Daily Archives: September 6, 2010
Winding down in Elkhart . . .
Found this photo this morning on Shawna Oakley’s Facebook page. Shawna is our daughter Brandi’s BFF, and this is her son Dylan holding our grandson Landon.
Today started out with coffee about 10, and then leftover lunch with fried chicken from Das Dutchman Essenhaus and potato skins from Lunker’s. All still great.
After lunch I finished up aligning my cargo bay doors and tightening them down, getting ready to travel on Wednesday.
Next I wanted to check out the freon level in my dash AC. So first I started up the coach engine and raised the levelers. I went ahead and did this today since in the last month they had sunk into the ground somewhat, and I wanted to be sure I didn’t have any trouble getting them unstuck.
Luckily they came up with no problems.
Then I turned on the dash AC and went back to the engine compartment to attach the gauge and check the pressure. But the first thing I noticed was that the AC clutch did not seem to pulling in. I went back and forth between the dash and the engine several times turning the AC on and off while checking the compressor function.
Finally, the last time I stuck my head out of the rig and started to the rear, I saw smoke coming from out from back there.
A quick run (very quick) back there showed that the clutch had locked up and the drive belt was smoking. so I ran back up and shut the engine off and check out the damage.
I’m not sure if the compressor has died, or hopefully, the clutch has locked up. The clutch is much cheaper and easier to replace. But whichever it is, it won’t get fixed before we get back to Houston.
If we need AC before then, I’ll just run the generator and use the coach AC’s to keep cool. We had to this several times this summer anyway when the dash AC wasn’t enough to keep us cool.
About 4:30 Jan and I headed over to Bob Evans for dinner. We really like the place and it’ll probably be the last time to eat there this year.
About 7 pm Nick and Terry came over and we sat outside talking and greeting friends as they walked by. Jim and Chris Guld of Geeks on Tour stopped by with their dog, Odie. Our cat Mister was outside and he and Odie sniffed at each other for a while and then agreed to ignore each other.
About 8:45 we called it a night before the bugs carried us off.
Another nice evening with friends.
More tomorrow…
Quote of the Day:
"Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform."
Mark Twain
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