Monthly Archives: February 2010
Ups and Downs…
First the Ups…
1. My yearly medical exam went fine yesterday and the doctor said I’m good for another 60 years or so, or maybe she said 6 years. I’m not sure.
2. Even with the bad weather, I’m still managing to get some things done around the coach.
3. The weather is supposed to be good this weekend so hopefully I can get the rest of the stuff done.
4. We picked up our truck from the repair place
Now the Downs…
1. Driving our truck and rent car back to drop it off at the rental agency, our truck started losing oil pressure, sometimes dropping down to zero. Not a good thing. So it was back to the shop with the truck. Since they only did new shocks, rear brakes, and a tuneup, I don’t think it’s anything they did., Just bad luck. We’ll see.
2. It’s supposed to get real cod again here next week, maybe even snow. So more nasty weather while we’re trying to get ready to leave.
Hopefully tomorrow will be better…
Still on Schedule…
Well, things improved a little today. We were able to schedule our oil change service visit for Friday, Feb 12th. So we will be able to leave on time on the 15fh.
Since our rig has about 10 gallons of oil it’s not something I want to handle myself. The service guy will also change the fuel filters, the oil filter, check the air cleaner, and lube the chassis and driveline. He’ll also do a check of my coolant quality.
I also want to talk with him about changing my Allison transmission over to TranSynd synthetic fluid, and is it worth the extra $170 ($280 vs $450). Then we’ll talk about about whether my generator also needs service. We’ll see.
I dropped off the truck yesterday afternoon to get new shocks, new rear brakes, and a tuneup. They also found a broken emergency brake cable that meant it won’t be ready until tomorrow, since the new one has to come from Dallas. Anticipating problems like this is why I rented a car for a couple of days.
In between rainstorms today I was able to get up on the rig roof to fix a stuck microswitch on our bathroom roof vent fan.
And in my spare time I’m also trying to take care of all my computer clients who waited until the last minute to have their computers looked at.
Tonight we had dinner at Genghis Grill, a local Mongolian grill type place, with Bob and Beth Young, some friends of ours. We also got to see our granddaughter, Piper, who works there as a hostess.
Afterwards we dropped by our daughter’s house to pick up some drawer slides for our son who is building a 3 drawer cabinet for us that will fit in the space where our old CRT TV used to reside in the dashboard.
Tomorrow I have a doctor’s appointment for my yearly checkup and prescription renewal.
More tomorrow…
