After one month of traveling through the Alps from one competition to the next the Climbuz is still holding up well-ish. The stationary Diesel heating is broken and there are a lot of small issues. The engine is running fine. But there was some slight vibration when pushing the pedal to the metal…
To fix the Diesel heating we made a appointment with Dutch heating expert Aerbas . So our first appointment in the Netherlands after the world-cup competitions was in Zundert.
While driving the T3 on the bridge there was some oil leaking… After a closer inspection the oil is dripping from the seam between the gearbox and engine. And the oil is looking to clean for motoroil. So most likely gearbox oil…
The bus made it home, with a increasing vibration and a even worse gearbox oil leak. After another inspection on the driveway I realized that the gearbox must be removed to see what’s wrong. Meaning at least 2 days of work of 5 days in the Netherlands.
After some hours of work the gearbox came off and there it was: a worn out input-shaft seal. Loads of play on the input-shaft. Not sure what to do, hoping the gearbox didn’t need a replacement I called Jaap (my bonus emergency help me to repair my Syncro). I told him the seal was worn so he asked if the needle bearing in the flywheel was still good…. After a small check I found out there was no needle bearing in place.. This explained the vibrations and worn seal..
The missing bearing on the input shaft
With only 3 days before leaving to Scotland a television shoot, radio interview and Expedition award meeting to go it became a very tight schedule. But close the the climbing gym the company Volksrepairs had the bearing and seal in stock for really reasonable prices :) . 2 more days of getting black and dirty all was back in place.
How to fix your car: the no-money-edition
Time for the test drive to Kockengen for the Herman Plugge Irish Coffee Award.
After the Mount Everest Expedition in 1984 there is an annual award for the most prestigious expedition. For a while now the award is called the Herman Plugge Irish Coffee Award. The invitation by Herman Plugge for the award was a great honor for us. We came for the good spirit, the talks, discussions, the cakes and the great climbers and didn’t even realize we had a chance on winning the actual award.
The 1984 Everest Expedition team with Herman Plugge (middle) Photo: Nationaal Archief
Every expedition team gives a lecture about their climb and the best expedition of the year is awarded after a discussion/meeting of the Jury. After the award ceremony the Irish Coffee is prepared by Herman Plugge himself.
It’s not just a regular Coffee you’d get in a bar, no this Irish Coffee is the best Irish Coffee out here. Prepared in a traditional way caramelizing the sugar, a lot of Irish whiskey, super strong coffee and real whipped cream. As this is the traditional drink of the annual expedition/alpine climbers meeting the award is called after the coffee.
It was a great evening and really nice to see the coolest expeditions of the Dutch climbing community. And to our own surprise we got the award for the free assent of the Moonflower Buttress in Alaska.
We’re really proud of this award. It’s the one and only Dutch award given out by our own people; our own friends, the climbers themselves. It’s a non-commercial award given out in the small and friendly environment of Herman Plugge’s living room.
Herman Plugge hands out the traditional Irish Coffee Picture: Timo de Boer for Maruba Media hikeandtrekking.nl
We’re not the only ones who got rewarded.
Since last year theres a second award. Because some expeditions just aren’t successful, some just need a lot of courage, with some you just go for the exploration and not the summit, for some you just need BALLS.
The “No guts, no glory” Award.
This year there was only one person who really, really deserves this award.
Because he has BALLS, he has GUTS, and he’s fighting to reach the most difficult, the highest, the hardest summit of all summits.
The summit of beating one of the most horrible diseases: F*in’ Cancer.
Bas van der Smeede has done several great and adventurous expeditions and has won the Herman Plugge Award a couple years ago with his team for the new route on the Pamir Alai. Read about it here: http://alpineadventures.nl
Last year they went on another adventure; rock climbing on the ‘Marmolada of the Desert’ Jebel Misht. They opened a new route. Not much later, Summer 2014 Bas turned out to have Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia…
Right now he seems to be doing better, recovering after chemo and a bone marrow transplantation.
For sure the hardest climb of the year, and therefor more then worth the Not Guts No Glory Award!
