There may be nonetheless one final half to interchange and Renzzo had ordered the half on Wednesday after the preliminary take a look at drive failure, some type of a transmission solenoid ordered earlier than a specialised scan of the pc codes confirmed that was what we would have liked to get the van operating correctly. It was shipped in a single day from Lima and we stopped by to choose it up.
GANNET2 strikes underneath her personal energy now however solely in third gear (or reverse) so we drove slowly throughout city to see a person a few code scanner.
Renzo informed me he likes engaged on transmissions as a result of they’re a combination of electronics mechanics and hydraulics. Engines are boring by comparability he stated. It’s not apparent till it’s important to tear them aside however trendy automated transmissions are managed not by you the driving force however by a pc. And when the pc detects an issue it shuts down to guard the transmission. We’re caught in “limp mode” which is third gear and which I drove too exhausting and induced the transmission to overheat. However the laptop hasn’t detected the brand new transmission so this man goes to spank it again into line by eradicating the pc codes that block correct functioning of the gearbox:
The code within the laptop is everlasting and requires a RAM supplier to clear it. My modest little scanner can learn these codes however can’t clear the everlasting ones in fact. Nor might his, at first.
Nonetheless he knew the trick and after taking down the passenger dashboard he discovered the key field put in by RAM to retailer the everlasting codes. Excuse the Rusty hairs, they get in every single place.
So he cleared the code -yay!- and found one other drawback. The little sensor was reporting a solenoid failure, an element not up to now changed.
Renzzo stated “No drawback” and after I paid $50 for the prognosis we drove over to the supply firm to choose up the sensor Renzzo had already ordered. Good.
Again on the store we found yet another drawback after Fran went into the transmission oil pan to interchange it. The elements warehouse in Lima confessed it had overnighted the incorrect half. Argh! So the right one is being overnighted once more to Arequipa with arrival hopefully as we speak.
Nothing is straightforward. Hopefully as we speak the proper solenoid can be put in, the everlasting code can be cleared and the transmission can be finished.
In the meantime they’ve in some way disconnected the second alternator so with all of the driving we acquired no electrical energy into the home batteries. Grr. So in any case week residing within the mechanic’s store I really feel filthy as do my garments. The bathroom is near full and the batteries are near empty.
Layne is scheduled to reach at 9am as we speak after an in a single day flight from hell. She has a room reserved on the resort that has the tenting the place we park and a dental appointment within the afternoon. I assume I’ll persist with GANNET2 and make a triumphant return within the afternoon? Nothing is simple.
Above Rusty within the passenger place, under resting.
