Happy Days! We made it to Winnemucca, NV yesterday after spending two nights at the Wildhorse Casino near Pendleton, OR and one night at the Orovada Rest stop south of McDermitt, NV. Just after I hooked the toad to the coach at Wildhorse on Thursday morning, Leslie noticed a shiny spot on the curbside front tire. Upon closer inspection, it was obvious the tire had been wearing unevenly and the right edge of the tire was worn down to show steel belting. Thank you, Leslie, for noticing that potential blowout waiting to happen! After getting two new tires installed by Les Schwab's of Pendleton, we stayed the second night and were able to get on the road on Friday morning. BTW, Schwab is having trouble getting tires. The fellow said I was lucky they had two tires of the size I requested, that being 315/80R22.5s and they are Perrelli's... expensive at $700 each included FET. Adding the service call, new valve stems, and beads made the total bill over $1,600. We have decided to stay off the road and spend three nights here in Winnemucca.
This morning, my nephew with me helping spent about two hours removing the Big Boy solenoid. The repair piece in the BAC website under Technical, Common Problems, Big Boy Solenoid Cleaning said to clean away the green corrosion and remove the old grease, and sand out the pitting on the contact surfaces. My Big Boy had no corrosion at all and no pitting to speak of. I drug my fingernail across the contact surfaces and they felt only a little rough. There was no visible pitting. We applied new grease, reassembled it, and reinstalled the Big Boy. It works but I am doubting it had a problem. But what could have caused the voltage reduction across the Big Boy which I detailed in an earlier post?