If you drove the Alaska North Slope Haul Road (which is open to travel
in summer by the way) north of Fairbanks, AK, having an air cooled
engine would definitely ba an advantage. Not chance to breakdown with
water pump failure in the middle of nowhere ..... and it is truely the
middle of nowhere.on that road.

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Bill N wrote:

>That is impressive.  I do have to point out that on my '81 Westy, I have never had to replace
>the water pump.  My van has been all the way across Canada in both directions, to Alaska, Key
>West, LA (where it lived for many years), and, I believe, to 45 of the lower 48.  Been to
>Mexico, too.  She has never left anyone stranded in all that time.  Just think how reliable she
>could have been if she had a water cooled engine.
>
>Bill in the Southwest
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Dennis Haynes" <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
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>>My 1987 Syncro Westy now has almost 202K miles on it. The water pump was
>>recently replaced for the third time, just before I drove it from NY to
>>Florida and back.
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