Herman Plugge Irish Coffee Award 2014
After one month of traveling through the Alps from one competition to the next the Climbuz is still holding up well-ish. The stationary Diesel heating is broken and there are a lot of small issues. The engine is running fine. But there was some slight vibration when pushing the pedal to the metal…
To fix the Diesel heating we made a appointment with Dutch heating expert Aerbas . So our first appointment in the Netherlands after the world-cup competitions was in Zundert.
While driving the T3 on the bridge there was some oil leaking… After a closer inspection the oil is dripping from the seam between the gearbox and engine. And the oil is looking to clean for motoroil. So most likely gearbox oil…
The bus made it home, with a increasing vibration and a even worse gearbox oil leak. After another inspection on the driveway I realized that the gearbox must be removed to see what’s wrong. Meaning at least 2 days of work of 5 days in the Netherlands.
After some hours of work the gearbox came off and there it was: a worn out input-shaft seal. Loads of play on the input-shaft. Not sure what to do, hoping the gearbox didn’t need a replacement I called Jaap (my bonus emergency help me to repair my Syncro). I told him the seal was worn so he asked if the needle bearing in the flywheel was still good…. After a small check I found out there was no needle bearing in place.. This explained the vibrations and worn seal..
The missing bearing on the input shaft
With only 3 days before leaving to Scotland a television shoot, radio interview and Expedition award meeting to go it became a very tight schedule. But close the the climbing gym the company Volksrepairs had the bearing and seal in stock for really reasonable prices :) . 2 more days of getting black and dirty all was back in place.
How to fix your car: the no-money-edition
Time for the test drive to Kockengen for the Herman Plugge Irish Coffee Award.
After the Mount Everest Expedition in 1984 there is an annual award for the most prestigious expedition. For a while now the award is called the Herman Plugge Irish Coffee Award. The invitation by Herman Plugge for the award was a great honor for us. We came for the good spirit, the talks, discussions, the cakes and the great climbers and didn’t even realize we had a chance on winning the actual award.
The 1984 Everest Expedition team with Herman Plugge (middle) Photo: Nationaal Archief
Every expedition team gives a lecture about their climb and the best expedition of the year is awarded after a discussion/meeting of the Jury. After the award ceremony the Irish Coffee is prepared by Herman Plugge himself.
It’s not just a regular Coffee you’d get in a bar, no this Irish Coffee is the best Irish Coffee out here. Prepared in a traditional way caramelizing the sugar, a lot of Irish whiskey, super strong coffee and real whipped cream. As this is the traditional drink of the annual expedition/alpine climbers meeting the award is called after the coffee.
It was a great evening and really nice to see the coolest expeditions of the Dutch climbing community. And to our own surprise we got the award for the free assent of the Moonflower Buttress in Alaska.
We’re really proud of this award. It’s the one and only Dutch award given out by our own people; our own friends, the climbers themselves. It’s a non-commercial award given out in the small and friendly environment of Herman Plugge’s living room.
Herman Plugge hands out the traditional Irish Coffee Picture: Timo de Boer for Maruba Media hikeandtrekking.nl
We’re not the only ones who got rewarded.
Since last year theres a second award. Because some expeditions just aren’t successful, some just need a lot of courage, with some you just go for the exploration and not the summit, for some you just need BALLS.
The “No guts, no glory” Award.
This year there was only one person who really, really deserves this award.
Because he has BALLS, he has GUTS, and he’s fighting to reach the most difficult, the highest, the hardest summit of all summits.
The summit of beating one of the most horrible diseases: F*in’ Cancer.
Bas van der Smeede has done several great and adventurous expeditions and has won the Herman Plugge Award a couple years ago with his team for the new route on the Pamir Alai. Read about it here: http://alpineadventures.nl
Last year they went on another adventure; rock climbing on the ‘Marmolada of the Desert’ Jebel Misht. They opened a new route. Not much later, Summer 2014 Bas turned out to have Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia…
Right now he seems to be doing better, recovering after chemo and a bone marrow transplantation.
For sure the hardest climb of the year, and therefor more then worth the Not Guts No Glory Award!
More about the award (in Dutch) on hikeandtrekking.nl
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