Since Galveston we’d been having intermittent HVAC fan problems. \u00a0Sometimes fan would work and other times it didn’t. \u00a0When it didn’t, sometimes I could wack it in the right spot and get it to come on. \u00a0While in Carrabelle I called ahead to a place in Crystal River to make an appointment. \u00a0So I showed up bright and ugly for my appointment and they agree with the GMC dealer in New Orleans that both the blower and the resistor need to be changed.<\/p>\n
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Slight side track here…but I struggle with the right way to approach these truck issues. \u00a0On one hand I would like to take it in there and just tell them the symptoms and let them diagnose it from scratch. \u00a0But on the other hand I have some diagnosis information (from another shop that may or may not be correct) so you’d think we could get to a solution quicker if I shared with them\u00a0ALL the information. \u00a0In the case of the former I worry that I spend more time in the shop while they re-diagnose and then find out that the part will take a week to get here. \u00a0In the case of the latter I worry that the diagnosis is wrong but they figure “we can charge him to replace BOTH parts and he won’t question it because we’re the 2nd people to tell him”.<\/p>\n
So, both parts need to be replaced. \u00a0I had also noticed a horrible sound in the dash when switching between defrost and not defrost. \u00a0Turns out the actuator was binding up….so that needed replacing too. \u00a0Oh heck, while you are emptying my wallet, go ahead and replace glow plug number 5 so the stupid check engine light will go off. \u00a0I feel like I bought an overpriced Duramax,\u00a0Allison, frame and body…other than that the whole thing is getting rebuilt\/replaced!<\/p>\n
When they go to put the blower in….it fidn’t dit! \u00a0They could get the correct one but it would be the next day before it arrived. \u00a0Argh!! \u00a0So the next day while Steph and the kids went to the Three Sisters to check out the manatees I spent another morning in the auto repair shop. \u00a0At least I was able to work while there…to help pay for all the repairs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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