On the road breakdown stories..
I'd be interested in reading your on the road breakdown stories and how you got back on the road. I'll share two. I have been RV-ing on and off since 1987. I guess we have been very lucky to have...
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Several years ago, I installed an in-bed auxillary diesel tank. (I won't say the brand except that it was a gravity-flow type tank and NOT a Transfer Flow, which is what I have now and which has never given a problem).
Driving along towing the fifth-wheel somewhere in Mississippi the engine just quit. I called for a tow. Mechanic could find nothing wrong with the the truck. Same thing happened twice more before I got home. It happened again on the next trip.
I removed the auxillary tank and drained it. There on bottom was a marble or ball bearing. It seems that the ball would roll around during travel and, once in a while, settle over the fuel opening in the bottom of the tank to create a blockage. Towing the truck would cause the ball to roll away.
PS: Auxillary tank was replaced with a Transfer Flow, which (apparently) did not have any loose marbles.
Driving along towing the fifth-wheel somewhere in Mississippi the engine just quit. I called for a tow. Mechanic could find nothing wrong with the the truck. Same thing happened twice more before I got home. It happened again on the next trip.
I removed the auxillary tank and drained it. There on bottom was a marble or ball bearing. It seems that the ball would roll around during travel and, once in a while, settle over the fuel opening in the bottom of the tank to create a blockage. Towing the truck would cause the ball to roll away.
PS: Auxillary tank was replaced with a Transfer Flow, which (apparently) did not have any loose marbles.
