[Fast Eddy]

In August my son and I took the Cruiser on a 2 hour trek for our first visit with a newborn cousin. We had ongoing brake issues on the way there, but survived.

On the way back the lower oil cooler hose blew on the freeway. I didn't know there was a lower oil cooler hose at the time. It's way under there. I was pretty sure it was the head gasket. The engine was hot and that's where the water was boiling. I should have been more patient and looked around. We could have fixed it and driven home, but instead we took public transit home. It took almost 6 hours to make all the connections.

The next day I rented a trailer to get the Cruiser. This is the only picture I took of the whole affair. We have a nice tow rig at least. It's a '93, the first 6.5 TDi and the only year with carry-over mechanical fuel injection. It has 180k miles and besides needing glow plugs, it runs like new. Now that I think about it, it's half as old as the Cruiser.

Afterwards, I replaced every hose, the water pump, and had the radiator rodded out. Now it cools perfectly.