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07-12-2011, 08:32 PM
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#61
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Rivet Master
2006 23' Safari SE
Holly Lake Ranch
, Texas
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 1,794
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Clearly Gene's avatar is of his better half.
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07-12-2011, 09:52 PM
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#62
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Master of Universe
2008 25' Safari FB SE
Grand Junction
, Colorado
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 12,711
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It's only taken me 4 years to bother to figure out how to do an avatar.
You can get the same poster at the Idaho Potato Museum. We put ours on the wardrobe wall in the bedroom where I think of her as St. Marilyn. Yes, it is Marilyn Monroe in a potato sack in a field of potato plants.
It is not Barb. Barb is much better looking.
And, where o where is Silverdream?
Gene
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07-13-2011, 07:57 AM
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#63
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2 Rivet Member
1984 34.5' Airstream 345
Sacramento
, California
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 27
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Still stuck. Mechanic showed up 8pm Sunday with family after wife insisted on a different sort of day. Promised to come back "this week" after 4:30. If I had a choice... Well, I'll start looking around again today, I guess.
Putting down roots...
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07-13-2011, 08:37 AM
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#64
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Moderator
2017 26' Flying Cloud
Alamo Heights
, Texas
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 8,535
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Quote:
Originally Posted by silverdream2
Still stuck. Mechanic showed up 8pm Sunday with family after wife insisted on a different sort of day. Promised to come back "this week" after 4:30. If I had a choice... Well, I'll start looking around again today, I guess.
Putting down roots...
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"This week" eh? There's nothing like a reliable mechanic... and this guy is nothing like a mechanic I'd want to rely on.
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Zero Gravitas — 2017 Flying Cloud 26U | WBCCI# 15566
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07-13-2011, 08:37 AM
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#65
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2 Rivet Member
1978 28' Argosy 28
Post Falls
, Idaho
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 31
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Did you say that you do have Good Sams or other roadside service ???
They should be able to find a reputable shop for you and should cover towing ( I believe up to 1000 miles )
There has to be someone who can take care of this for you within that distance.
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07-13-2011, 08:45 AM
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#66
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Rivet Master
1956 22' Flying Cloud
1953 32' Liner
1955 22' Safari
Valley View
, Texas
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 3,971
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I just...flat out...do not understand this whole mess. I am way to obsessive to put up with sitting in the middle of no damn where, waiting for someone, who may be able to fix the unknown problem, if he decides to show up, if he has time, etc., etc. Especially if I have a policy which will take me out, to a genuine mechanic, who actually would work.
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07-13-2011, 08:51 AM
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Moderator
2017 26' Flying Cloud
Alamo Heights
, Texas
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 8,535
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Melody Ranch
I just...flat out...do not understand this whole mess. I am way to obsessive to put up with sitting in the middle of no damn where, waiting for someone, who may be able to fix the unknown problem, if he decides to show up, if he has time, etc., etc. Especially if I have a policy which will take me out, to a genuine mechanic, who actually would work.
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Part of the issue may be the moho-vs-trailer thing. If the moho gets put in a shop silverdream2 will need a place to stay. I agree, though... I would have completely lost it by now. (then again, I'd have been tinkering with it myself a week ago.)
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Zero Gravitas — 2017 Flying Cloud 26U | WBCCI# 15566
He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire. — Sir Winston Churchill
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07-13-2011, 09:00 AM
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#68
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Rivet Master
2006 23' Safari SE
Holly Lake Ranch
, Texas
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 1,794
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Excellent answer, my friend!
CrawfordGene said:
It is not Barb. Barb is much better looking.
talk about your silver tongued barristers
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07-13-2011, 09:02 AM
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Master of Universe
2008 25' Safari FB SE
Grand Junction
, Colorado
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 12,711
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I may be in Taos after the Balloon Fiesta in early October. Maybe I'll stop by and look at it then. You could be in a lot worse places than Taos for the summer and fall is always nice. Winter isn't so bad either.
Santa Fe is a fairly short drive and there's plenty to do there. I think license plates are not too expensive in NM and they have nice state parks. You can go to Angel Fire and ski.
Gene
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07-13-2011, 09:24 AM
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#70
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Rivet Master
Currently Looking...
