I just needed to say I  had a fantastic time.  the location was great, the
weather beautiful and the buses were plentiful and the company couldn't of
been better.

I met a bunch of you guys and gals, and remet a few too.

I left St. Louis about 1am on Friday morning and drove almost straight
through.  My newly installed gauges became an obsession as I watched closely
as the oil temp went slowly up to 230.  The bus performed fantastic, but it
was hard to enjoy watching the temp gauge the whole time.  I got stuck in
traffic on I-40 and was totally freaked out to watch the temp go to 250.  I
pulled over and let her cool down.

On the Blue Ridge Parkway one of my CVs began the death rattle.  I had
inspected the boots before I left and found no problems.  I t really only
takes a pin hole to throw all the grease out.  I rolled into camp late
afternoon and forgot all about the CV until I left on Sunday.

Sunday afternoon leaving a little later than I should have, I headed out after
saying the goodbyes, and had to stop for the impromptu group picture.

I stopped at the K-mart in Ashville and bought a little grease gun, but no CV
grease.  I then stopped at the local chain auto parts store to also find no CV
grease.  I had to track down a NAPA to find the stuff.  I pumped all the
universal grease out of the cartridge and then squeezed the CV lube in.  Using
a hypo needle attachment to the grease gun, I lubed up all four CVs and then
sealed the tiny holes with rubber cement.  All of this effort didn't quiet the
death knock any.

I stopped a little down the road for gas, and the bus wouldn't start.  I
tightened up the belt, and then pop started it.  I had the same problem later
that evening and had to get a jump start.

Just east of Illinois the bus just died on the highway.  I pulled it over and
found a wire off the coil.  I replaced the wire but again the bus wouldn't
start.  I then cleaned the battery connections up and she fired to life.

By this time it was real late so I pulled into a State Park campground just
inside Illinois.  Got up at 5am to make it to work by 8:30.  I started the bus
up and had this little old lady in her nightgown yell at me for trying to skip
out without paying.

Sorry if I don't know the routine.  There were no signs and no instructions so
how was I to know that I had to find the campground host and pay her.  Somehow
I didn't think she would of enjoyed being awakened at 1 am.  Anyway, I paid up
and took off.  No problems except for the CV knock at low speeds.

Heading home after work, I had my throttle cable work it's way loose and I had
to stop and fix.

All in all a great trip.  No major problems, though I need to do some CV work.
I wish I paid more attention to some of those CV posts from the past.

Happy Camping!

Steve
'74 Campmobile
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