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There seems to be some kind of rule.  The closer you are to leaving on a trip, the more problems you have with your vehicle.<\/i><\/p>\n

Well, I hope that rule won’t hold true.  But yesterday both the Frys<\/a> and us (who will be travelling together for the first day or two north) were doing tag-team drop-offs as we took our vans to various places for repairs and tune-ups.<\/p>\n

Both our vans still have some strange noises going on, but we’re going to hope for the best.<\/p>\n

Yesterday I had the back door<\/b> of the van temporarily repaired… no doubt we’ll need to order the actual part and get the handle replaced while we’re in Canada.  But it’s opening and closing right now, so that should make it a lot easier to load and unload suitcases each night.<\/p>\n

But we also had a ghost in the van.<\/b>  Without warning, the electric locks would start locking, lights would start flashing, and other strange noises would begin… especially when we were accelerating.<\/p>\n

It was Shari that clued in.  It was that little knob that detects when the sliding door is closed.  Part of it had broken off, so it sometimes<\/i> didn’t recognize that the door was closed, and sometimes did.<\/p>\n

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\"Coins\"<\/td>\n\"Knob\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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Using an idea from Rod (who once had the same problem), she used a couple of coins and some duct tape to lessen the distance between the door and the knob, hence solving the problem!  We can do something more permanent later, but for now – no more ghost!<\/p>\n

Handy, and<\/i> beautiful at the same time!  \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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