Tag: Wrenching

Front Wiper and Washer

When I bought the truck, the left side washer nozzle didn’t work very well. It sprayed washer fluid, but when stopped, the fluid landed about 4 inches from the bottom of the glass. When moving, the fluid didn’t make it to the glass. Being that this wasn’t keeping the truck off the road, it was a low-priority repair.

After our final snow storm of the spring, the driver’s side wiper was only clearing the top and bottom third of the blade. I thought the blade had torn, so I bought new ones. Fancy, high-tech, bridgeless wipers.

This made things worse

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Even diesels need electrons

Once I cleaned up all four terminals and reconnected the batteries, my baby roared to life.

No more transmission faults.

No more blinking THEFT light while driving to work.

All was good, for about two weeks.

Took the family camping in late September. When it was time to pack up on Sunday, I had no problems staring the Excursion up at the parking lot & driving to our site. After I finished loading up though, was a different story.

Crank, but no start.

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I’ve been given a deadline

This morning we’re discussing next year’s vacation budget, and the wife tells me she wants to go to Disney in Oct 2021.

And she wants to tow the travel trailer (that we don’t yet own) and stay at Fort Wilderness.

That gives me three years to turn the Excursion into a tow monster while saving enough cash to purchase a trailer and fund a two week stay at the Magic Kingdom.

Realistically, I want to buy and be able to tow the trailer in two years so we can do some local shakedown trips.

Luckily, the Excursion left the factory with a 10,000 pound towing capacity.

Let the shopping begin!

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Maintenance

So the first thing I do when I get a new vehicle is run through the maintenance.

  • Oil and filter change
  • Fuel filter change
  • Air filter change

This way I know when the last oil change was done and it gives me a chance to find any sketchy repairs that were done by the PO. I did find some work that was not quite sketchy, but not exactly right either.

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