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On to MI and Evansville
Dave5Cs:
Made it over the Tehachapi Mountains Sunday Night after driving 7 hours and stopping once to eat in the Bus at a rest stop. Stopped for the night and took a dip in the pool for an hour before eating some roll-ups with roast beef and turkey wrapped in a roman leaf with roasted caulifolower, broccoli and carrots on the side, the wife made, at our usual stop Sierra Trails RV park 22.00 a night with "Passport America" Normal price is 45.00. It is at 58 and Highway 14. Becuase of the hot temps we are running about 190 up hills and 170 on the flats but it is 102 to 106 outside in AZ too.
After the light show I went out and changed the Stemco plug and window in the right side front axle because when I pulled the plug to put some hub oil in of course the Plastic window shattered. I always keep a few kits with me. Got that done and refilled aired up and proceeded down 58 to 40 at Barstow to Needles to CA95 Parker where we found the Parker VFW and pulled in. Paid the Bartender 10.00 and we got spot number 1. Backed in very hot 104 and tired 625 miles today. Nothing fancy, a gravel spot, clean and quite.
This morning heading for Quartszite CA95 to fuel up (6.7 MTG with genny running an both air blasting) and dump, then onto to 10 with the wife at the wheel. I can kick back, yes.
Dave5Cs
Dave5Cs:
And today the Tstat went on the genny Kuboda with Koler and every place I called including both of them did't know where I could get the part in Tucson where we were at. Ran in to a local nice RV tech at the local Walmart. We shot the radiator with my heat gun and top was 202 and then bottom was 100. It would run awhile then shut down and I noticed it was dripping coolant from overflow tube. He found the part for us and is coming out to the RV park we are at with it in Willcox AZ in the morning. So we drove from Tucson to Willcox with no AC's in 109 degree weather. Not fun and had to pat down cats with ice to keep them cool. We are plugged in now and everyone is starting to recover.
Jim Eh.:
Ouch. That's gonna leave a mark. Of course this would be all true ONLY if there were pictures.... ;)
brmax:
Were gonna be thinking a better tomorrow for you all. Although a real pain, nothin you cant handle and besides with meals like that!. Here I was sharping the pencil ready to write that restaurant name, few if any serve that quality.
Sounds like the passport America is a real deal, good tip. thanks
On that kubota, not to hijack your post. I sure had a time with mine getting rid of an air pocket in the coolant, back of the head was suspect area. I recall thinking they should have put a bleeder at the rear corner vs the temp sender. Or better yet put both some how.
Mine simply would run to a high temp ( in my garage ) and i would shut it down before the cut off did. A pesky problem it was. Just couldn't get the air out with out hanging it from the cherry picker :-\
I finally picked up a new toy to pull a vacuum on the system and fill with coolant never a problem since. Them gadgets have been a blessing on some tough ones in my past.
It sounds like you have a handle on it so better days ahead there to you all.
Floyd
Dave5Cs:
Thanks Floyd, Yep today was good. After putting the genny back together with its new Thermostat. I check it this morning and it was a cup down after sitting all night with the cap off to let out any trapped air. I filled it back up and closed the cap. Turned it on and let er run for 2 hours and was perfect. Heated right up after a bit the thermo opened up when it reached 180 and the top of the rad was 145 and the lower tank was 131 all day. We drove from Willcox through Texas past the boarder crossing getting on 62/180 up the Guadalupe Mountains at 5,695 foot elevation at 17 MPH in 1st gear to 24 in second Automatic and 6v-71. I drove 7 hours and wife drove 2 hours. We got as far as Carlsbad RV park tonight, which also give a 15% Veterans discount. 36.00 . Everything ran great and we stopped at Costco to get Coconut water and got some slices of their Pizza for lunch.
Long day and up early tomorrow. The cats were asleep on the bed all day after the heat the day before. Hope they let us use it tonight. ;D
Had to go through the Boarder inspection station for the first time. federal inspectors came to the toll window and asked, " all people in there American?' We said yep and 3 Cats. He laughed and said ok have a good trip. After I thought he should have asked, about all Us citizens?
Dave5Cs
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