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jaholland
Messages: 565
Registered: June 2010
Location: Sweet Home Alebamy
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Trip Update
Dead in the Water
and only
250 Miles From Home
We Have Had An Excellent 5 Week Trip
Leaving Alabama Up Thru The Northeast
Tip of Georgia And Thru The Mountians
Of Tennessee, Virginia & West Virginia.
Traveling On Thru Pennsylvania, New York,
Ontario, Michigan And Spent A Couple Of
Weeks In South Bend Indiana Visiting And
Doing Chores For My 98 Year Old Mother.
Leaving South Bend We Meandered Down Thru
Illinois And Detoured Over To Eat At That
'THROWED ROLL Place ' In Sikeston Missouri.
Leaving There We Traveled Across Western
Kentucky With Out Problems.
We Used The Barbarian Each Night, We Used
The Trusty Old Furnance { except while in
South Bend } And It Worked Flawless.
The Ole '78 Ran Well, Got Good Fuel Mileage
and Only 250 Milers From Home
We Are Dead In The Water ~
Soon After Entering West Tennessee
{during heavy Rain }
I Noticed The Red Alternator Light And I
Pulled To Check The Belts ~ They Were OK ~
While The Motor Was Running I Disconected
The Positive Battery Cable And The Engine
Kept On Running So I assumed The Alternator
Was Charging. I Turned On The Headlights
Without Any Problems.
As We Were Continuing On To The Next Exit
The Engine Backfired And Died While Rolling
I Quickly Fired Up The Onan,
Got The Engine Started
And Made It Off The Exit ~
It Drained The Batteries
Disconnected The TOAD, Charged Up The House
Batteries, Charged Up The Coach Battery And
The Ole '78 Starts And Runs Good
UNTIL
You Turn On The Lights
Or Anything Else That Draws Power ~
Before The Trip We Installed The Following;
New Alternator
New Battery
New Belts
New Battery Combiner
New Battery Isolator
New Battery Boost Solonoid
New Head Lights
New LED Tail Lights
New LED Park Lights
New LED Marker Lights
ANY SUGGESTIONS ? ? ?
~ Joe ~
/_]*[__][] *[__|] ~ * '73 TZE063V101887 "
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O----------OO--]* ~ '78 TZE168V100234 "
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" Joe & Lavelle " "
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'sweet home alebamy'
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