A happy (finally) update

We, as I said, decided to grit our teeth and drive the coach up to Colorado Springs where we had a reservation, and now an appointment with a shop to pull off the pump, rebuild it, and put it back on.  We opted not to tow the truck and cover it in ATF again.  

Jan following me, at a good distance, on the way north to Colorado Springs

Good thing we didn't hook up as we were dripping ATF off the back of the motorhome when we pulled in.  I left you wondering where in the world was our rebuild part.  Well, first thing Monday morning I called to find out and was told, oops, they were supposed to send it Thursday, but it never went out until Friday..........  I will admit after several choice statements they were good enough to reimburse me the $71 in overnight fees.  So we tracked it and sure enough it was delivered in Taos on Monday afternoon.  We are SO thankful we hadn't gotten too deep into the project while we were in Taos as we would have been waiting all weekend and most of Monday.

So on Tuesday Jan and I drove the truck 208 miles back to Taos, picked up the 1/2 pound package, had a nice lunch and drove back 208 miles to Colorado Springs.  I should mention the first part of the journey was in blizzard conditions, the Colorado Springs schools actually had a snow day on May 21st!

We touched base with the shop and confirmed our 8am appointment on Wednesday.  We woke to more snow:-(

Now I don't usually name names, but I am going to make an exception.  Our work was done at Phases Truck and Auto Repair.  We pulled in at 8am and they were waiting for us. I showed them where the PTO was mounted on our coach and discussed the air filter with them.  You could see a lot of the swirling ATF was sucked into the intake and I wanted to replace the air filter for peace of mind.  They said that was no problem.  We left to have breakfast and at 10am we found out they had already pulled the pump off, disassembled it, had it in the parts washer, and were ready to rebuild it and had already replaced the air filter!  We checked in again at 11:30 and they had remounted the pump, and were refilling the reservoir and were going to run it, get it up to temp and check for leaks and operation, so we went to lunch.  At a little before 1pm they said it was all done and we could pick it up!  I can't tell you how pleased we were with their service.  Great shop, great communication, professional, and when we got the bill it was very, very fair.  I highly recommend this shop if you are near Colorado Springs!

So now we can get back to our travels, we are all fixed up now, and almost recovered from our colds.  Jan spent more than an hour cleaning the back of the coach and of course did a fantastic job.

This gives you a small idea of how bad the rear of the coach was

All shiny now!

So hopefully our run of bad luck has been broken, and I hope we will be able to get back to our travels and pictures of our adventures.