Re: Dead in the water
Reply #25 –
Once stuff like this happens, you are never as skeezed out by it again. When we picked up our first coach in Mesa, AZ and learned how to drive it on the way back to Philadelphia, we discovered that there were holes in the manifold and in the intercooler. Our first 3 Coachbucks were spent at the Freightliner location in OKC. We spent 5 days in a parking lot in Fort Stockton, TX waiting for parts from Tennessee (!) ... watched a sunset in Bakersfield waiting for a roadside mechanic to fix an airleak after a faulty install of our AirForce 1 breaking system melted an airline (this was AFTER the 1st faulty install was supposedly corrected in San Antonio!) ... watched hypnotically as our air pressure was dropping rapidly on a hectically busy interstate outside of Atlanta (alarm bells dinging and hearts pounding!), but were able to coast into a rest stop in time to release the air brake (whew!) and call Good Sam. THAT one was a cracked brass fitting that the airline attached to!
If you are gonna enjoy this Forum to the fullest, you have to have your share of War Stories and Near Misses and How the Heck Did THAT Happen tales. In my personal opinion, the BEST stories involve commodes. But, that is just me.
Topic: Dead in the water