Sunday morning Ricky showed up with his VERY BIG tow truck and towed us about 80 miles back the way we had come to Magnolia Diesel in Columbus MS. We had a pleasant day in Columbus, see Carol’s post at http://cgstudio.net/for our day in Columbus. 

Monday morning Josh brought out his antique diagnostic computer (with current software) and took a look at the codes that had been set. The only active code was failure of the throttle to communicate with the engine! It was decided that a new Throttle Position Sensor was what was needed. However it only comes with the complete throttle assembly, which is no longer available from Freightliner. They had shipped their entire stock of parts to some vintage parts company in Wisconsin. Gregg worked the phone and computer to get one delivered to Tupelo (?) so Tuesday morning Carol and I took the Jeep about 60 miles to Tupelo to pick up the part. 

Thirty minutes after we returned with the part it was installed and appeared to be working. However all sorts of other warnings appeared on the dash. One by one they went away, leaving only an ABS warning light. Josh suggested reinstalling the drive shaft and taking it out for a spin to see how it drove. As soon as we started moving the ABS light went out. We returned to the repair yard, paid our bill and drove almost 4 hours to Vicksburg MS where we are settled in a casino campground.  

Tomorrow, Livingston TX!