1984 31' Airstream310
Ajo
, Arizona
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 7,649
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Goal15
CrawfordGene said:
It is not Barb. Barb is much better looking.
talk about your silver tongued barristers
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Nice one, Gene.
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07-13-2011, 05:29 PM
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2 Rivet Member
1984 34.5' Airstream 345
Sacramento
, California
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 27
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Well the park closes October 15th so there IS a deadline. As I said, I'm wary of towing the MH and this place is on a different clock than the rest of the world. (For those who don't know there is a mixture of Hispanic, Native, Hippie and Anglo culture here and the first three are on their own calendars).
The daisies have grown a few inches, a finch is building a nest in the "rec room", a rabbit makes nightly visits to feed and then there is the midnight bear. Don't understand how the tenters sleep.
Also, folks, with a 345, it's not like one plans on doing a lot of traveling. Maybe three spots a year. The owner of the park told me his son worked on his Chevy 454 engine with every improvement known to humankind, and he got from 8 mpg to 9.
Will keep everyone posted with updates... or more likely the growth rate of the daisies.
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07-13-2011, 05:58 PM
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#72
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2 Rivet Member
1978 28' Argosy 28
Post Falls
, Idaho
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 31
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Did you ever get the dipstick to go in ? If so what was the oil level ?
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07-13-2011, 06:16 PM
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#73
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2 Rivet Member
1984 34.5' Airstream 345
Sacramento
, California
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 27
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Quote:
Originally Posted by steveturk
Did you ever get the dipstick to go in ? If so what was the oil level ?
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That is the one thing the mechanic did do. He threaded it in like a pro. The oil level is way above ADD. So yes, that is still a problem.
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07-13-2011, 06:51 PM
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#74
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3 Rivet Member
1977 Argosy 28
1977 28' Argosy 28
Lyngby
, Denmark
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 124
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Try giving these guys a call:
Rene's Auto Repair
575-737-0108
575-613-5879
They're right outside Taos on the same road
as the municipal airfield.
I can't recommend them as I don't know them,
but my Argosy was in there for a radiator fix
( at the sellers expense )
when I was in Santa Fe / Taos to check my
newly purchased MH.
They were working on a couple of old MH's
when I was there, besides mine; an old Winnebago
and something else, plus there were a bunch of
old V8's at the premises so an old(ish) Airstream
shouldn't frighten them.
I was just reminded this when I read your thread
and checked a photo I took while there
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07-13-2011, 06:51 PM
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"Cloudsplitter"
2003 25' Classic
Houstatlantavegas
, Malebolgia
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 20,000
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Quote:
Originally Posted by silverdream2
The oil level is way above ADD. So yes, that is still a problem.
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SD2,
Make sure that "mechanic" noze not to run'r
Good Luck, hope you can stop watching the daisies soon!!
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07-14-2011, 02:10 AM
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Rivet Master
1984 31' Airstream310
Honokaa
, Hawaii
Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 993
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this place is on a different clock than the rest of the world. (For those who don't know there is a mixture of Hispanic, Native, Hippie and Anglo culture here and the first three are on their own calendars).
Am I the only one bothered by this? If so, I guess I need a different forum.
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07-14-2011, 03:55 AM
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Rivet Master
Currently Looking...
Mantua
, Ohio
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No, you are not the only one bothered by this, but the moderators will let it fly by. jim
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07-14-2011, 04:21 AM
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Rivet Master
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Mantua
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On second thought ,I don't think the poster meant any harm. and I think I was being a bit thin skinned. Could be interpretted differently. jim
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07-14-2011, 04:29 AM
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"Cloudsplitter"
2003 25' Classic
Houstatlantavegas
, Malebolgia
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 20,000
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Quote:
Originally Posted by zigzagguzzi
On second thought ,I don't think the poster meant any harm. and I think I was being a bit thin skinned. Could be interpretted differently. jim
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Me too, Jim.
I fit three of the demographics listed and took no offense.
I just see a not very responsible "mechanic".
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07-14-2011, 04:45 AM
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#80
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Rivet Master
Currently Looking...
Mantua
, Ohio
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 7,062
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Too bad the mh is not where you could just drain part of the oil out in order to do the rest of the work. Could you get a wrecker to pull you somewhere to safely drop the oil? Parking lot ? With the oil in it you can't start it, so I would start there. One step at a time. jim
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