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Offline Tedsoldbus

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Re: Overheating problems - trying to make my way up I-80 towards Reno
« Reply #30 on: September 01, 2021, 08:44:39 AM »
I offer no opinion as I am not a mechanic. Just encouragement. Just don't overheat it getting to the emergency room. On maiden voyage of my bus, engine run relay had gotten corroded and shut our bus down on the interstate. Three times! I'd wait 5 minutes and it would re start? It took 6 calls to 4 guys to diagnose it. I disconnected the engine shut off since all fluids and temps were good, and drove 2 hours (worried sick the whole way) to a good bus guy. New relay installed. Aaaaalll better.
You are in that worried sick part of this thing. They will solve it, but until then, you get a bad stomach, think about selling it since nobody can work on these old buses. Wonder why your fan was put in backwards and why a second mechanic couldn't see that.....
Hang in there. They will fix it, temp readings will be normal, you'll be back on the highway and all will be well in your world again...
It is just a fan problem. Not a tumor.
Hang in there! It will work out.
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Re: Overheating problems - trying to make my way up I-80 towards Reno
« Reply #31 on: September 01, 2021, 10:07:53 AM »
Update
Dave needed some fresh water, he offered to pay but my big heart let him use my faucet for no cost. Two big outcomes - he got his fan swapped back the right way and got it done inside 24 hours by a bus mechanic right here in  Sacramento, just 5 miles from my house. Crazy! He's back on the road to the Burning Man location but no official event this year.
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Re: Overheating problems - trying to make my way up I-80 towards Reno
« Reply #32 on: September 06, 2021, 08:09:27 PM »
. . . by a bus mechanic right here in Sacramento. . .
Don -

Please share the name and contact info for this bus technician - others may need his services, too!
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Re: Overheating problems - trying to make my way up I-80 towards Reno
« Reply #33 on: September 06, 2021, 09:46:17 PM »
Please share the name and contact info for this bus technician - others may need his services, too!

Will do, happily!

His name is Don Zimmerman - Don's Bus Services a.k.a. DZ Tech

And the other Don in Sac was correct - he flipped the fans for me and it was a massive improvement in blowing air - there's still something wrong with my gauge (can't just have one failure at a time) but it's not overheating anymore (as verified with a temp gun and the fact that the shutoffs aren't engaging anymore).  Made it out to the desert and back without an issue!

So high marks for Don.

Just don't take your bus there before I get mine in his shop!

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Re: Overheating problems - trying to make my way up I-80 towards Reno
« Reply #34 on: September 07, 2021, 07:16:59 AM »
That's great to hear. Any chance you could post a final photo of the fans showing the way they are installed? Could be helpful to someone later on.

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Re: Overheating problems - trying to make my way up I-80 towards Reno
« Reply #35 on: September 07, 2021, 01:38:57 PM »
Will do, happily!

His name is Don Zimmerman - Don's Bus Services a.k.a. DZ Tech

And the other Don in Sac was correct - he flipped the fans for me and it was a massive improvement in blowing air - there's still something wrong with my gauge (can't just have one failure at a time) but it's not overheating anymore (as verified with a temp gun and the fact that the shutoffs aren't engaging anymore).  Made it out to the desert and back without an issue!

So high marks for Don.

Just don't take your bus there before I get mine in his shop!

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1560 Juliesse Ave Unit C, Sacramento CA 95815


Zimmerman is a good dude surprises me Zimmerman didn't make it good ,isn't he mobile now also
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Re: Overheating problems - trying to make my way up I-80 towards Reno
« Reply #36 on: September 07, 2021, 10:34:22 PM »
I called and left a message Saturday, will call tomorrow and get the scoop.
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Re: Overheating problems - trying to make my way up I-80 towards Reno
« Reply #37 on: September 08, 2021, 09:54:38 PM »
Zimmerman is a good dude surprises me Zimmerman didn't make it good

There must be confusion - he did make it good.  I'm bringing my bus back there to fix all the other things that I need done!

And yes, he does some mobile too.

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Re: Overheating problems - trying to make my way up I-80 towards Reno
« Reply #38 on: September 09, 2021, 05:11:11 AM »
I miss read it to many Don's sorry.I really like Don Zimmerman 
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