Thursday, September 08, 2005
09/06/05 Tuesday - Terrace to Houston
09/06/05 Tuesday
At eight o’clock this morning a mechanic came out to our coach with a laptop computer. He plugged into the on board computer system which checks the data coming from the engine and confirms that it is running right. He got nothing back from the engine. He had to get under the coach and check out all the wiring to discover why the engines computer was not talking to his. He found a broken connection where the on board computer was connected to the engine block. He repaired the connection and got the link between his computer and the on board computer. That computer gave him three code numbers to be checked and the entire repair job was done on the computer. He never laid a wrench on it. Being a mechanic has come a long way. The Cummings Service Center where we are does not do warranty work for Holiday Rambler (Monaco) so we had to pay for the work and get reimbursed by Monaco. We will get our money back when we are in Indiana on Sept. 22nd.
The owner of the towing company asked the service center to check out the damage done to the coach when it was being unloaded. They actually repaired one of the leveling jacks and replaced a clamp on the exhaust that seemed to have been broken by the stress. The owner of the towing company was very cooperative and gave them his credit card number to pay for those repairs. The fiberglass repair is going to be done by their insurance company. The insurance company is very cooperative and has agreed to have an appraiser meet us at the Monaco Service Center in Indiana where we are going to have some other work done. We can have the body- work done there at the same time.
We went to an Internet Café and did some computer work after we were finished with all the stuff about the coach, We got an e-mail from Bill with news that Liz’s Grandmother, Bettye King, had died. Betty has been ill for some time and her death was not unexpected. Bill and Liz are in Tennessee for the funeral.
We were ready to get back on the road and rejoin our caravan in Houston, British Columbia. We had passed them when we were being towed and they were in another RV Park for two nights. They re-passed us while we were waiting for the work on our coach, so we had about a three and a half hour drive to get to Houston. It rained most of the day in Terrace and it continued to rain all the way to Houston. It was still misting and wet when we got to the Shady Rest RV Park and drove in. By the time we were stopped in the street and getting out to unhook the car, we were surrounded by members of our group. We had a reunion that kind of interfered with me getting set up. We had to tell our story, hear how relieved everyone was to have us back, get a lot of hugs, and we were told that a bunch of prayers were sent up for us. In fact, every time there was a group meeting they had a prayer for us. We appreciate the group for their concern and feel closer to them than before.
At eight o’clock this morning a mechanic came out to our coach with a laptop computer. He plugged into the on board computer system which checks the data coming from the engine and confirms that it is running right. He got nothing back from the engine. He had to get under the coach and check out all the wiring to discover why the engines computer was not talking to his. He found a broken connection where the on board computer was connected to the engine block. He repaired the connection and got the link between his computer and the on board computer. That computer gave him three code numbers to be checked and the entire repair job was done on the computer. He never laid a wrench on it. Being a mechanic has come a long way. The Cummings Service Center where we are does not do warranty work for Holiday Rambler (Monaco) so we had to pay for the work and get reimbursed by Monaco. We will get our money back when we are in Indiana on Sept. 22nd.
The owner of the towing company asked the service center to check out the damage done to the coach when it was being unloaded. They actually repaired one of the leveling jacks and replaced a clamp on the exhaust that seemed to have been broken by the stress. The owner of the towing company was very cooperative and gave them his credit card number to pay for those repairs. The fiberglass repair is going to be done by their insurance company. The insurance company is very cooperative and has agreed to have an appraiser meet us at the Monaco Service Center in Indiana where we are going to have some other work done. We can have the body- work done there at the same time.
We went to an Internet Café and did some computer work after we were finished with all the stuff about the coach, We got an e-mail from Bill with news that Liz’s Grandmother, Bettye King, had died. Betty has been ill for some time and her death was not unexpected. Bill and Liz are in Tennessee for the funeral.We were ready to get back on the road and rejoin our caravan in Houston, British Columbia. We had passed them when we were being towed and they were in another RV Park for two nights. They re-passed us while we were waiting for the work on our coach, so we had about a three and a half hour drive to get to Houston. It rained most of the day in Terrace and it continued to rain all the way to Houston. It was still misting and wet when we got to the Shady Rest RV Park and drove in. By the time we were stopped in the street and getting out to unhook the car, we were surrounded by members of our group. We had a reunion that kind of interfered with me getting set up. We had to tell our story, hear how relieved everyone was to have us back, get a lot of hugs, and we were told that a bunch of prayers were sent up for us. In fact, every time there was a group meeting they had a prayer for us. We appreciate the group for their concern and feel closer to them than before.
