I’ve now collected the parts to fix the sooty van. Still missing a distributor gasket and no hope of finding one until I get to a Suzuki dealer, hence the string and superglue to improvise, lol 🙂
It was nice to learn two new German words, Verteilerkappe and Verteilerfinger, although I’m hoping not to have to use them again for some time.
Time for lunch, then I’ll get busy fitting the new parts.
I tackled the Burg Nideggen this morning by ascending the forest paths on the face of the mountain. Was sweating a bit by the time I got to the top, not helped by the sun being out! As I cooled down, the coat quickly went on as it was chilly 1,000 feet up.
Check out the campsite from the mountain. The sooty van is to the right of the dark building in the middle and behind a blue flag.
After the castle, I ventured to the town of Nideggen looking for car parts. Not really much in the way of shops here, but I did stop for a coffee.
After coming down to base level, using the road this time, I grabbed a train and took the 30 minute trip to Düren – population 92,000 so they must have a car parts place.
As luck would have it, there was a motor factors 2km north of the town. I asked for a distributor cap and rotor arm for a 1987 Suzuki Super Carry. The lady understood my poor German as she started shaking her head almost straight away; “nicht hier!” she said.
The good news is the bits will be in by 9AM tomorrow.