When we went to Tucson after picking up the coach in
February, we had issues with the motorhome. We decided to continue on to Tucson before
returning to Wickenburg to have the motor (the new motor) looked at. While in Tucson, the DirecTV receiver decided
to malfunction, so we did not have satellite TV. Our electronic issues
continued as my computer and tablet refused to talk to my hot spot.
When we got to Wickenburg, it turned out that the cam sensor was
getting wiped out by a gear on the cam that was incorrect, and we spent 3
nights at the shop again. Chevy picked up the tab this time. While there I had
to take my laptop in to get all the viruses removed.
So with the coach working again we headed back to Quartzsite
to spend the rest of March with Bob and Cindy, Sue and Jerry and Bill and Kris.
We had a new receiver sent from DirecTV, only to have our TV pitch a fit and
die. We took a day and drove to Avondale
to pick up a new TV.
Following Wayne, once again
Broke down on the side of the road, again...
The end of the season has come, and we left Quartzsite on
April 2nd. As we headed into
Nevada the coach began to run really badly and it once again set the Oxygen
Sensor code with the Check Engine light. We contacted the shop, and they felt
it might be injectors. So we called around and found some at a Chevy dealer in
Vegas. We managed to limp the coach up to Railroad Pass and spent the night in
the casino parking lot. We had a 9 am appointment at the Chevy dealer to
install injectors, if that is what tested defective. They kept it all day and decided they
couldn’t find any reason for the code (no one has yet to figure that one out),
and that plugs and wires were the reason for it running rough. Really?
Plug wires? The plugs were new with the motor, but the wires had just
been replaced when we were in Minden in November so Terry reused them. We lucked out; the dealership didn’t charge
us for the diagnosis. Saved us some
money there; I think they felt sorry for us because we were still having
problems with this brand new motor. Of
course they did want to charge us $500 for a new set of wires, installed. And those were stock wires, and we have now
melted 2 sets of regular wires, so we opted to order high temp wires from O’Reilly's.
We couldn’t get the wires until the next morning which meant
we were limping the coach to a RV park, Arizona Charlie's. Once there we used the time to run
errands. In the morning we drove to
O’Reilly's at about 8:15. As we are going
down the road, Wayne says “Hey something is not right in the back of the
truck. We only have one bicycle.” Yep, someone had lifted Wayne’s bike during
the night. I was really surprised
because I had reminded him to lock them up before we left Quartzsite. Good thing is was his bike they took and not
mine!! Plus he’s been checking Craig’s list for mountain bikes for a couple of
months now.
My bike is very lonely now
After picking up the plug wires, Wayne installed them. He
found that one of the existing wires was not firmly attached to the plug and
was probably the issue. At 9:15 we had a
phone interview with Amazon.com to work as part of their Camperforce. Amazon hires ‘mature’ labor for the busy
season – October to Christmas. The pay
is ok, but they also pick up the cost of your RV spot for the whole time. We figure we’ll try it this year, it could be
a hoot! And with the year we’re having,
spare cash is always a good thing. After all we are still planning a trip to
Florida the following January-March, 2014.
After the call we headed to Discount Tire to get new tires
for the truck I drive. I didn’t realize
how worn the tires were, after all we got them in 2011. But it turns out we had put 40,000 + miles on
them! And one had a screw in it. I feel safer now.
We had planned to go to Caleinte NV to ride, but with all
the delays we decided to bag that idea and headed out highway 95. Bob was waiting for us in Beatty. As we pulled in Wayne was complaining that
the coach was missing again. So he got
underneath and found a different wire had come off and melted on the hot motor.
Good thing he had kept some of the other wires as spares!
So I ask again… Will
this ever end???
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