Wednesday headed to Harve, Wyoming and The engine banged, reduced our speed and the engine light went on again. Ed drove 45 mph on a 70 mph speed limit and called the dealership in Havre. We got there at 4:00 pm and they were so helpful.
We dropped the trailer in their parking lot and they squeezed us in to read the code. It was not good. The valve body needs to be replaced and guess what? There isn't any anywhere. This truck dealership has 7 trucks waiting for the part, same thing with a dealership Ed talked to in Oregon. One man has been waiting since April- that's right 3 months!
Ed called GMC and after numerous phone calls nothing can be done. He even called the Ocala dealership. No help, no parts available. Everyone says it is back ordered.
So what are our options?
Stay here for up to three months waiting in line for a part.
Try to ship the RV back to Florida and leave the truck here or ship the truck home too.
Then try to ship all the fish in the freezer home.
Buy suitcases and take as much of the clothes home as we can. (We packed both winter and summer clothing for this trip.)
Pay for flights home for us and Aussie. How does that work? He can't fit under our seat!
Hire transportation to the airport here and again from Orlando. If we leave the truck here we need to fly back up to get it. Then pay for hotels to drive it back home.
OR buy a new truck even though this one is almost paid for and this dealership doesn't have anything that will tow our RV except one that has a bed too long so they need to trade trucks with another dealer.
What to do?
