What did you do to your Class A MH today???

Just finished installing a new matching A+E Window Awning over the window on the passenger side slideout. The window should be shaded by the patio awning, but I can never seem to have it out much before someone sneezes and causes it to billow up over the roof.

Installed the parts required to repair the Velvac mirror that had been removed by a bus in Puerto Vallarta.

(details on blog pages PV to Maz and Mazatlan entries)

Then I discovered that somehow I had wired it incorrectly; the up-down-left-right were all mixed up! I thought I had spliced the wires correctly but a check on the internet showed that for some reason Velvac has the yellow and blue wires spliced to the black, the black to the white, and the white to the brown! I had simply attached like color to like, except the single brown to the yellow and blue that we already paired. :h

Tomorrow take it apart, cut and splice again. I really hope I left enough slack so I don't have to take the whole thing off and re-splice new wire in like I had to do today.

Unloaded it.

Yesterday, I finished removing the FanTastic Fan and the remaining Butyl tape from the roof. I will clean up and paint the reefer vent and the trim and control switch plate for the FanTastic fan, I will then start putting every thing back on the roof and seal with Eterna-Bond. I also added 8 more quarts of oil to the engine. All I now have left is to add 3 more quarts and change the oil filter and I will be able to drive her out of the barn and place her up on the pad next to the house. Boy am I tired and sore.

Installed a LED 32" TV, hooked up batwing and got a whopping 8 channels!
Who needs SAT TV? lol...........

Sprayed 303 on every piece of exposed rubber that I could find. Slide seals, door and window seals, tires, etc.

Just received my rear track bar...expect to install it next weekend. Will be installing the new Scan Guage on Monday. I think I have all of the small stuff repaired. Taking our new to us MH out for the first time this weekend. Getting ready for a three week trip in June. So far, so good.

Wednesday started the de-winterizing process. Finished yesterday by checking/topping off the tires. So far only had to get a new starting battery as the trickle charger I plugged in didn't work even though the light indicated that it was working. Bought a new one at Menard's for $20 before taxes. Whoops, forgot to run the furnace. Darn, I'll do that this morning before we leave for camping - rain showers/thunderstorms with a daytime temp of 60°F for the whole weekend.

I cleaned "love bugs" off the front of my class A today. Here in Florida, at certain times in Spring and Fall, these pesky, acidy pests swarm and cause havoc on the roads. They can permenently blemish paint jobs if left stuck to vehicles for more than a couple of days. I'd heard that moist Bounce fabric softener sheets would remove the "toxic" bug residue. Sure enough, to my pleasant surprise they did! It still was a tough job, the front end surface area is a bit large. But without the sheets, it could have been much worse!

Went over to my storage unit an unhooked everything as I have an appointment at my dealer to inspect a defective slide topper under warranty. It will take me and hour each way, 5 minutes to inspect it, supposed to rain so another two hours to wash and dry it and who knows when I'll be able to open the slide to let the topper dry out. Had to cancel my last appointment because it snowed. Bummer

Nick
2011 Vista 35F