Finally sat down to make a post on the blog!
I’ve had a wonderful time with Mark and Patricia, and many thanks to them for their hospitality in Zacatecas. All of us got a good taste of Zacatecas and an amazing amount of information about Mexico from them, coming from their extensive travels and observations over the ten or so years they have lived there.
After a successful engine install we took a test drive along with Ben’s van up to the antenna towers you can see in this photo, on the other side of the city from where Mark lives. We chugged up the cobbled road and completed the vibration test! Mark was very pleased that the temperature gauge stayed rock solid in the middle and the engine had plenty of power to pull the van up those hills where the old 1.9 engine had reached its limits and the van would have literally come to a standstill! We got some photos from the top and headed back down.

I decided to spend one more day with Mark to button up some last things and get my trailer ready, despite the protest of several of the rest of the group (they were leaving Sunday). Mark and I spent some time finishing up the A/C hoses, hooking up a battery isolator, an extra oil pressure sender, etc.

Monday morning I loaded and hooked up the trailer to the syncro. The alley outside Mark’s garage is very narrow so it was tricky getting it out. Mark suggested we go up the hill at the end of the alley, the wrong way up the one way street, so I went ahead with it and wouldn’t you know a motorcycle cop just happened to park at the top of the hill at that moment. Mark was guarding the top of the hill and talked the cop down from his protests! A quick good-bye and I was on my way, with a couple of delicious sandwiches for the trip from Patricia.

Posted on December 13th, 2007 by hansachter
Filed under: Hans and Nellie