Fyda Freightliner - days 2 & 3

Tuesday -- we knew that the parts were not expected until afternoon (and our technician's day ends at 1:30pm), but there were some tasks he was going to get completed so he would be able to install the new parts on Wednesday. The service advisor told us we didn't have to come in at 5am -- 7am would be okay, so we got to sleep late!

While in the waiting room, we would walk through the parts department to access the restrooms. This is outside the restrooms. We were wondering whether one of these could get installed on the front of Gracie to help with potential moose encounters in Alaska!

Jane and John had told us about a sportswear surplus store near the airport, just a couple miles away from where we are. We decided to visit there on Tuesday.

Carl wondered if this meant that we could purchase the store itself for 25% off?!?!?

They had a lot of screenprinted teeshirts, fleeces (sweatshirts and sweat pants), some caps and bags. Everything was 25% off the marked price -- even the items that had been marked down to $6.99-$8.99. We each found shirts in the marked down racks and I found one in the "regular" price area at $16.99.

Back at Fyda -- Gracie in the shop. We had decided to leave Miss Kitty locked in the bedroom for the day.

Gracie in the shop

Patti working on our blog in the waiting room

Our technician left at 1:30pm, but he was able to make significant progress. He had gotten the air conditioning system opened up and flushed. As suspected, the dryer had disintegrated sending waste materials through the system. During the flushing, a lot of debris was cleaned out. He was also able to get the frozen fan clutch removed.

The old fan clutch (on the left) and the new one (on the right)

The new fan clutch arrived just before end of day for our technician. The service advisor let us know that the air conditioning parts had also arrived -- so everything was there that we think would be needed to complete the service -- hopefully it would be completed on Wednesday. 

Since the fan clutch had been removed, Gracie could not be driven, so we could not move her to the gravel parking area for the night. Instead, she stayed inside the shop, and we spent the night at the Best Western down the street.

On Wednesday, we took our time getting over to Freightliner, enjoying the free breakfast at the hotel, knowing that they would be able to start the work on Gracie whether we were there or not. When we arrived, the technician had Gracie's engine running to test the air conditioning (to ensure it would not freeze up). He had already completed the installation of the fan clutch and it was working fine. 

The work was completed and we settled up (paid the bill). We were able to leave Fyda by about 9:45am to head toward Custom RV Repair in Elkhart, Indiana, for service on the front passenger side slide that had stopped working in Conroe, a few weeks ago.