Older Folks and Vaping Back Porch-Part Six
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Well today sucked. After getting the new toilet installed yesterday I hooked the garden hose to the motorhome to flush and check out the system. No problem (riiiight!) everything seemed ok. Walked out to turn the water off and the back of the motorhome was dripping like the fountains at Caesars Palace. Turns out the water pump was leakong at the pump head. Spend yesterday afternoon replacong the pump. Hooked everything up, put some water into the water tank and turned on the pump. Turned on the faucet and..... Nothing! Broke out the meter and even though the control panel indicator light was on, the pump wasn't getting and power. After thinking about it overnight I decided to just bypass the control panel and run new power to the pump. Hell with it I'll fix it later, after we get there. Went to get all the supplies needed and was just getting started getting ready to run the new wiring when I remembered that I hadn't connected the house battery under the stairs. Hooked it up and all was well.
OK, time to finally move it outta the driveway and test drive it. Gas gauge said just a little less than a quarter of a tank. Ran well and everything seemed to be working fine. Acceleration good, brakea fine. Oh boy, finally. Hold on, not so fast. Headed down the street to get gas and about 4 blocks from the house it just died. All the symptoms appeared that it ran out of gas. Called Doree and she brought me 5 gallons, put it in and the guage didn't move much. Tried to start it and it coughed a few times and that was it. Put another 10 gallons in it and thr guage read a little above 1/4. Still no start. Hit it with some starter fluid and it would kick right off then crap out. Looks like either the fuel filter is clogged or the fuel pump is fried. Called the tow truck and after waiting 4 hours while stopped in the road (you ain't pushing 16000 lbs of motorhome) had it towrd to the repair shop. I have to go down around 8 tomorrow morning and convince them to get it fixed tomorrow or we won't have any place to sleep. Oh boy.
Oh and every time it's gone in the shop it's cost me a grand getting it fixed. Kind of like boat don't you think.
OK, time to finally move it outta the driveway and test drive it. Gas gauge said just a little less than a quarter of a tank. Ran well and everything seemed to be working fine. Acceleration good, brakea fine. Oh boy, finally. Hold on, not so fast. Headed down the street to get gas and about 4 blocks from the house it just died. All the symptoms appeared that it ran out of gas. Called Doree and she brought me 5 gallons, put it in and the guage didn't move much. Tried to start it and it coughed a few times and that was it. Put another 10 gallons in it and thr guage read a little above 1/4. Still no start. Hit it with some starter fluid and it would kick right off then crap out. Looks like either the fuel filter is clogged or the fuel pump is fried. Called the tow truck and after waiting 4 hours while stopped in the road (you ain't pushing 16000 lbs of motorhome) had it towrd to the repair shop. I have to go down around 8 tomorrow morning and convince them to get it fixed tomorrow or we won't have any place to sleep. Oh boy.
Oh and every time it's gone in the shop it's cost me a grand getting it fixed. Kind of like boat don't you think.
kewl!!
absotively posilutely!!
Did you have yours today???
Have you been standing under russell's cloud???? dang matt you've been through hell with that thing
I told you motorhomes are just like boat 2 best days when you buy it and when you sell it. I hope he disconnected the driveline. That's why I have Coachnet.Well today sucked. After getting the new toilet installed yesterday I hooked the garden hose to the motorhome to flush and check out the system. No problem (riiiight!) everything seemed ok. Walked out to turn the water off and the back of the motorhome was dripping like the fountains at Caesars Palace. Turns out the water pump was leakong at the pump head. Spend yesterday afternoon replacong the pump. Hooked everything up, put some water into the water tank and turned on the pump. Turned on the faucet and..... Nothing! Broke out the meter and even though the control panel indicator light was on, the pump wasn't getting and power. After thinking about it overnight I decided to just bypass the control panel and run new power to the pump. Hell with it I'll fix it later, after we get there. Went to get all the supplies needed and was just getting started getting ready to run the new wiring when I remembered that I hadn't connected the house battery under the stairs. Hooked it up and all was well.
