The Heart of Darkness

It's been a few days since I've posted and I have to tell you that the "Crazy" has been in full effect these past few days. Going from a late-night tow truck ride, staying in Daytona on the beach with the fam, driving down to the in-laws for a "memorable" visit and then going back to get the RV only to be sentenced to a 5 day purgatory of 100 degree heat index days in a non-a/c RV with now shore power is something that I would like to avoid in the future.

The repairs that Arrow Service and Wrecking performed were totally undone by the fact that the engine they received from KLQ was not the "runner" that was promised. After all the effort and pushing the new swapped engine just couldn't do the job. After warming up, the oil pressure dropped so much the engine would blow up if it was pushed to hard.  I even located a new 2 barrel carb from a shop a block away to replace the failing carburetor! Thanks Bill!! That left the oil pressure issue to be resolved. 

Now comes the hard part: negotiating with KLQ to honor the warranty, get the labor covered and put a re manufactured engine back into the "Long Hauler". If you paid someone to install an engine wouldn't you expect it to work or get something that did? So would I.

 The Long Hauler sits in a storage yard awaiting a new engine now. Thanks for all the folks that donated to the cause through GoFundMe. It's appreciated.