Our Next Adventure starts on the 10th of June when Julie and I leave Beijing for the 2016 Peking to Paris. After I did the 2010 P to P with Carl, Julie wanted the experience and the route is totally different from 2010.
Penny needed some more love and attention after our last trip through Bhutan and Myanmar. She arrived home while I was away skiing and Julie was traveling in Antarctica and South America climbing Volcanoes. Skiing this trip didn’t end with broken bones so I didn’t have to totally rely on my great mechanical assistant as in the past, however we did a lot of the work together in getting Penny ready to go.
The job list before shipping:
Weld up the cracks in the chassis.
Replace the Alternator
Change the gearbox to one with less oil leaks.
Tune and oil change.
Remove and strip the diff to do a complete fix after the rebuild in the hotel park in Paro Bhutan.
Replace the windscreen.
Generally check everything.
Fit 6 new tyres ready for the 12,000 K’s to Paris then on to London.
The Chassis cracks in the front dumb-irons got welded while I was in England for a week.
After my return from England we got in to replacing the alternator and changing the gearbox. All the little stuff was sorted very quickly so we only had the major jobs of the Diff and replacing the windscreen left to attack over Easter weekend. This went off very well over the break with no farm distractions. The windscreen was a slight hold up getting the new one cut but it was all finished ready for the new tyres to be fitted and delivered to the shipper on the 20th April after a couple days test driving.
As always when I deliver to the shipper I wonder have I’ve got everything sorted and will she make it all the way without a major hiccup?? Fingers Crossed!!
Till we start in China in early June here’s hoping?
