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This is one of my more challenging trips. Our route, Mt. Vernon MO. to Paducha KY for the National Quilt show. We wanted to travel only secondary highways and enjoy the country side.
I emptied my auxiliary 40 gallon tank, and transferred to the main 60 gallon tank, oops, motor home engine quit, electric fuel pumps chattering, but no fuel pressure. Now the fun begins, we are driving on U.S. 60 a 2 lane with no shoulder. My wife quietly asks are you sure you filled ALL the tanks. Of course I had, when I exited the vehicle I could smell fuel, I looked under our motor home and ahhhh @# a large puddle of fuel under the rear of our vehicle, I asked Dee (my wife) to turn on the ignition switch. When switched on, the fuel gushes out from the top of the fuel tank.
Not only do I have a motor home which will not run, but I also have U.S. 60 East bound traffic blocked. We belong to Good Sam and I have their towing service, but no way am I going too just sit here and wait. My other choice is drop my toad (1996 Cherokee jeep) move it to the front, and attaching a tow strap from the jeep to the motor home, now that’s the easy part, trying to convince my wife to drive the jeep with the monster behind her is another story. But off we go blazing down the highway at approximately 8 miles per hour. About 2 or three mile down the highway I spotted an area I thought would accommodate our motor home; I called Dee over the CB and asked her to gently start moving off the road, in a gentle and calm her reply “ARE YOU CRAZY “, no I state the motor home should fit.
We are now off the highway, and the traffic is again moving at a normal pace. WOW the angle on the shoulder is a bit more than I had anticipated, but no problem.
My dear wife a little pale asks NOW will you call for a tow truck, of course not (that would be like me asking for directions). I disconnect the jeep and start driving, looking for an auto parts store.
I purchased 30’ if 3/8” rubber fuel line, an electric fuel pump and 50’ of 12ga. Wire. When we returned to the motor home I transferred 40 gals. of fuel from the main tank to the auxiliary tank.
We are now ready to hit the road, well not just yet, I now have a problem the motor home is now leaning a bit more than I anticipated and the left rear duals are not getting any traction, not enough weight on the axle and we are on wet grass. The look I received from Dee was enough, no comments were needed.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained, I again hooked the jeep to the motor home placed the jeep in 4 wheel drive (pleaded for the wife to help, so help me she has this thing about tow trucks), and with a little coaxing we were back on the road.
After the trip, I dropped the main tank, the problem very simple to repair. The hose clamps are made of spring steel and over the years had rusted away, with an electric fuel pump in the tank, coupled with a rough road, the main fuel line simply slipped off. All fuel lines now have new SS clamps.
Rex and Dee
This is one of my more challenging trips. Our route, Mt. Vernon MO. to Paducha KY for the National Quilt show. We wanted to travel only secondary highways and enjoy the country side.
I emptied my auxiliary 40 gallon tank, and transferred to the main 60 gallon tank, oops, motor home engine quit, electric fuel pumps chattering, but no fuel pressure. Now the fun begins, we are driving on U.S. 60 a 2 lane with no shoulder. My wife quietly asks are you sure you filled ALL the tanks. Of course I had, when I exited the vehicle I could smell fuel, I looked under our motor home and ahhhh @# a large puddle of fuel under the rear of our vehicle, I asked Dee (my wife) to turn on the ignition switch. When switched on, the fuel gushes out from the top of the fuel tank.
Not only do I have a motor home which will not run, but I also have U.S. 60 East bound traffic blocked. We belong to Good Sam and I have their towing service, but no way am I going too just sit here and wait. My other choice is drop my toad (1996 Cherokee jeep) move it to the front, and attaching a tow strap from the jeep to the motor home, now that’s the easy part, trying to convince my wife to drive the jeep with the monster behind her is another story. But off we go blazing down the highway at approximately 8 miles per hour. About 2 or three mile down the highway I spotted an area I thought would accommodate our motor home; I called Dee over the CB and asked her to gently start moving off the road, in a gentle and calm her reply “ARE YOU CRAZY “, no I state the motor home should fit.
We are now off the highway, and the traffic is again moving at a normal pace. WOW the angle on the shoulder is a bit more than I had anticipated, but no problem.
My dear wife a little pale asks NOW will you call for a tow truck, of course not (that would be like me asking for directions). I disconnect the jeep and start driving, looking for an auto parts store.
I purchased 30’ if 3/8” rubber fuel line, an electric fuel pump and 50’ of 12ga. Wire. When we returned to the motor home I transferred 40 gals. of fuel from the main tank to the auxiliary tank.
We are now ready to hit the road, well not just yet, I now have a problem the motor home is now leaning a bit more than I anticipated and the left rear duals are not getting any traction, not enough weight on the axle and we are on wet grass. The look I received from Dee was enough, no comments were needed.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained, I again hooked the jeep to the motor home placed the jeep in 4 wheel drive (pleaded for the wife to help, so help me she has this thing about tow trucks), and with a little coaxing we were back on the road.
After the trip, I dropped the main tank, the problem very simple to repair. The hose clamps are made of spring steel and over the years had rusted away, with an electric fuel pump in the tank, coupled with a rough road, the main fuel line simply slipped off. All fuel lines now have new SS clamps.
Rex and Dee
