Abilene Motor Express....A New Place To Call Home

My day so far:



That is a big patch of engine oil that should be in my engine.

As you can see, however, it is not.

Either I blew a gasket or the oil pan plug somehow managed to come loose. Was only an hour away from delivery, too.

 

If you recently had a PM the oil filter may not be tight.

 

Just checking in on my fellas @Finfn1372 and @jarhead0311 . Ain't seen Fin Fan in two months, and ain't seen Jarhead in a month. Hoping you guys are still out there safe and sound.

 

Turns out that a drainage hose came loose. So not as bad as a blown gasket, but the shop naturally wants to check the engine just in case they can charge Knight more money there's been any actual damage to it.

 

Yeah sorry,been slacking bad,it's been hit and miss lately,but I can say it's been a better year than last.

Just a heads up on my weight loss journey,I'm down 62 pounds,I'm about 15 away from my goal.

 

That's pretty awesome, mi amigo! I need to borrow some of that mojo myself.

 

Spent five nights in the hotel, and thought I would be getting the truck back last night. But it seems that the shop did indeed discover more expensive things to repair. Therefore my truck will spend another week or three in the shop getting the engine rebuilt, and I am currently hitching a ride from another Abilene driver to Rockford, IL, where I will pick up a loaner.

 

Im still here, SAIA P&D fell through, hired someone else. Truck had electrical issues so they sent me with another driver to johnson city, tn to pickup a new volvo at the dealer there that had a coolant leak apparently. Moved into it, left corner bumper damaged where the previous driver had scraped a wall or curb and left convex mirror had damage where previous driver pushed too hard to adjust it. Body shop did what they could to straighten the corner bumper piece. New Volvos are stuck at 68 and got the battery powered hvac so truck will only idle at certain temps. Should cut down on def system issues. Storage sucks but I made it work, it is slightly bigger interior than the 760 I was in. Contacted the VA about using VR&E to get my master’s in electrical/computer engineering. Had orientation for the program and waiting for the shutdown to end to get a counselor assigned to me. Gonna try and stick it out til my degree is done and leave the industry entirely while I still can being my back can’t handle the beating and don’t want a third surgery.