The adventures of Ron on the road
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10-16-2012, 03:02
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The adventures of Ron on the road
Posted per discussion with Ron.
I spoke with Ron Marabito last night. He had pulled into Vicksburg yesterday afternoon planning for a relaxing evening. Unfortunately when he parked and did a walk around, he found oil all over his rear mud flap. When he looked under the coach, fluid was pouring out of his transmission. Turned out he must have run over something on the highway that had put a quarter sized hole in the front facing side of the tranny pan. He had already found a diesel repair outfit that had send a man over to remove the pan and take it back to the shop for a welding repair. He was waiting for the repairman to return last night and reinstall the pan and a bunch of ATF (he doubts they have Transynd synthetic). On a positive note, whatever he ran over did not appear to have done any other damage to the Bird or the toad. Such is life on the road, every trip is an adventure! Mike Bulriss 1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan" - hardly ever on the road this year! San Antonio, TX |
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10-16-2012, 04:07
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The adventures of Ron on the road
Good thing he stopped at a campground!! We are taking that route in a couple days Ernie Ekberg 88 PT40 Wanderlodge Weatherford, Texas 817-475-3991 From: mbulriss <mbulriss@...> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 10:02 AM Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] The adventures of Ron on the road Posted per discussion with Ron.
I spoke with Ron Marabito last night. He had pulled into Vicksburg yesterday afternoon planning for a relaxing evening. Unfortunately when he parked and did a walk around, he found oil all over his rear mud flap. When he looked under the coach, fluid was pouring out of his transmission. Turned out he must have run over something on the highway that had put a quarter sized hole in the front facing side of the tranny pan. He had already found a diesel repair outfit that had send a man over to remove the pan and take it back to the shop for a welding repair. He was waiting for the repairman to return last night and reinstall the pan and a bunch of ATF (he doubts they have Transynd synthetic). On a positive note, whatever he ran over did not appear to have done any other damage to the Bird or the toad. Such is life on the road, every trip is an adventure! Mike Bulriss 1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan" - hardly ever on the road this year! San Antonio, TX |
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10-16-2012, 12:25
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The adventures of Ron on the road
The job was completed about 9:00 pm last night. When I went to move the coach
into our regular spot, the transmission was slipping. Turned out he didn't put in enough fluid. Added more and it appeared to be O.K.. Today we decided to stay and play golf, so we will see if everything is O.K. tomorrow. I'll run it about 10 miles to heat up the fluid and re-check to make sure the level is proper. Let's hope all is good. R.E. (Ron) Marabito, Dallas, TX 92WB40 Currently in Vicksburg, MS --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Ernie Ekberg > > Good thing he stopped at a campground!! > We are taking that route in a couple days > > > Ernie Ekberg > 88 PT40 Wanderlodge > Weatherford, Texas > 817-475-3991 > http://www.ernieekbergflooring.net/ > > > ________________________________ > From: mbulriss <mbulriss@...> > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 10:02 AM > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] The adventures of Ron on the road > > > Ã > > Posted per discussion with Ron. > > I spoke with Ron Marabito last night. He had pulled into Vicksburg yesterday afternoon planning for a relaxing evening. Unfortunately when he parked and did a walk around, he found oil all over his rear mud flap. When he looked under the coach, fluid was pouring out of his transmission. Turned out he must have run over something on the highway that had put a quarter sized hole in the front facing side of the tranny pan. He had already found a diesel repair outfit that had send a man over to remove the pan and take it back to the shop for a welding repair. He was waiting for the repairman to return last night and reinstall the pan and a bunch of ATF (he doubts they have Transynd synthetic). On a positive note, whatever he ran over did not appear to have done any other damage to the Bird or the toad. Such is life on the road, every trip is an adventure! > > Mike Bulriss > 1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan" - hardly ever on the road this year! > San Antonio, TX > |
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