Well, we get into Wentzville and the poor dodge is just not pulling the load very well. We eat at steak and shake and start discussing options. We looked for the emergency contact list but using my iPhone is a little hard to navigate the site. We found list but couldnt' see it as Mudder pointed out. I talked with 72BlckButy and got some contact numbers of people he knew in the rough area including Mudder. I talked with both Mudder and 72blckbuty and discussed options. I know that if either of them were closer they would have been there in a minute. Firedog was at work but Sammy talked with him and he found a buddy to come pick up the trailer and get his truck the last leg. We (My GF, daughter, and me) holed up in the Super 8 in wentzville and hoped without the extra load the good ole dodge would make it home. Mudder called as we were eating breakfast to see how we were doing and I talked with him a couple times on the way home. We started heading home from wentzville (no fun in St Louis, daughter a little upset).
Pulling itself much better without the extra load. Seemed to be running on seven cyclinders maybe. Got a little worse as we went and by Boonville seemed like it was running on 6 cylinders. By the time we get to odessa maybe 5 cylinders. Just 40ish more miles, come on baby you can do it. It felt like it was trying to give up the ghost and quit but I kept telling the ghost to stay away from the light!! Just a little more, please. Couple miles from the house it acted like that was all she wrote but it kept trying. I think I can, I think I can, I think I can is what I heard the truck saying.
Well here it is sitting in my driveway. I took my Jeep to take Tess home and i forgot what it felt like to step on the gas pedal and have the vehicle pull strong
Anyway, I have to drive to Pueblo, CO Thursday night and back on Sunday so I guess I know which truck I'm NOT driving to CO
May have to drive the GF's Hyandai
or maybe the Jeep
. Hmmmm Jeep no A/C all across Kansas in June, maybe not
Anyway, sorry for the long posts. I just wanted to add that now that I'm home. I can say that all in all I had a good weekend. Met some nice people talked to more nice people and hopefully built some more friendships. It is sometimes a little hard to find good friends nowadays but to find good friends with similar intrests in priceless and treasured. My trailer is still at Sammys all the way accross the state so I will be making another trip in a month or so to get the trailer. I plan that weekend to be a little different and maybe plan time to stop and visit new friends along the way. A huge THANK YOU to everyone involved this weekend and and the thoughts and concerns. The dodge is real SICK so surgery to come in the near future. Not too bad for 215,000 ish miles
After getting back from CO I'll do some further diagnosis including compression check. I expecting bad news but will deal with it then. I'll post back up when more is known.