Update on loss of Turbo Boost and check Transmission light

[Tom Warner]

Well Roin maybe a little. But I cant understand why any shop that
advertises they work on class 8 trucks cannot work on the engines and
transmissions of our motorhomes. Working on only a portion and then
recommending another dealer for further diagnosis only makes it
difficult or impossible to pinpoint the blame when the dealer does
something wrong. At the hourly wages charged today for diesel repair
work we should expect experts to do the job.

But I absolutely agree on your assessment of poor maintenance causing
many of these problems. To many owners are worried more about their
paint jobs and interiors then putting money into the preventative
maintenance on their engines, transmissions and running gear etc. Its
the old saying "pay me now or pay me later". Works every time only
later is far more expensive.

tom warner
vernon center,ny
1985 PT 40

At 10:48 AM 12/8/2006, you wrote:
>Tom:
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> You are jumping the gun here with a call for 100% refund from
>shops. Perhaps the first one, which falsely gave the Bonsers a clear
>slate on the filter. Industrial Automatic was diagnosing a
>transmission code showing low voltage to a throttle sensor. There was
>no engine fault code. They did recommend taking it to an engine outfit
>and that ended up being Stewart & Stevenson who diagnosed the problem.
>
> It is unfortunate that all shops are not capable in dealing with
>all the problems encountered with these rigs. Most of these problems
>end up being a result of poor preventative maintenance, which is often
>caused by poor record keeping and things are left undone until they fail.
>
>R.E. (Ron) Marabito, Dallas, tX 92WB40
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>--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Tom Warner wrote:
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> > Julie if I were in your place I would immediately contact both shops
> > for a 100% refund once you get the bill. If you have the number off
> > the old filter go to this site and plug it in with no
> > dashes. http://www.wixfilters.com/filterlookup/index.asp then go
> > to http://www.filter1.com and get the phone number and the chances are they
> > will have one in stock.
> >
> > tom warner
> > vernon center,ny
> > 1985 PT 40
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> > At 10:44 PM 12/7/2006, you wrote:
> > >We arrived in front of Stewart and Stevenson at 10 p.m. last night.
> > >They said they would take a preliminary look today. From our
> > >description of the problem and what work had been done they thought
> > >that the issue was on the engine side of the equation. What they
> > >found was the air filter was full. Now they are trying to locate a
> > >filter to fit. They have phoned Bluebird but did not get an answer
> > >today. He hoped for a call back tomorrow.
> > >
> > >After they put in the air filter they will test the system to see if
> > >the problem is resolved. Now it really is aggravating to have to pay
> > >3 shops to troubleshoot a problem when the first shop should have
> > >found the problem. United Engines in Oklahoma City told us that we
> > >had about 50% left on our air filter. They were wrong and
> > >consequently we had a transmission shop try to find the problem. I
> > >guess it is a good thing to have all our ground connections made
> > >secure but it was not the cause.
> > >
> > >So does Bluebird work on Friday. Does anyone know what air filter the
> > >1992 WLWB 40' PT 8V92 uses?
> > >If S & S can obtain a filter we could possibly be on our way to our
> > >winter abode.
> > >
> > > Thanks for all the advice and support. The camaraderie of these
> > >lists is truly wonderful.
> > >
> > >Julie Bonser
> > >1992 WLWB PT 40'
> > >El Paso, TX
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