Heading to Oregon......not fun
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Heading to Oregon......not fun
Our son is having some health issues and the wife left over a week ago and is being grandma, and caring for the kids. I will be loading the TC tomorrow and leave Saturday morning if everything goes as planned. Nothing fun, but we will be using the TC as the "condo" for us on the side of the house. If "things" aren't resolved by the end of the month I will leave the TC there for the wife, I have to be back the first of the month cause I'm still under contract with M.C.L.B. Barstow till February, otherwise I would be selling and shipping everything thata way.
Since I'm not "allowed" to do any mechanical work here, I took Red in and had the rear brakes replaced, AC fixed, trans serviced, clutch, and alignment done.....OUCH!! I can pull off doing light stuff and did oil/filter, plugs, cap, rotor, wires and 180 tstat. She's a new truck again....AMAZING how much easier the clutch pedal is now....LOL. The clutch was toast, and the original from the day she was built. Maybe I'll get some work done on the camper when I'm there.
Geeeeez life!
Since I'm not "allowed" to do any mechanical work here, I took Red in and had the rear brakes replaced, AC fixed, trans serviced, clutch, and alignment done.....OUCH!! I can pull off doing light stuff and did oil/filter, plugs, cap, rotor, wires and 180 tstat. She's a new truck again....AMAZING how much easier the clutch pedal is now....LOL. The clutch was toast, and the original from the day she was built. Maybe I'll get some work done on the camper when I'm there.
Geeeeez life!
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Good you could maintain and repair it to make it better. Leaves you with extra resources for other things. Nice to see an older truck maintained and used as well. Hope your trip goes well and son gets better!
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Made it! Rained all day Sunday on the road. Stayed at model t casino RV park in Winnemucca, was nice when we stayed there 3 years ago...now it's a pit and full of "fulltime" trash. Reminded me of the RV cities of the homeless in Komiefornia, over half of the "RV's" that were there didn't look like they could move if they had to.. Red got 10.4 mpg overall for the run at 9,870lbs according to the Burns Junction scale...not bad since I did 70 mph most of the way.
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Getting ready to head back down next week, nothing has really changed and my wife is wasting FMLA time. The S&S has performed flawlessly although I did have a few "leaks" in the pelting rain on the way up, that have since been addressed. I really need to take it apart and "fix/modify/upgrade" it for us, or replace it, we've always wanted a side entry TC. The weather has turned here and it's been trying to snow since Friday night...lol. It's just cold and ice drizzle with random bouts of snowflakes till Monday.
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Sorry must have missed this...as for the driving, 70% flatish, the rest mixed with hills and passes.
We came back down without the camper, I can get there faster in the Ranger, and we burned all the vacation time. So we won't be going anywhere this winter. Anyhow I did 70 again and got just under 13 mpg, same route...it's the shortest at 1,135 miles door to door. Drove straight through, took just under 19 hours with fuelings and food breaks.
The good news!!! They're pretty sure they've found the bleed and he's scheduled for surgery in the morning......fingers crossed!
