Friday, June 26, 2015

First impressions

   

  Well here she is.

   
 2001 International with an Amtran body powered by the DT466 diesel and an Allison automatic transmission.

      I took a one way flight to Saint Louis, Mo. Tuesday morning and made the trek back to Texas.  It took forever it seemed but it was overall a nice drive. 15 hours with stops for lots of liquids and a few gallons of fuel. I wasn't being real exact about the math but the fuel mileage looks to be good at about 10-11 mpg. She ran great and my favorite feature so far is that it has cruise.  The only thing that I must figure out immediately is how to get the front heaters completely turned off they were both pumping out tons of heat and It was hot in there.  I'll look in to that right away this next week but I think I found the valve to stop the coolant from cycling though to the heaters. I will be doing just a few things to get it  ready this weekend and hopefully the kids and I will get to take her out for our first trip Sunday.  I cant wait to see there face expressions when the I show them our new ride.

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