Then, it was time to get back to the Phoenix area for the kid's graduation (Magna Cum Laude) from Arizona State! Yay kid!!! :) The time with her was irreplaceable and so memorable! We had one thing scar our time there though. As we were driving to AZ the check engine light on the rig came on. Since we were already taking it in to Camping World we asked them to check the source of the light. They couldn't so we took it to Cummins Diesel. We were hoping for something simple but alas, like everything else with the Gilliams, it was anything but. When the rig was being built, the pipes used for air intake were dirty. That debris was feeding into the fan that cools the turbo on the engine and it damaged the fan. Who was going to pay to fix it? Cummins said not them, Winnebago said not them but luckily Freightliner admitted it was them and said they would pay for it. Cummins said they could get it done in 2 days if Freightliner got them the part (only one of these parts in the entire country). This was on a Wednesday and we were supposed to get the coach on Friday. Friday comes around and Freightliner didn't order the part in time!! Luckily Gary called them and told them of our "great disappointment" in this news and they agreed to pay for our lodging until the rig was fixed. WHEW! Cummins ended up fixing it by Monday of the following week. They were excellent! I can't say enough about them! They kept the coach plugged in so our food wouldn't spoil, they kept us completely updated during the entire process and they even went to Freightliner and picked up the part instead of waiting for the part to be delivered to them. We got on the road by 7 that night and drove for a few hours just to get a jump start on the long drive we were going to have to do the next day. And it was our very first time we spent the night at a truck stop! It actually was kind of fun and it was good to know that we can easily do it in the future when we need to. :)
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