OK, time to finally move it outta the driveway and test drive it. Gas gauge said just a little less than a quarter of a tank. Ran well and everything seemed to be working fine. Acceleration good, brakea fine. Oh boy, finally. Hold on, not so fast. Headed down the street to get gas and about 4 blocks from the house it just died. All the symptoms appeared that it ran out of gas. Called Doree and she brought me 5 gallons, put it in and the guage didn't move much. Tried to start it and it coughed a few times and that was it. Put another 10 gallons in it and thr guage read a little above 1/4. Still no start. Hit it with some starter fluid and it would kick right off then crap out. Looks like either the fuel filter is clogged or the fuel pump is fried. Called the tow truck and after waiting 4 hours while stopped in the road (you ain't pushing 16000 lbs of motorhome) had it towrd to the repair shop. I have to go down around 8 tomorrow morning and convince them to get it fixed tomorrow or we won't have any place to sleep. Oh boy.
Oh and every time it's gone in the shop it's cost me a grand getting it fixed. Kind of like boat don't you think.
Good Sam Platinum and yes, yes he did. Only had to tow it about 6 blocks anyway so it probably would have been ok.
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that while Doree was bringing me the second five gallon can of gas I spilled about two cups of gas in her trunk.
Whole car stinks like a gas tanker truck. Oops.
Whole car stinks like a gas tanker truck. Oops.
Geez Matt ... About time for you to get a break from prepping & repairing and get yourself moved already. Good luck pal.
Wow! Sounds like my truck!Well today sucked. After getting the new toilet installed yesterday I hooked the garden hose to the motorhome to flush and check out the system. No problem (riiiight!) everything seemed ok. Walked out to turn the water off and the back of the motorhome was dripping like the fountains at Caesars Palace. Turns out the water pump was leakong at the pump head. Spend yesterday afternoon replacong the pump. Hooked everything up, put some water into the water tank and turned on the pump. Turned on the faucet and..... Nothing! Broke out the meter and even though the control panel indicator light was on, the pump wasn't getting and power. After thinking about it overnight I decided to just bypass the control panel and run new power to the pump. Hell with it I'll fix it later, after we get there. Went to get all the supplies needed and was just getting started getting ready to run the new wiring when I remembered that I hadn't connected the house battery under the stairs. Hooked it up and all was well.
OK, time to finally move it outta the driveway and test drive it. Gas gauge said just a little less than a quarter of a tank. Ran well and everything seemed to be working fine. Acceleration good, brakea fine. Oh boy, finally. Hold on, not so fast. Headed down the street to get gas and about 4 blocks from the house it just died. All the symptoms appeared that it ran out of gas. Called Doree and she brought me 5 gallons, put it in and the guage didn't move much. Tried to start it and it coughed a few times and that was it. Put another 10 gallons in it and thr guage read a little above 1/4. Still no start. Hit it with some starter fluid and it would kick right off then crap out. Looks like either the fuel filter is clogged or the fuel pump is fried. Called the tow truck and after waiting 4 hours while stopped in the road (you ain't pushing 16000 lbs of motorhome) had it towrd to the repair shop. I have to go down around 8 tomorrow morning and convince them to get it fixed tomorrow or we won't have any place to sleep. Oh boy.
Oh and every time it's gone in the shop it's cost me a grand getting it fixed. Kind of like boat don't you think.
Did you have yours today???
How come the cup is so small?
Except you can take a boat out and sink it....
Yep one of the towing companies that towed mine to the shop didn't bother putting the driveline back in and the shop charged me I think it was $35 to put it back in. He was already gone by the time I got there. The company that towed it about 60 miles not only put it back in but put it right in the spot we were going to be staying for 2 weeks.
Hey if any of you like Quentin Tarantino and don't mind a little blood and guts and want to see a funny show as only he can make watch Django Unchained if you haven't already seen it. Jaimie Foxx, Leonardo Di Caprio, Samuel L. Jackson even won 2 academy awards. On Netflix
betchya I could sink a motor home pretty easily!How come the cup is so small?
Except you can take a boat out and sink it....
Well sorta funny but serious too. I love Tarantino movies. Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, From Dusk till Dawn, he's made a ton of movies and I think there are maybe 2 or3 I didn't like but you gotta have a sick sense of humor or something wrong with you to be a big fan. I don't think I've ever seen a movie by him I didn't like and all the big stars I think like working in his movies cause he always has big stars.
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Last one to post last night and first this morning. Woke up at 0445 and couldn't go back to sleep. Got the cardiologist appt today and worried about what he is going to say. I called and said my HGB is on the rise still pretty low but he is looking at the Haptoglobin test so who knows. I'm not going to make any quick decisions. Just see what he wants to do. I'm sure it is not something I'm going to jump up and down about if I could jump up and down.
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