Dissassociate Yourself From The Problem!
One of the biggest errors an owner can make is to get emotionally involved with a mechanical malfunction or breakdown. The "What If's" start piling up, spoiling of personal plans erodes objectivity, a...
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pnichols wrote:The older the MH the more true number 3 is. Finding original parts is hard so and if you can they are likely to fail again. Case in point all the plastic vents on the upper dash were cracked from the sun I replaced them with wood vents I made 12 years ago. Plastic latches etc were replaced with metal. Aluminum entry door latch that broke twice (Trimark) was fixed with steel. Baggage door latches that broke made from pot metal were fix with steel latches. Stuff like this is normal on bigger problems emotions still get the best of me when I'm on the road not so much when I am home.
I march to the beat of a bit different drum.
Broken stuff is almost always due to something, somewhere, being designed, or built, or installed in an inferior way ... which I almost universally consider as unnecessary, pathetic, and a waste of my emotions and time ... or worse yet maybe a threat to safety.
To minimize stuff breaking - or at least from breaking any more:
1. After research I always buy the best I can possibly afford.
2. If it breaks, after research I always buy the best parts for it I can possibly afford.
3. If it breaks, after research and head scratching I try to repair it in a modified way so as to ensure that kind of break will never occur again.
Finding ways to live with the mediocre merely ensures that we will always have it around.
