Great news! The parts finally arrived on Wednesday ( just 9 days after
arriving) so we could get down to work and get Kumu back up and
running again.
Transporting our engine Ecuadorian style to get out a broken bolt......
But before the engine could be put back together, all the parts had to be cleaned- and there were a LOT of them.....
Still cleaning.....
Diego torquing the engine bolts after the painstakingly long FULL day of putting the pistons back in the engine. Note Shona serenading the group. Its definitely NOT all work and no play with these guys...
Thus, after 3 full days, the moment of truth came- turn over the engine to see if we did everything properly. Sure enough, started first try. YEAH Diego!
Thanks to Buddha and the "Catso" VW club in Quito for hooking us up with Diego and his gang to do the repair - and of course for showing us a great time while we were here.
Diego and his gang... L->R Diego, Joselito, Christian, Santi.
Fixin' cars isn't the only thing Santi's good at.
Thanks very much to these guys for working so hard and putting everything else aside to get us on our way as quick as possible. They did a great job, and welcomed us into their home (the garage) in our time of need. We owe these guys big time.
What awesome pictures - I sure didn't know engines had so many parts. And all those people to help out. WOW I love the last picture - it really conveys the essence on travel. Amazing
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Yeah!!!!! What a relief this must have been! It's great to hear that you guys weathered another adventure in the adventure with such style and grace. I'm glad to see that Kumu is back on the road.
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Hooray, this is incredible news! Yay for you guys and yay for the awesome crew that got you and Kumu back together. We are both very happy for you... and Bella is happy for Kumu :)
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