Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Our Weekend In The Rearview Mirror

Even though we had planned for many months to be at Grace Fellowship with Pastor Isaacs and his great people in Elba, Alabama this weekend, it was not to be. It seems the bus conspired against us and we remain in Texas for another day or two. Of course, Texas is not a bad place to be stuck, especially when we are having great services!

I appreciate Pastor Jon Isaacs and his church understanding the position we are in here in Houston. It is tough knowing that I caused them to miss revival, but they are so gracious. I will do my best to make it up to them IF possible.

It really was a great weekend at Full Gospel Lighthouse in Sweeny, Texas. We sure appreciate Bro. Lamb inviting us to stay a few more nights and we have enjoyed the blessings of the Lord and the fellowship with the saints. The revival continued Friday, Saturday and both services Sunday. We even had church right through the Super Bowl and did not even have a big screen set up to watch it. Hallelujah!

I spent most of the day Friday at Prevost Houston and there was quite a bit accomplished. I will try to have a full report once we have a few hundred miles under our wheels, but there was an interesting development. Did you see the pictures yesterday?
Detroit 60 Series
I was not driving to Houston Saturday, so it kind of felt like I was cheating all day. I had more time to prepare for preaching, time with my family, a great lunch with the Pastor and some of his family and a wonderful service Saturday night. Yeah, it was a pretty good day.
1995 Prevost XL Fuel Injector Wiring Harness
Sunday was a great day too. We had two good services to close out the extended revival and a wonderful meal and fellowship Sunday at lunch. May God bless Pastor Larry Lamb and all of his great folks for treating us so well.

I was up and on the road early Monday morning. I was sitting in the parking lot at Prevost Houston by 6:30. It is hard to believe, but the traffic was already a zoo by that time going around Houston. The roads were wet and there was a heavy pea soup fog that became even worse after I came through it.

They slid the engine back into the BoggsMobile Monday. They have a few things to button up and then the guy from Mid Coast will program the new fuel injectors into the computer and we should be ready for a test drive. Pray, saints, pray.

Odie took a bunch of great pictures over the weekend and here they are. I hope you enjoy! Thank you for dropping in.

Davy






















































































Monday, February 4, 2019

The BoggsMobile Has Gossypiboma 

There was an interesting development with the bus on Friday.
1995 Prevost XL Fuel Injector Wiring Harness
The mechanic had just removed the valve cover and he was shining his light down in amongst the valves. I was standing on the opposite side of the engine when I heard him say excitedly, "Oh No! Look at that!" Trust me, those are not the words you want to hear at that moment.
Detroit 60 Series
What was it? It was an oil-soaked shop towel tucked between valves 3 and 4.


Here it is out of the engine.


I thought some of the guys in the shop were going to have a baby heart attack when they saw it, which is pretty cool since the guy who found it and I were already having matching baby heart attacks.
Prevost Houston Mid Coast Diesel
We have owned the BoggsMobile since March 2008. I have driven it 170,000 miles. It had about 180,000 miles from two previous owners. The first owner kept meticulous records including transcribed phone conversations with Prevost and Featherlite. The second owner left behind great maintenance records as well. There is NO mention of this engine ever being opened.

That leaves me to believe that shop towel has been in there since January 1995, 24 years and 350,266 miles.

I shudder to think about what could have happened during any one of those miles. If you look closely, you can see the shop towel has a few ripped places. It looks like the constant motion of the valves was leaving the mark. It could have been inching closer to a catastrophic failure. My head has been spinning since that towel was found Friday.

Makes me wish I was on social media and knew how to use it. I would put these pictures on Detroit's Twitter or Instagram. #SurgicalSpongeLeftInTheBody

In the grand scheme of things, I guess a shop towel riding inside my bus engine is a minor bump in the road, but it could only happen to me.

There is a medical term for this. Perhaps the BoggsMobile could make it into a medical journal as being the first Detroit 60 Series to have Gossypiboma or Retained Foreign Object (RFO).

Thank you for checking in.

Davy

Sunday, February 3, 2019

View Out The Front Window 2/3/2019

This is our view out the front window of the BoggsMobile inside the shop at Prevost Houston.


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