Well, that was interesting.
Nancy had a great night in the casino, coming home with $322 more than she went in with! That was the end of the good news.
First thing in the morning, I went to the CRV to run it up to pressurize the transmission for the day's tow. That's when we discovered that two of the three sets of keys remained back in Manitoba. Somehow. Since one set of keys has to remain in the ignition during towing, and it likes to spontaneously lock itself, this had potential for problems. Then I started the Brave, only to hear a bad rattle (is there ever a good rattle?) from the front of the engine. Despite opening the hood and peering at the rads intensely, the rattle persisted. Hmmm. Good Sam recommended Boyer Trucks, in Sioux Falls, so down the road we went. After a couple of hours of tense watching-the-gauges-every-30-seconds driving we arrived at Boyer. They soon put the rig in their bay and checked it out, only to find the A/C compressor bearing was calved to the point of falling right out. Well, at least that explained all the problems with the dash controls yesterday. They spent an hour searching for the right compressor (discontinued by Ford, of course), brought one in, in the early afternoon, nope, wrong one. Order another one in, more money, but at least it's the right one. While we were waiting, we headed over to the Honda dealer, and had a couple of CRV door keys cut, at $10 a piece. Full-on ignition keys were quoted at $183 each, and it would take a hour and one half of the CRV in the shop time, so we made do with the door keys. Back to Boyer, hoping they would be able to finish it tonight (they gave no guarantees), checking out pet-friendly hotels, just in case. They installed the correct compressor, it worked, but the old compressor had taken out a relay or two when it died, so the mechanic set about tracing those. Success!! We thanked them, happily paid our bill, and headed over to good old Jellystone Park in Brandon, SD, where we have camped previously.
On the bright side, it's been an absolutely gorgeous day for sitting about waiting for repairs...
280 Km.
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Just finished my heater core replacement in the Dodge. Took it to Minnedosa today and didn't have to breath anti-freeze! Hope you have all the bugs out for the rest of the trip.
We are getting ready for a big wind sometime tonight. We are hoping it won't be as bad as originally predicted....gusting to 110 kms!!!!
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