Does it all fit? - Reisverslag uit Assen, Nederland van Rudy Welling - WaarBenJij.nu Does it all fit? - Reisverslag uit Assen, Nederland van Rudy Welling - WaarBenJij.nu

Does it all fit?

Blijf op de hoogte en volg Rudy

05 Maart 2014 | Nederland, Assen

Two weeks ago the car went to the VWshop for its final checkup. The steering wheel Fussepins were replaced as well as all the break pads, air/oil filters and car battery. I also got a set of spare oil and filters to take along. How this will all fit in is a challenge. Especially since I also want to ad a set of shock absorbers and a spring coil which were replaced with a stronger set in September. I also took the car to Steenwijk for a check on the automatic transmission. As expected the cooling during the long mountain drives was deemed to be insufficient so the original heat exchanger was replace with a small transmission oil radiator placed in the front of the normal radiator. Moreover I had slots cut in the carter protection plate underneath the car so cool air can pass through. Most likely on overheated transmission caused the safety system to reduce the engine power last year in the croatian mountains.

  • 05 Maart 2014 - 20:22

    Jeannette Maatje:

    Hallo familie,

    wat spannend allemaal, het gaat nu steeds dichterbij komen.
    Johan had vandaag zijn laatste werkdag, zijn spaarverlof is nu ingegaan.
    28,29 en 30 april werkt hij nog 3 nachtdiensten en dan is het echt gebeurt.
    3 Mei zijn afscheid en dan 6 mei naar Amerika.
    Ook voor ons komt het steeds dichterbij,
    succes met de auto, hartelijke groet uit Schoonebeek,
    Johan en Jeannette Maatje

  • 06 Maart 2014 - 20:00

    Lisz:

    Nou, het schiet al op: nog 3 weekjes werken en dan.........
    Succes met de laatste loodjes op je werk en met de laatste voorbereidingen !
    Groetjes Lisz

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We are a family of 4. Rudy Welling was a Principal Production Technologist with Shell/NAM's offshore team. He first went on sabbatical from April 2014 to April 2016. In that period he made a return trip to Vladivostok with his wife, Jamaliah, in camper Passepartout. This was followed by trips to New Zealand and Spain. In April 2016 Rudy re-joined NAM/Shell again in Assen for a year and then retired in May 2017 after 37 years with Shell. He and his family have spent some 21 years in various Shell locations around the world (NL, UK, Brunei, NL, USA, Nigeria, Oman, NL). Jamaliah Jaja is the Manager of the house and comes from Brunei. Anton (1993) studies Business IT in Groningen Bernard (1994) studies Mechatronics also in Groningen Both boys still live at home, but will have to run the household on their own when we start our trip. Our previous trip by car (Volkswagen Passat Station) was from Oman to Holland in 2007. Rudi's great plan is to travel with his wife in a camper around the world. The trips will be in steps. The first is from Amsterdam to Vladivostok. De second from Tierra Del Fuego in Argentina over the PANAM highway to Prudo Bay in Alaska. Australia and New Zealand will be separate side trips and Africa will either be done out and back from Amsterdam or just from the Cap to Amsterdam. Now as K/O of Rudi's retirement we are making this second step on a journey around the world. We hope you will enjoy our story Rudy & Jamaliah

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