What next???

 This is Wednesday (I think…..) and we are sitting in Traverse City on Airport Road getting the generator fixed -  you might be asking yourself how in the heck did we end up here………….

We slept in the parking lot of the Wolverine Power Systems shop Monday nite; got up so we could talk to someone right away as soon as they opened up – Randy found out that they couldn’t have someone look at the generator until Thursday, so our first inclination was to head home and then have them come to the house for $160 up front and $89 per hour– then, whiled we were driving out of town, we calculated what it would cost to drive back up to Gaylord when they could fix it; and that was even more money so we decided to head back to the shop and wait and see if someone might get to it – but first we had to find a fuse that was blown in the generator- the gal at Wolverine said we could go to the NAPA store cause they didn’t have any is stock (wouldn’t you think a GENERAC generator dealer would have the fuses in stock????).  ON the way to NAPA we stopped at an Auto Value – not the right fuse.  They sent us to Radio Shack – not the right fuse- they sent us to Wittock Electric (they also gave us the number of a relative that fixed generators in Traverse City and we called and he could work on it Wed at 8:30am)– and they said they could have the fuse tomorrow – then they sent us to Ace Hardware- they had the fuse!!!!!!!  Randy bought 6!!!!  Then we decided we may as well go to Traverse City, be part of the way home and get the generator looked at a day earlier!  So, in a very round-about fashion, that’s how we ended up spending the nite in Traverse City!

The technician is working on the generator now – I don’t know how much per hour they charge but it’s almost 11 so that’s 2.5 hours……….  They figured out that the bushings were bad and at first said they didn’t have them in stock and we would have to come back, but the guy has only worked here 4 days and someone told them they were in stock!  They just started the generator and it’s “humming along”….

And the total is……………tat a tada!!!!  $268!!!!  And I guessed $250!!!  So we are on our way to 5300 8 Mile!!!!

Randy just said that our generator was $12,000 new and that those 3 cylinder diesel generators will run forever!!

Now we will be home in about and hour and half and then have to see if we can get in the driveway or have to plow first – then start a fire and turn the water back on and see how fast I can get the home phone “off vacation” – then our next project is to get the paperwork all set for being able to pass going through the scales in Canada!!  Will write as soon as I can again!!