DATE |
EVENT |
|
NOV |
2004 |
15.000km
on the TDI install and all is well! |
10 |
MAY |
2004 |
Installed
drive shaft decoupler and front locking differential |
3 |
MAY |
2004 |
Finish
first big trip - 9.6L / 100km with no major issues on first 2500km |
29 |
APR |
2004 |
Install
intercooler system |
30 |
MAR |
2004 |
Went
for the first test drive powered by a 1998 Jetta TDI motor |
27 |
FEB |
2004 |
Took
delivery of my roof basket / spare tire holder / antenna holder
for the NATO canopy. |
19 |
FEB |
2004 |
Finished
installing CD/MP3 sound system. |
30 |
JAN |
2004 |
NATO Canopy
is finished being painted. |
10 |
JAN |
2004 |
Test
fit the NATO canopy and AS/1729 antennas. |
4 |
JAN |
2004 |
My TriStar
arrives in Quesnel! To bad it is -24C and the battery is
dead flat. |
19 |
DEC |
2003 |
The
Drive Shaft Decoupler arrives. |
19 |
DEC |
2003 |
After some
miscommunication between the logistics company and the rail
company, the TriStar is finally on a train going across Canada. |
5 |
DEC |
2003 |
The
TriStar misses the weekly train across Canada... next one is
December 12th. So much for having it in Quesnel BC for Christmas. |
5 |
DEC |
2003 |
The TriStar clears
Canada Customs / Transport Canada / CFIA |
30 |
NOV |
2003 |
The
TriStar arrives in Halifax, NS |
17 |
NOV |
2003 |
The TriStar is loaded
in Gothenburg, Sweden |
12 |
NOV |
2003 |
Have AA
Transaxle modify and rebuild the AAN
transmission. |
22 |
OCT |
2003 |
Arrange final
transportation of TriStar from Frösön, Sweden to Halifax NS
along with a note from Transport Canada saying it is OK if it
comes in a few days before it's birthday!!! |
29 |
SEP |
2003 |
Have
drive train and canopy safely stored away at home. |
22 |
AUG |
2003 |
Arrange to have drive
train and canopy sent to Canada in the back of a Syncro Single Cab
that Fast
Forward Automotive purchased. |
2 |
JUL |
2003 |
Arrange
to buy a used AAN transmission and ADH locking front differential
in Germany along with an aluminium NATO canopy. |
13 |
JUN |
2003 |
Discover that the
TriStar is manufactured December 7, 1988. This means that
it can not come to Canada until December 7, 2003 due to Transport
Canada's import regulations. |
5 |
JUN |
2003 |
Arrange
to buy a 1989 TriStar in Frösön, Sweden |