troubledwaters wrote:
DutchmenSport wrote:
You all must be very rough on those RV's. The only fixes I've had to do on mine were mostly self-inflicted boo-boos! A "very" few minor touch-ups, like putting some kind of lubricant on the toilet slide because it keeps sticking. Other than that, my on-road-traveling repairs experiences are absolutely nill. I once had a leak at the black tank flusher though, where the hose attaches to the side of the trailer. I put a new one on once home. Does that count?
I thought it was like last week you said you had to replace a malfunctioning water pump in yours? I could be mistaken.
Yes, I did... after 3 years of malfunction (it still worked, it just didn't know when to quit working. by the way, that "intermittent" sporadic momentary spirt hasn't happened since I switched out the pump). I suppose that counts too.
OK, let me think about this on my current camper: I've replaced all 4 tires when one was wearing uneven, the water pump, and had a leak under the shower pan (fixed under warranty when new). I replaced the black tank flusher hook up, and the scare light bulb on the (driver side) which kept blowing. But it's now holding, so probably was just a rash of inferior bulbs. We did replace the air conditioner from a 13,500 to a 15,000, but that was by "choice" not a mechanical failure. We replaced the original television, and the original television is now in our bedroom in the house hanging on the wall. We wanted a television in the camper that was internet ready. (here again, a choice, not because of mechanical failure). And believe it or not, we're still sleeping on the original factory installed mattress. Actually, it's a good mattress. We did swap out furniture for a real 3 seater recliner sofa (by choice again, not because the original furniture was defective). But here again, no repairs when on the road. Any changes, modification, or minor fixes were all done at home. I've done several small modifications for comfort, like putting wall plugs over the existing plugs that now have built in USB ports, but they just plugged into the existing outlet. I also opened the cubby hole beside the bed to open all the blocked off space under the front cap wall closet. I rebuilt that space to make a cubby hole our cat can sleep in. He absolutely love that cubby hole now and he's right there beside my head in the cubby. (much more comfortable than him trying to sleep ON my head!) I built a simple doggie ramp so our dachshund can get up on our bed and sleep with us (and my grand kids love running up and down it too). I've added coffee cup hooks and towel bars. So, in the end, I've done a lot of work on the camper, but very, very few actual break-downs or repairs because of shoddy manufacturer construction. (sorry for the long paragraph, ... hard to read it formatted this way... I know!)
