May 29, 2013
We awoke this morning to even more rain and a forecast, according to the staff at the park, of nothing but cold rain and snow for the next three days ( the entirety of our stay in Yellowstone). We decided it best to end our stay in Yellowstone early and head on down to the Tetons. Fortunately the park simply refunds our unused days, so we finished laundry and got ready to leave (more accurately, Jennifer got the RV settled while I waited with the laundry, then we switched so I could get everything unhooked, gassed up, and ready to tow). Jennifer's end of the deal went quite smoothly,
she is a real life Tetris champion.
More of Reno's charm
My end of the deal was stalled rather early with Reno's complete and total refusal to start. Lights work, wipers work, gas goes into the carb, but not even a hint of a turn. Problem solving begins. Unfortunately, I am a bit inept when it comes to electrical stuff, but I managed to trace the lines from the starter and see if anything was loose (they weren't). So, it has to be something with the ignition system, and I know almost nothing about it. (By this time, I, Jennifer, was walking back with laundry in tow and found David frazzled. He then informed me that Reno would not start, Surprise!)
After much prayer from both Jen and myself, I find, something, some kind of black box that is the only break in a continuous wire between the battery and the starter. Clearly this must be the issue. I figure If I can bridge the two wires and bypass whatever this box is, It should start.
(This is when I, Jennifer, really REALLY began praying. David told me he would need a glove and a fire extinguisher... Hmmm, that doesn't sound good! He needed a glove so he wouldn't electrocute himself and a fire extinguisher in case something caught fire... I did not like the sound of this!)
Well, the only conductive anything I have that could handle that much current without melting is a 6" socket extension. So, Jen pumps the gas and I effectively weld a 6" socket extension to two wire terminals and Reno springs to life. After some thought with a clearer head, I figure I was dealing with a sticky starter switch (?).
Learn something new every day.
After that first incident, however, Reno starts right up. ( This was truly God and only God. He is so good to His children. He provided David the guidance to know what to fix! We were talking about the whole incident after and David had never even seen that Black thing before, but I truly believe that God provided David with ability to get Reno going! THANK YOU JESUS!!... and no one died or caught fire. HA)
Back to the journey
she is a real life Tetris champion.
More of Reno's charm
My end of the deal was stalled rather early with Reno's complete and total refusal to start. Lights work, wipers work, gas goes into the carb, but not even a hint of a turn. Problem solving begins. Unfortunately, I am a bit inept when it comes to electrical stuff, but I managed to trace the lines from the starter and see if anything was loose (they weren't). So, it has to be something with the ignition system, and I know almost nothing about it. (By this time, I, Jennifer, was walking back with laundry in tow and found David frazzled. He then informed me that Reno would not start, Surprise!)
After much prayer from both Jen and myself, I find, something, some kind of black box that is the only break in a continuous wire between the battery and the starter. Clearly this must be the issue. I figure If I can bridge the two wires and bypass whatever this box is, It should start.
(This is when I, Jennifer, really REALLY began praying. David told me he would need a glove and a fire extinguisher... Hmmm, that doesn't sound good! He needed a glove so he wouldn't electrocute himself and a fire extinguisher in case something caught fire... I did not like the sound of this!)
Well, the only conductive anything I have that could handle that much current without melting is a 6" socket extension. So, Jen pumps the gas and I effectively weld a 6" socket extension to two wire terminals and Reno springs to life. After some thought with a clearer head, I figure I was dealing with a sticky starter switch (?).
Learn something new every day.
After that first incident, however, Reno starts right up. ( This was truly God and only God. He is so good to His children. He provided David the guidance to know what to fix! We were talking about the whole incident after and David had never even seen that Black thing before, but I truly believe that God provided David with ability to get Reno going! THANK YOU JESUS!!... and no one died or caught fire. HA)
Back to the journey
We arrived in the Tetons a few hours later after an uneventful trip. Both of us are glad we left early; it's a solid 6 or 7 degrees warmer (and sunnier here too). The scenery here truly puts Yellowstone to shame. The mountains views directly adjacent to Teton lake are nothing short of spectacular, even with a bit of cloud cover. We very much look forward to a few days of unobstructed views.
Oh, one more issue of the night. As it got dark we got a pretty strong rain storm, which created a nice leak in the back passenger side corner (right where our bed is!). Fortunately the couch folds out to a bed. I'll be dealing with the leak once it's light and dry out.
Thanks again to everyone reading this. In just a few short days we will be adding one to our company (no not a baby); Noah will be flying in to Salt Lake City to join us for what we hope is some fun adventure.
Can't wait! But for now, we hope to find us a moose!
Can't wait! But for now, we hope to find us a moose!
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