Made it to North Platt NE at 9pm today in a RED T STORM FOR THE LAST 1 1/2 hours
Had to stop several times due to others stopping on the road. Last 30 miles at less than 40
Truck ran better today but has a definite water aversion
We worked all the ground wires but something still causes the O2 meter to go nuts and run rich top end at 65 too it dries out
Still having intermittent issues so stopped in Lincoln NE at a 24 hr repair shop at 11:30 and had a new O2 sensor installed
Found that the old plug had no clips holding it together
Also fix the windshield wiper that broke during the high speed wiping during yesterday’s storm driving
We behaving adventures!
Continued safe travels.
So sorry about all your troubles. Hope you have safe travels and pleasant roads today. I write this as I sit at McDonald’s in Argos having my first cup of coffee for the day
Replaced the 02 sensor at Lincoln NE and then fixed the last605 miles at avg. 17 MPG
Had a great time, ate too much, thank all who made it happen
Favorite moment was when Wayne tried to trick Lisa with a “gift” that he paid a lot for
Lisa looks at him then looks up for a few seconds and says
“Forgive him lord cause I know he’s Lying”
There was about 8 of us sitting around the fire pit who burst out laughing
Bob and I left Argos at 9:30 and made it to Lincoln NE by 8pm
BOB PUT ON 146 miles giving rides during the event running on that GREAT Lemlier wood
Truck running great on gasoline at avg 16 MPG
Good morning Mr. Mike .
One of my favorite moments was when I introduced Kristijan as a chemist in Slovenia. His reply was, also a chemist while here 
Besides being very smart, he is a hoot! Tomc
Wayne told Joanne and I a funny way he traps coyotes on his farm, not the way we do it here in Wisconsin, not sure if I would want any part of it.
Bob and I made it to Rock Springs WY at7:30 today after 705 miles
Went through 2 large thunder storms but only minor hail
At about 400 miles during a fuel stop the oil pressure dropped so low at idle that the idiot light came on
Kept the idle at 1000 until Cheyenne where a $39 oil change with 10-30 oil fixed it
Lesson learned don’t use semi synthetic 10-20 oil in a 1992 truck in 75 degree weather after 3000 miles
Quality inn sure feels good!
6/04/2019
Made it to Lagrande OR Today by 5 PM after 648 miles. Will be home tomorrow.
First day of the whole trip with perfect weather and not a hiccup from the truck
Lots of antelope and still snow above about 8000 ft. We crossed the continental divide at elev 7000 ft.
Thanks Bob and Mike for checking in . I expect everyone is back home except you two .
Start to unload the truck of all the tools and gear that I did not need to take and the rain that followed us to Argos and back again, showing up at my place, but it was good old Pacific Northwest rain. It’s good to be home with my family. I miss out on my Dana’s dad (Frank) and Dana’s daughter (Millie) birthday party on the 4th, at least they saved me a piece of strawberry pie. Yummy.
I just want to thank you all for your prayers and support as Mike and I traveled across the USA to Argos.
We ended up changing out the ignition coil. This seemed to improve the performance but we still were get poor fuel mileage off and on.
We replaced the air temperature sensor in the intake manifold, the engine check light cleared for the first time sents I have had the truck. But the fuel mileage was still not right. We noticed the truck would change when we would hit a bump in the road, this caused us to think it was the connection to the oxygen sensor or sensor it self. On the third day of driving we pulled into a 24 hour auto service place and put on the new oxygen sensor we had already had bought.
The truck started running great, and good gas mileage. On the forth day we bought a plastic bushing for the wiper linkage arm for the passenger side wiper, and fixed it at Argos. The second day is when the muffler wore out and started leaking big time this caused exhaust to go backwards into my pushers blowers because the check valve did not completely seal the exhaust gas off. 400 *f exhaust will meltdown plastics.
Wow! That’s impressive.
The only way that can happen is burning gasoline for long distances. During regular woodgas driving the incoming air cools the blowers (and the muffler!) and keeps any exhaust leaks moving the other direction.
It would be wise to have the pusher blowers disconnected for extended gasoline driving.
Yes Chris, the other thing that happen is after the melt down the wet air under the truck started to be scooped up into the metal cross tube and into the preheated box, now you have steam being formed and flowing up into the intake of the gasifier because the woodgas valve are not air tight when closed. The vaccum on the engine caused wet hot air to flow all the way though my gasifier system. My charbed was wet when I got to Argos. Lol. I was glad I brought extra charcoal. It ran good once I got it started with out a muffler preheater.
The new design will have a valve that can be close manually when driving across country. As long as you do not have a muffler leak this will never happen. But things happen. I keep reminding my self of the words you said Chris, this truck was built in 2012. That is now 7 years ago. It was on wood at 94,250 miles. It now has 125,010 miles on the truck.
You and Wayne put right at 17,000 miles on wood. I have over 3,000 miles now.
Bob
