Yep; ATTABOY!
Wilton
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From: "Randy Bennell via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
To: "Rich Thomas" <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net>; "Mercedes
Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2014 5:43 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Grant's New Motorhome
Sounds like a story my uncle tells. They had a motorhome and had gone to
Florida to Disney World from Canada. About the time they got there the oil
pressure light came on. He checked it out and discovered the feed to the
oil pressure gauge had cracked and was spraying oil. He poured in some
more oil and stopped at a FLAPS for a new gauge etc and then while my aunt
and cousins went into the park, he stayed in the parking lot and repaired
the motorhome and then had a shower and a cold beer. He did not really
care much about the park.
I have a similar story of my own but not for a motorhome.
My 86 Taurus kept make growling noises but I could not see anything wrong
with it. This went on for months and I assumed sooner or later it would
become obvious.
We went to Grand Forks ND, about 140 miles away for the weekend. Went to
Grand Forks on Friday and then another 70 miles south to Fargo on Saturday
and came back to Grand Forks Saturday afternoon.
It was October but a nice day and on the way back, I turned on the AC.
There was a distinct growl from under the hood but then all was well.
We got back to the motel in GF and later went out for dinner. That is when
it became more obvious. The water pump was leaking and we were getting a
fog out the back as we drove to dinner.
This is back before Sunday shopping was common in ND so there was not much
we could do about it.
We started it up Sunday morning and drove a little bit out of town but it
was pretty obvious that we had better not head for home. We rented a car
and spent the day just looking around GF as not much was open.
Monday morning I had a choice of either taking it to a local shop or doing
it myself. I figured it would take about as long if I did it or waited for
them to do so. I had no tools with but also thought I might as well buy
tools as pay labour. We went to a FLAPS and got a water pump and some
tools and I changed the pump in the parking lot at the motel. We were next
door to the mall with a WalMart so my wife went back and forth to buy the
things I had not thought of earlier - hand cleaner, paper towel, a
screwdriver, etc. Got the pump on and returned the rental car by noon and
headed for home. That was sort of a gold plated water pump as it cost us
an extra day in the motel plus meals and a rental car as well as the cost
of the parts and the tools and my wife and I each a day's pay. However, I
still have the tools I bought that day and was quite proud of myself for
doing it quickly in less than great circumstances. I had not done one on
such a vehicle with the transverse V6 but the only real difference between
it and more conventional vehicles that I had worked on in the past was the
serpentine belt setup and the minimal space to work on it.
RB
On 30/12/2014 3:38 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote:
I got to talking to this guy at a corporate event in Dismal World who had
a big bus like the music people ride around in. He was out in the
parking lot changing the rear wheel bearings. He said he did almost all
the maintenance on the bus as he had a fair amount of sitting-around
time, plus it saved him tons of money and hassle. He had a whole set of
tools, jacks, jackstands and whatnot in the storage bins under.
--R
On 12/30/14 3:35 PM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes wrote:
A friend has a 40 foot diesel pusher motorhome.
They were 50 miles or more away from any sort of heavy tire dealer on a
weekend when they had a tire go bad.
This thing does not have a jack or a spare
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