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NOmadjik into the Wild

NOmadjik in Texass

The bus that limped into Austin a couple months ago is now embarking on the the long limp ... for lack of a better word... home.  Seems like every destination becomes the symbolic "home" that I never really reach.

I fixed the leak with a combination of patching material and have a back up plan if the patches break.  I also did a 2 hour local test drive to make sure everything was working.  I'll be stoopping frequently to check for leaks and let my baby rest.

Anyone in the Waco, Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville areas that want to hook up let me know.  This will be a fairly slow drive...  I'm pushing my luck enough just pulling out of the driveway.

wish me luck.

To My Favorite WVO Mechanic

There's a hole in the coolant hose that heats the the veggie oil. It is in that impossible place to get at where the hose in hose (oil line running inside the coolant line) goes through the firewall (not a computer term). I'm surprised that the unprotected sharp piece of metal pressed tightly up against it had not cut a hole in it sooner.

This morning I was awoken by the police (again) while parked in the RV side of a Flying J parking lot. They "mildly" threatened to arrest me or fine me 1,000 dollars an ounce for the coolant that leaked out over night. I was able to convince them to give me an hour to fix it and leave... that i knew where the hole was and was capable of fixing it ( I did know, but I am not capable of fixing it in an hour ) I've blown about 80 unexpected bucks on coolant, stop leak and "special" rescue tape. There is no way to fix the hole without removing the entire veggie fuel line and coolant heat system. It will take a lot of time.

I was told by a flying J employee to just move it back to the big rig lot and work on it there, that way when the cops came back I'd be gone. I did that but within an hour an unmarked car with a uniformed cop cruised by.

As I rolled around under the bus frantically trying to put tape on wet hose with one hand (because that's all that would fit it the space) a trucker pulls up next to me hops out and leans down to warn me of the swarm of bees he saw behind my bus... I thanked him even though those bees and the ones I was laying on were all dead from the coolant that covered my entire body as well.

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