Hello All. We spent an enjoyable weekend at a private camp ground called East Shore RV Park. The rv park is adjacent to Puddingstone reservoir in Southern California and is comprised of about 200 camp sites well spaced over rolling grassy hills with the lake as the backdrop. The lake is used for fishing, "Ski-doos" and water sports. More than 20 buses and motor homes showed up.
We were lucky with the weather as the weatherman first predicted rain for Friday, and then for Saturday instead and then for Sunday, finally settling om Saturday night--all night. Couldn't get much better than that and we need the rain. Luck continued to hold when the Turbo hose separated from the intercooler as we climbed the coastal mountain pass ( an 8% grade) that gets us through LA. This was first noticed as a loud pop followed by a long whoosh of air and an engine speed of idle. We were able to pull off the fwy on a wide spot so I could reinstall the hose. The hose slips over a smooth cylinder and is fastened by a hose clamp. Since the tube is part of the cast aluminum intercooler, I'll try to talk my welder friend into welding a couple of blobs of Al at the spot where the manufacturer should have provided a cast lip to keep the hose from sliding off when under pressure.
Like the announcer on TV says, "But wait, there's more". I neglected to top off the propane tank prior to embarking resulting in an empty tank within minutes of firing up the stove. Our luck still held. The RV park provided propane refill services at your site and were just beginning their rounds! Since we sort of make a tradition of baking a fresh apple pie during our camp outs, I was especially pleased with the turn of events.
BWTM----While doing my "pre-flight" just before heading home, I discovered that the left rear directional light on the toad didn't work. Thanks to the joys of multiplex wiring on the bus, there are a total of 9 relays necessary to make the directional lights work on the toad. To shorten the story, 2 relays serve to increase the current to the directional lamps in the toad and one of those had failed. I found a way to bypass the faulty relay and that gave me a functioning (though dim) directional to drive home with. Jack
Our camp site at the RV park
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When I got home I opened the bad relay. You can see where the contact has eroded away with use until no current could flow.
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Since I didn't want to cut any wires, I spliced around the bad relay by using a 25 amp fuse as a way to temporally splice the wires.
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