After an early morning wake up, we drove the vibrating ambulance to the Opel garage in order to get it fixed. After a long difficult conversation, a test drive done by a mechanic and lots of phrases including “kaputt” (our new favourite German word), it was discovered that the front left drive shaft is broken.
The plan is to get the drive shaft delivered tomorrow morning and fitted in the ambulance and if Lady Luck is on our side, we should be in Prague by tomorrow evening. However due to the ambulance being made in England and the drive shaft made in Germany, there is a small chance that it might not fit. If that is the case then we have a few other plans to put in place. We doubt that a German mechanic could be persuaded to “bodge” in a drive shaft if it didn’t fit perfectly.
We had no choice but to spend the rest of the day in Kassel sight-seeing in the glorious sunshine and first hot weather of the trip.
Fingers crossed & hoping that the driveshaft fits! At least you’ve got good weather over there – it’s been continuous drizzle ere in GB, and looks to stay that way for a LONG time.
Big hugs to all, and enjoy the frankfurters and sauerkraut! Xxx
Hi Guys
So sorry to hear about your problems, fingers well and truly crossed that you get everything sorted today and you can head on to Prague. Thinking about you all.
xx
Still in Kassel..:( fingers crossed you can move on soon… good luck, viel Glueck…