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05WAF350 wrote: Not knowing exactly where this goes so my question is we have Good sam emergency road side assistance, first time we used it in 5 years. We were in our POV, not towing and located at Seattle/Tacoma internaional airport. Returned to a dead battery and could not get assistance for a jump for over 3 hours. I would call and they would say we will have somebody to you in 30 minutes but they would not show. This went on 3 times and we finally arranged for and paid for and got the truck started ourselves. Of course, as we are getting it started at 11:45 pm somebody shows up, writes down the vin number, asked me to sign and off they go. I was happy somebody eventully showed but 3+ hours later in the city seems a lot to long to wait. Do others have this kind of poor responce from roadside assistance or did this look like a one time issue. Don I've had fairly good luck with Good Sam Roadside Assistance. Used it 3 times. Had to wait an hour once but that was early AM in Northern VA traffic and they woke the guy up to tow my car.586Views0likes0CommentsRe: Breakdown Information
1995 Thor Pinnacle 8.2L Chevrolet engine Workhorse chassis Fuel pump, water in gas tank, rusty gas tank low power Last MH was a gas unit that had been sitting for a few years. Got sold to a dealer and I got a "great deal" on it. Drove fine during the test drive and on the way home, about 75 miles total. Next trip out it started losing power and ultimately wouldn't go faster than 25 mph. Problem turned out to be rust particles in the gas tank. A LOT of rust particles, resulting from the 3 1/2 gallons of water I siphoned out of the tank. The rust particles would get sucked up to the fuel pump pickup sock (first line filter) and starve it for gas. When I stopped the rust particles would settle away and it would run great for a couple miles. The solution was to thouroghly clean out and seal the tank since a nationwide search using 3 independent sources couldn't come up with a new tank. I used a couple of pounds of dry wall screws as abrasives and rolled the tank around the yard. You don't shake an 80 gallon tank in your hands like you would a motorcycle tank. Then I rinsed it out with water a couple of times followed by a couple of rinses with acetone. After it dried it was fairly clean but with all the baffles, there was no way to get all the rust out of it. After doing a bit of research, I used an epoxy sealant from Caswell Plating. It was spendy and a lot of work, but it was a great solution for me. I don't think I have enough money to have work like this done.585Views0likes0Comments
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