Daily Archives: October 27, 2009
Better than yesterday…
Bob Evans was so good last night we decided to have breakfast there this morning. Of course sleeping in meant it was lunchtime by the time we got there, but we had breakfast anyway.
After breakfast, we stopped off at Menard’s to pick up some stuff and then headed back to the park.
And then it was back to work on Nick’s rig some more. And after yesterday’s debacle I was hoping things would better. And luckily for me, they did. Otherwise I’m not sure Nick would let me near his coach again.
He had received the cable to hook up his VMSpc engine/computer interface and wanted to get it installed.
The problem was that the diagnostic socket under the dash wasn’t very accessible. On my coach it’s just right under the dash. But on Nick’s coach it’s under a foot rest and behind a large bundle of wires about 9 inches in diameter. I had to cut all the tywraps off until I could spread the bundle apart to get the plug pushed through and plugged into the socket. And doing all this while lying on my back under the steering wheel. But I finally got it plugged in and everything back in place under the dash.
We then hooked it up to his desktop computer to try it out. And, after loading the USB drivers, it worked perfectly.
A much better day than yesterday!
Later we went out for pizza at a great place Nick and Terry knew about called Mancino’s. Really good pizza and bread!
Then after dinner we drove over to a nearby Staples so Nick could pick up an Acer Netbook that he plans to use for his VMSpc display on his dashboard.
Getting back to our rigs, we turned in for the night.
More tomorrow…
