Help On The Road

[Eric Johnson]

While traveling in Colorado a couple of weeks ago our FC35 had to tackle some
grades we
hadn't seen in a long time. We experienced some "boil-overs" from the cooling
system
and lost about 3 gallons of Cat antifreeze solution.

I called the Caterpillar Engine Call Center Hotline I had read about in the FMCA
magazine.
The line is staffed 24/7 to help Cat powered RV owners. The number is (877)
777-3126.
The man on the line was very knowledgeable and helped me locate the nearest
source of
Cat parts and antifreeze.

I called Bennie Collier at the factory on (800) 992-6337 and consulted with him
on the
symptoms and got some good advice on a cap replacement plus suggestion to add a
cooling fan manual switch I don't currently have. Local NAPA store didn't have
my cap so
Blue Bird parts (800) 495-7787 overnighted a new cap to me to the Ouray, CO KOA
and
we had no more problems on return trip to Texas.

I don't know of many 22 year old coaches that enjoy this level of technical
support and I'm
danged glad I own a Blue Bird. I wanted to share the phone numbers with others
in case
they don't know about them.

Eric in San Antonio
84FC35SB