How about some carnage on the way home? We had the bypass hose go out on the amigo about 45 miles from Moab, right after I pulled over because the high pressure AC line burst (man, that was a loud bang!) . I couldn't find anything that would fit it from the sami or the cherokee, and after getting coolant/steam on two of the fingers on my left hand, I sorta lost interest in trying. We sent the kids on their way in Amanda's cherokee once we called the tow service.

USAA's towing policy worked, even if they sent me back to Moab instead of 15 or 20 miles farther to Grand Junction. While I was waiting for the wrecker, I got a hold of Julie Marsh, who was spending an extra day in Moab and she was nice enough to go to Parts Plus and get some different size hoses and clamps, and a couple of gallons of antifreeze.


When the wrecker arrived he put the amigo on the flatbed and towed the dolly behind his truck, and I drove the sami back to Moab. By the time I got the sami back to Moab, the rear was making noises when traveling in a straight line, so there may be something wrong with the diff. The driver side brake cylinder also checked out and left a nice trail of brake fluid everywhere. We ended up loading it onto the dolly a$$-end up, and strapped down the steering wheel. We also replaced the bypass hose with a 6-inch piece of 3/8 heater hose, ate dinner with Julie then took off.

Ended up getting home aroung 4:30am...