We got up early and left our spot at the Four Mile Creek Campground. We have a 10:00 AM appointment at Basil Ford in Buffalo for an oil change and lube. We also are going to have them check the “check engine light” code. The guys at AMCO told us it’s the PCV valve, but every once in a while, the engine backfires when we start it the first time in the day. I also want them to check the hazard flashers. I turned them on when we were slowly climbing a hill last week, forgot about them and they quit working.

We got to Basil Ford about an hour early so maybe we can make some miles south this afternoon. Right…

We didn’t get out of the dealers until about 4:00 PM. And that’s not the worst of it.

After they finished lunch, they had only looked at the hazard flasher. They told me they could fix it with a new “multifunction switch” (that’s the turn signal, high low beam, wiper switch) and a new wiring harness. The parts would be $700.00 plus labor!

I had the “multifunction switch” replaced under a year ago by a Ford dealer in South Carolina. These guys at Basil Ford in Buffalo would not honor the Ford warrantee on the part because they had not installed it.

I told them to forget the whole thing, put the old switch back in and just do the oil change and I was out of there. I would check with Ford about this whole deal.

They said they could do that but the turn signals and brake lights would not work. They put it back and guess what… the lights worked just fine.

So we wind up with just an oil change that cost us $180.53. The oil change was $71.53 and the “checking the multifunction switch” was $109.00.

That’s it for the Ford dealers. From now on it’s “Do It Your Self or the local truck shop.

We had a nice end to the day; we stopped at a great campground for the night, Willard's Country Place. Camped in a field and we where the only people there. They had a nice laundry so we have clean clothes.