Vern,
SHE and I feel for you. During our return from Alaska in 2000, we were in
the same condition -- A/C failed. We had to wear swimsuits and drive
mostly at night to cross the "whole country" in August!
Stay hydrated. Hope it's just a ruptured hose that you can get replaced.
Ken H.
On Sat, Jul 7, 2018 at 10:36 AM Vern Crawford
wrote:
> Does anyone know a good A/C shop in the Kingsman, Arizona, or Las Vegas,
> Nevada area?
>
> Driving into metro Tucson in the 100+ degree heat about 5:00pm yesterday
> there was a loud “BOOM” from the passenger side of the engine compartment
> as we were creeping along I-10 in clogged traffic. An oily residue coated
> components and wiring under the passenger side access panel.
>
> Except for the A/C, all other systems were operating normal.
>
> We are on our way to Eugene Oregon, where we are expected to arrive by
> Monday noon. I did not attempt to locate a shop yesterday, as by the time
> we got through the traffic jam blocking the interstate, it was already
> closing time. We chose to drive on, but the heat was brutal! Thank
> goodness we had the curved plexiglass wind scoops for the toll windows, but
> the offered little relief in cooling as the temps rose to over 110 degrees,
> and did not drop until sundown. We continued on for some 300 miles until I
> finally got off the road in Kingman, Arizona at the Walmart around 1:00am
> this morning.
>
> Without A/C I dread driving in this heat. The GMC is literally like being
> in an oven.
>
> If no one has recommended mechanics for Kingman, we need to get back on the
> road before we loose all of the lower temps of morning.
>
> Hoping someone knows someone here in the desert Southwest,
> Vern and Lenore
>
>
SHE and I feel for you. During our return from Alaska in 2000, we were in
the same condition -- A/C failed. We had to wear swimsuits and drive
mostly at night to cross the "whole country" in August!
Stay hydrated. Hope it's just a ruptured hose that you can get replaced.
Ken H.
On Sat, Jul 7, 2018 at 10:36 AM Vern Crawford
wrote:
> Does anyone know a good A/C shop in the Kingsman, Arizona, or Las Vegas,
> Nevada area?
>
> Driving into metro Tucson in the 100+ degree heat about 5:00pm yesterday
> there was a loud “BOOM” from the passenger side of the engine compartment
> as we were creeping along I-10 in clogged traffic. An oily residue coated
> components and wiring under the passenger side access panel.
>
> Except for the A/C, all other systems were operating normal.
>
> We are on our way to Eugene Oregon, where we are expected to arrive by
> Monday noon. I did not attempt to locate a shop yesterday, as by the time
> we got through the traffic jam blocking the interstate, it was already
> closing time. We chose to drive on, but the heat was brutal! Thank
> goodness we had the curved plexiglass wind scoops for the toll windows, but
> the offered little relief in cooling as the temps rose to over 110 degrees,
> and did not drop until sundown. We continued on for some 300 miles until I
> finally got off the road in Kingman, Arizona at the Walmart around 1:00am
> this morning.
>
> Without A/C I dread driving in this heat. The GMC is literally like being
> in an oven.
>
> If no one has recommended mechanics for Kingman, we need to get back on the
> road before we loose all of the lower temps of morning.
>
> Hoping someone knows someone here in the desert Southwest,
> Vern and Lenore
>
>
