Daily Trip Journal

Start Point:   San Dimas,Ca.                       

Time:   8:30 am

Stop Point:    Needles,Ca.                    

Time:   4 pm

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Weather Conditions:   Haze and smoke early morning turning full sun and HOT

Temperature Range:   70 AM .....106 PM

Miles Logged:   235 miles

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Things of Special Note:   BROKEDOWN 8 miles north of Needles heading for Laughlin,Nv.Engine shut off and the stop light on the dash came on.Checked water(full) running 220 temp guage....oil pressure good and full....nothing leaking and engine restarted but sounded like it was gasping or sucking for air and made a lot of noise ....running rough.At first I thought the air damper dropped so I pulled the bedroom floor and inspected the damper ...it was working properly.Engine will restart and runs noisy and ruff.Next guess was broken valve or piston head.Called Good Sams road service and in 3 hours I was in an RV park connected to electric and cooling down.It was Saturday at 4 pm and no service was avaliable till Monday morning.Monday they came and towed me a couple of miles to a Cummings shop and they hooked a computer and could find nothing definate.Pulled the oil filter and cut it apart to see if there was metal shavings(none found) Now they want to pull the heads and inspect the valves.....so here we sit waiting for a verdict.Living in a Motel 6 is not as good as a motor home.As a side note when we were broke down I started the desiel generator and it ran for 30 minutes and quit....it would try to start but could not run.I thought it could have been some really bad fuel that was making the engine run rough and the generator stop but the repair shop ignored that idea.

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