[tcb] Re: brians hillarious trip report
- From: Will Wood <evilscientistboo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 08:59:51 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
You don't give him enough credit. At least his axle nuts were tight..
Just kidding Brian, we've all been there before. ;-)
-----Original Message-----
>From: Chuck Blue <sukchew@xxxxxxx>
>Sent: Aug 28, 2006 8:45 AM
>To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [tcb] Re: brians hillarious trip report
>
>You didn't mention that you couldn't find Denis' Road.You were found on the
>side of the road calling for Help, I think.
>ole blue
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Brian Denning" <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 8:16 AM
>Subject: [tcb] brians hillarious trip report
>
>
>> well for those of you that didn't make eureka here is what happened to me.
>> (yes denis i am going to quote my exact message to you.)
>>
>> so left benton around 8:30 friday morning. fueled up, took the dogs to the
>> vet to kennel, and left. took the interstate from benton to conway, about
>> 1 hour of driving. got on to highway 65 in conway and went on. we stopped
>> in marshal for some pizza at pizza hut, i checked under the bus to see how
>> the "oil cooler leak" was. (you'll understand the quotes later on) two or
>> three minor drops under the bus nothing horrible. checked the oil just a
>> smiggin below the full line. continued on my journey. stopped to get gas
>> in harrison, ar. averaged about 21 mpg. checked under the bus at the "oil
>> cooler leak" one drop nothing bad went on. turn on to 62 from 65 start up
>> the first big hill had to down shift to make it up the hill (lots of down
>> shifting on 62 and 65. start up the hill :sniff: :sniff: what's that smell
>> oh shit i can't see behind me due to the smoke. ah crap the "oil cooler
>> leak" has finally finished itself off. crap pull over as far over as i can
>> get which means the left side of the bus is still in the road. a preacher
>> guy stops to help i start it up he says oil is "gushing" from underneath.
>> he encourages me to drive the 1000 feet over the hill it will take to get
>> on to a huge shoulder area. i hesitate well a big ford econoline van comes
>> flying by almost killing hershey and diana who is inside of hershey that
>> told me i better risk the motor and drive it the thousand feet. get onto
>> the big shoulder. take the rear apron off take the rear most peice of tin
>> off. oil is all over the back side of the pushrod tubes i think man, this
>> "oil cooler leak" is pretty bad for there to be oil on the back side of
>> the pushrod tubes and not the front side. well about that time i hear a vw
>> horn and look over to see a vanagon comming by. i flag them over the guy
>> was like can i help i was like yea (and dripping wet because it was
>> raining at the time. well we looked we tinkered finally i said start it up
>> let's see what is wrong. he fired it up and oil shot out of one of the
>> hoses for the full flow filter. evidently the hose was rubbing against the
>> exhaust pipe that comes out of the head right where the heat exchanger
>> hooks up. so i call my dad who is already in eureka springs and tell him
>> my situation and so he drives over with a nipple and some hose clamps i
>> thank the vanagon guy for stopping told him where dad was and thanked him.
>> he said as he pulled away his wife was asking if they should give me a
>> ride and he looked in the rearview mirror and saw me popping the top and
>> said nope i think they are preparred for the long haul. so the "oil cooler
>> leak" wasn't that it was the full flow. well here is where the funny part
>> comes in:
>>
>> shortly after the vanagon guy leaves i call andy because i am bored, no
>> answer it is 1ish and andy is probably sleeping because he works 3rd
>> shift. ok so next on my list i call denis. hear is the following sequence
>> of events:
>>
>> denis' answering service:"hi this is denis and jan we can't come to the
>> phone right now so leave a message after the tone"
>>
>> me: "yo denis, what's up i'm on the side of the road and thought i would
>> call and say hi so hi, by"
>>
>> HANGUP
>>
>> i thought i said i was broke down evidently not. i get the bus fixed and
>> drive on to eureka.
>>
>> saturday get to the show listen to the 2 messages on my phone the first
>> one being from denis "brian this isn't andy it's denis and we are all
>> talking about you, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT YOU!!!!!" the second one from andy
>> "hey brian this is andy it's 10:15pm and we are eating all kinds of good
>> food and drinking and having a good time and we are talking about you and
>> how you are staying in a hotel room"
>>
>> i show my bus decorate it with my fancy bus plates. pop my top open the
>> top kot bunk evidently something alot of folks have never seen before.
>>
>> i knew i was going to hear my name called for something whether it be for
>> best of show, best paint or atleast third in my class. i never heard my
>> name :-( so i am a bit sad. i knew i was going to get best paint. but i
>> didn't.
>>
>> went to ermilio's and i got food poisoning but it didn't show up till
>> after we got to denis' house. sorry denis for leaving so quickly. i hung
>> my head out the window driving back to the hotel for fear that i might
>> puke. and diana can't drive a stick so that was a fun drive back.
>>
>> sunday: diana and i went to the big bisquit place out on 62 and listened
>> to the old lady sing while we ate our big ass bisquit and ham and bacon. i
>> only managed to eat the top half of my bisquit so i failed my challenge.
>> then we left got gas at the shell in eureka and went on.
>>
>> hit some rain in harrison. the windshield wipers decided they were tired
>> of the rain and would stop in the middle of the windshield every time they
>> wiped. i think the motor was getting wet because of the big crack in the
>> windshield seal.
>>
>> stopped in pickles gap, bought some fudge. realised i didn't have brake
>> lights because the wire came loose so i fixed that and we went on home.
>>
>> all in all it was a fun trip it sprinkled a bit at the show but not to
>> bad. beautiful weather overall.
>>
>> oh and denis: i am sitting at my computer at work just thought i would say
>> hi so hi, by.
>>
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