Route 66: Day 1 - Spark Plugs Flying
By MaxW on May 11, 2008 in Travel Blog
With a late start we headed to the freeways to get out of Los Angeles, but as soon as we got on the 10 freeway we came to a dead stop.
According to Google Maps it was bad traffic for the next 35 miles.
Right as we are preparing to merge into the 5 north from the 10, one of the dirtiest, congested, graffitied areas in Los Angeles, probably the world, we hear a loud explosion and rumbling noise we thought we had a blown tire, about 2 miles down we find a pullout large enough for our rig and look around to find all the tires intact.
After looking around more we discover there is air rushing from the engine and it is misfiring, when we open the engine hatch i immediatly see the problem. We saw a gapping hole, and a spark plug dangling precariously by a thin wire!
At first not knowing what to do about it we tried calling a tow truck but they don’t do road side repairs anymore and all the shops in the are where closed for the weekend.