Just to make sure the first loading wasn't a fluke. I'm needful of knowing I can ride that Two Wheeler up the ramp, and stop at the top, NOT jumping off the other side... with regularity.
In case you're not one of the regulars on my bike site... here's the video of the "second loading"...
Right after this was done... I discovered that I'd killed the batteries in the truck... aaaaaarrrrrrgggghhhhh.
The 7-way RV plug has been busted up for a while... The previous owner of the truck had foolishly hung the thing down low, when he installed the flatbed... leaving that receptacle open to all sorts of damage...
Being cheap and not wanting to pay "Dealer Price" for parts I looked around but could not find the Plug in replacement... So I just went with a hard wire 7-Way... cutting the old busted plug off...
WRONG!
Did you know that the factory 7-Way RV connector... now has 8 Wires? ... Nobody I could find while I was struggling to hook it up the new connector yesterday had any sort of an idea what that 8th wire was for... or what it does. The only thing I know is... the old busted up plug was Working when I took it off... but the wires are dead now! ... and there ain't no blown fuses...
My guess? that wire runs some sort of a solenoid that controls things for some reason... Only thing I can do now is go ahead and pay the $115 extortion for the Factory part, splice it into place... and hope for the best... Crap...
Anyhoo... in trying to figure things out... guess I left the key on too long... and knocked the batteries down... which I guess aren't real shiny anyway... so, one more thing to take care of while waiting on the taxes to get done.
Maybe we'll get a nice return that'll make up for these last minute snafus!
Relearning Why I never wanted to be a Mechanic...
Brian
Help keep goin' RV Boondocking...goin' RV Boondocking!
Have you enjoyed your visits to my camp? I sure hope so. If you'd like to see what else I've written, you can follow this Trail to my "Bookshelf". Just know that any purchases of my lil' books and tales, helps keep me following the Trails of my beloved American West, collecting stories and yarns to entertain you with... and are Much Appreciated.
Many Thanks!
Return to the Home page of goin' RV Boondocking
Visit my "Ribbon of Highway" Blog on the Lil' sister to this site, Motorcycle Touring on Freedom Road
A broken down Ol' Cowboy goin' RV Boondocking ...
...and Yondering, to the beat of a different Biker Cowboy Drummer
1 comment:
Just now getting time to catch up with you while in the middle of my own adventure. I watched the vide of you loading that fine machine onto the truck bed. My main thought was that if there was anytime you might really, really need a helmet on while riding is if things don't go right while doing that loading. And, I noticed you did not have said helmet on...
Post a Comment