The adventures of Ron on the road

[mbulriss]

Posted per discussion with Ron.

I spoke with Ron Marabito last night. He had pulled into Vicksburg yesterday
afternoon planning for a relaxing evening. Unfortunately when he parked and did
a walk around, he found oil all over his rear mud flap. When he looked under
the coach, fluid was pouring out of his transmission. Turned out he must have
run over something on the highway that had put a quarter sized hole in the front
facing side of the tranny pan. He had already found a diesel repair outfit that
had send a man over to remove the pan and take it back to the shop for a welding
repair. He was waiting for the repairman to return last night and reinstall the
pan and a bunch of ATF (he doubts they have Transynd synthetic). On a positive
note, whatever he ran over did not appear to have done any other damage to the
Bird or the toad. Such is life on the road, every trip is an adventure!



Mike Bulriss
1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan" - hardly ever on the road this year!
San Antonio, TX

[Ernie Ekberg]

Good thing he stopped at a campground!!

We are taking that route in a couple days

Ernie Ekberg

88 PT40 Wanderlodge

Weatherford, Texas

817-475-3991

http://www.ernieekbergflooring.net/

From: mbulriss <mbulriss@...>
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 10:02 AM
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] The adventures of Ron on the road

Posted per discussion with Ron.



I spoke with Ron Marabito last night. He had pulled into Vicksburg yesterday afternoon planning for a relaxing evening. Unfortunately when he parked and did a walk around, he found oil all over his rear mud flap. When he looked under the coach, fluid was pouring out of his transmission. Turned out he must have run over something on the highway that had put a quarter sized hole in the front facing side of the tranny pan. He had already found a diesel repair outfit that had send a man over to remove the pan and take it back to the shop for a welding repair. He was waiting for the repairman to return last night and reinstall the pan and a bunch of ATF (he doubts they have Transynd synthetic). On a positive note, whatever he ran over did not appear to have done any other damage to the Bird or the toad. Such is life on the road, every trip is an adventure!



Mike Bulriss

1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan" - hardly ever on the road this year!

San Antonio, TX

[ronmarabito2002]

The job was completed about 9:00 pm last night. When I went to move the coach
into our regular spot, the transmission was slipping. Turned out he didn't put
in enough fluid. Added more and it appeared to be O.K.. Today we decided to
stay and play golf, so we will see if everything is O.K. tomorrow. I'll run it
about 10 miles to heat up the fluid and re-check to make sure the level is
proper. Let's hope all is good.

R.E. (Ron) Marabito, Dallas, TX 92WB40
Currently in Vicksburg, MS

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Ernie Ekberg wrote:
>
> Good thing he stopped at a campground!!
> We are taking that route in a couple days
>
>
> Ernie Ekberg
> 88 PT40 Wanderlodge
> Weatherford, Texas
> 817-475-3991
> http://www.ernieekbergflooring.net/
>
>
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> From: mbulriss <mbulriss@...>
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 10:02 AM
> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] The adventures of Ron on the road
>
>
> Â
>
> Posted per discussion with Ron.
>
> I spoke with Ron Marabito last night. He had pulled into Vicksburg yesterday
afternoon planning for a relaxing evening. Unfortunately when he parked and did
a walk around, he found oil all over his rear mud flap. When he looked under
the coach, fluid was pouring out of his transmission. Turned out he must have
run over something on the highway that had put a quarter sized hole in the front
facing side of the tranny pan. He had already found a diesel repair outfit that
had send a man over to remove the pan and take it back to the shop for a welding
repair. He was waiting for the repairman to return last night and reinstall the
pan and a bunch of ATF (he doubts they have Transynd synthetic). On a positive
note, whatever he ran over did not appear to have done any other damage to the
Bird or the toad. Such is life on the road, every trip is an adventure!
>
> Mike Bulriss
> 1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan" - hardly ever on the road this year!
> San Antonio, TX
>