Monday, May 16, 2016

May 16th update

Well we have been traveling for a few days north to the KOA at Palmer Gulch Mount Rushmore.

Yesterday, we woke up to really cold weather. As we started out the morning we turned on the cab heat for the first time. We stopped at a rest area about 125 miles from our start. I walked around and saw coolant leaking out of the engine. Not Good!. I called Freightliner who made arrangements for us to get it fixed in Rapid City.

We decided to drive all the way to Wall, SD so that we could get into the dealership early. As we were driving it warmed up at we just ran the fan from outside. We stopped at a flying J to fuel and there was not a leak. Still not connecting the dots we moved on to the campground at Wall. 

We spent a couple of hours touring the city then went back so we could get up early.

Got up this morning at 6AM and headed out running the heat. Chris called the dealership who immediately told us the could not get us in until the 17th after noon.  We pulled into a Loves to fuel and figure out our next step. The engine was leaking again. I connected the dots and figured it must be a line coming forward for the cab heater.

We decided to go to the KOA and get up early and head to the dealership. I sure hope it is just a loose line.









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