into some serious grades which saw the temperature gauges rise. About three quarters of the way up the first grade Dick pulled over and had to add water, after that we continued onward and upward. The further east we went, the more the temperature rose. So it was no surprise that Dick had to stop three more times to add water. We were adding water the third time when we saw water coming out between the top tank and the shell. Only now Jack was able to see daylight at the tank neck. No wonder the Woody was losing water, as soon as it heated up it just flowed out the neck.
It was late Saturday (4:45 PM) when we got to Kamloops and the radiator shop was closed. Jack and I thought that J-B Weld would fix the problem so we all went to Canadian Tire to get our supplies. With the shell off we cleaned the neck inside and out and did the repair with J-B Weld. It looked real good after we finished. We all went to dinner and let the repair set overnight just to make sure the repair was fully cured. We would finish the repair tomorrow morning before heading off to the Canadian Rockies.
Back on terra-firma again. The cruise was nice, but it was good to be back and return to the Model A’s. I’m still trying to figure out how come we had so many bags coming off the ship? Oh well, they did all fit in the Model A. We (Lindens, O’Briens, and Jack & Jo, in the motorhome) left the Cruisepark and headed towards Hope, BC. The drive was pretty easy, with few hills so it was an easy drive for the Model A’s. The only concern was the heat, as the area was having an unseasonably hot day. We left Hope after lunch and set our sites on Kamloops for our over night stop.
Things were going along pretty well, but as we headed east the hills turned into some serious grades which saw the temperature gauges rise. About three quarters of the way up the first grade Dick pulled over and had to add water, after that we continued onward and upward. The further east we went, the more the temperature rose. So it was no surprise that Dick had to stop three more times to add water. We were adding water the third time when we saw water coming out between the top tank and the shell. Only now Jack was able to see daylight at the tank neck. No wonder the Woody was losing water, as soon as it heated up it just flowed out the neck.
It was late Saturday (4:45 PM) when we got to Kamloops and the radiator shop was closed. Jack and I thought that J-B Weld would fix the problem so we all went to Canadian Tire to get our supplies. With the shell off we cleaned the neck inside and out and did the repair with J-B Weld. It looked real good after we finished. We all went to dinner and let the repair set overnight just to make sure the repair was fully cured. We would finish the repair tomorrow morning before heading off to the Canadian Rockies.
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