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Goal15 · 07-12-2011, 08:32 PM

Clearly Gene's avatar is of his better half.

Gene · 07-12-2011, 09:52 PM

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

silverdream2 · 07-13-2011, 07:57 AM

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...

**DKB_SATX** · 07-13-2011, 08:37 AM

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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...

"This week" eh? There's nothing like a reliable mechanic... and this guy is nothing like a mechanic I'd want to rely on.

steveturk · 07-13-2011, 08:37 AM

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.

Melody Ranch · 07-13-2011, 08:45 AM

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.

**DKB_SATX** · 07-13-2011, 08:51 AM

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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.

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.)

Goal15 · 07-13-2011, 09:00 AM

CrawfordGene said:

It is not Barb. Barb is much better looking.

talk about your silver tongued barristers

Gene · 07-13-2011, 09:02 AM

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

Mike Leary · 07-13-2011, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Goal15

CrawfordGene said:

It is not Barb. Barb is much better looking.

talk about your silver tongued barristers

Nice one, Gene.

silverdream2 · 07-13-2011, 05:29 PM

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.

steveturk · 07-13-2011, 05:58 PM

Did you ever get the dipstick to go in ? If so what was the oil level ?

silverdream2 · 07-13-2011, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by steveturk

Did you ever get the dipstick to go in ? If so what was the oil level ?

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.

Octane · 07-13-2011, 06:51 PM

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

ROBERT CROSS · 07-13-2011, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by silverdream2

The oil level is way above ADD. So yes, that is still a problem.

SD2,

Make sure that "mechanic" noze not to run'r

Good Luck, hope you can stop watching the daisies soon!!

Waipio Rim · 07-14-2011, 02:10 AM

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.

xrvr · 07-14-2011, 03:55 AM

No, you are not the only one bothered by this, but the moderators will let it fly by. jim

xrvr · 07-14-2011, 04:21 AM

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

ROBERT CROSS · 07-14-2011, 04:29 AM

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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

Me too, Jim.

I fit three of the demographics listed and took no offense.

I just see a not very responsible "mechanic".

xrvr · 07-14-2011, 04:45 AM

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