Monday, February 11, 2008

Ocho en Punto—Eh?

This morning we made sure to get to the mechanics well before 8:00 as instructed. We arrived about 7:45 and nobody was there except the friendly little guard dog. About 8:00 a truck driver showed up—also waiting for it to open. An hour later there was still no sign of the mechanics. Maybe they were on Mexican time—but we took it as a message from the universe to try somewhere else. We drove directly to the Ford Sales and Service Centre (which was right beside where we had been staying). Within 20 minutes they had diagnosed the problem as a malfunctioning ignition module. Two hours later we had a new module and were ready. However, just to be safe we headed back up the road towards Tucson for a test drive. Unfortunately, there is still a problem--when the engine heats up we can't start it again for a couple of hours. ARRGH! We're thinking we'll go back to the Ford service place and go to the next step to sorting this out. I mean, what are our options? We can fly home or we can fix this sucker and head down to Mexico. We'll keep you posted.

1 comment:

Morbid said...

My votes is to fix the sucker and keep going to Mexico. No guts, no glory. Seriously, it's an annoying glitch to have to deal with and I hope it's solved soon. Loving the updates (you're SO entertaining) and the gorgeous pictures. Good luck you lot!