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- 4goneExplorerWent out in the single digit temps, walked wistfully through it checking for anything that shouldn't be. Heaved a heavy sigh and went back in the house where it wasn't so cold....
- BigdogExplorerWent to the repair shop to get a couple of things we needed which were in the MH which was in their to have a major exhaust manifold leak fixed and was told that the parts,"S" tube from the turbo down was in and had been installed. It wasn't s'posed to be shipped till today and installed when it got here next week. When they were inspecting her for the manifold leak,they found that the pipe had been bent somehow and the coolant hose was practically welded to it and if I had tried to drive her home after my estimate,it would have finished melting and blown all over everything. Went out and picked her up this AM and promptly managed to back it around a corner and hit a VERY small red bollard with the chrome extension and dent that. The guy who was backing me asked if I hadn't seen him signaling me to stop and I said that I was watching a car trying to get past me on the other side. OOPPSS.... I guess we all have to do it sometime.
Heading home on the freeway and the low water light came on,so I pulled off onto an offramp and found that there was a loose cap on the recovery tank and coolant,ELC, all over. Called the shop and there was a mech there in 20 minutes with a water sprayer to hose off some of the coolant and 4 gallons of ELC. it took almost 2 gals and he gave me the other two and home I went.
I parked it and got some minor maintainence items done,finished hosing down the engine compartment and covered her tires so that she would feel she was among her family again.
Notice I call the MH her and that's 'cuz she's so expensive,but worth it. - tstrykExplorer
- GreyghostExplorerI had Solar Bill in Quartzite install 420 Watts of solar, relocate an existing 80 Watt panel and install an adequate charge controller that will manage the coach and chassis batteries. The rest of the week I plan on doing what I like to describe as limit testing of the system. I'll put it on the inverter and find out what I can run and for how long before I need to fire up the generator or wait for the next day. I also hope to find out the recovery time for the new system.
- Yankee_ClipperExplorerHad the E4OD transmission serviced, chassis lube including drive zerks, new tires on left rear, changed oil on engine and genset, change TMPS batteries. R&R Atwood water heater control circuit board. Washed rig. Busy weekend.
- tstrykExplorerReplacing the bedroom TV. Why they used a square TV in 2006 is beyond me. All I can do is get one the right width and figure out how to nicely fill the void above it.
- AFChapExplorer- Broke and replaced a slide bolt on a basement compartment door
- Lubed several compartment door slide bolts
- Adjusted/replaced screws on ac/heat pump door after recent service
- Made annual service appointment for tomorrow, removed items we don't want to leave in the coach while it is in serrvice - UseroverdriveExplorerThe weather isn't cooperating for the roof seal project so I replaced the leaking exterior shower faucet. 19$ and an hours time.
- xctravelerExplorerBought end caps for closet shelving and put them on the compartment latch arms so I won't scrape my arm the next time I am reaching into the compartment in a hurry. Package of 20 too small, 20 too large and 60 just right cost ~$5. Only needed 12 total.
- BrianinMichiganExplorerWell with 3' of snow around the outside of the pole structure, I walked in the middle of the slab, slipped and about killed myself. Other than that it looked pretty good on the inside.
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